Mogwai magic. Had I persisted with my recording, I would have wanted to sound like this. https://tidal.com/browse/track/2353115?u

Sorry, my fault (true story)

It’s accelerating. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/assisted-death-quadriplegic-quebec-man-er-bed-sore-1.7171209

Private VPNs: essential OpSec or unverifiable honey-trap?

Familiar.

Completely unverified amazing factoid from TFTC 496: The Chinese incidence rate of myopia exploded from 15% to 90% in the span of a single generation. So many of us are screwed when we step on our glasses a month or so into the zombie apocalypse. https://fountain.fm/episode/v6MF8IHg6mpCyeUTesiv

The moon being exactly the right size and distance to blot out the sun every once in a while is one of the more obvious Easter Eggs in this sim.

From today’s walk by the river, a sample of wildflowers growing happily along the trail: forget-me-nots, red dead-nettles, and dandelions. It’s still not warmed up here, but at least the sun is out! #flowerstr #grownostr

Latest attack vector against Elon’s family of companies. How is the FAA funded again? “President Biden wants companies like SpaceX that use American airspace for rocket launches to start paying taxes into a federal fund that finances the work of air traffic controllers”

Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX’s Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace (Published 2024)

President Biden wants companies that use American airspace for rocket launches to start paying taxes into a federal fund that finances the work of ...

#justinflation It’s grim up here. “When Justin Trudeau took office, a Canadian household earning the median income could cover the costs of owning an average home by spending 39% of their pay, according to RBC. Now that figure is 64%” https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/04/04/justin-trudeau-is-beset-by-a-divided-party-and-an-angry-electorate

I seem to have gained a hundred followers or so last week despite only composing posts in my head and not actually contributing anything. On the off-chance you aren’t a spicy mix of pornbots and Feds, thanks for the consideration and I promise to add more soon. Happy Saturday!

Hard to believe Jo was a hopeless progressive a few years back, tying with Gary Lineker as the UK’s most annoying champagne socialist. But everyone has their limits. Could be 2024’s MVP. Unwavering commitment, outstanding results.

Taught our 4-year old about static electricity the other day as we were getting the sheets out of the dryer, lots of crackles in the air. Today he wanted Rice Krispies for breakfast, crackle crackle. “That’s the electricity, right?“ Love exploring the world through curious kid logic.

Happy Easter everyone.

Given the entire political framework of Western societies (and elsewhere, for various divergent reasons) is now merely the administrative layer for a cabal of <globalists | bankers | communists | misanthropes | lizards | malevolent aliens> and likely beyond repair, what might an alternate system look like? Is this end-game inevitable for liberal democracy? Even with sound money? Say you were given the keys to one half of Greenland for a new state. First move (after separating money from state)? I do wonder if a “jury duty” approach for randomly selected appointees from the citizenry combined with more frequent referendums would provide a better outcome than election cycles and career politicians, which seem destined for inevitable corruption. Joe the electrician, you have two years as minister for infrastructure - go!

Balaji been on fire recently.

If this “renter’s charter” thing passes up here in Castreau’s Cuba North it’s only going to slash the rental pool, it makes an already shaky proposition untenable for would-be landlords. At root it’s just a further erosion of property rights. I mean yes, there’s the first order benefit to the CRA in extra taxation…. but also Government now has a room registry, tallies well with globalist migration schemes.

Bees super happy in the cherry blossoms this week (volume up!) #beestr #bees #homesteading #grownostr

Sunday pancakes, kid managed to almost create an inadvertent United States with the batter this morning. One of our favorite family routines ❤️ 2 eggs 1.5 cups of flour 1 cup of milk 0.5 cups of water 1 heaped tbsp baking powder 1 smushed banana Decent amount of melted butter #foodstr #parentstr

The amount of cumulative time I’ve spent removing tracking IDs after URLs when pasting links… I refuse to perpetuate this stuff as a matter of principle. twitter/blah?s=goaway&t=youjerks Another way in which #nostr is superior, I suppose!