this is pretty great. cooking with fire

if you have any electronics that still use D cell batteries, these self contained rechargeable DCells are pretty great. usb input right on the battery

i got the solar array built, panels moved and hooked up, and rewired the battery system. everything is running. higher input already. i feel like i did a magic trick.

fascinated by archetypes created by hollywood as “crazy and not worth listening to”. like the “tinfoil hat guy” who believed directed energy weapons were being used to damage or influence his brain or the “crazy red thread guy” who traces secret connections between money and power on a white board because its too complicated not to see visibly.

til, the concept of Snake Oil representing fraud, goes back to Chinese immigrant railroad workers in America, who used rendered fat from the Chinese water snake mixed with herbs to treat sore muscles and joints. Some enterprising Americans decided to sell it on a large scale and change the formula a bit. so really, “snake oil salesman” is s proverb about American greed taking something valuable, and turning into a fraud for profit.

. open your distracted excuse making eyes. .

someone that says morality doesn’t exist is probably not someone you want to trust.

supposedly, China is shutting down 4 of their paper gold trading desks, and is bringing a new system online that settles in physical gold.

the time savings i’ve gotten using AI to evaluate solar/battery/inverter setups cant be overstated.

wait… Whitney Webb discovered some creepy things about Polymarket? she must be a conspiratorial antisemite

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In the pilot episode of The Unlimited Hangout Podcast, Whitney Webb and Mark Goodwin discuss their latest investigation into Polymarket and how the...

i once dated a girl who my parents liked alot. she even stayed friends with them after we broke up. even after she was married, she would always stop to visit my parents around christmas time. i always got the feeling my parents were disappointed we didnt wind up together, on one of the last christmas visits before she moved away, my mother came over and gave me a hug and whispered in my ear, “you dodged a bullet” and walked away. not sure why im thinking of it today, but im laughing about it

til, bananas are a weird business. The United Fruit Company’s CIA backed banana empire eventually found its way to being called Chiquita Banana. And as recently as 2007, Chiquita was accused of funding the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia there is more nuance than that, but can i just get a banana without Intel Agency imperialism?

its a weird feeling appreciating china kicking the tech bros in the nads.