Nobody drifts into the life they actually want. You get there by making hard calls on ordinary days. I know my own weaknesses. I’ve wrestled with some of them for years. Those struggles taught me something I couldn’t have learned any other way. Intensity is a resource. The same restlessness that pulls a man toward the wrong thing can build something real if you turn it. The war doesn’t end, you just decide what you’re fighting for. GM.

Who has this on their radar?

China executes child rapists. Saudi Arabia executes them publicly. Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh sentence them to death. Australia puts them away for life. The United States gives them a plea deal and a work release program. Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors for decades. He was connected to presidents, princes, and billionaires. He got 13 months with daily furlough in 2008. He was arrested again in 2019. He “died” in federal custody. The list of men who used his network has never been released. No one on it has been charged. The punishment a nation assigns to the rape of a child tells you everything about what it actually values, not what it says. The floor is the truth.

“No way! That’s great. We landed on the moon” - Lloyd Christmas

Told my friend to get on Nostr. Spent 45 minutes explaining keys. He said “so it’s like email?” I said yes. He’s not on Nostr

The Bitcoin conversation is the fastest filter I know. View quoted note →

5 to 10% know what’s going on because they stopped getting their reality from platforms designed to manage it.

The sooner you realize your kids aren’t an inconvenience, the sooner you become the parent they need. Lessons I’ve learned.

Small courtesies used to be the connective tissue of a society. Now they register as anomalies. Be the signal. Others will tune in

Every system that profits off your anxiety loses its grip on a man who has none.

A peaceful man is a dangerous man. Peace is the most countercultural thing you can build. Start with yourself. It spreads from there. Gm Nostr frens!

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Gn Nostr!

If questioning everything our culture and governments tell us makes me a conspiracy theorist, then what do you call someone who trusted the weapons of mass destruction briefing? The Gulf of Tonkin report? The “safe and effective” press conference? Etc etc etc You don’t get to be wrong every decade and still claim the high ground on credibility.

The richest life is a small set of deep things built on ordinary days. Guard the ordinary.

POV: entering into the Ditto client cockpit for the first time! lol