This was interesting to ponder.

On one hand, we shouldn't withdraw from opportunities to reinforce points of weakness. Focusing only on strengths to the exclusion of strengthening weaknesses is a risky play. One might not get burned by one's weaknesses. One might be able to leverage the economy to convert value earned from strengths into value paid for coverage of areas of weakness. It mostly depends on how the value streams balance. If the income stream is high and the expenditure stream is low, this strategy can pay off. Often times the people in the wealthier echelons of society are elite at one, maybe two things.

This, however, creates problems. When someone is amazing at one thing and garbage at everything else, that person is "top heavy". They're not well rounded. They're dependent upon numerous people who they must pay in order to enable them to focus exclusively on their forte. This creates the need for trusted third party authorities or, at the very least, it creates the need to solicit bids from multiple vendors to compare/contrast bid details and pricing.

I'm prone to think that the sweet spot Goldilocks zone entails the Pareto principle. Let's say that I can learn/acquire 80% of a subject in 1 month, but it will take me 4 months to acquire the other 20%. It would be 4x better for me to learn 80% of 5 different subjects across 5 months (80% x 5 = 400%) than it would be for me to spend 5 months learning 100% of 1 subject.

I think it's worth it to pursue the final 20% on a few subjects, but perhaps that's best done on an 'as needed' basis.

Tried to zap you just now. Not sure if it will work. Zaps are so frustrating. I'm making progress on reworking my NOSTR setup. First step was getting my node and lightning node better set up. Still got a little bit of work to do there but progress has been made. NOSTR wallets and nsec management are next on my list.

The 2025 news cycle

@Axios

Oh man that's amazing. Sounds like you made it through the obstacle course relatively unscathed

Yeah I was at a similar place 2.5 years ago.

I hated my job & was tired of the grind.

Bitcoin was below $30k.

I stopped stacking, accumulated a little bit of fiat & quit the fiat life. Initially it was just going to be a break. I didn't have enough Bitcoin to retire. I had a general feeling of lack.

I spent a lot of time mediating & reflecting. I cancelled all my subscription services & my last insurance policy (my home insurance). I stopped outsourcing everything. I did my own plumbing, cooking, electrical, I serviced & repaired our vehicles. I was busy but my expenses dropped to almost nothing. I got more confident that I wouldn't have to return to work again.

I didn't have enough bitcoin to retire on yet but if Bitcoin did what I thought it would I had plenty. I'm basically a massive permabull.

I got my time & attention back. I lived like a pauper & felt like a king.

I still feel like I have enough Bitcoin. My conviction is unwavering but I knew that if I was wrong I'd have to find a source of income.

Had I known how epoch 5 was going to unfold I probably would have acted differently. I would definitely have more bitcoin but I'd probably still feel like I didn't have enough.

No regrets at all, what I received was priceless. I sincerely hope that you can all get to feel this one day.

💚🫂

True the people are more chill up there.

But you’re still subject to Canberra’s karenisms; can’t escape what net zero policy will do to Australian’s energy bills by moving interstate.

Going down the bitcoin rabbit hole lead me into a mindset of not trusting anyone. It was a tough mindset to hold on to while I was still in it. I've learned to lean into trust much more since I realized the following.

The trust required to get into a car and drive down the street already extends to thousands, or even tens of thousands of people that I will never meet.

Everyone involved in the design, manufature, and inspection of the vehicles we drive and the infrastructure we drive on. Everyone driving their vehicles and all the same for each of those vehicles, plus the supply chain that ensures the quality of the fuel that goes into these vehicles.

Have you ever verified for yourself that the gasoline in the pump meets quality standards? Unfortunately much of it is full of corn syrup these days, but all of this stuff functions and is affected by money.

When we can trust that money is sound we don't need to verify all the rest because it's directly linked to proof of work.

Counter intuitively when money requires trust, trust breaks down.

That you did.

My work relied on my network in Melbourne and once I was ready to leave that, I wasn’t going to stay in Aus; I needed out of not just the cold, but the Karen-dominated/prison warden culture.

The whole “I want Bitcoin to moon but also crash so I can buy more” thing isn’t really a paradox. It’s just your brain operating on two different timelines at once.

When you want number go up, you’re thinking about your existing stack. When you want it to dump, you’re thinking about the stack you wish you had. Most of us are stuck somewhere in the middle, never quite done accumulating.

The real issue is that if Bitcoin does what we think it will, you never really stop wanting more. There’s no magical price point where you suddenly feel like you have enough sats. You’ll always

look back and think “damn, I should’ve bought more at [insert any previous price].”

Maybe that tension is actually healthy. It keeps you from getting complacent. The second you stop feeling torn about the price is probably when you’ve either stacked enough or lost the plot entirely.

Keep stacking, stay grounded, and don’t overthink it. Wanting both things just means you’re still in the game.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Have you seen the film adaptation? It's been years since I watched it, but I recall there was a guy who was hunting rare orchids and using them as drugs... I think.

It was a strange film.

Go to the gym

The white ones are gorgeous

💯

Sub 120K blocks to the halving..

Hodl brethren.

This is my take as well

Interesting. I get some pretty cold temps at home. It get below freezing a few times a year. Other than that it's pretty hot and humid where I live. Are you saying they go dormant and come back or will they die off completely?

Never change the core essence of who you are just to please a woman.

That’s not love. It’s self-betrayal.

When you abandon yourself, attraction dies and resentment follows.

If you haven't, try scraping back the bark and exposing more of the cambium for the part of the stem thats going into the ground.

These are the best smelling flowers I've found in Thailand so far

Does anyone have a preference on how they consume the show notes with a podcast episode?

