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Keith

Freedom minded homesteader, chicken farmer and pig castrator

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2026-08-23 16:07:27 CEST

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Harbor freight solar panel. Rural King lawnmower battery $35 Amazon charge controller. $10 Amazon controllable 12 V DC timer. Couple of buckets and a t post. “Timed Automatic Chicken Feeder” is the search term you need to enter for the auger on Amazon. It was 50 or 60 bucks.
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2026-08-22 13:14:02 CEST

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Instead of a sensor, try a programmable timer. I made a similar design for my chickens. I’ll post pics when I go feed this morning. By measuring the amount of feed the auger distributes over a given period of time and setting the timer you can control exactly how much feed you are giving.

2026-08-21 20:15:08 CEST

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No, he probably had a massive heart attack. His wife said he dropped like a stone mid sentence.

2026-08-21 20:14:25 CEST

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No, he probably had a massive heart attack. His wife said he dropped like a stone mid-sentence.

2026-08-21 14:51:34 CEST

Good morning Nostr. I got to do CPR for the first time last night. I joined the local volunteer fire department in January and have gotten to go on a wide variety of calls.
Last night I was first on scene to a CPR assist call. I found an older woman desperately trying to revive her husband of 43 years. He was still warm so I took over and did my best for 20 minutes until the ambulance arrived and took over.
Here’s what I learned:
People are a lot more squishy than the CPR mannequin.
Get on your knees. The conservation of effort made by being in the proper position makes a significant difference.
If you are doing CPR correctly you WILL crack some ribs.
Even though it’s an emergency situation do not forget to take a second and do a tactical size up of the scene. Not only to check for threats in the background but to clear the immediate area of any potential hazards to your own safety.
I’m glad I have Nostr where I can share my experience and have a cathartic release. If I posted this on regular social media, I’m sure I ‘d get a talking to by my captain about some kind of medical privacy law violation.

2026-08-03 13:50:38 CEST

What the heck kind of gun is this? The suppressor and light are drawing my eye away from the characteristics of the gun its self. Looks like it has a hammer to me. #asknostr #gunstr
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2026-07-28 13:44:10 CEST

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I feel you. My mother is 87. Has a whole list of things wrong with her she won’t address. She also has a DNR and has instructed the family not to call an ambulance to save her when something eventually happens.
I have to put my own natural reactions in check, I would fight to stay alive. She has accepted the unavoidable reality of death. She doesn’t want to die, but she is ready to die. Pretty baller move when you think about it.
At this point I would not be showing love by asking for or trying to convince her to do what I think is best, but rather accepting and supporting her wishes. It sucks, I don’t like it, but that’s what will make her feel better. So I agree to let her finish her life on her terms.
Your grandma sounds like she is in the process of getting to acceptance of her own mortality. The best thing you can do is to give her what she wants and stop pressuring her to do what you want. Buy her a carton of smokes, tell her you love her and you’ll support her in whatever she wants. That will make her happy. It won’t fix anything, but it will make her happy.

2026-07-28 05:45:17 CEST

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I got to see the original in person once. One of the most beautiful cars ever made. I found a builder that made a correct kit, very true to the original, but he didn’t return calls and I wasn’t about to drop $60K with someone that had poor customer service, otherwise I’d own one right now.

2026-07-26 03:52:59 CEST

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It’s illegal now. “FDA banned mercury containing merthiolate in over the counter products in the late 1990s “ But I bet it prevented a lot of infections in the pre-antibiotic era.

2026-07-24 13:43:42 CEST

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This is a critical part of elder care that most people don’t recognize. Just having a normal conversation with someone who is near the end of their life has a positive effect. A big change is coming, a change they have no control over and that’s uncomfortable for anyone. Talking about the weather, what they are having for dinner, anything normal significantly reduces anxiety.
I spend time with a lot of elderly and even a 30 minute conversation can soothe anxious feelings. Listening and interacting without offering solutions seems to work best for me. Practicing “feel, felt, found” without saying “I know what you are going through” because we don’t, often creates a net positive in their temporary mood.

2026-07-24 02:26:12 CEST

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Give it to the government so it can be distributed “to each according to need’” 🤣

2026-07-22 00:04:23 CEST

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Welcome to Nostr.

2026-07-19 05:38:01 CEST

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While cooling off in between exercises I had my shirt off and one of the other firefighters was like “Dude you’re fucking jacked. What do you take.” My response “I raised the animal I ate for lunch. What did you eat?”…boneless wings and fries from Chick-fil-A.
There’s a difference.

