Life long learner living off the grid in the PNW. Growing food, living simple. Pursuing the cyberpunk Thoreau archetype, and finding peace in the less conventional way. Cooking over wood fire lover. Unix, free software, and mesh network enthusiast. Seeking first the Kingdom, and the King
being in a place where you can hear the bustle of civilization in the distance, but walk hidden from outside eyes surrounded by nature is the most incredible gift i never knew i wanted.
when you begin to break free from a spirit or paradigm, and you share your freedom those still bound by it will often get angry and attack you for reasons they cant even fully explain. they just know something about what you are saying makes them angry.
til,
the spiritual guardians of the City of London, are two giants who ruled some time in the ancient past before the Romans came. Their names are Gog and Magog.
iyk,yk.
til, the latin c sounded like a k, and the latin v sounded like a w.
so caesar sounded like Kaiser, and Livius Patavinus sounded like Looweeus Pataweenus. 😂
the etymology of the word “idiot”
ἰδιώτης (idiṓtēs) — a private person, ordinary citizen, someone not holding public office
it contains the natural elitist cultural drift which occurs with an unchallenged political class. what originally is a private citizen, comes to represent something stupid and despised.
watching Shawn Ryan attempt to interview Mike Rowe, and laughing at the inevitable outcome when interviewing someone as sharp as Mike Rowe, which is, Mike Rowe is actually interviewing Shawn Ryan.