"Because you do get institutionalized. When you take away a man’s freedom and teach him to live in a cell, he seems to lose his ability to think in dimensions. He’s like that jackrabbit I mentioned, frozen in the oncoming lights of the truck that is bound to kill it." (Stephen King , Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption)

"The final point is that scale matters when it comes to governance. I have an aphorism phrased by friends as follows: I’m a libertarian at the national level, a Republican at the state level, a Democrat at the municipal level, and a communist at the family level." (Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The World in Which We Live Now)

Testing @npub18aa0eeebc6e67f0a5cc3a81a2f6deaecbedf2b52e98da7faa947028d15a12f6c

An important reminder: libertarianism doesn’t work without strong community ties. You need to surround yourself with family and friends you can trust. No man is an island. Fight for freedoms from state overreach, but give in to deep socialism with your people. Find God, touch grass, be generous. Freedom is worthless without a community with whom to enjoy it.

My original oil painting from @🟠 isolabellart is finally framed and on my office wall. Looks great. Grazie mille, Carlo!

Two years on nostr! Here’s my first note. Maybe sent from @Damus? It’s been awesome seeing this place grow. 🍻 View quoted note →

I’m loving running my own nostr relay on @Umbrel ☂️. I don’t write a lot of notes, but I like knowing that they’re always there on my personal server.

Another @🟠 isolabellart original to add to the collection. These will be going on the walls of my new office soon!