2026-07-19 05:06:13 CEST

I completed the “live burn” portion of my firefighter training today. 52 Years old and outperforming people half my age. Work for yourself, grow what you eat, touch grass, get sun and you can do anything.
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2026-07-13 00:04:45 CEST

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It appears to me that the thing on his chest is a LUCAS device. It does the compression part of CPR mechanically.

2026-06-22 13:51:57 CEST

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This is a major accomplishment! This small piece of fruit symbolizes a transformation from a: user, consumer and a dependent to a grower, producer and independent. You are growing and learning as a person.

2026-06-21 21:23:09 CEST

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Multiple experiments, including my own, show that r/o water significantly produces healthier plants. Given your aptitude for attention to detail and high standards I’m betting that gardening (in your case bonsai) is going to become a very expensive pursuit for you 😆

2026-06-21 21:09:57 CEST

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Yes, my wife bought the beans but I gave her some suggestions based on reading your posts. Pretty sure she went premium as that’s the goal. Huge difference in bean prices between low quality and ultra premium.

2026-06-21 21:06:06 CEST

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Told my captain at the volunteer fire station that I would be out of town this weekend taking my 87 year old father fishing. His response almost made me cry. “I wish I could go fishing with my dad again.”

2026-06-21 20:55:55 CEST

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This is called chlorosis. It can be caused my many things. However, based on the observation that the yellowing is starting at the center of the leaf and the veins are still dark. Along with the fact that this is new growth points to an iron deficiency in your soil.
Based on your previous posts and the high level of care you give I believe the soil could be depleted or water PH could be causing a nutrient lock up. You do tend to overwater a bit, but this coloration pattern doesn’t indicate overwatering unless it’s water leaching minerals from the soil.
Aim for a water ph as close to neutral as possible, 7. It doesn’t have to be perfect. 6.8 to 7.2 is fine in soil. Stay away from adjusting the ph with chemicals or additives like lemon juice. Total hardness plays a factor and the water will appear to have adjusted for a brief period and go right back to where it was. This is called buffering.
Reverse osmosis filtered water is best for this use.
You can use an iron supplement like kelp extract. Go easy with it. Too much can make things worse.
Some immediate help can come in the form of a foliar feed. Spray some highly diluted kelp juice or compost extract on the leaves once a week. Research this thoroughly. To strong of a mix will burn the leaves.

2026-06-21 20:25:51 CEST

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I guess it depends on the extract. I’m making some for Christmas presents this year. I used a very nice bourbon and some fancy bottles. I’d probably have to be in the $18-$20 range if I wanted to sell it retail and make a profit.

2026-06-19 14:43:55 CEST

This started as a reply and developed into its own post.
I did some anthropological research and it seems that evolution has designed humans to: walk or light activity for 8 hours a day, high activity in bursts for 0-2 hours a day, lazing around for 6 hours a day and sleeping the rest of the time.
Imagine, living the prehistoric lifestyle. You wake up around sunrise, go find some water and start foraging and observing nature for signs. Signs of danger, signs of prey, keeping one eye and one ear tuned to your surroundings while you graze on wild edibles. Unthinkingly letting your surroundings wash over your senses.
You notice signs from the heard of large ruminants you’ve been observing allow for a prime hunting opportunity. The chase, the kill, the harvest. A full belly requires rest and a nap in the shade of a tree.
As the shadows lengthen, the kill is processed into manageable portions and a slow walk for another drink of water, observing and foraging along the way.
As dark sets in the group gathers around the fire, reminiscing about the day, telling stories and planning for tomorrow. You drift into sleep without realizing you’re no longer part of the conversation.
A twig snaps and you’re instantly awake, looking in the direction of the sound. A few minutes pass, there is no danger, you stoke the fire. Maybe lay quietly thinking, making love or doing a quiet perimeter search at the edge of the firelight to ensure danger has passed.
As the sun rises you wake up not knowing when you feel back asleep. Your energy levels are high because you eat and sleep in natural rhythms.
I believe that this is the natural rhythm in which humans were designed to exist.
People think I’m strange or lazy because I follow this pattern. Wake up, tend the garden and animals, workout, eat, rest, office work, eat, garden, family time then sleep.
I’m 52 and nurses are amazed that I’m not on any medications. My bloodwork is great and my stress level is low.
Living a natural lifestyle is different and normies are brainwashed into thinking it’s weird. I think it’s weird to be hypersensitive, overweight, pre/diabetic and stressed.
This is your daily reminder to touch grass, get some sun and observe what’s going on around you.

