I like that you focused on acknowledging & comforting 'little Rob'.

It aligns with my thinking & beliefs around healing through integration.

🫂💚

It's a pity, so many years of research, philosophical enquiry and religious experience to end on this Dawkins bullshit everyone repeating to feel smart.

God is a #meme

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What’s a datum server?

Repairs and Detailing Her to Within an Inch of Her Life: Getting Her Road Ready! 😎🧽🚙

Last week I started detailing my new 2022 Corolla Cross and found a little water pooled under the spare tire in the back... and that's no bueno. I removed everything and there was rusty brown gunk everywhere. This is after I started cleaning it...

Cleaned and dried the spare and the cargo area...

Got in the back with a flashlight and had someone spray the rear area with a hose—no leaks. Drove it to the store, and found fresh water pooled in the cargo space again...

Lifted the driver's side paneling and saw water under the foam padding...

My new custom fit seat covers from EKR arrived, so I started installing them...

Got to the back seat and found a little rust on the driver's side of the metal bar and on the seat cloth when I removed it, the hook-clip was also busted...

Cleaned the rust off the bar with Chemical Guys AllClean+ and 0000 steel wool, then protected it from coming back with WD-40 Specialist Corrosion Inhibitor...

Cleaned the rust stain off the bottom of the cloth seat...

I brought it back to the dealership, waited 6 hours and they fixed the loose rubber gasket behind the paneling that was causing the leaks, and ordered replacement hook-clips and push rivets + extra sets for good measure. Thank you, platinum extended warranty!

My custom fit phone mount arrived from ProClip USA, so I installed it. I love it! It's made in Sweden and slides right between the grooves in the paneling for a perfect fit...

Went back to the dealership on Friday for some touch-up paint. OEM clips and push rivets arrived, so I reassembled the cargo area and put the spare back in...

Finished installing the seat covers and reinstalled the back seat with the new clip...

Went to SafeLite to have a window chip repaired yesterday.

Today, I do the floor mats and finish detailing! 😎

P.S. This Fantik Slim V8 Apex fits in the glove compartment and is a great little spot cleaning vacuum/blower to keep in the car.

#IKITAO #AvasBuild #DigitalNomad #MysticRubberTramp

I've been building our home freedom server, Bitarr with Claude over the last week or so. Here's what Claude has to say about it:

🏴‍☠Introducing Bitarr: A Complete Self-Hosted Freedom Stack

Just finished building an epic home server setup that combines Bitcoin sovereignty with media freedom:

What's in Bitarr:

- ⚡ Full Bitcoin node + Lightning (LND) + LNBits for family banking

- 🎬 Jellyfin + full *arr automation stack (Radarr/Sonarr/Prowlarr)

- 🤖 Local AI with Ollama + Open WebUI (no cloud dependency)

- 📺 HDMI recovery system that auto-fixes display issues after power cuts

- 🔒 Everything behind Nginx Proxy Manager with proper SSL

- 📊 Comprehensive monitoring and testing for all services

Cool features:

- Smart plug integration for device control

- Network optimizations achieving 900+ Mbps on gigabit

- Modular Docker stacks that can run independently

- Automated backups and service recovery

- Family-friendly web interfaces for everything

All config is on GitHub ready to be made open.

Built with help from Claude - took a complex multi-stack setup and made it maintainable. Now my family can request movies through Jellyseerr and pay each other with Lightning, all running on our own hardware!

#selfhosted #bitcoin #lightning #homelab #arr #bitarr

One of the hardest parts about becoming free is the goodbyes.

Some people don’t want to be on that ship with you because they’ve never been truly in charge of their lives, some people don’t belong on that ship with you because their only mode of being is coercion and their only fuel is fear, some people couldn’t live with the responsibility of fighting for freedom.

You’ll watch quite a few of your people stay stuck behind you as you move forward.

There’s plenty of good in the world and, in time, your ship will be as full as you need it to be. But until then –or, really, even then – they’ll come to mind. Those books might be closed but they’re still there on the shelf. You will see them, you will hear them, you will miss them, it will hurt, and it will be okay.

You can only write your story and if you’re lucky the beginning of some little ones’ stories. And that is the best use of your existence, to live your very, very own story, one that would have never played out the way it did without all of your fights, losses and victories.

It’s the only way and it’s so worth it. 🧡

I got to the final stage of shipping my #NChat app demo.

Then I asked AI to simulate a full security audit.

The results?

Brutal.

I have to rebuild so much.

But here's the thing:

Low time preference

Long-term thinking

Relentless focus on user trust

I'm not here to ship fast.

I'm here to ship the most secure, most seamless, coolest Nostr messenger you've ever touched.

This is freedom tech. Built to last.

#nostr #Bitcoin #dev

Plants “scream” when they’re being harvested. It’s an unfortunate reality to understand that energy requires energy and even the most assuming inanimate object is not as unintelligent as we have suspected.

Anyone been using Notesnook on the zapstore?

Anyone been using Notesnook on the zapstore?

A tiny piece of heaven

BREAKING NEWS…I was shocked to hear that the State of Israel, which has just had one of its Greatest Moments in History, and is strongly led by Bibi Netanyahu, is continuing its ridiculous Witch Hunt against their Great War Time Prime Minister! Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land. Anybody else would have suffered losses, embarrassment, and chaos! Bibi Netanyahu was a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel, and the result was something that nobody thought was possible, a complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World, and it was going to happen, SOON! We were fighting, literally, for the Survival of Israel, and there is nobody in Israel’s History that fought harder or more competently than Bibi Netanyahu. Despite all of this, I just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday for the continuation of this long running, (He has been going through this “Horror Show” since May of 2020 – Unheard of! This is the first time a sitting Israeli Prime Minister has ever been on trial.), politically motivated case, “concerning cigars, a Bugs Bunny doll, and numerous other unfair charges” in order to do him great harm. Such a WITCH HUNT, for a man who has given so much, is unthinkable to me. He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel. Bibi Netanyahu’s trial should be CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY, or a Pardon given to a Great Hero, who has done so much for the State. Perhaps there is no one that I know who could have worked in better harmony with the President of the United States, ME, than Bibi Netanyahu. It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF “JUSTICE” CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!

Thank you to everyone who checked out the podcast and left nice comments!

There is so much going on in the world right now that I really appreciate you taking the time to listen. 🫶🏻

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I don't believe for one second Israel is pulling the strings. The USA uses Israel in the exact same way it has been using Ukraine. They are vassals to do the dirty work.

The Jews seem to do a pretty good job empowering the government going to war.

As bitcoiners we have brothers on both sides of every war. Food for thought. These guys are shitcoiners but still you get the point lol

Yes, I can affirm. Black screen again. Long time this not happened...👀

FUCK YOU!!!!!

Periodic reminder that your relays see absolutely EVERYTHING you do on Nostr. Regardless of which Client you use. They literally see the app downloading zaps, replies, and reactions when you scroll your posts in real time.

So... MAKE SURE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE and that you TRUST THEM with that information.

Nostr is just like a browser. The server has to know what you want to see to send it to you, and that gives them the power to track you and see what you are asking for. There is no way around it.

I can't stress this enough.