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Covid supply-side shock

Ford River Rouge Complex, Dearborn, MIFord River Rouge Complex, Dearborn, MI by Thomas Hawk (cc by-nc)

Ok, so I am in the thick of things, working in the automotive industry — an industry with massive interlinked supply chains (geographically and temporally) and hundreds of thousands of workers ... xdvesper, with the nitty-gritty on production losses during Covid.

10/23/22
by taz

"Clothing is ontologically fascinating"

SpetsSpets by Mikael Moiner (cc by)

Some great deep-dive comments from loquacious in bitteschoen's comprehensive post on the impossibility of automating the garment industry.

09/11/19
by taz

Better than bubble wrap

Lofty Pursuits handmade candy videoLofty Pursuits handmade candy video

Between kneaded sugar, hand-cranks, and cracking apart cooled candies... this is satisfying on so many levels. – BungaDunga

Mefites are sweet on carter's Hand cranked candy post, wherein we learn "how to make Victorian Nectar Drop candy and why are Lemon Drops called drops?"

05/14/16
by taz

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