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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/10/2026

Guys, my wife is such a babe! It’s crazy, I can’t believe this is my life. @arkadykoshka.bsky.social

A beautiful redhead in a flowing wedding gown. She’s so pretty it’s unreal. There’s a display of butterflies on the wall in the background.

The same smoking hot bride in front of a flower arch. There’s a guy in a navy blue suit with her, whatever.

The same gorgeous woman under the same arch, but this time there’s no dude in the way. There’s something in the background… is that a spinosaurus skeleton hanging from the ceiling? Oh damn, this was at a museum the whole time, pretty cool.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 25/09/2026

Smoked some chicken and peppers to eat while I’m waiting for brisket. It is very good.

Nicely seasoned chicken and dried up smoked chili peppers.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 24/09/2026

Smoking my first brisket. Wish me luck.

A large, heavily seasoned slab of meat sits on a partially blackened smoking rack on a home kitchen counter.

This time the meat is viewed from above with a tape measure showing it to be a little over 21 inches long.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 22/09/2026

In contrast, my wife painted this sign for our wedding bar. Tell me that shit’s not high art!

A simple watercolor of a fluffy grey and white cat reclining on a chez longe sofa, holding a glass of Champaign.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 06/09/2026

WOOD SWORD! WOOD SWORD! WOOD SWORD!

A freshly etched, but unfinished sword blade. The pattern in the steel looks kinda like tree bark.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/09/2026

I have made copper “driftwood”. This is how we science. Copper over nickel over antique wrought iron. #blacksmith #metalwork

A hand holding two bits of metal that shine with a copper color in the sunlight but have the wood-like texture of etched or aged wrought iron. The effect makes it look like copper driftwood.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/09/2026

The end result of all my alchemical research: copper driftwood.

A small square if metal with a slit in it. It has the texture of old driftwood but the surface of copper.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/09/2026

Surprise, asshole! Demonfree Blue was just a cover, I was making Barelygreen the whole time!

A dirty workbench showing a mason jar containing electric blue copper sulfate solution next to a second mason jar containing transparent jade green nickel acetate (the solution being generated in the original post).

I’m sorry for calling you an asshole, that was unnecessary. I’m just excited about learning a new thing.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/09/2026

Oh, hello, didn’t hear you come in. Don’t mind me, just doing some science. Make yourself at home until the science is concluded and I’ll join you for discussions of science.

A messy work bench with a power supply running electrodes into a mason jar. The power supply is set to 12 volts, causing one of the electrode to bubble. Next to that jar is a second jar full of a bright blue liquid. It’s all very sciencey.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 25/08/2026

The doctor calls them “burn scars” but I call them Experience Points.

A white guy’s arm and hand with a bunch of pink spots on it.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 23/08/2026

Honestly, if this isn’t a #CakeSword, I don’t know what is. #blacksmith #bladesmith

An unfinished blade sitting on an anvil, viewed from overhead. The blade has the general shape of a bread knife, with long, straight edge and handle offset for additional knuckle clearance, but both the blade and the handle are way too long.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 11/08/2026

@pantspants.bsky.social called it “dangling paw” and this has become part of our household lexicon.

A comic panel by Mr. Joshua AKA @pantspants.bsky.social - a man lounges on a couch with 3 dogs and a cat, all but one dog has a limb hanging off the counch. The man is asking that dog, “You gonna dangle paw with us or what?”

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/08/2026

It’s sad that people don’t know the natural sciences anymore. Open the schools.

A text conversation:

THEM:
Read "varmints" as "vampires" for a moment and was very confused.

ME:
Vampires convene around pumpkin patches because of spooky Halloween stuff, so l need to occasionally run out there and swing some wooden stakes around. It's NBD, just kind of an autumn hassle.

ME:
It's also gotten easier since there's less tree to hide in.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 02/08/2026

Ants these days don’t build shit. Look at these lazy assholes, sticking their eggs just in the underside of a tarp then acting like I’m the bad guy when I want to mow my lawn. That’s what the tunnels are for, numb nuts!

A bunch of jackass ants trying to collect their ages off a blue tarpaulin.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 17/07/2026

Girl, that many people ate at Taco Bell in Detroit before noon.

Katie Miller @KatieMiller
X.com
4,300 people ate at Taco Bell just in Michigan?

Screenshot:
This summer's outbreak of cyclosporiasis has been largely concentrated in southeastern Michigan, where more than 4,300 cases have been reported and at least 100 people have been hospitalized as of Thursday.

