Avatar
FlyoverJoe
99562ddb32ac3e3378919a943e861cb999e80583efc7c70a42bba3e9ebbfc579
Out here in the middle of nowhere.

Been raining for 10 hours and will continue for a few more.

Totes m’goats.

Lol we do eat a lot. Freeze dry it and cook with it an entire year.

Annual garlic harvest complete. #garlicstr #grownostr

Replying to Avatar Edward Snowden

People really don't realize how utterly dependent modern surveillance is on the idea that everybody is carrying a phone — which is always tracked. Their car has a cellular modem in it — which is always tracked. 99% of investigation is one guy and a search box. If you're not low-hanging fruit, you aren't gonna merit the Eye of Sauron of manual, well-resourced, focused team attention—and if you did, you probably planned ahead for it, right? Because it's not a mystery what would get you on Santa's Naughty List.

Anyway, the point is that even in a big city, the phoneless guy in a "covid" mask is going to be invisible to anything less than that exhaustive manual investigation — at least for a few more years. That may go away once they start networking all the cameras and having AI start trying to match up clothing sets moving from camera to camera, butthat capability is hard to hide, so it'll be in the news. And it won't work that well in places with less camera density and, perhaps, for people who wear the most-common outfits (the visual equivalent of a "shared fingerprint").

Remember: Phones are useful, but dangerous. And the people who will still wear covid masks to the beach are helping to normalize facial obscurity—regardless of their intention. Don't be mean to them. Encourage them to wear them everywhere. For passport photos. In police booking photos. At the customs desk. Family portraits! The sky is the limit—let them push the boundaries so that you don't have to.

nostr:note1dufu3sutqcu4er2pj9k7zmxdf7k23qxn3eskwdr8tp3ffvg7g9qqsv4lrc

Be the grey man.

We started homeschooling in 2020 when we witnessed what the system was not teaching our children as they were “learning remotely” during the scamdemic.

Our two daughters have flourished and one having learning challenges has been able to overcome a lot and blossom into young adulthood. She’s gained a lot of self confidence and is now working two jobs interacting with the public daily after she completes her schooling for the day. They are both more advanced socially and are able to have intelligent conversations with adults, look you in the eye and are confident. We are extremely happy with the decision.

Lobe the color scheme.

Charolette and Bones hanging out.

Yep, neighbors corn. Dogs are loving the water.

A little swampy here today. Gonna be 100* the next two days…ugh.