"There's always an arms race, so to speak, between state and society. And where the state becomes too powerful, we see the tyranny of the strong Leviathan, the strong state, where interestingly, where society becomes too powerful, or the state becomes too weak, what we tend to see are local tyrannies. So social tyrannies of norms are what the authors call the cage of norms, you know, the kind of village economies where if anybody rises too high, we cut them down, you know, direct enforcement of morality, like the kinds of local oppressions that make life difficult. So the ideal corridor and the narrow corridor of liberty is one in which the power of the state and the power of society are balanced. But that requires that both state and society compete to out-innovate one another. So there has to be this competitive dynamic." The real NSmolenskiihas been spitting fire non stop. If you haven't been listening to her, seek her out.
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Does anyone know @jleger2023 IRL? He OK?
#nostrgram #nostr #plebchain
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Its like a lazy attempt to copy an old effective scam. Extortion doesn't work very well when they don't actually freeze you out of your machine and or provide the video evidence they are threatening to release.
A long time ago there was a pretty effective group in Morocco running something like this, but they actually either encrypted your HD and gave a countdown timer the payments had to be made by, or they provided screen shots of the person targeted in a compromising position (because they were running some honeypot camgirl op on them).
Watching The Social Dilemma in 2023 is a little bit different then when it came out.
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0&local=true
"The notes all sound clean, but at the same time, there is a sense of force, thrust and violence."
"He was the most profound musical voice during a period in which humanity progressed in quantum leaps, a period in which misanthropic cultural conceptions, according to which human beings were capable only of violence and barbarism, were refuted. His work is ineradicably connected with the striving for human liberation."
Purity tests are not OK. Confession: I do wish I could know how many people have 401k/IRA investment accounts and have taken the 10℅+ hit to withdraw and bought BTC with it. I know it doesn't matter, but sometimes I do wonder. Conviction is an amazing thing. #plebchain #BTC #nostr
If you're buying stuff online with BTC from some place that uses BTC Pay, remember the default is on chain, make sure to change that to lightning....... #plebchain #bitcoin
An increase violence seems inevitable. The code word to avoid violence while on my propertt is "Beethoven".
Have you set up a micro hydro system? This dudes off grid set up is amazing. The value of this small set up in combination with his small solar set up is stunning :
#microhydro #hydro #solar #offgrid #growstr #power #electricity
Do you need to adjust your #nostr "algo"? All you have to do is search and follow. That's it. Put in a tiny bit of work #pow doing a little search every once on a while, follow a hashtag and your feed improved instantly. Give it a go, it works!
#grownostr #welcome #art #music #farmlife #homeatead #worldschool #growstr #homestead #prayerchain #plebchain #introductions #travel, #tech #crypto #beauty #foodstr #chefstr #steakchain #coffeechain #vinyalstr #tunestr #nostr literally anything!
* depends on the *character* of the human societies that deploy them.
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This is the full, unabridged reading of Alex Gladstein's work, "STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: HOW THE IMF AND WORLD BANK REPRESS POOR COUNTRIES AND FUNNEL THEIR RESOURCES TO RICH ONES" published with Bitcoin Magazine. #bookstr #audiobook #IMF #justice #finance #forthekids
For all you living off the land types out there, have you come across a book/manual that you thought was really valuable? Like, you enjoyed it but also refered back to it as a reference multiple times? I would appreciate any recommendations.
When I bought my first 10 acres, I was determined to have an orchard. I ran across a book called The Apple Grower: A Guide for the Organic Orchardist by Michael Phillips. At first I thought it was a bit rambling, but it ended up being pretty useful for me as a total newbie.
As a young adult I probably enjoyed these two books (manual's) more than is normal, I still keep copies around:
Where There Is No Doctor
Where There Is No Dentist
#bookstr #grownostr #compost #garden #homestead #homesteading #gardening #nature #farmlife
A variety of reads I have enjoyed:
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, and David Wengrow.
Surviving Survival: The Art and Science of Resilience by Laurence Gonzales
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides by David Rohde
Tower of Basel by Adam Lebor
Super Imperialism by Michael Hudson
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Love listening to the constant beat of our ram pump.
These things work wonders in areas where electricity isn’t an option. All that is required is some PVC pipe and a little bit of elevation. 1 foot of intake drop will create roughly 7 feet of lift.
We pump from a creek bed to a 55 gallon drum about 75 yards out into one of the pastures. From there a few simple fittings and hoses and we have water to the animals. Thinking about tapping an overflow hose that can be moved around for some extra irrigation over the dryer months.
Tank sits up about 4 ft to give some pressure. All in maybe 15 feet of lift across that distance. #homesteading #water #pump #livestock #farm #grownostr https://nostr.build/av/nostr.build_4219fa30a350c4fe3425eef8d9b696e372654009ee08a9d7ef8946f92104bc94.mov
Built one in 2012 to water a small orchard, I could not believe the lift it provided! The sound was soothing and the trees flourished. Unfortunately some curious cows eventually walked up the path and up the creek and had their way with it.
You know I am going to see you, so fix your damn lightning address! Just because you are a "your mom" jokes kidna person and put an @ between moms, does not make it a functioning "zippity zapper thingy" (those are his words people). Safe travels, see you soon!
Spring mowing safety reminder (the detail here is curious).
Its out around the Monongahela National Forest. Built a sweet life there, totally off grid. Moved overseas for family/work stuff.
So far my favorite finds on #grownostr have been the awesome homesteaders, so much skilled #POW on display here. Makes me long for my land which is currently an ocean away.