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My brother-in-law can’t get his head around the fact that he doesn’t actually own any of the stock he thinks he owns. I said, “Ok, if you own them, let me see them. Do you have the certs here in the house?”

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50 is the new 40. And it fucking sucks. That’s 10 hours a week I used to spend at the gym.

G’night ‘mano 👊🏽

GM. Seize the day 🤙🏽

#grownostr

4 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes

Wisdom On The Web

A positive affirmation is great, and you can make it more powerful by affirming the actions you will take to make your dream happen. Learn how in this free ebook download for you. Invest in inspired action.(Link is below)

https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/tri-phase-abundance-download/

Life Power Tip

A goal must have a plan and a deadline. Do you want your goals to remain mere wishes and something for the future? If not, then take a few steps today, toward their fulfillment. Set some timelines and draw up a blueprint for achievement of your target.

Action

Allow someone ahead of you in a shopping queue or parking space.

Challenge

Accept the things you cannot change.

Quote

To carry on a successful business, you must have imagination. You must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. -Charles M. Schwab

Clearing

Almost any decision is better than no decision at all. Be more decisive.

Question

Are you a traveler or a tourist in your journey through life?

Affirmation

I choose to feel more and more gratitude.

Uplifting Extra

Do you ever experience anxiety and worry beyond reason? Most of us have some of that going on. Let’s talk about what you can do about it. Does your mind tend to overestimate the risks of life and underestimate the powers and resources you have to handle those risks? Do you feel a subtle, yet persistent, sense of anxiety that runs like an undercurrent just beneath your conscious awareness? If so, you’re not alone. (Link is below)

https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/anxiety-and-worry/

Today’s video is below too!

https://youtu.be/H-rdWB41Vo0

Great content

I’ll never forget the thrill of flying my new 120 ft.² sport parachute for the first time, after flying a 150 and a 135 for many months. It was so aggressive that you could induce line twists if you yanked on a steering toggle too abruptly. My buddy Dean was really pushing it and was flying a 98. It looked like a handkerchief over his head. Different sport, but it’s amazing when it becomes your trusted companion and you know exactly how it responds. Some of the best memories of my life are doing high hop and pops from 12,500 on the sunset load, watching the sun set on the distant horizon over the Pacific, with Mt. Baker in the distance with just the peak illuminated, and darkness already having set in on the ground.

"One of the most alarming trends in policing is that companies are regularly pushing police to buy more than they need. Vendors regularly pressure police departments to lock in the price now for a whole bundle of features and tools in the name of “cost savings,” often claiming that the cost à la carte for any of these tools will be higher than the cost of a package, which they warn will also be priced more expensively in the future. Market analysts have touted the benefits of creating “moats” between these surveillance ecosystems and any possible competitors. By making it harder to switch service providers due to integrated features, these companies can lock their cop customers into multi-year subscriptions and long-term dependence.

Think your local police are just getting body-worn cameras (BWCs) to help with public trust or ALPRs to aid their hunt for stolen vehicles? Don’t assume that’s the end of it. If there’s already a relationship between a company and a department, that department is much more likely to get access to a free trial of whatever other device or software that company hopes the department will put on its shopping list.

These vendors also regularly help police departments apply for grants and waivers, and provide other assistance to find funding, so that as soon as there’s money available for a public safety initiative, those funds can make their way directly to their business."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/beware-bundle-companies-are-banking-becoming-your-police-departments-favorite

#USA #Police #Surveillance #PoliceState #Privacy

You are forgiven my child. Please say 10 “Prices naturally fall to the marginal cost of production over time”’s and 10 “The natural state of a free market is deflation”’s. Now go, and sin no more.

Zone 3a. This zone is characterized by extreme minimum temperatures ranging from -40°C to -37.2°C (-40°F to -34.4°F), with a humid continental, near-subarctic climate featuring short, cool summers and cold, snowy winters. All my friends down south have been into their gardens for months but so far evening temperatures have only supported putting in the root crops. These babies will be another three weeks before they’re safe overnight. #gardenstr

Shit Ben, which way to the gun show? 💪🏽