Found a deleted post about a 2019 factory fire in Ohio that got taken down

I was looking up old news articles for a project and found a cached version of a local forum post from Cincinnati. Someone had shared photos of smoke damage from a chemical plant fire that happened five years ago, but the original post vanished within a day. The user said they were told it was 'bad for business' to keep it up. Has anyone else seen a local story get scrubbed like that?

Hot take: frozen fries in the air fryer beat homemade every time

I mean, I tried making them from scratch three times last month, and they were always soggy or burnt. The bag of Ore-Ida crinkle cuts I grabbed on a whim came out perfect in 12 minutes. Has anyone else given up on homemade fries?

Working on the old boiler at the Franklin Paper Mill in Ohio

I was there last week and saw they still use the original 1928 riveted sections for the main steam drum. Some guys say keeping that old iron is a safety risk waiting to happen, but others argue it's proven its strength for nearly a century. What's your take on using historic riveted boilers in a modern plant setting?

Just found out my favorite history podcast got blocked in Turkey

I used to listen to 'The Ottoman Files' every morning on my walk, you know, the one that talks about old empire stuff. Then last month, the app just gave me an error and I couldn't get new episodes. I did some digging and found out the Turkish government banned it for 'spreading harmful content' about their national history. It's wild because the host is a professor in Istanbul, and now even people there can't hear him. It really hit me how a ban in one place can cut off a whole conversation for everyone else. Makes you wonder what else we're missing because someone in power didn't like it. Has anyone else had a show or site they follow suddenly go dark like that?

I finally looked up the actual number of autistic adults in the US

I was reading a report from the CDC website last night and saw that over 5.4 million adults in the US are on the spectrum. I always thought the numbers were mostly about kids, so that really surprised me. How many of you found out about your autism later in life?

My air fryer basket handle snapped off last Tuesday

I was pulling out a batch of sweet potato fries and the plastic just gave way, sending the basket and food onto my kitchen floor. I called the company, Cosori, and they said the model is out of warranty by six months. Has anyone had luck fixing a broken handle themselves, or is it time for a whole new unit?

Serious question, did anyone else notice the news blackout on the 2023 water protests in Basra?

I was looking up stuff about Iraq for a school thing last month and found almost nothing in English about the big protests there over clean water. A friend in Jordan sent me links to local news sites showing thousands of people in the streets, but major outlets here barely mentioned it. It's wild how a whole city's crisis can just not exist in our news feed. Has anyone else seen a story get totally buried like that?

Met a guy at Crater Lake who changed how I pack my tent.

This older guy, Frank, saw me wrestling with my 4-person dome. He just said 'You're fighting the poles, not the fabric.' Showed me a simple fold technique, takes 90 seconds now. Anyone else have a random tip that saved them major setup time?

My uncle told me to always grease the swing winch gearbox every 200 hours, not 500 like the manual says. He was right, I just had to replace one after 18 months.

A young guy brought in a broken Polaroid SX-70 and asked me to teach him how to fix it.

He was maybe 20, found the camera at a yard sale in Portland. Said he wanted to learn, not just pay for the fix. I showed him the basics, how to open the shell and check the motor gear. He watched everything, asked about the tools. Then he said, 'I want to know how things work, not just use them until they break.' That stuck with me. We spent an hour going over the simple stuff. He left with his camera working and a list of parts suppliers. It was a good change from the usual drop-off jobs. Anyone else had a client who actually wanted to learn the repair?