A guillotine would be better.

I think it’s maybe just that shitcoins cast a negative light on legitimate cryptographic currency like Bitcoin, and in turn slows adoption, and people’s awakening to the theft that fiat currency represents. A lot of people end up dismissing Bitcoin along with all of the pump and dump tokens, and missing out on the awakening that the study of sound money can provide. What do you think?

I’ve never understood the creation versus evolution debate. Creation can stand as an explanation for how things come into being. Evolution can stand as an explanation for changes that occur to a species over time through natural selection or environmental factors. The two can co-exist. The debate is intended to separate us and move education policy away from spirituality, in my opinion.

You don’t. You cherish the memory of having experienced something that many people never do.

In those fleeting times in my life where I’ve had the combination of money AND time, I’ve been encouraged by how quickly I switch from “hunker down” mode into “build mode”.

It’s amazing what we can create, how our goodness can shine, and how we can enrich the lives of others when we are not being financially repressed and wasting every waking second of our days trying to stay one step ahead of state theft.

In the times I’ve been flush with cash for an extended period, the first thousand dollars every two weeks immediately goes into stimulating the local economy, doing memorable things with my family, and buying tools and materials to drive my projects forward.

It is for this reason that I’m convinced that the state’s motivation is primarily about control rather than ensuring that we have a strong economy and a robust middle class.

Oh well, if we have to build our stacks and our killdozers one plate and one bolt at a time, so be it lol.

Keep stacking. Escape velocity is now attainable.

#bitcoin #hodl #grownostr

Just to perpetuate the false narrative that Bitcoin is used primarily for illicit finance, when in reality 99.4% of illicit finance is conducted in USD.

That place looks very familiar. BC?

How long is it going to take for authorities somewhere to seize on the fact that the stolen Bybit Ethereum has almost entirely been swapped for Bitcoin, as a means of painting Bitcoin in a negative light? Or as a means of changing rules regarding self custody?

#bitcoin #asknostr

I’m in northern AB and just recently getting my feet wet on mining. Our company (in an unrelated business line) has MOU’s with First Nations bands here and in northern SK. We just started a joint venture with Meadow Lake Tribal Council to do vegetation management projects for SaskPower. On the Alberta side it’s mostly been for ATCO Electric and Fortis. I’d be interested in learning more. I’ll check out your site.

Upstream Data also has a manufacturing facility for their Bitcoin mining skids for oil and gas sites about an hour and a half away in Lloydminster. I’ve reached out to them a few times about business development opportunities but haven’t ever heard back from them. I was thinking about stopping by there when I’m over there doing estimates in Lloyd in the next few weeks.

It looks like you’ve plugged into something good that can have a positive impact on communities and leverage power subsidies in a beneficial way.

No but I beat a hacker with a CPFP TX once. That felt pretty good.

It’s actually quite stunning up north here looking at it through a spotting scope on a clear night. It’s one of our only galactic neighbours visible with the naked eye. I believe about the only other galactic formations that we can see from earth that I have personally seen are the large and small Magellanic clouds.

I’ll never forget when I learned how to spot Andromeda, and saw it for the first time with the naked eye, knowing that in a space of sky the size of my pinky fingernail with an outstretched arm, were over 300 billion stars whose light left their source two and a half million years ago.

❤️ Having such a figure in your life is such a blessing. I was lucky to have an outdoorsman for a Dad, who was dragging me everywhere by the time I could walk. Your memory of him will not fade.

Welcome Kenny. Been following you since the early days.

1. Know that the Universe has a plan for your life.

2. Choose a noble purpose for your life and pursue it wholeheartedly. It will not find you. Go get it.

3. Do hard things.

4. The way of the warrior is death. Resolve yourself on it in the pursuit of your dreams.

5. DCA Bitcoin

I believe something wonderful is going to happen to me today!

You don’t outperform the pack by following the pack.

Pushed into the pool?

When I used to work at my uncle’s dairy farm as a kid, is was old school. We had a tack board calendar for all 45-50 head, to track their birthing, insemination, drying and calving dates.

I think my uncle used the abrupt dry off method and just stopped milking them and monitored for mastitis as they came through the line. The odd cow had to be given antibiotics through each teat as she came through the line to maintain the habit, but she wouldn’t be milked. I remember having to manually massage and express some cows’ milk if they had an infection.

