Good morning #nostriches and happy Halloween and happy White Paper day. I’m taking advantage of my vacation and having a cocoa infused #coffeechain today. #gm #plebchain

Who defines the definers?

I was thinking this last night. Everyone I'm connected with here is full of life, doing positive things and sharing their adventures. Plus no ads or sponsored content.

I think #nostr is winning 💯🙌 nostr:note1sjaqc5mz576r54dtae9eusntdddue3ce4s0q6aggued790qutlkq2qffgs

GM at almost lunchtime 🇲🇾

We arrived late last night, minus one suitcase that got stuck in Singapore.

Everyone is a bit over today already 😅

Also, it's my 10 year wedding anniversary today 🥰

Photo: ten years ago on a beach in #rarotonga #cookislands 😍

Taxes - Theft

Ads - Coercion

Schools - Indoctrination

Healthcare - Sickcare

Success - Slavery

The population’s safety - The Cage

Drugs - Poison

Trust - Fear

Government - La crème de la tard

Stay free. 🧡

I was homeschooled all the way from k5 to 12th grade. my biggest lesson I learned was how to find answers to problems on my own. I didn't even realize it was a skill I developed until college. I didn't have a teacher for math. it was just a book and the answer key. I would redo the problems I got wrong on a test/quiz until I figured out how to get the right answer. that has translated very well for me in college and in my professional career.

I also loved getting all my work done in 4 hours haha. I played a little to much world of Warcraft in high school 🤗😆

I was homeschooled from 6 till 9 years old. Approximately 4 years.

The reasons they took me out were primarily behavioural. I was very controlled by my Mum and due to being naturally curious, experimental and rebellious I clashed with her. I took out my frustrations at school where I felt I could express myself more. The school did not approve and my parents decided it was better to have me at home with my younger siblings where with The Lords help they could keep a closer eye on me.

Needless to say the issues with Mum only increased. We fought a lot. She was stressed and I needed space from her. It was volatile and in the end she was physically abusive.

She was also quite a good teacher and I enjoyed the curriculum which was Christian and from the US (I grew up in New Zealand). I loved the US history, especially the pioneering history and folklore. My Dad to sight me to question things and work with my hands (as well as constant Bible study). Mum taught me a love of the body, and science and nourished my physically with amazing food.

I played with my younger brother and sisters all the time and was allowed pretty free reign to explore and hurt myself. There were lots of good times too although I’m highly social and missed school. In the end I went back as Mum was not the right teacher for me and I needed more social time.

I loved school. Especially the practical subjects like wood work, art, and creative writing. I loved having girls in my class too and I made life long friends between ages 9 and 14.

School was good, homeschool was a great foundation. I liked the blend.

Currently have pulled out kids out of the education system and are travelling with all 4 of them. We are two month into World Schooling and considering keeping it going for a while. The online resources like Khan academy are amazing.

This is why i Homeschool my 3 kiddos .

Just like the fiat ponzi scheme.... i can complain about it all day long or i can do something about it , buy Bitcoin ...

No different than school .... opt out of the traditional school system and homeschool..

Moral of the story is " BE THE CHANGE AND STOP COMPLAINING"

I was a unique case of homeschooling because I was homeschooled through 8th grade then went made the decision to go try high school because I was worried I might be stupid compared to other kids who I knew through sports, clubs, community, etc… My parents made it clear that it was my decision to make, so I made it.

Turns out I was not, in fact, stupid relative to the other kids… I was able to skip through math classes in high school and graduated valedictorian while being a three-sport athlete all four years. I discovered that public school is absurdly easy, because everything caters to the lowest common denominator. The focus was on time spent (in your desk, doing homework, etc) vs deliverables. Put another way, it was an “hourly” mentality instead of a “salary” mentality.

That said, I had some really great science and math teachers in high school that I am still very grateful for. They were also the type of teachers who thought administrative mandates were bullshit and just wanted to focus on teaching.

Things I liked most about being homeschooled:

- I finished all my work in 2-3 hours in the morning and spent the rest of the day outside — I was outside constantly.

- I was done when I was done. There was no “homework” because it was all at home.

- I could do my work from anywhere, or work ahead a few days bitcoin if needed. There were no arbitrary constraints.

- It taught me to work on deliverables.

- I read a shitload.

- I was never uncomfortable around “adults.” They were just bigger people to me. I showed everyone respect, but I was perfectly comfortable and happy hanging out with adults even as the only kid (plus my sister).

- I got to do a bunch of random shit because I my schoolwork itself took very little time.

On the subject of random shit, one of my favorite memories is when my mom set me up with a legit blacksmith to apprentice for a day. He’s the first person who taught me about Fibonacci. Seriously brilliant and badass dude. Made a huge impression on me and I will never forget it.

I also just played in the woods constantly. Started fires, built forts, used knives and axes and guns from a young age.

In terms of things I disliked, the only real thing was the worry that I was not going to be as smart as my peers at public school. Benchmarking was hard. It’s the whole reason I decided to go to high school, only to find out that a lot of people are complete morons, with zero initiative, drive, or grit.

I also spend a day a week at a Montessori school for a year or two. That was neat. Zero “schoolwork” was done. We just built shit and cooked shit and played outside.

My parents also helped found a small charter school (about 10 kids). We would get together once a week and had a couple tutors who came in. I had an awesome Mennonite algebra tutor named Edith. We got on swell.

Anyway, highly recommend homeschooling, and will be doing it with our kid(s). There are infinitely more online resources available now than there were when my parents did it.

Happy Monday! 🧡

Intense week ahead! But we got this 🏃‍♀️☕️

GM☕chain

Proper WoT is not just critical for nostr to work, it’s critical for the internet at large to work. (Although “nostr” here could be used interchangeably with “internet”)

Producing garbage is extremely cheap and getting increasingly cheaper, or, said another way, it’s getting increasingly more expensive to discern what is garbage.

You either go with an authority that helps you remove 99.99% of the existing garbage or you use an approach that, much like cryptography, makes the cost of putting garbage in front of your eyes asymmetrically expensive.

We’ve tried the authority-first approach and it has led to the current state of manipulation, polarization and reduction of individuals’ agency.

Let's try to see if I can put Nostr to work:

I'll send sats to every valid suggestion.

If you were giving out 3 awards for bitcoin that were technical in nature, which categories would you come up with?

Bonus sats if you come up with 4 candidates for your proposed achievement categories.

What is the history of Tarot? I’ve read it dates back to the Jewish Tree of Life and Qabbalaistic practices.