2026-06-18 13:01:49 CEST

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Interesting take. I observe that by issuing a fiat currency Lincoln’s proposal was to free the 100% slaves and turn us all into partial slaves. Thus directing more energy to the elite he supported. The only difference between President Lincoln and the Rothschilds was that Lincoln wanted the government to be in control instead of a family.

2026-05-31 16:57:09 CEST

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Put a cherry stem in my mouth, and tie it into a knot using my tongue and hand it to her.

2026-05-24 23:40:10 CEST

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2026-05-24 23:18:25 CEST

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I don’t want a one hundred thousand dollar car. I want 100 $1000 cars.

2026-05-20 20:18:52 CEST

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I’ve been doing some research on the evolutionary eating habits of humans using religious/philosophical texts as historical examples and anthropological evidence from around the world. My conclusion: one meal a day or two meals eaten in a brief period such as breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner is the way humans evolved to eat. That is what our bodies are designed for.
In fact, I found that eating three times a week was more common than three meals a day until the industrial revolution. Three meals a day was largely created by economics, work schedules, industrialization, and later… advertising.
Fat, weak and sick. Just the way they want us.
I admire your strength and determination. It’s an adjustment period, but you’ll be stronger and healthier for doing it.
Biblical Israelites
1–2/day
Occasional multi-day fasts
Rabbinic Judaism
2/day
Annual and communal fasts
Early Islam
1–2/day
Ramadan + voluntary fasting
Buddhist monastics
1–2/day
No food after noon
Hindu householders
2/day
Frequent holy-day fasting
Hindu ascetics
1/day
Extended fasts
Jain monastics
1–2/day
Very frequent fasting
Confucian China
2/day
Moderation emphasized
North American Indigenous peoples
1–2/day (varied)
Seasonal scarcity and ritual fasting
Maya/Aztec
~2/day
Ritual fasting existed
Inca/Andean peoples
~2/day
Interesting note, it seems that ancient people who had more access to meet ate less often than those who had access to primarily grains as staples.

2026-05-20 12:40:10 CEST

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Dude… we should talk. 1. My favorite shirt says “Buy me chickens and tell me you hate the government.” 2. I regularly attend County Commission meetings. 3. My local Republican Party is made up of literal boomers, average age 60’s-80’s and are totally captured by main stream media.
I do a hyper local podcast exposing the poor decisions made by our local government.

2026-05-15 22:50:20 CEST

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Walmart cart!

2026-05-15 22:36:29 CEST

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Bread and circuses

2026-05-13 14:36:41 CEST

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That sect is called Sufi and one of the few things Sunni and Shia agree on is that Sufi are some weird mother fuckers.

2026-05-13 05:02:05 CEST

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15% charcoal

2026-05-08 04:58:59 CEST

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Thanks! I do make my own kefir (actually my wife makes it.) I’ll add some to my mixture and let you know how it works out.

2026-05-07 13:43:52 CEST

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I understood everything you said except “EM,” what’s that? This year I started mixing local soil into my seed starting mix and potting soil. Adding LABS to everything and doing a weekly foliar feed with a mix of LABS and homegrown worm casting extract. I’m also making and using my own compost that originates here on the homestead from chicken manure, rabbit manure and waste hay. I can see definite improvement. I appreciate whenever you make a gardening post. I usually learn something new.

2026-05-06 04:06:03 CEST

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I’m still learning plant identification. What you’re calling plantain looks more like curly dock or bloody dock to me. This is an image of what I would call a broadleaf plantain. Is that a different variety of plantain that I might not be familiar with?
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2026-05-06 03:51:49 CEST

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Is that Christine Lagarde? I would put my debit card information into a paid porn site to see 5 hung dudes give rough anal to the leader of any central bank.

2026-05-04 12:53:50 CEST

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I developed a little tendonitis in my wrist a couple weeks ago and had to back off the heavy weights. Been doing different things to get some type of workout in. I’m going to give something like this a try today. Thanks for the idea.

2026-05-02 03:36:39 CEST

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I spent the last two years losing weight and getting in shape. Caught my wife eye fucking me the other day. She made dinner, I did the dishes. 15 years together, it’s the little things.

