It's wine making time again

They said it couldn't be done. Welcome to Denim Road: the Sovereign Supply Chain View quoted note →

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I just had a very exhausting conversation yesterday with some in-laws about this exact thing. The exact phrase: "New headlines say musk and all those smart tech guys are warning us about AI and how it will kill us all" was uttered without irony... Long since retired, husband worked majority of his career for a 3-letter agency as a security analyst so they are right to be paranoid (they've seen how the sausage is made). Yes the surveillance state is very real and yes we are giving away all our data. She recognized how we give away our credit card pins, bank acct numbers, ssn numbers, and all that withiut second thought. That much she agreed to. But she cpuldnt make the connection to all this eventually leading to, trading freedom for safety. Everything they spouted was pure mass media fear mongering talking points... she couldn't see how it was manipulation. She couldn't see how it was a path to eroded rights and state capture. She full on scoffed when I said that when the fear is big enough, enough ppl will be convinced to support laws that remove freedom for the sake of protecting us from AI (patriot act anyone?). Its crazy to me how someone can be so paranoid about data security and yet be the biggest bootlicker for the biggest personal data abuser out there. sad. View quoted note →

Almost got this bad boy to 5lbs. My biggest zuch yet. Not a bad haul considering my tiny garden and this late stage in the season. #gardenstr #grownostr

A distinct childhood memory of mine... We used to play in the woods. Maybe 3rd or 4th grade at the time. One day, bigger kids came and started shooting us with paintballs. Everything we showed up, they were there. This went on for a week. I got fed up with it. But instead of whining or tattling, I saved up my chore money and convinced an older kid to buy me an airsoft gun. I took care of the paintball problem. These are the lessons kids today arent learning. They run to mommy and daddy when things get uncomfortable (and later to uncle sam). Instead of learning to solve your own problems, you learn to cry about it and let someone else fix it for you, to their advantage. Turn this ship around. Start raising children hard again. View quoted note →

We traded freedom for safety. I might be amongst one of the last generation who got to grow up coming home when the street lights came on. That's not a meme, that was reality. I got to make my own choices, make my own mistakes and learned to handle them on my own. I knew if i fucked up too bad, I feared the stick and it kept me mostly in line. Lately ive started letting my son roam the neighborhood on his own with his bike after school. I let him go find other kids on his own. (There are some of his friends who are still restricted like cant go past the stop sign 3 houses down). Anyways, I think its good for him. No scheduled play dates, no specific geofence. Make a judgement call yourself and fully face the consequences good or bad. View quoted note →