I made my first mortgage payment and looked at how much went to principal 🤮

Has anyone here done a bunch of research on mattresses?

I am buying a new one and want something comfortable that's low toxicity. Medium firm probably.

I know one of you geniuses has looked into this 🧠

LinkedIN removes every #Bitcoin Wine post I make.

that's like my whole business. 🤷

I’ve been heads down working on a new zine! 3,000 sats to the first person that can guess what it’s about.

Kind of sort of not really hint: This herecomesbitcoin.org guy will be on the cover

Oh wow it’s splitting right in the middle. I don’t know if it would work but see if you can prune the lower branches that are pulling it down and then tie the upper branches to salvage it.

But the tear is exposed so not sure if the tree can repair itself.

Tough call! My gramps would totally have known what to do, I'm just a dilettante.

I'm worried about the tree dying back later from the exposed cut, however you prune. I fear the correct thing to do would be to cut off both sides of the split and put a thick layer of bitumen over the cut area. Leaving any branches above the split risks the split opening up again under their weight next season :(

Hopefully someone with professional experience chimes in!

You're gonna have to prune that tree back. Hard.

Modern varieties aren't designed to live without humans keeping them trimmed. Too much weight of fruit without a corresponding increase in structural strength

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Reminder that a system that steals from you, gets stronger by the energy you give it.

And…Only you have the power to decide who/what gets your energy!

#Bitcoin

#Nostr

Lakers or nuggets?

Your flex isn't a flex by @stackhodler:

No one cares about your car.

Or your bigwig job title.

Or your watch.

I was just in a room full of c suite execs from fortune 500 companies.

People that have reached the pinnacle of traditional success.

But they aren't in control of their time.

Most of them completely missed their children growing up.

Many of them are unhealthy.

And few of them know how to enjoy life, because they have spent their lives focused on the next rung of the corporate ladder.

Conditioning themselves to live for "someday" that will never arrive.

In their defense, when they started their careers decades ago, it was a lot harder to achieve a high quality of life outside of the big corporate setting.

But now the status symbols they aimed at (the title, the big house, etc.) have lost value.

The new status symbols are:

- Control over your time

- Control over where you work

- Freedom to watch your children grow up

- Ability for your spouse to stay home

- Ability to travel whenever you want

- A fit body and a healthy mind

Just like the old status symbols, nobody really cares whether you achieve these things.

But your family will. And that's what matter most.

So how to get these things?

We live in an age of incredible opportunity.

The opportunities for individuals and small teams to build wealth via business have never been greater.

You no longer need to slave away in an office for decades to bank $10+ million.

Traditional media used to monopolize the power to influence; today that power has been decentralized by platforms like X.

Similarly, corporate influence has lost ground to individual influence.

Authentic individuals are the brands that people now trust.

And people will always prefer to buy from brands they trust.

This is an opportunity for those who recognize it and act upon it. That alone should make you optimistic.

But what if you don't want to start a business?

You can still get there by choosing to save in #Bitcoin

Families that have adopted a Bitcoin standard for their savings have seen dramatic increases in living standards compared to people who save in assets like the S&P500.

For every Lambo-flaunting crypto scammer, there are probably 1,000+ families spending more time together because of Bitcoin.

And at the end of the day, that's the only status symbol that really has any substance.

(Reposted from X - #nostr needs to read this too)

I think Ben falk just came out with a new edition of his book the resilient farm and homestead. And Jack spirco is putting out an online course if it isn't out already. Really like those two guys.

Check out Jack Spirko, Nicole Sauce, Billy Bonds, all podcasters and homesteaders.