2026-05-02 03:27:27 CEST

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You should have said something like “You may not address my wife without my permission and… to answer your question I forbid my wife to vote.” (Pause so they can pick their jaws up off the floor) Then say “Just kidding, that’s Islam and sharia law. This is America and she can do whatever she wants and doesn’t need my permission”. For added effect you should roll on the floor laughing hysterically working in between laughter and gasping for air something about them being stupid fucks that actually believe that shit.
I see how frustrated you get with your kids. I have young adult children also. I feel your pain. Might as well have some fun with it.

2026-04-29 02:29:35 CEST

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Well, they joined BRICS in 2024, it was just a matter of time. They are escaping the petro-dollar.

2026-04-23 14:27:37 CEST

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Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches.

2026-04-20 02:32:34 CEST

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Ding ding ding, dinga dinga dang, dinga dinga dang dong.
Waaaaaa WAAAaaa WAAAAAAA

2026-04-18 02:57:34 CEST

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Sounds delicious

2026-04-14 13:56:44 CEST

My musical taste runs from Motown to 70’s rock to Grunge to heavy metal/industrial. Maybe even a little dubstep or EDM. However, I consider Upstairs at Eric’s one of the best albums of all time. Definitely one of my top five.
Simple yet moving lyrics with accompanying music that is more of a study in how sound waves can evoke emotions more than putting together melodies or rhythms to make a catchy song.
Abstract yet simple, post-modern but relatable. Even if this isn’t “your kind of music” I highly recommend giving this album a good old fashioned complete listen through. I guarantee you’ll come away with at least one song stuck in your head.
#note17na…30wq

2026-04-09 23:16:45 CEST

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I haven’t set up a lightning wallet since the old wallet of Satoshi came down. I know they’re back up, but everything is so KYC nowadays, I haven’t taken the time to do the research for a good privacy wallet.

2026-04-09 23:14:37 CEST

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Think about it this way, unless somebody is specifically under oath to tell the truth, they can lie. Of course, if your judge finds out you’re lying, he’s gonna chew your ass out or throw you off the jury. But you won’t go to jail.

2026-04-09 21:39:26 CEST

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Some of the things I learned: the judge was very nice, but judges manage multiple trials at the same time, hundreds a year. They practice a script to manipulate the jury.
At no point is the judge, jury or lawyers required to tell the truth.
People on the jury will vote just to gain the acceptance of other jurors and be part of the group.
As you observe and interact people think about how many of them won’t get as simple of a concept as decentralization.
As far as making a mistake goes, vote your honest morals and ethics.
For example, let’s say someone was on trial for tax evasion because they were selling weed for cash or bitcoin and not reporting it to the IRS. I am sure that you could find a reasonable doubt to vote not guilty even if every other juror voted to convict.
All you have to do is be honest with your own morals and ethics, kind of the whole point of a jury, which judges and lawyers like to ignore and manipulate. That way, you can make a decision and walk out with a clear conscience.

2026-04-09 20:53:43 CEST

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I’ve been called several times and actually got on a jury once. Very educational experience. Not the legal aspect, I can Google a law. But as a study in human behavior. The judge the bailiff, the lawyers, the plaintiff, the defendant, especially the other jurors.
That experience is a major contributing factor as to why I live in the woods with my wife and dog, and try to grow as much of my own food as possible. A major contributing factor to why I don’t trust the government at all, and a major contributing factor in recognizing how manipulated the average person is.

2026-04-07 19:57:37 CEST

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I have an actual answer for you. Helium 3… can be used in a net gain fusion reaction. Prohibitively expensive to acquire here on earth, the moon is chock full of the stuff.
Same story as forever, the empire, expanding its territory so that it can control resources.

2026-04-04 03:24:56 CEST

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What will you use the money for?

2026-04-03 20:44:43 CEST

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It’s the same feeling as pulling protective film off a new appliance. It touches my soul. Soooo satisfying.

2026-03-24 19:18:00 CET

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That is really cool. Did you make this blend with a specific purpose or just a general purpose delicious tea?

2026-03-20 03:16:25 CET

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I find that’s the most enjoyable way to do things 🤣

2026-03-19 20:57:38 CET

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Have you done hydroponic to soil transplants previously? Do you amend your soil with anything?

2026-03-19 20:32:39 CET

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I also have a little aero garden. Just curious, are you planning on pruning them a bunch or transplanting to soil? What’s your plan? I usually just grow greens in mine.

