I usually read on my iPad, been eyeing a dedicated reader for some time.

Kindle is the best imo, but I don’t like that it’s a walled garden.

I found Kobo which seems like a good alternative … basically the same but you can use files other than those allowed by Amazon …

My new born Avocado 🥑.. and my 1 year old one 🥑😜

#GrowNostr

I have some digital books that I would like to start reading, can someone recommend me which version of the Kindle device or another is good for this purpose? It’s just to read books.

Thank you people from #nostr

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Governments were never supposed to be this powerful.

Purple-pilling on LinkedIn.

I put "left" and "right" in quotes for a reason to try to avoid this trap btw. It's really hard to distinguish the two sides without these terms, but they are incredibly loaded with baggage that gets people hung up. The left and right are the categories that THEY put us in and are used to divide us.

Because why the hell not. This thing is going to be a collectors item after they assassinate him.

🍕🍕🍕 Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! 🍕🍕🍕

(Also my Foundation Passport arrived today)

I reject the idea that left is 100% government and right is 0%. That's another trap to villainize the left.

Since realizing the extent that the media is used to manipulate us and divide us along political lines, I've come to see just how badly ingrained this divisiveness is among people. Even on nostr I am constantly seeing people fall into the traps. I divide my social media time about equally between here and Reddit, and while the majority of Reddit is falling into the "left" leaning traps, here it is very much the "right" leaning traps that dominate.

We are supposed to be trying to break free of the influence of major media on #nostr, but it's so deeply ingrained that we continue to perpetuate the bullshit, and it's all so trivial in the scheme of things. Like if you find yourself upset about whatever "woke" crap you've read recently then you're falling face first into the trap. What you consider to be a sign of the degradation of society is only a small minority of extreme behavior that is amplified to seem like a major problem, and by posting about it you only amplify it further.

Then we are all forced to take sides against each other. I think much of the "woke" stuff I see is as ridiculous as many of you do, but I also tend to lean left on some of the more moderate social issues, so when I side with the left on the moderate issues it allows you to lump me in with the extreme woke bullshit. Now I'm a villain because I'm on the same side as the extremists.

It goes the other way too obviously. When people on the right support theocratic ideas I am extremely repulsed, even though they are probably a minority. However I can then also assume that everyone on the right implicitly supports those ideas by supporting right wing candidates and they are then my adversaries by default. What can I do? I have no choice but to oppose them.

Then we are caught up fighting each other instead of the real problem, the banks and the ultra wealthy elites that perpetuate a system that steals from us. It doesn't matter what party is in power, there will always be a wedge issue that's used to divide us that can't be resolved to either side's satisfaction.

Rather than fighting it out at the highest levels of government, these issues should be getting kicked down a level of two so consensus can be reached at a regional level. Then people will have more agency to choose to live under a jurisdiction that more closely aligns with their values. The free market can decide what works best for society this way. #Bitcoin will help lead us towards a more decentralized form of governance I hope. Until then I think the only political battle worth fighting for is whatever promotes the adoption of Bitcoin and/or removes power from centralized hands.

For that second part I tend to think that the left has better ideas for reducing the power of the rich. I know how we all feel about taxes, but if we can tax the shit out of billionaires that will reduce their power. Other forms of wealth redistribution like welfare programs, social safety nets, universal healthcare, and even UBI are steps in that direction. The cost of these programs is irrelevant. They're already printing money to infinity, why shouldn't the people get a larger slice?

Anyway I'm posting this now against my better judgement. If you actually read this far then I'm interested in your thoughts, even if you just want to call me a filthy socialist.

#Politics #USPolitics

Where is the notification screen?

Food forest harvest: Rhubarb (and leaves)

Not a bad first whack at the rhubarb this season considering I dug it all up and split it out to the swales in the silvopasture were the sheep graze.

I'm sure I'll get another harvest or two before the summer is through. In the meantime, this harvest is vacuum sealed and waiting for the strawberries to come on for classic strawberry rhubarb pie. The leaves will hit the Bitcoin mining dehydrator once the sassafras root is done. We make high power cleaner with the leaves by making an infusion with vinegar.

#pemaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #foodforest #gardening #perennial #harvest #perennialgarden #rhubarb

Spent 2 hours trying to figure out why some of my notifications weren't showing up and it turns out I selected "All Follows" and not "Global" in the notification screen. 🤦‍♂️