Self defense isn't genocide.

What an amazing day! I sold one of my pigs to an old Ukrainian butcher. With the understanding that he would process the pig at my place. I learned so much. WARNING BUTCHERING PICTURES!

The kill shot was the normal headshot with a .22, but instead of cutting the throat he pulled out a boot knife and stabbed it in the heart. Spot on, the first try, blood pumping straight out of the single wound.

Then he placed the dispatched pig on a piece of metal roof, everything from here on out was “clean.”

He used a weed torch to burn the hair off, used a homemade tool to perforate the skin and continued to torch until the holes began to bubble.

At this point he began alternating pouring water on the pig and tourching until the skin started to crack.

At that point they used scrub brushes to remove the “tar.”

Next he rolled the animal on its back and made cuts from its throat to the groin and took off a beautiful piece of fatty meat.

He separated the intestinal sack by hand and pulled the whole thing out in one piece.

Oh! Because he stabbed it in the heart, there was no blood except for in the thoracic cavity. Which was scooped out with an old coffee mug. It was very important to wash the animal several times during the scorching process and no blood was allowed to touch the meat.

I had to leave before they broke the animal down the rest of the way. Basically it was freezer ready by the time they left.

The best part was that I got to try “salo.” Salted, raw pig fat. They called it “Ukrainian sashimi.” Firm texture, a little chewy with a hint of smoke from the scorching process.

I’m so grateful that I get to live this life, meet people like this and learn new things.

#permies #homesteading #butcher #pig #grownostr

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It would be nice if there were more empathy on here for the people (particularly the ladies) who want to limit or filter who and what they are exposed to.

It is not censorship, when a woman wants a conversation to end and disappear.

It is not censorship, when a woman doesn't want to see your intimate portraits.

It is not censorship, when a woman mutes you for misbehavior.

I feel I've entered the wild west...but I'm not mad about it.

#introductions #nostr

I made an address a few months ago. I could semi-login before the account was approved. After waiting several days I was able to login just fine.

Gm! Link?

Maybe delegate that your nostr apps can only use wifi

Looks like I'm gonna have to stop using NOSTR. It seems that in the last month or so (roughly since I started actively posting from my travels) NOSTR has eaten up so much data that it's financially unsustainable for me.

I only operate on local 4G SIM cards when I travel and don't have access to public wifi very often - I'm not a digital nomad going from coffee shop to coffee shop and coworking space to coworking space, 95% of my time is spent somewhere in the woods or desert.

I'm terribly sorry about this, as NOSTR is my favorite platform and if I had any real enthusiasm for growth anywhere, it was here (unlike Twitter and Facebook). So if anyone happens to have any ideas on how to avoid this huge data consumption (like only using 1 app? Or just on a laptop in a browser? Or somehow remotely? Or do some magic with relays?), I'd love to get back to actively posting on NOSTR. But I'm shutting down for now, because realistically I don't have the money for more internet this month, and next time it'll be a decision between food and internet and guess what wins based on the opinions of the rest of the family :D.

So see you guys. For now...

Looks like I'm gonna have to stop using NOSTR. It seems that in the last month or so (roughly since I started actively posting from my travels) NOSTR has eaten up so much data that it's financially unsustainable for me.

I only operate on local 4G SIM cards when I travel and don't have access to public wifi very often - I'm not a digital nomad going from coffee shop to coffee shop and coworking space to coworking space, 95% of my time is spent somewhere in the woods or desert.

I'm terribly sorry about this, as NOSTR is my favorite platform and if I had any real enthusiasm for growth anywhere, it was here (unlike Twitter and Facebook). So if anyone happens to have any ideas on how to avoid this huge data consumption (like only using 1 app? Or just on a laptop in a browser? Or somehow remotely? Or do some magic with relays?), I'd love to get back to actively posting on NOSTR. But I'm shutting down for now, because realistically I don't have the money for more internet this month, and next time it'll be a decision between food and internet and guess what wins based on the opinions of the rest of the family :D.

So see you guys. For now...

Because it was on sale😂

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#ancaps of Nostr, what do you think? Is #anarchocapitalism a political movement? Is #voting immoral even if it’s for a candidate who will only decrease the reach of the state? Is using #politics only for reach a good or bad idea?

#ancap #libertarian #asknostr #grownostr nostr:note1534gs6yy8rezr885z2uqfu5q4u637pwu50kv9lkldwpsnah85gwqpej2ec

Just purged my inactive follow list with Nostr-Graveyard….

If I’m not following you now and you are reading this. Please reply and I will follow.

#Plebchain 💪