There’s a really slick setup you can get at an arborist supply called a fiddle block. It combines the pulleys you’ve pictured in a pre-strung unit, allows you to move the entire pulley assembly to a comfortable pulling height, and allows the person doing the pulling to stand at 90° to the direction of fall, placing them out of the line of fire for the top and any material that carries in that direction once the tree hits the ground. It’s amazing the amount of force you can exert. Our crews use them a lot at work. The only down side is they are pretty pricey. But if you find yourself doing more of these jobs, it’s a great piece of kit.

Good episode! 🤙🏽

I agree. In a busy work week, I spend more time with David listening to his podcast than I do with my best friends. Make sure to drop nostr:npub1vwymuey3u7mf860ndrkw3r7dz30s0srg6tqmhtjzg7umtm6rn5eq2qzugd a boost on Fountain, zaps on Nostr episode posts and a 5 star on Apple Podcasts.

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An important talk. Share it far and wide 🤙🏽

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Now THAT is a base exit point.

The first winter we moved up north, the lake we rented our first house on froze solid 14” deep with no snow. On a particularly windy day, I strapped my skates on, tucked our patio umbrella under my arm, and skated out to the point 1000 yards northwest of our beach. When I turned around to come home, I opened the umbrella. When I passed a family who was playing hockey near the shore on my way out, I was doing about 50 knots. They looked at me like I was crazy. It was wild!

GN 🤙🏽

Welcome to the island. April Fools

Negative. But I downloaded it a couple years ago. I’d love to posterize it.

Nice hi rez version.

#bitcoin #grownostr

I just set up Tails OS on a standalone USB this weekend. It is amazing. MAC address anonymization, encrypted persistent storage, and all the basics for conducting online operations without giving everything away. It even connected to my StartOS server and my private Electrum for using Sparrow for air gapped signing and transaction broadcasting. I wish I knew about Tails a long time ago.

Interesting insight from an Indian who got the hell out while the getting was good:

https://fountain.fm/episode/oj4F0XFd62eqGnXwtCFr

Remember when it moons, we were “just lucky”.

Hang in there. I have been feeling the same thing lately. There’s a bit of a lack of hope for working stiffs these days. I had a bit of a revelation the other day. I realized that I haven’t missed a meal lately. I’ve slept in a comfortable bed as long as I can remember. I have a woman that loves me. I don’t dodge IED’s on my way to work. Yes I am in a cage, but at least it’s a nice one while I search for the key. Or until I hit a block and wake up to a freshly minted 3.125 BTC in my wallet lol. Until then, DCA, meet some fellow coiners, and see if we can start an enterprise of some kind. I see a huge opportunity to help normies get set up without rugging themselves. And showing tradfi people how to custody BTC the right way.

It’s the news you can use.

Zeihan is a pseudo intellectual cuck

Then undoubtedly. Break the chain. All it takes is one good man.

Challenge #1: find 5 people in your life that understand the need to master privacy solutions BEFORE they become necessary for personal security.

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Go boys!

That was tight operating