2026-03-17 12:50:11 CET

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Since joining the fire department I’ve learned a new acronym. H.O.N.D.A.
Hypertensive
Overweight
Non-compliant
Diabetic
Ass hole
In our little county of 14000 people there are several calls a week for middle aged people: shortness of breath, heart attack, stroke, diabetic emergency, etc.
Every time I get there I always hear the same thing “I have a family history…” It’s so hard for me not to say… no, ass hole, you have a family history of poor diet and no exercise. The last time you ran a lap was in high school and everything you eat comes wrapped in plastic.
Seeing that regularly helps keep me motivated. If I miss a workout or have a strong desire to eat something bad for me because of a fire call or work responsibly I’ll go to the gym in the middle of the night or go home and cook up a nice ribeye instead of going to Waffle House with the rest of the crew.
I stress the fact that I’m not going to be on every call and no one is going to be there to pull them out if there is a collapse.

2026-03-16 22:36:58 CET

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Can confirm. This is exactly my diet and exercise regimen. I joined my local volunteer fire department in January. I’m 52 and I can significantly out perform men half my age. It’s hard not to smile with a smug sense of satisfaction when people ten years younger than me talk about their blood pressure medication.
The thing is. I’m wasn’t a lifelong health and fitness guy. I smoked cigarettes for over 30 years and ate a lot of meals handed to me through a drive through window.
It’s not to late to make a change until it’s to late to make a charge.

2026-03-14 17:47:22 CET

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As someone who has had a real estate license for 25 years, I can confirm that this is pretty much accurate. However, the unfortunate truth is the lack of education, communication skills and basic negotiating skills (critical thinking ) has been purged out of the average persons daily life. In my experience, only a small percentage of Americans will understand this video let alone have the ability to take the actions mentioned therein.
The average normie is terrified to have a negotiation with somebody, let alone has the ability to remain calm when someone tells them no.

2026-03-12 01:16:26 CET

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$50-$100K if you play by the rules. That’s what the marketing people have conditioned politicians into thinking. I’ve literally captured the attention of my entire county with a “podcast” that I post on Facebook a couple times a month. Joined local organizations and take time to have a conversation at the grocery store or gas station. I’ll get elected commissioner and eventually mayor without spending a penny. Don’t get captured by the system, be your own system.

2026-03-05 17:06:39 CET

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I’m on a similar path. Except I use a straight razor. Turning a three minute chore into a 15 minute daily meditation of self-care definitely reinforces a lot of positive things.

2026-03-05 01:10:55 CET

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I would put them in the county courthouse where people post public notices.

2026-03-04 13:23:33 CET

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Good morning

2026-03-04 13:22:56 CET

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Good morning Jay

2026-02-18 01:16:21 CET

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What variety do you grow? Do you like it? I thought I lived too far south to grow good asparagus, but you’re in a warmer zone than I am.

2026-02-08 18:05:56 CET

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This would never happen in California. There is no inspection sticker on the cooler. No tax sticker on the unicycle. The curb isn’t painted red because of a “road diet” and the clearly underprivileged person is not talking on a government funded cell phone or wearing a mask paid for with tax dollars.

2026-02-04 13:03:40 CET

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Kind of like the mail. Used to be mainly for personal and professional communication now it’s full of junk

2026-02-02 13:19:18 CET

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Marketing tip, put a link or description of how to sign up for the newsletter as the first comment. You got me hooked but I don’t know where to sign up?

2026-02-01 18:24:13 CET

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Fill a cardboard egg container with dryer lint. Soften or melt the beeswax(you can also use paraffin, petroleum jelly, beef tallow, whatever) and add it to the dryer lint. Now you can cut off each cell of egg crate as its own individual self contained firestarter.
Not just recycling, but up cycling for a higher and better use.
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2026-02-01 13:03:37 CET

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What cut of meat is that? Seriously. I started learning butchering about 18 months ago. I remember steaks like this from my childhood. Mom would buy one steak and it would feed a family of five. Dad would cook it on the grill. No one I work with knows what I’m talking about and I’m trying to figure it out.

