I'm unconvinced that diversification creates meaningful wealth. I think it may protect it or grow it to some degree for those who have it already and stopped moving, but I've never gained anything of note by spreading my focus across more things.

I have gained a lot by pouring myself into a thing I care about. Shooting one arrow accurately is easier than adding more arrows.

Late night thoughts.

before i got married and we bought this property, it had been my intention to buy a dilapidated warehouse in an industrial area, move an rv inside it, build out aquaponics, solar, hidden and guerrilla gardens, hidden networks, etc.

sell produce to local restaurants on the downlow.

still think about it sometimes.

but i love this life now. 🙂

after living closer to nature for a few years now, ive started to believe something about cities that i didnt before. i now believe cities create an environment where it is very easy to lose touch with reality. nature teaches you about reality. but the collective agreement of cities creates energy that can be rooted in all manner of distractions, strange conclusions, and ambitions. and if you don’t understand how to combat those things, youll find yourself drifting into agreement with whatever mob of people you exist within. its not impossible to stay grounded in a city, but it requires conscious effort.

What’s your recommended minimum sat amount per UTXO? #asknostr

also Elon Musk enough.. 😅

I looked the upload speed isn't good enough and also not reliable enough

Internet at my new place is like 90% less bandwidth than what I have now

Self hosting dreams in shambles

Would you stop drinking alcohol for 1 bitcoin?

So my pup hasn't had as much pep in his step lately, And as diet, all of a sudden became a little more picky.

After a number of tests, It's discovered that he has an agressive cancer. It's literally everywhere.

It's a weird feeling. I don't have kids, but I can only imagine how much you might love one. It's shattering news to process. A reminder of how finite we all are. It's an end game scenario for him. Til Valhalla, heaven, some other dimensional state or whatever it is✊🏿

I love this lil piece of the universe so incredibly much and I'd trade years of my own life to get more with him.

Introduction: Frank (aka Dove):

I was born 7 days after FDR died and got my name from him. I’m retired after 4 different careers in motion picture film (16 & 35mm) editing of educational films; as a machinist, labor activist and shop steward in a major GE factory; as a manager of QA and software development organizations; and finally as a social worker in public schools and private practice.

My anti-authoritarian perspective brought me into productive conflict with various governmental, corporate, non-profit, and political entities. I was a member and activist in several labor unions and ad hoc groups in each career. I can point with pride to several conflicts which helped improve peoples’ lives.

While I calculated the surplus value produced by labor, I did not appreciate the theft of labor committed at the government level through currency manipulation, money printing, selective taxation, and corporate bailouts. It is the corporate control of the government that gets us corrupt government.

Since retiring, I have been an advocate of democracy through various organizations, and see the Digital Democracy of Taiwan as a model for rebuilding public trust and creating a participatory democratic world. I reject the call for a new king!

I see bitcoin, lightning, and Nostr as tools to enable human freedom and cooperation. To this end, I support the Human Rights Foundation in its work. I look forward to participating in this platform.

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The front just hit us and our old house creaked. Hope the hail stays away.

Little lambs do indeed eat ivy.

Met another parent at my kids school today and they mentioned a group getting together to discuss “eco-grief” about our dying planet. This person has a good head on their shoulders and is involved in some really cool regenerative farming projects. I wanted to shake them and say “don’t you see how beautiful the future is going to be?!” We’re at an inflection point and most people don’t see it yet. Yes, we have caused a lot of environmental problems during the fiat era, but the technology and more importantly the incentive structure to fix it exists now.

There are a few boomer imposed existential choke points between us and the first turning but we’re so close. Sometimes I catch glimpses of what’s around the corner and it makes me so grateful to be here now.

“Win the war of attention”

This quote from the ad sums it all up.

Manipulating people for attention is tantamount to time theft. And I dunno about you, but for me that is the biggest sin you can commit.

So yeah - I am at war with attention-seekers. We should all be rejecting this. It’s worse than monetary debasement, despite being a symptom of it.

I know there’s a market for tallow based face cream for the ladies (or the men who have a skincare regime). My wife uses a tallow based product. My sister started doing it as well. But mainly to get the dog to play with her. She’s got a face only our Mom could love lol.

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