y'all have already forgotten that Ross is free and it shows gm

i know drinking alcohol isn't cool right now—and it certainly isn't health food to be sure—but for people who spend time drifting across disparate topics and seemingly unrelated subjects it is widely known to serve a kind of mental and conversational lubricant that dislodges overthinking and rumination i see a lot of biblical historical types who have proudly exiled fermented spirits from their lives without acknowledging their presence in every major philosophical, spiritual, and societal revolution in history. which is a it odd tbh. excess is detrimental. indulgence is sinful. but these are behaviors, not a substance. all this to say: i think we're currently in a pendulum swing that is apexing and fixing to swing back

i know this sounds corny but reading is a superpower you can walk into a library or bookstore, grab any book, look at squiggly lines on paper, and have your mind light up with the ideas, concepts, and images of someone in the past you never met literacy is sorcery

if the mafia called themselves the Waste Disposal and Family Values Foundation there would be public outcry at any attempt to dismantle or shut them down this is waste disposal and family values we're talking about. it's right there in the name. how could you.

a friend of mine has been intrigued by my bulk beef buying from a local rancher he proudly announced tonight that he has procured his very first 1/8 of a cow from a local farm and is very excited about it big win, lfg 🔥

don't be afraid of asking questions the truth should be able to hold up to scrutiny

idgaf if you read books or not, but you should be trying to expand your horizon of known perspectives and ideas in some way curiosity, inquisitiveness, and discipline are usually found in readers, but the format doesn't matter. just make sure you're digging.

fact #1: about 70% of household wealth in China is held in real estate fact #2: China has enough homes for 3 billion people fact #3: China has a population of 1.3 billion and falling. 😬

The Chinese are doing everything right, and they're still going to lose

Weclome back and thanks for reading!

i'm not a dev but i love learning about code and software development and tinkering with side projects coding is a profound thing imo

this is dope

valentine's day is a cute holiday for children and young people who are not yet dating or married and therefore don't have any other anniversary to celebrate love if you're a grown adult though i think you can move on. it served it's purpose. if you still feel you need it then perhaps it's time to pause and reflect. gm

"Coffee, the sober drink, the mighty nourishment of the brain, which unlike other spirits, heightens purity and lucidity; coffee, which clears the clouds of the imagination and their gloomy weight; which illuminates the reality of things suddenly with the flash of truth." —Jules Michelet, French historian (1798-1874)

i don't know about this halftime show

it's super bowl sunday so i'm gonna throw on some Dostoevsky while i dutch oven some chicken thighs in beef tallow

warren buffett never bothered to learn anything about software development or cryptography but software devs and cryptographers have learned a ton about capital & commodity markets, macroeconomics, game theory, adversarial system design, MMT, history, & thermodynamics bitcoin rewards the curious and punishes the smug

if you want butterflies and you're smart you don't go chasing butterflies you grow a garden

AI is the new Metaverse which was the new VR which was the new Big Data which was the new Blockchain which was the new Cloud

i find it's best to let your curiosity overwhelm your judgment, and that a sense of wonder can quiet that voice in your head that keeps telling you to be angry anger isn't just a loss of control it's a loss of perspective

the truth should be able to hold up to scrutiny

this is a helluva timeline we're living through and i'm grateful to share it with all of you weirdos ✨