GM & PV #nostr Feeling bright, feeling positive today. Have a great day all

GM #nostr, the grind is real currently. Working on things I’d rather not be working on but they keep the status quo for the family. Me and my wife have definitely had God setting a new vision for our life recently. We’re definitely not from a charismatic background (closer to Reformed Baptist) but have seen and heard God talking to us through our circumstances and “coincidences”. It’s exciting to know you can progress in a direction and know God has gone before you in it. Believe the Gospel, it won’t just change your life but change your eternity. I’d sell all the Bitcoin I have for it. #biblestr

Get rid of bank holidays. Make them mandatory days of leave that companies have to give employees. Crazy rushes to everything outdoors will disappear. People can just take the days when they want.

One of the scary things about watching the decline of Western society is realising I am one of those weak men created by good times. And I need to become a strong man pretty quickly

People not knowing the difference between content moderation and censorship is both depressing and amusing

I love my kids

I genuinely believe America is the best country. Incredibly diverse environments, lots of space, built on some based principles. Sure it has a lot of problems currently but I’m bullish. Wish I could move there View quoted note →

Okay #cookstr what’s the deal with stainless steel and heavy metals? Is nickel something to genuinely be concerned about? I love my stainless steel even more than cast iron. Please don’t tell me I’ve got to get rid of

This whole thing with Mike Lynch absolutely reeks. His co-defendant was also hit by a car and killed last weekend? Super shady

Hey @primal, on the web app I can no longer follow or unfollow people. Any idea what is wrong?

The rampant corruption in politics I believe comes from the deterioration of the importance of the family unit as an environment for formation. Formation of critical thinking, ethics and morality have been outsourced to a faceless state (or private school) that at their heart are optimised for performance, not formation.

GM #nostr Feeling pretty sore after having a lump removed from my back yesterday. Nothing malignant thankfully but was causing some discomfort sat at a desk all day. Now to not pop my stitches for 2 weeks

Thinking about #nostr and growth and how we can fall into the pitfalls of old school social media. The likes of Facebook, Twitter, etc got to the size they did through unethical, addictive algorithms and backroom deals. Nostr is not that. It’s organic and organic growth does not follow the trajectories of traditional social media. We should be onboarding as many as we can but if they don’t hang around that’s fine. Nostr shouldn’t need people chronically online to survive. It’s okay if people came back sporadically. Value4value lies at the heart of this new age of social interaction online. When you’ve filled your cup, come and share it, let yourself be filled. When you need to take a step away, do it and come back when ready.

Started the Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box last week. Already on book 6, someone help I have 25 books in total to go before my brain will let me read anything else

GM #nostr, thinking through how our existence could probably be defined by the word “overextension”. By overextension I mean we stretch things past their natural capacity. We’ve overextend: Money Government Food Environment Schools Communities Purpose Humanity Fitness Entertainment Family Business Am I advocating for degrowth? I guess I kind of am, centralisation is the scourge of humanity. It’s ironic that my favourite show, Star Trek: TNG, shows a future of almost perfect bureaucratic bliss. If such a thing was possible it would be great. "I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before…Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: Like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can’t be right. I need a change, or something.” - Fellowship of the Ring

It’s wet and miserable outside but putting this on an imagining myself in the warmer climates of the US

GM #nostr Had a really valuable call with a brother in the US yesterday. He reminded me that we need that challenge he called “the rock in the stream”. Something that’s hard but if we stick at it shapes us. Sometimes we feel like we aren’t moving forward like that rock, but we’re still being shaped by the stream. Keep the faith, don’t let the system define what you should be. Realise your God given image 🫡

No one ever got fat from eating fruit

6 fried eggs, OJ, coffee, sourdough bread, book to read, peace in the house. The best kind of lunchtime

Having fun with npub.pro and creating a site to document our journey to self sufficiency. Any notes with # proofofharvest (deliberately broke the hashtag) get added there. proofofharvest.npub.pro