It’s always a good time to tighten opsec, but 2026 starting off strong with some data leaks reinvigorates the need. Thank god we’ve got folks like @GHOST out here. 2026, the year of clawing back digital sovereignty.
Edison
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If you don’t build your cognition, someone else will.
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It’s amazing to watch people argue over the ICE shooting. Two different sides watching the same video clips and coming to completely opposite conclusions based on their existing biases.
Dasani is the Nickelback of water.
We’re literally zapping magic internet money around to each other and people are complaining.
Taxation is theft is perceived as a snarky little quip to most ears. It’s bound to appeal to emotionality in either direction without proper qualification. If you witness that statement draw out an emotional trigger in someone, qualify the statement around consent.
Taxation is, and only can be, qualified as theft, precisely because I do not consent to it.
You may say that you do consent. But within the state apparatus, you have no option to withdraw your consent, at least not without perceived penalty.
You do have agency though. You can opt out of the state apparatus in multiple ways, major and minor.
The premise that taxation is theft is always true then. Whether you’d like to argue that it’s justified theft, well I suppose that’s your right. Just know you’re standing on shaky ground with that premise.
The past few years have taught me that labelling a year bad or good just doesn’t cut it. 2024 was one of my most challenging years, but I also had a shit ton of amazing experiences. In 2025 I accomplished a major goal of mine, and reduced my stress levels tremendously because of it.
Yet, there’s still an overarching life goal that has not yet been attained. I’ll keep working towards it, using my agency to change my circumstances.
It’s good to reflect on life, that’s not what I’m saying. Just know that you don’t have to accept the framing that a set of 12 months should be labelled good or bad. It’s just life, I guess.
Sometimes good, sometimes shit.
GM HNY
Stayed up past midnight for the first time in years, thanks to the neighbourhood kids and their firecrackers, and non-stop fireworks. 😄
If you’re in North America and want to go to bed early tonight, just find a countdown from Newfoundland and then call it a night. It will be midnight there at 9:30pm here. I get to keep my regular bedtime.
I’ve been using @PayPerQ as my default AI access point. The other day I needed to look up some sentences in Spanish, and used the audio playback to hear the rough pronunciation. Pretty hilarious to hear @Guy Swann speaking back to me en español 😂.
I refuse to believe the Silver vs Hershey’s chocolate bar people are real.
Yes, but if you continue to replace them you’ll continue to receive a lump of shit. Eventually you grow out of diapers and deal with your own shit like a sovereign adult.

