It’s my daughter’s birthday today and I’m officially the father of a teenager. God help me. I probably should’ve gotten some steak for the rest of the family.

Most people don’t want to know what is true. They want someone to parrot back to them what they already think is true.

More blueberry picking today with my 8 year old son! He likes it so much he asked if he could get a job picking them.

Our chickens laid their first eggs today!! 🥚 🍳 #chickens #backyardchickens

I don’t know if this relevant to anyone, but I’ve found the avocado oil works better on my Blackstone griddle than regular olive oil. I used olive oil (not extra virgin) for about a year and last spring the avocado oil was the same price at Aldi so I tried it. Seems to create a better non-stick coating.

Hit up the blueberry patch today. Got about 12 pounds. 🫐

Is it just me or are more and more websites not loading when I am using a vpn? Even when the IP address is in the US, which it almost always is.

Gm. New essay up yesterday about smartphones and kids. All my daughter’s friends and cousins have a smartphone now. She is going into seventh grade. Here’s why we’re waiting until high school. #coffeechain #essays #longreads https://primal.net/e/ View article →

Hey chicken farmers, I have a question for you. One of our nine week old birds started doing this this afternoon. Have you had a chicken do this? What do think is wrong with her? Sounds like she’s wheezing… We think it might be something stuck in her throat, gape worm, or heat stroke. Thoughts?

Most of the time we care more about aligning with our tribe than we do about finding the truth.

My cat doesn’t have many hobbies, but her favorite is throwing up on the carpet.

Just got a pyrography pen. It’s fun! I just did this free hand on a piece of unsanded 2x4.

So I am using @Alby and haven't been able to zap people for a while, although I can receive zaps. So I'm trying to sort that out this morning. Alby says I need to upgrade to my account and link a wallet, and that I can link my Alby wallet. No problem. But when I try, it looks like I either pay for Alby Cloud or set it up in ways that I'm not technically familiar with (and am not interested in learning at this point - self-hosting Alby Hub). So I guess I'm looking for a lightning wallet to connect for zaps. I have seen suggestions for Phoenix, Breez, and Mutiny. It looks like I have to pay 40k sats just to get Mutiny up and going (am I right about that?). Do people like Breez or Phoenix? Are there similar fees to get it up and going? I guess I could just get the wallet in Primal going... I like the idea of having a lightning wallet that isn't strictly for nostr though... #asknostr

Good morning, friends! I hope you all have a great Saturday!

It’s done! 72 hours of work and by far the biggest project l’ve taken on by myself! Even though he isn’t on social media, I have to give wife’s grandpa a huge shoutout. He and I have built many things together (a poker table back in high school, a deck, new top and rails and steps on another deck, a ceiling, bookshelves, and many more) and I couldn’t have done this without all of the knowledge I gained in those other projects. Now, we wait for eggs. lol

Chicken coop progress update

We are starting a flock. All you permanerds wore off on me (at least a little bit - haha). Also one of my colleagues has been raising hens for a few years and convinced me. I buy eggs from her and we love fresh eggs from chickens who can free range. We’ll see how it goes!

Good morning, everyone! The days are getting longer and I love it. We had a real winter here in Michigan for a solid 3 months and even if we get more of it, at least the days will keep getting longer.

Just gonna vent a bit here…. I am on day 30 now and wow, this is a slow process. I’m down to one crutch but in a boot anytime I leave the house. The boot will be around for another two weeks minimum. I can put my full weight on it but movement without the boot (like walking barefoot with a crutch) is a dangerous business. My PT specializes in sports injuries and said it’s probably the worst ankle sprain he’s seen… so I guess I win? I’m hoping I can get it back to 100% functionality eventually. I know ankles can be screwed up for life, so I’m really trying to keep the big picture in mind and not push too hard. View quoted note →

Hopefully TikTok will be banned as scheduled. “And even if parental controls worked and parents chose to shield their kids from bad stuff, they can’t because TikTok’s content moderation is poor. An internal study found that the “leakage rate” (of bad stuff getting past moderators) is as follows: 35.71% of “Normalization of Pedophilia” content; 33.33% of “Minor Sexual Solicitation” content; 39.13% of “Minor Physical Abuse” content; 30.36% of “leading minors off platform”; 50% of “Glorification of Minor Sexual Assault”; and 100% of “Fetishizing Minors.” For those who think that social media is relatively harmless, we urge you to read the quotations and internal studies described below, in which employees of TikTok discuss the vast and varied harms that they are causing to literally millions of American children each year.”

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale

Recently revealed text in legal briefs tells a damning story about the company, in its employees’ own words