The guides above will teach you in depth how to make your own machine shop out of scrap and parts. The ability to work and machine metal is the final frontier to self sustainment. You can fix tools, firearms, automobiles and make almost any part you would find on the items above. Not having to rely on anyone to make repairs should be a goal we all strive for. Next up, some forging resources and bullet crafting / reloading resources

Word to the wise... you know those all in 1 harbor freight mill / lathes? You can get those in SAE and Metric. Don’t be like me and get the SAE... all they did was replace the metric knobs with SAE knobs. The carriage on the lathe for example goes around 0.0254 per rev.... good luck counting revs. You‘ll need a digital readout to know where the damn carriage is. Just buy the metric version and /or a DRO.

As awesome as it would be to make these machines (and I'd never dissuade anyone from going down this route seeing how cool they are), machines considered "obsolete" or broken in some way are often found at scrap yards all across the world.

In our throw way society, people often junk stuff because hiring a specialist shop who's labor can exceed 50-100$ an hour simply isn't economically viable when cheap chinese alternatives exist.

So, a good option to keep on the table is visiting your local scrap yards periodically to check for older machines that may be repairable with some time, elbow grease, and studying.

Visit the post apocalyptic inventor on YouTube for some inspiration. He makes a living repairing and restoring old machinery like this in Germany.

Use an insulated and buried septic tank as hot water storage.

Ragnar Benson - Mantrapping

Without question, man can be the most difficult creature on earth to trap. Humans are certainly more intelligent than any other creature.

Except in rare instances, however, they do not possess the individual sensory keenness that other species of mammals do.

Yet man's collective senses good sight, excellent perception of color and depth, some sense of smell, adequate
hearing, and reasonable taste-provide him with an edge that is superior to species having one or, at the most, two, very well developed sensory mechanisms.

Societies that still practice mantrapping tend to live
close to the earth, For them, it is natural to progress
from trapping small and big game, to protecting their
home territory with mantraps.

More in the pdf

https://github.com/BeechatNetworkSystemsLtd/Kyber-ARM

We are proud to announce our team has ported the Post Quantum Cryptography algorithm known as KYBER to ARM architecture and published it to our GitHub.

KYBER is now usable in embedded devices such as the Beechat Buzz making it the first quantum-proof mesh network. Smartphones, and other IoT will also be able to use this code.

We hope that everyone will adopt quantum encryption as early as possible, in order to avoid problems in the future. More information about the importance of quantum protection can be found here:

https://archive.is/Lgy8J

Holing yourself up under some sandbags in your basement is not a good idea. If you scroll down, the pdf gives some good starting plans for those who want to build a bunker. This came out back when our parents were all supposed to be afraid of a Russian nuke. Now it's covid instead

Dave is one of the most knowledgeable people in the bushcraft world. Great read

Mason jar oil lamps. Handy to have some ready for emergency or ambient lighting

Easy way to refill oil lamps. Save old squeezable ketchup bottles. They usually have a little slitted diaphragm inside the flip top nozzle so they wont drip when inverted until you squeeze them.