I got a half peck of organic pears and soap from @SOUND COFFEE, maple syrup from @rev.hodl, pork from @AU9913, and greek olive oil from @Staci These products came from plebs all over the world to arrive at our humble @Cleveland Bitcoin ₿itnic, made possible by by The Denim Road. I hope this is just the first of many. There are many more products across other regions I need in my life, flowing on the Denim Road (looking at you @Oshi and @SoapMiner)! Imagine ordering pleb-produced goods from all around the USA, delivered every month to your local meetup. No fiat. View quoted note →

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@Local Bitcoiners have you seen this? @Whit6r from @Cleveland Bitcoin built it. Meetup organizers, get listed!

The Bitcoin Pocket Guide

The Bitcoin Meetup Universe: find a Bitcoin meetup

Find a Bitcoin meetup near you: when it meets, how to reach the organizers, and a word from each group. Listings are free.

A ton of good beginner / orange pilling resources on the site. Check it out!

If you've been dragging your feet, get to it. Attend your local meetup and change your life for the better. As we all know, finding Bitcoin turns your world upside down. Communion with fellow Bitcoiners will further enrich your life moreso than ways than you ever thought possible. Youve spent 10,000 hours learning about Bitcoin, now put in the effort and practice it in real life. I promise, it's worth it. View quoted note →

It's wine making time again

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I just had a very exhausting conversation yesterday with some in-laws about this exact thing. The exact phrase: "New headlines say musk and all those smart tech guys are warning us about AI and how it will kill us all" was uttered without irony... Long since retired, husband worked majority of his career for a 3-letter agency as a security analyst so they are right to be paranoid (they've seen how the sausage is made). Yes the surveillance state is very real and yes we are giving away all our data. She recognized how we give away our credit card pins, bank acct numbers, ssn numbers, and all that withiut second thought. That much she agreed to. But she cpuldnt make the connection to all this eventually leading to, trading freedom for safety. Everything they spouted was pure mass media fear mongering talking points... she couldn't see how it was manipulation. She couldn't see how it was a path to eroded rights and state capture. She full on scoffed when I said that when the fear is big enough, enough ppl will be convinced to support laws that remove freedom for the sake of protecting us from AI (patriot act anyone?). Its crazy to me how someone can be so paranoid about data security and yet be the biggest bootlicker for the biggest personal data abuser out there. sad. View quoted note →

Almost got this bad boy to 5lbs. My biggest zuch yet. Not a bad haul considering my tiny garden and this late stage in the season. #gardenstr #grownostr

A distinct childhood memory of mine... We used to play in the woods. Maybe 3rd or 4th grade at the time. One day, bigger kids came and started shooting us with paintballs. Everything we showed up, they were there. This went on for a week. I got fed up with it. But instead of whining or tattling, I saved up my chore money and convinced an older kid to buy me an airsoft gun. I took care of the paintball problem. These are the lessons kids today arent learning. They run to mommy and daddy when things get uncomfortable (and later to uncle sam). Instead of learning to solve your own problems, you learn to cry about it and let someone else fix it for you, to their advantage. Turn this ship around. Start raising children hard again. View quoted note →