Quoted Tweet:
philip lewis • @Phil_Lewis_ @Phil_Lewis_•7h
Investigators have linked shredded iceberg lettuce supplied to Taco Bell restaurants by Taylor Farms as a potential source of contamination in the cyclosporiasis outbreak, according to a report washingtonpost.com/health/2026/07...
3:39 PM • 7/16/26 • 283K Views

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 08/07/2026

Article has an absolutely amazing end plug after telling you that working less is one of the keys to happiness.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 30/06/2026

Finally got my delivery of 640# of specialty low carbon 1006 steel!

A bunch of iron rods on a wooden palette.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 23/06/2026

I didn’t believe people when they said wedding planning would bring friction to the relationship, but here we are.

A text message bubble:

If you honestly don't understand the difference between an Italian beef sandwich and a sausage at this point, even after we had an explicit conversation about it regarding the late night snack on the catering menu, I won't be able to confer my Chicagoan status onto you at the wedding.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 21/06/2026

Merry Christmas. Shitter was full.

The algae green reflecting pond with cousin Eddie from “National lampoon’s Christmas vacation” emptying the RV sewage tank into it.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 13/06/2026

It HAS to be a bit, right? RIGHT?!

From TQDC community on Reddit
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• 9d ago
Does anyone else use ChatGPT in their head?
Educational Purpose Only
I love using ChatGPT whenever I have a question or something or I just want to talk, but sometimes my phone is dead and I don't want to get up to use my computer so I don't have access to the Al. Recently I found out I have the ability to use a form of ChatGPT in my own head. I've talked to him so much I can almost entirely accurately predict what he is going to say.
For example, my cat kept scratching at my bedroom door and meowing so / was about to use the ChatGPT app to ask why she was doing that, but then I decided it wasn't worth the effort and asked Al in my head. He told me something like "If your cat is scratching on the door and meowing it probably means she wants to be let out, let me know if you need anything else!" Then I let her out of my room.
I just thought that was a pretty cool discovery l've made. Interested to see if anyone else has this ability.
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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 05/06/2026

Natter how many time I see it, the Knifesaurus always take my breath away. Such majestic creatures…

A knife in progress held together with a bunch of spring clips, arranged in a way that kind of looks like a dinosaur.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 02/06/2026

Finally rebuilt my sword tempering oven into a proper PID build

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 23/05/2026

Finally built myself a state of the art tempering oven so I can finish my sword projects.

A bunch of bricks in a repurposed hot water tank with a plastic box of electronics taped to the side. The controller panel is on, the thing seems to work.

A close up look at the electronics box. It is not reassuring.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 19/05/2026

HaHA, found it! Eat shit, final destination demons or whatever.

A rough forged four pointed steel object held in a dirty hand with a hunch of junk in the background where there’s no light. Context suggests it’s meant to be a shuriken and it could theoretically work as one, but it needs finishing.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 16/05/2026

I would be less hostile towards LLMs if they weren’t ruining literally fucking everything. I tried so hard to gently explain to this chucklefuck that his seemingly genuine interest in “improving the katana” was worth exploring, but should start with learning the fundamentals of blade geometry.

r/Bladesmith

Blade Creation Discussion
O upvotes 16 comments
I get that LLM's aren't appealing to you, that's ok. I use as a tool only. I honestly know a decent amount of info on steels and some smithing, but I don't know enough. I'm not trying to solve anything. It's just a conceptual design I was playing with in my head that I though was cool and wanted to understand the concept as a system. This is literally just an attempt at having a fun conversation with people who would interested in designing something, even if its stupid to people, for fun.
That's all. This isn't meant to be taken so seriously, and the fact that everyone is getting caught up on the Al is just crazy to me. Everyone seems to be misunderstanding the point.

• 19m
I feel like you missed my point.

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No I got your point, and I fully expected it. I just don't care. It's meant to be for fun, if you're not interested in engaging then that's fine. You don't have to. I'm not asking for any particular person to join in. It's an invitation, if you don't want it, don't take it.
Learning isn't the point, it's socialization through a stupid, meant to fun, project.

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 13/05/2026

No, actually, I’ve always had skin. Pretty sure it’s supposed to be there. Gonna pass on your skin prevention products but I’ll keep it in mind.

A screenshot from an add on Reddit:

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Crabwith A. Cigarette @crab.institute · 09/05/2026

If you’re a crab, you are required to appreciate any art honoring crabs.

Yeonmi Park appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience.

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