Happy thanksgiving to all. Each day is a blessing #thanksgiving

Big things are coming soon at the farm. Here’s a new planting we made this year of hellebores. #Bitcoin has taught us a low time preference, and this here is one example. The plants take over 3 years to become fully mature and produce substantially. It’s a big upfront investment but one that will pay off over the long term

Here is some of our ranunculus starting to sprout. We plant in plastic Dutch crates to avoid gopher and water logging problems. With any luck of a mild and sunny winter we may have flowers to sell for Valentine’s Day, but more than likely these guys will start producing in March #flowers #flowerstr

I have a simple idea to fix the whole cost of living crisis in America, anyone making under $100,000 pays zero income tax. I feel like this is a pretty easy sell politically (especially with the millennials/gen Z who make up the largest voting block), maybe it will catch on

Love all of this and have had the exact same experience in my life. Lead by example, treat people the way you want to be treated, and live a good life is the best way to bring people to bitcoin. People follow positive people View quoted note →

I saw a stat from unusual_whales that the median American homebuyer is 59 years old. So bullish on #bitcoin

Having these two monsters has been a lot of work, but definitely worth the effort. Dogs rock

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Our Matsumoto asters were quite short this year, but still produced some beautiful flowers. There’s always room for improvement each year

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Marianne Williamson

Ordered pizza from a local shop and show up to find out they didn’t put my order in. I didn’t make a big deal out of it, and they were cool and threw in a free dessert. Tipped them anyway, they support local products and mistakes happen. Practicing the golden rule can go along way

Reading “How the British Invented Communism (and Blamed It On The Jews). Eye opening so far. It’s also clear why the western corporate press has made Putin its number 1 enemy. He is a proud Russian nationalist, and rejects the globalist (communist) agenda that ripped apart his country for 70 years

I saw a man walking his three legged dog today through the neighborhood. After seeing the persistence of that little dog, how could I ever feel sorry for myself again?

Maybe it’s just me, but it looks like there’s an internal civil war going on in the American government. States are demanding full food stamp funding, certain district courts rule that the federal government must release funds, Trump is set on withholding until the shutdown ends, the Supreme Court overrules the lower courts and says funds can be withheld, and the USDA says it’s working to get food stamp funding out. Who is in charge here? How many factions in government are fighting against each other? All I know is I would want to have a scarce, censorship resistant bearer asset at times like these 😏

Pausing between flowers and freedom technology, this is Penny, our pet heifer that I raised as a calf. She doesn’t provide us with anything but she is cute, aside from when she’s breaking fences. Raising an animal from birth is a wonderful experience

I’ve been looking into upgrading my bitcoin self custody. I’ve heard a lot of great things about the ColdCard Q, like how it’s air gapped to add a little extra security. If anyone out in #nostr #bitcoin world has any recommendations and their experiences, I’d appreciate you sharing. Thanks

Happy Guy Fawkes day. It always reminds me to watch V for Vendetta again. Government is the antithesis of peace and prosperity

My dad would have been 69 today. We’ve changed the farm from what his vision was, but I think he would be content to see how far we’ve come and the decisions we’ve made over the past 15 years. He never took time off, rarely even on weekends, but we try to rest and recharge during the off season. He grew roses year round with natural gas heating and hydroponics, we transitioned to seasonal crops because the cost of energy has become prohibitive. His main asset was real estate - “land rich, cash poor”, we allocate our profits to bitcoin because it’s a better safeguard of our hard earned capital and risk taking. Change is part of life, the ones we love all die at some point. There’s no right or wrong when forging new paths, the important part is that you persevere and never stop learning. My dad, and my grandpa as well taught me that among other things. I’m fortunate to have had two great male role models that I am hopeful to live up to. Life is harder without them here with us, but I know they had their own hardships and they emerged from them better men. I am reminded to embrace these difficulties, so one day my children and grandchildren will look up to me, and I’ll tell them I am who I am because of my dad and my grandpa before me, and through the grace of God

Feliz día de los muertos to all. We will meet again one day in God’s kingdom

All of the sudden the news of the day is that millions of Americans are threatened by losing food stamps due to the government shutdown. When will we ask the question: why do people rely on the government to afford food in the first place? And why has this New Deal policy only exacerbated food insecurity rather than alleviated it as the policy would purport to do? the Farm Bill, and all government subsidization of agriculture are the causes of unaffordable food. It is the classic, government breaks your legs then gives you a wheelchair (that it can also take away from you). Why are we subsidizing monocrops of corn that are turned into high fructose corn syrup that gives us health problems, adding more costs to the healthcare system? Why do we grow corn to turn it into ethanol when carbon free nuclear energy technology has existed for decades? Why can’t we just eliminate taxes and regulations in farms, allowing them to grow a variety of healthy foods for their communities for a lower cost? When you realize the answers to these questions are obvious, the only conclusion is that the purpose of government policy is never to fix an issue, it is to make the public dependent. Dependent people will vote for more government to save them, and grow the size and power of the state, causing more problems and repeating this cycle. The solution is upon us through bitcoin. By imposing financial responsibility, the bitcoin monetary system makes these policy errors unprofitable. Under the current monetary system, the errors can be covered up and obscured by continually debasing the currency. #bitcoin #fiat