Anyone actually read them? What do you like? Anything you look for in particular?

I've been trialling inputting the questions I ask, rather than explaining what the episode discusses

Not sure if it works that well though?

#asknostr

Yup

Im still in experimental phases. Aiming for a set it and forget it method. I had about 20% success poking them into wicking beds in the fall. (Very easy).

Trying this set in distilled water. Hoping to reduce the amount of water changes vs using my well water. I may take half and poke them into an ebb and flow bin.

In the spring I'll do another round poking directly into garden soil.

The great thing is every success is about a $10 profit / savings as i build out mine and clients food systems.

Victimhood is one of the most difficult behaviours to manage

Firstly in yourself. “Oh poor me”. It’s unhelpful at best, dangerous at worst. A hand break on action. The most annoying trigger being the “compare and despair”…

But secondly, in others. So frustrating. People literally play things their way, the victim, due to what happens around them. It always allows for blame to be on others. There’s no true accountability of emotion

😤

Flower close up

#grownostr #flowstr #photography

Are there any butchers or farmers in the UK on Nostr?!

Most people don’t reject Bitcoin because it’s too risky.

They reject it because it forces them to reexamine everything.

And that hurts.

GM beautiful Nostriches 💜

“Our true purpose in life is not something we are here to DO. Rather, it is something we are here to BE.

It is a quality or inner virtue that we bring to everything we do in life. To find our purpose is to find a ‘nobility of spirit’ that pervades our entire life.

When we have found this, what we DO is of less importance because the DOING may change.

However, our BEING is the one thing that will never change. It alone makes us unshakable, stable and radiant. We BECOME the purpose of our life.”

The Art of Contemplation

- Richard Rudd

😌💓🧬🦋

people still chasing the free lunch ? lmao

Nostr is best used to state the obvious and most culturally controversial topics. Including…

The fact that decentralization doesn’t automatically create better discourse. It just removes the ability to blame centralized gatekeepers for our own intellectual laziness.

That “censorship resistance” means protecting speech you find repugnant, not just speech you happen to agree with this week.

That most people claiming they want freedom of association actually want freedom from consequences of their associations.

That building parallel systems is harder than complaining about existing ones, and most revolutionaries are better at manifestos than maintenance.

That value for value models only work if people actually value the thing enough to pay for it, which is a market signal some creators don’t want to hear.

That your keys, your notes, your responsibility also means your mistakes, your reputation, your problem.

That we’ve simply moved the trust assumptions around, not eliminated them, and pretending otherwise is intellectual dishonesty.

The real test of any protocol isn’t its technical specifications. It’s whether it can survive its own success without replicating the exact power structures it claimed to replace.

Discuss.

Besides flat screen TVs, what else has deflated over the last decade?

Brining might be the reason, don't know too much about it tho. I *do* know they breed a different type of cow here, a cross with some asian cow. More resistant to heat. Has a hump on the shoulders.

Here's what Grok says:

Costa Rica has a significant **cattle industry**, divided mainly between **beef production** (dominant in hotter, lowland areas like Guanacaste) and **dairy production** (more common in cooler highlands). The country's tropical climate favors heat-tolerant breeds, especially **Zebu** (Bos indicus) types, with extensive crossbreeding for adaptability, productivity, and meat/milk quality.

### Beef Cattle (Primary Focus)

Beef ranching relies heavily on hardy, parasite-resistant breeds suited to heat and humidity.

- **Brahman** (including Gray and Red variants) — The most common and dominant breed, often making up 80% or more of registered Zebu cattle. Known for its hump, loose skin, and large ears; it's a staple in regions like Guanacaste.

- **Other Zebu breeds** — Gyr (Gir), Indubrasil (Indo-Brazilian), and Nelore.

- **Crosses and composites** — Common for improved meat quality:

- Brangus (Brahman × Angus)

- Beefmaster

- Brahman crosses with European breeds like Red Angus or Wagyu (for marbling and tenderness).

Many cattle are grass-fed on pastures, contributing to the leaner, flavorful beef.

(That's BS. The cattle may be grass fed, but beef here is definitely NOT tasty LOL)

### Dairy Cattle (Specialized Production)

Dairy farming uses European (Bos taurus) breeds in higher elevations, with some dual-purpose systems.

- **Jersey** → Often the most abundant specialized dairy breed.

- **Holstein** → High milk volume.

- **Brown Swiss** (Pardo Suizo) and Guernsey → Also common.

- **Crosses** → Holstein × Jersey are frequent; some dual-purpose like Girolando (Gyr × Holstein) or Brahman milkers.

- **Criollo types** → Tropical Dairy Criollo (e.g., Central American Dairy Criollo or Reyna) in smaller or conservation herds.

### General Notes

- Much of the national herd is crossbred for dual-purpose (milk and beef), especially on smaller farms.

- Registered purebreds (via associations like ASOCEBU for Zebu) are a subset; most commercial cattle are mixes.

- Sustainability efforts include grass-fed systems and regenerative practices.

Meat is difficult here. Just had the worst tenderloin of my life in an Argentinian place in SJ. Beef was I mported from Nicaragua, probably fed with cocaine 😂

No taste, no crisp, no texture, colored like pork. Just awful, at least they gave me a discount and were very glad for the honest criticism.

If you want to look for nice climate, try weatherspark.com. They graph every aspect of climate and you can compare and overlay the graphs. Amazing

BTW most of the cost is due to the "gringo tax", which apparently applies to - more or less - all imports, and is roughly 100% on top. I guess if you just get fruit, herbs, rice, beans and fish, you can create something truly delicious for little money. But seems like tourists don't value that enough.