1910. would rarely be seen.

til, a few months before Washington State became a state, Seattle, Vancouver, Ellensberg, and Spokane, all almost burned to the ground. in fact, the number of major US cities that almost burned to the ground in the late 1800s is insane.

til, before the industrial age, the concept of first and second sleep was widespread and common. waking up in the middle of the night was considered natural, and people would use the time to reflect, read, write, pray…

Michael Angelo’s first painting. Completed in 1487, at the age of 12

from Dostoevski, The Brothers Karanazov

try telling me this isn’t the original Metal 🎸

there is alot of hidden normie on nostr

i thought this would be fun to look through, but it actually bummed me out.

ive been thinking about how much i dislike the way NVK relates to the world, and how l have felt that way from our first interaction. i have also been thinking about how unlikely it is that he would intentionally backdoor his own products, and destroy his own life. Honestly, while i have thought he needed to be humbled, I have no desire to see him completely destroyed. but i think even more, ive concluded that people who lack compassion, even for their enemies, conflate accountability with self indulgence, and love the drug of enraged self righteousness, are a greater threat to the world than almost anything else.

i used to walk up post alley in the morning, and get coffee in Pike Place. occasionally at the first starbucks. but it wasnt until today that i looked down the coffee rabbit hole

the Epstein class is very unhappy about your self custody.

a video from a long time ago

i never get tired of the eggs vegetables and natural sourdough combo.

the second American revolution very well might consist of people just walking away from complying and outlasting the State as it falls.

i realized today that zombies are real. the people that move from scandal to scandal, looking to turn legitimate expressions of anger into manic anger bandwagons for an opportunity to express their zombie madness. they’re like reevers always looking for opportunities to attack, and destroy. never fall for the lie that zombies are your friends because they temporarily seem to agree with you. they will eat your face off later. you cant be friends with zombies 🧟‍♂️

lots of smug sounding comments i could offer about personally preferring old Librebooted and air gapped thinkpads with OpenBSD and Electrum wallet. but its pointless and insensitive in light of the very real losses

peoples attitude changes when they go back to posting on X

cant say i ever expected to ponder using a gravel driveway to increase surface randomness for dice 🎲

i ate 3/4 of a tub of chocolate covered raisins. and im not sorry.

i wont be joining cold card lynch mobs.