This wildfire smoke is nuts! Visibility less than 1mile. View from top of Blue Water Bridge Sarnia/Port Huron:

Ok... Had to go back because it's HOT and milkshakes can be for breakfast. Also picked up some wagyu tallow.

Finally got back to a Steak n Shake. It's been years and it's hard to find one where I can park a truck. No, I didn't have the Bitcoin shake... Nor did I pay in sats. Sorry. I trade my dirty fiat. Maybe next bullrun I'll pay in sats.

I finally got around to @npub1a2cw...w83a's first work of fiction "The Stolgard Incident"... Ironically during the period of questionable incidences surrounding Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham. If you've read the book or listened to the highly entertaining deliveries of @walker and @CARLA⚡️ then that last sentence makes a lot of sense. I really enjoyed this book, going into it completely blind as to what it was about. It was thoroughly entertaining without demanding too much from me. Lyn delivers on the tech space ethos of "You can just do things" in breaking out of her Macro Economic/investment space and taking all the tech/cyberpunk inspirations in this work that she just owns (including the publishing?). I picked out Philip K Dick, Aldous Huxley, heck even "The Lawnmower Man" which was originally a screenplay titled "Cyber God", as well the all too obvious namedropped Matrix, and there are nods to Akira and Marvel comic reference material... Plus maybe a smattering of YA Divergent or Roswell. I could easily see this book get licensed for a series on Netflix. It's so darn accessible without going too far off into William Gibson territory that may scare off those not immersed in cyberpunk. I loved the treatment of social media "core realms" and "edge realms" and the use of keys tied to identity. Without giving too much away, there seemed a bit of Black Mirror episodes as inspiration, too. All this to say that it really is a well crafted story with a plot that flows and follows the hero's journey as it should while developing upon a world we live in today and doesn't seem so far away in the future. It is frankly, very relatable. Perhaps that's the scariest thing about it. I mean, look, I writing this review on an "edge realm" knowing that the production of the audiobook brought three people together from an originally psudonymous space. And when it comes to Walker and Carla... Wow! Y'all need an agent. You should narrate more books. I don't know what Carla has more of: voices or wigs? Too many audio books I've heard are read by one actor without the range and envelopment of the characters that Walker and Carla deliver on here. If there's an audiobook awards then this performance should be submitted. Recommended

I know it's hard to believe but there was a man born in 1761 who went on to flight in the revolutionary war and then after help establish the county of Lowville, NY. His name? Freedom Wright. A man who fought for freedom and independence literally named Freedom Wright. You just gotta figure his parents were "radicals".

Argentina doesn't deserve to win this game. How the fuck are you struggling vs Switzerland when they're down a player? This game should be over by now.

I really wonder how much Sia and David Guetta make from licensing "Titanium", a song from 2011, to FIFA for the start of every game. All the other songs used this year are new.

Someone I follow got hacked on X (he was very critical of the Canadian government). Now, I know it's a small sample size but I can't recall anyone being hacked on NOSTR.

Lolz... Canadian Fear Media is warning Canadians to avoid travel to the US because of Cyclospora Parasite infecting fruits and vegetables. It's from contaminated water sprayed on crops and can result in "explosive diarrhea". Gimme a fucking break! What's not covered I the story is that the majority of fruits and vegetables sold in Canadian grocers originate from the US (or Mexico because climate); from the same industrial farms, even.

This past week I've wondered if @walker and @CARLA⚡️ still carry on conversations in the voice of Claire and Damion (just cuz they're very different from their normal voice)... Like do they hang in the kitchen baking an apple pie with those voices? And was Jade just Carla's "unamused" voice that Walker hears when he won't come in from the garden?

Happy Fourth of July to all who celebrate (should be everyone globally). Whether you celebrate it as some half hearted part of gorging yourself on sulphates and carbs while blowing shit up or remember the real reason, no matter how perverted the overlords have become. It is about independence; Life, Liberty, and Estate/Pursuit of Happiness (oh, ain't that a debate to have!) without all the taxation, overbearing laws, and nepotism. And, yes, I can trace my family history right back to before they arrived to the Colony of Connecticut. Even got one with a statue in a town square. Ironically, Connecticut has the highest per capital deficit of any State (this despite being the HQ of WWE 😂). I'll be heading out to Middletown, NY tomorrow working tomorrow where more of my pre-1776 ancestors are buried in the town cemetery. When I think of those who pontificated on freedom and liberty, published, convinced, organized, and enshrined the spirit of liberty I am reminded of our modern call to action for they taught us all that "You can just do things".

I like my circuses. I make my own bread.

Absolutely LOVE that there are more bitcoiners returning to the old ways of "Stay Humble, Stack Sats, Stay Solvent". Seeing some inflooencers coming out further for what has been wrought is glorious to see. Not that I cared, because "Bitcoin don't care" but I appreciate the original ethos and not the whole fiat gaming shite this cycle took on. So... If this cycle was fiat/institutionql gamifucationz last cycle was ICO shitcoins, and prior cycle was block size... I can't wait to see what stupid shit we get next cycle! I'll still be sticking to the original ethos.

Happy "Canada Day", I guess. You see, Canada isn't a real country. Not the way most countries think of themselves. In 1867 Canada was granted some sovereignty in the form of a Dominion and July 1st was thereafter known as Dominion Day. It meant Canada had a parliament and "sovereignty" to act independently BUT the British parliament still had the ability to enact laws that extended over Canada. It wasn't until 1982, yes, a mere 44 years ago, that the Canada Act was passed and Canada was "given" sovereignty by the Queen and the brits could no longer pass laws on us... Oh, and we got a constitution and Charter of Rights (that showed their strength when Trudeau ripped them up). So is Canada sovereign? Well, the Prime Minister appoints a Governor General who is representing the British Crown to pass all laws. It's a formality but the GG does have powers to say no and override the populace. The PM and ALL elected officials swear an oath to the crown, as well. Not to Canada. Not to the electorate. The crown. So Happy F'n Canada Day. The American Mind cannot comprehend. And MOST Canadians have zero understanding of the difference.