Well, the ice storm they hyped up for the past several days turned out to be more than just hype. Power went out about 10:30 this morning. So I went out, topped off the gas in the generator, checked the oil, and let it run a few minutes so it would be ready if needed. Then I set up my propane Coleman stove in the shop and fixed a pot of chili for lunch. Just as I got the chili done, the power came back on. We had lunch. I fed hay to the cows. Just another day for a rural, self-sufficient, rancher. #grownostr #farmstr #proofofwork

Winter is coming. We have ice and snow in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow. I went into town to fill my diesel tank. Only one place in town has off-road, so there was a line. Farm supply store was packed as well. Didn't see the grocery store, but there was probably a run on milk, eggs, and bread. Just a reminder, the best time to make your winter preparations is before the ice storm warning. In my defense, though my tank in the truck was empty, I do have a filled 50 gallon tank in the barn. #grownostr #farmstr #homesteading

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair..." J.R.R. Tolkien Happy birthday, Professor Tolkien. This one's for you. Ruins of Isengard smoked in a T. Cristiano bent Dublin #tolkien #pipestr #grownostr

Good morning. Time to burn fossil fuels and get shit done. #gm #proofofwork

This will be today's soil morphology lesson. I did an evaluation on this soil yesterday. Notice the grey coloration at 25 inches. This indicates a water table. A septic system on this site will need shallow placement trenches and a curtain drain to reroute water around the system. #grownostr #soil #proofofwork

Good morning 100k carry #edc #pocketdump #gunstr #knifestr #gm #grownostr

Just a small leather project to finish out the day. Simple pouch for a LilyGo T-Deck. #meshtastic #leather #proofofwork #makeyourownshit #grownostr

All the components finally arrived, and I got my solar #meshtastic node put together and set up. The view from the tree RAK 19003 board 10000 mAh battery USB-C output solar panel Pelican Case #grownostr #proofofwork

Happy Thanksgiving, Nostr. Well, no Bitcoin discussion at dinner... That's because we were busy discussing #meshtastic. Lilygo t-deck was a big hit with the kids. I then gave my cousin a Heltec V3 board to start designing some 3D prints for. #thanksgiving #grownostr

Good morning Always be ready to seize the day. Walther PPS Case Sodbuster jr Zippo lighter Maratac flashlight Pry bar Wallet Keys Spare mag Meshtastic radio 1611 Bible #gunstr #knifestr #edc #pocketdump #gm

Deer season opens tomorrow. Took my single shot 12 gauge out of the back truck seat, and put the 30-30 in it's place. Marlin 336 with XS rail and Leupold Scout Scope #gunstr #grownostr

Tonight's #pipestr blend Countryside from JM Boswell Medium English blend, Oriental forward with some pleasant sweetness from the Cavendish, and smokey Latakia in the background. Smoked in a Calabresi bent billiard, my first and favorite pipe, which I purchased at a cigar shop a block or two off of Bourbon Street in New Orleans in 2004 just a couple weeks after I turned 18, and which I then smuggled home because we were there on a high school trip #grownostr #tobacco

Altoids tin Meshtastic node Mk II #meshtastic #grownostr

#bitcoin #memestr

Yep, it really can be this simple. This is a Heltec V3, in the bit of Styrofoam it ships with, along with a 2000 mAh battery inside an Altoids tin. Seems to work just fine. Next week, I plan to upgrade it with an external antenna. #meshtastic #grownostr

Typically need to enter a code to pair Bluetooth. If it doesn't give you one on the screen, try "123456".

#grownostr #memestr

So, yeah, Trump won the election. But more importantly, Americans have resoundingly rejected the woke agenda, the mainstream media, and the Davos/Hollywood elite. The centralizing gatekeepers are bleeding out. The world is shifting away from network news towards alternative decentralized media like podcasts and Nostr. The world is beginning to see the failure of fiat money and embrace Bitcoin. Let's keep this trend going. Can Bitcoin mining revolutionize energy production? Can locally grown food replace big food companies? Can projects like Meshtastic and Graphene OS replace surveillance technology? Can sovereign computing replace big tech? Can the sovereign individual eventually replace the nation state? We are the people who can make it happen. #grownostr #gm