What’s worth more? Your like, follow, reply, repost or repost with quote/comment? Might do a 10,000k per action just for fun

I'm in Australia and before 10 December I am closing all my social media accounts.

I have 56,000 followers on my Facebook page yet I am still doing it. 🫣

I have also just opened a Proton account and will move from Gmail to it.

I also have a MeetEdgar account that I used for publishing all my content to social media platforms. That cost me AU$800 annually on 31 December.

The AU$800 saving can go straight to some more satoshis. 🧡✨

My Christmas gift to myself. 🎄🎅🏻

I'll be sending an email to my subscribers to let them know of my intentions and give them my Nostr address if they want to join me here. 💜

I'll look into vpns as well.

My YouTube account will stay open, I still get too much content there and I too have videos hosted there. 🥹

Question for my strong friends: training fasted or not?

Context: had a long conversation with a friend who does CrossFit competitions. He says training fasted is terrible 🤣

I feel like it works great but I don’t want to discount his advice either. Maybe there’s a middle ground?

He says that I should take a banana, oats, protein and creatine right after training. I have creatine during training but I eat for the first time 6-7 hours after training.

(If you don’t train don’t answer please)

Yeah i hope so...... going Greek with a flavour profile for the meal.

Getting ready for some serious #foodstr tomorrow with the family.

Will be braising off these beauties, #local bone in #lamb shoulder.

#chefstr #buylocal

#gm #nostriches ! Just curious, any #austriches have thoughts on the digital censorship/dictatorship bill that An-Al and his e-karen minion are pushing through on the 10th of December? Strategies etc?

Im already in the process of de-googling and moving away from facef*ck and instascam but I do love photography so any other alternatives would be appreciated.

For those saying "it only affects under 16s so why should I care?" It's about voting with my wallet and my feet. I'm in my 40s and dont need this censorship and tracking intrusion in my life. Whether this is the first step towards digital ID or not is irrelevant, if companies are happy to bow to tyranny then I'm not giving them any time, money or energy.

#fuckpoliticians #deathtotyrants #fuckcensorship #privacy #freedom #liberty #resist #donotcomply #grownostr #austrich

Governments love humiliation tests.

A humiliation test is a small, pointless obedience drill that trains you to nod first, think later.

It's not about the content. It's about proving the system can make you do or say something you know is dumb, petty, or disproportionate — and you'll do it anyway.

1) What humiliation tests buy the system

A) Dominance proof: "If I can make you do something obviously unnecessary, I know you're safe for the serious stuff".

B) Sorting mechanism. Humiliation tests are filters:

- People who refuse: marked as "difficult", "non-compliant", "not a culture fit".

- People who swallow it: marked as "safe", promotable, eligible for sensitive roles.

No need for ideology diagnostics; a few small, dumb asks tell the system who will bend when it matters.

C) Precedent for escalation. Once you've complied with something you privately saw as bullshit, the system has:

- A precedent: "You agreed before; this is just more of the same".

- A leverage point: your prior compliance can be used to shame future hesitation.

2) What it does inside your head

Humiliation tests weaponize cognitive dissonance:

1. You do the thing (sign, chant, click, recite) because saying no is costly in the moment.

2. You feel the internal conflict: "That was dumb / exaggerated / dishonest".

3. To reduce that tension, your brain updates the story:

- "Maybe it’s not that bad".

- "Maybe they're right".

- "I'm not the kind of person who just submits for no reason, so this must be reasonable".

You move from "I complied under pressure" to "I basically agree" to protect your self-image.

Each petty concession burns your doubt and rewrites your narrative a bit more in their favor.

Humiliation tests are small, symbolic and public.

Over time, the people remaining in key positions are those who've repeatedly signaled:

- "I will override my own judgment and self-respect to keep my place in the system".

That's what the system wanted all along.

When something feels petty, compulsory, and performative, assume it's not about the surface issue.

Ask:

- "What larger narrative am I validating by doing this?"

- "What future request does this make harder for me to refuse?"

- "If I comply now, what will my next self be forced to defend, to avoid admitting I caved here?"

That's the real permission you're being asked to grant.

Bitcoin: The people who win are the ones who hold through the boring years, not the ones chasing pumps.

Fitness: The people who win are the ones who train through the boring months, not the ones chasing 6-week challenges or “detoxes.”

Both reward patience, discipline, and time in the system.

Interesting, you're training both sumo and conventional at the same time?

Funding a government which actively hates you so they can impose policies which actively degrade your and your families way of life isnt the solution either.

You either need to starve the beast, or it needs its head cut off