Vlog 19,20? Can’t recall, been too long. Shoutout @Anders and @desert dave for motivation to get another vlog out. It’s bland but just wanted to check in. Touch in on family, garden and BIP110. Hope everyone is well. More to come. #vlogstr

Sometimes you get to load up "Mom's School Bus" and take it for a trip to the mountains. Kids, dog and adults are equally exhausted and refreshed at the same time. Cold rivers and sunshine are medicine.

Running Knots and signaling BIP 110 with my miners. Whatever you want to do is the right choice in Bitcoin. The beauty of events like this is that it exposes the incentives of influencers and you can easily see who does not deserve your attention anymore. Good luck to us all.

Things I care about - My immediate family and their wellbeing. Also seeing this when I walk into my garden:

GM nostr. Out riding at dawn and took a pause. How's everybody's gardens looking?

There is something special about loading your two year old and four year old boys in the sheep chute and watching them hold on for dear life. Proud dad.

I think one of the more unfortunate sides to the Bitcoin community is the celebration of others getting rekt. Many are dunking on MSTR and STRC right now of course. It's one thing to hate on Saylor, but there are a ton of plebs probably very afraid right now, selling at a loss. That's not cool... Anyway, welcome to Bitcoin if you're in it right now. I bought at $67k and watched it dive to $16k in 2021-2022. Thought I messed up but here we are. Life is volatile. Hodl.

GM Nostr. Keep your tools sharp, stay sovereign.

In the garage with the boys. Snapped 4 bolts and exploded a cutting wheel trying to remove the skid plate. Found the power steering leak, now off to the parts store. This is the small price to pay for freedom. How can you be free with your transportation leased, and no idea how to repair, or the tools to do so? Oxidation is a hell of a teacher, lean in and get to work.

Cheers Nostr.

GM Nostr. Some of my best ideas come to me when I am up early peddling my bike up a steep dirt road. I'll take them back with me and start building with my agent. This feels like a cheat code in life. Really though I feel like it's a perfect balance between the natural world and technical world. Get out and sweat, the extra blood pushes the boundaries of your mental space. Take that to your AI and put those thoughts into tangible applications. This might be the way.

Thought Nostr was getting quiet, bear market FUD etc. Nope, follow list just got wiped out. Didn't have a relay backing it up so I'm kinda screwed I think. Any thoughts? Whine and start an X account? Nah I'll keep working on this chaotic protocol. May not be as smooth as the others, but I can say what I want and so can you. So first principles are first principles, the UX is bonus.

So if you're familiar with @Simon Dixon you know that trans-national capital actually controls the world through the Financial-Industrial Complex, Military-Industrial Complex and the Technical-Industrial Complex. Politicians are just their pawns, and voting is irrelevant even in Western Democracies. I believe this knowledge needs to be more widespread, especially on the eve of America's 250th anniversary. America is not just a country, it's an idea and belief system rooted in individual liberty and private property rights. 250 years ago, a revolution was born by a fraction of the population due to oppression that was comparatively less severe than what we are facing today. The enemy now is more insidious, more powerful and has more control than ever. This is not the same setup as red coats across the ocean. So what can we do? The revolutionary's fought back with non-conventional warfare and despite the odds, they won. We must do the same. If on July 4th, 2026 we united as a nation of individuals and took our income tax withholding to zero, stopped paying mortgages, loans and credit cards, and began using Bitcoin independent of the system for the things we need, we could do some serious damage. If all 330M Americans could unite for once and finally address the root of our problems, this could be our most effective way to battle the FIC-MIC-TIC where it hits them the most. Our votes don't count, our money is a joke, and our thoughts are curated. So we must abstain from their systems, or else become further controlled by them. Who would join me? And if you're not prepared (which we aren't) what steps are you taking to get in a position to do this in the next decade? I believe this is the fight of our generation, a fight we must win if we want to be free for the next 250 years.