But the normal natural dry off is two months for maximum recovery and overall health and long term productivity .

I think it was for two or three weeks following calving, a cow would still be run through the milking line, but we wouldn’t let her milk through to the main tank. It is thick and off-color, colostrum-laden milk needed to feed her calf. That milk would get drained from the collection vessel into a 5 gallon pail and we would walk it over to the calf barn to feed calves, along with any other cow’s milk from those who had just calved.

I used what I already knew to write a couple of gpt prompts for the content and the graph.

Here’s the recommended dry off info:

Yes, commercial dairy producers almost always dry off their cows about 60 days before calving to maintain long-term milk production and cow health.

Why Do They Dry Off Cows?

1. Maximizes Future Milk Yield – A proper dry period allows the udder tissue to regenerate, leading to better milk production in the next lactation cycle.

2. Supports Calf Development – In late pregnancy, the cow redirects energy toward the growing calf instead of milk production.

3. Prevents Mastitis & Udder Infections – Stopping milking allows the udder to seal and recover, reducing infection risks.

4. Body Condition Recovery – Helps replenish calcium and other nutrients before the next lactation.

How Do Commercial Farms Manage the Dry-Off Period?

• Abrupt Dry-Off: Cows are suddenly stopped from milking and monitored for mastitis risk.

• Gradual Dry-Off: Farmers reduce milking frequency over a week before stopping entirely.

• Use of Dry Cow Therapy: Some producers use antibiotics or teat sealants to prevent infections.

• Specialized Diets: Low-energy diets help prevent metabolic issues like milk fever post-calving.

Skipping the dry period can reduce total lifetime milk yield and lead to health complications. Large dairies track each cow’s cycle carefully to ensure proper dry-off timing.

Here is a python script for generating the graph:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import numpy as np

# Generate a smooth lactation curve over a 12-month period (1-year cycle)

months = np.arange(1, 13)

# Approximate milk production curve (liters per day) - peak at month 2, gradual decline

milk_production_liters = np.array([10, 40, 38, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0, 0])

# Create the plot

plt.figure(figsize=(10, 4))

plt.plot(months, milk_production_liters, marker="o", linestyle="-", color="b", label="Milk Production (liters/day)")

# Highlight key phases

plt.axvspan(1, 2, color='lightblue', alpha=0.3, label="Increasing Production")

plt.axvspan(2, 5, color='lightgreen', alpha=0.3, label="Peak Production")

plt.axvspan(6, 10, color='lightyellow', alpha=0.3, label="Declining Production")

plt.axvspan(11, 12, color='lightcoral', alpha=0.3, label="Dry Period")

# Labels and title

plt.xticks(range(1, 13))

plt.yticks(range(0, 45, 5))

plt.xlabel("Months After Calving")

plt.ylabel("Milk Production (liters/day)")

plt.title("Typical Milk Production Curve of a Dairy Cow")

plt.legend()

plt.grid(axis="y", linestyle="--", alpha=0.7)

plt.show()

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The volume of milk a dairy cow produces follows a curve over the lactation cycle, peaking early and gradually declining. Here’s a breakdown of how it varies between calving events:

Milk Production Curve

1. Peak Milk Production (Weeks 6–10 post-calving)

• After calving, milk production increases rapidly, peaking around 60–90 days.

• This peak can range from 30–50 liters (8–13 gallons) per day, depending on breed and nutrition.

2. Gradual Decline (~Months 4–10 Post-Calving)

• After peaking, production declines at a rate of ~6–10% per month.

• By month 10, a cow may produce only 50% of her peak yield.

3. Dry Period (~Last 2 Months Before Next Calving)

• Around months 11–12, the cow is “dried off” (stopped from milking) to prepare for the next calving.

• No milk is produced during this time.

How This Looks Over a Year

• High yield: Months 2–5

• Moderate yield: Months 6–9

• Low yield: Month 10

• No milk: Months 11–12

Long-Term Milk Yield Trends

• The overall volume depends on genetics, diet, and management.

• Some high-yield breeds (e.g., Holsteins) maintain higher output longer than lower-yield breeds (e.g., Jerseys).

• Older cows tend to produce slightly more milk in later lactations (until about their 4th–5th lactation, after which production may decline).