2026-01-25 19:00:17 CET

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My dog and yours look a lot alike.
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2026-01-25 02:23:04 CET

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I could definitely participate. This is my jam. I’m currently propagating comfrey, white mulberry, chestnuts, oaks and an awesome elderberry for spring planting. I’ve also become garlic “independent” growing an excess of multiple varieties each year. Additionally I have Jerusalem artichoke, daffodils and peonies I can share. I’m also a seed saver. I have leaks, butternut squash, pumpkins that have been reliable for at least three years. I have seeds for several other garden vegetables but nothing that has performed epigeneticly well enough in my location for me to consider highly desirable yet.
Almost forgot, I have an excess of ever-bearing and June-bearing strawberries.
I’m always looking for new cultivars to experiment with and have a strong desire to expand my garden.
I’m a “better than organic” gardener who practices regenerative and permaculture practices. I haven’t used a drop of chemical fertilizer or pesticide in five years.
I’d like to turn my hobby into a business and if you would like to discuss further please dm me.

2026-01-23 13:30:19 CET

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Follow this doctor. His diet advice is contrary to mainstream medicine. It doesn’t happen overnight and there was definitely a detoxification period where I felt like shit for several months, but after a year of eating healthy my body healed itself. @npub1kyk…ea0g

2026-01-23 13:00:41 CET

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2026-01-23 13:00:01 CET

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You know what, I think I will celebrate Friday this week. 😎 GM

2026-01-23 12:58:24 CET

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2026-01-22 13:54:55 CET

Last night I was sitting in front of the wood stove with the wife, our conversation went as follows:
Me: Do we need anything from the store before the big storm hits this weekend?
Wife: (thinks for a few seconds, does a mental checklist) Not that I can think of .
Me: Nice
If your life is so fragile that the course of your actions is altered by the need to stay at home for a few days because of the weather… is your life really yours?
#preper #permies #farmlife #grownostr

2026-01-20 13:54:35 CET

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Spotted at my father in law’s house on Christmas.
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2026-01-12 13:00:56 CET

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I was just there in December, I visit several weeks a year for work and lived there 30 years. There have been and always will be a lot of homeless because of the weather. I can only remember one hard freeze in 30 years. Combine the weather with Californias excessive welfare programs and you get a lot of intentional homeless. Why not, it’s a tempting proposition. Party every day at the beach and get free food, cell phone and healthcare.
Of course, the more affluent areas quietly deal with the issues by selective enforcement.
Stay away from, Imperial Beach, Ocean Beach and Downtown. Basically anything south of highway 8. Do visit the central coast starting at the north end of Pacific Beach north of Grand Avenue, La Jolla and north through Carlsbad. It gets bad again in Oceanside.
The problem is mainly just unsightly. You’ll have someone who’s lost control of their bodily functions because of drug abuse lying in a soiled heap in a doorway right next to a very crowded five star restaurant if you go downtown. The crowds just ignore the problem.
Sometimes the homeless get aggressive, you just keep walking. Fentanyl addicts don’t have a lot of stamina. Don’t engage, don’t make eye contact and keep moving. They will drop off within a block and select a new target.

2026-01-04 23:30:31 CET

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You can do it!

2025-12-15 16:31:58 CET

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Good job. A little bit at a time.

2025-12-13 02:50:28 CET

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Yep, grandma dish towels, a sack with a wire hanger made into loop to hold clothespins, toaster cover, etc. Why don’t we do things like that anymore?

2025-12-11 17:13:38 CET

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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Helped me a lot.

2025-12-05 18:38:57 CET

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Don’t do it yourself. Bring in someone that can explain it to the group better than you. Then all you have to do is reinforce the presentation and deal with individual questions and concerns.

2025-12-03 03:46:40 CET

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We go where eagles dare.

2025-11-25 12:49:38 CET

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From what I understand Jacks family is pretty well connected in the financial sector. That’s how he was able to build Strike. He comes from a family with money and connections. You or I could not have built Strike. Not because we lack skill or intelligence, but because we lack the personal relationships and trust that multigenerational elites have cultivated.
This move by the house of Morgan may be a warning shot to the elite class to stay the course or risk being ostracized.

2025-11-22 17:12:36 CET

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Your girls are beautiful. Obviously well cared for.

2025-11-16 22:57:56 CET

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I think a fruit tree would be very cool.
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2025-11-15 02:56:20 CET

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If you’ve ever been to Thailand and you don’t laugh your ass off at this, you’re broken.

2025-11-14 13:42:00 CET

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Good morning back to you sir.

2025-11-08 00:57:28 CET

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Run chicken “eternal” haven’t changed the battery in almost 3 years.

2025-11-07 13:41:39 CET

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You don’t need to go that far. Get one of these https://www.empshield.com/
If you really want to go overboard install a steel roof and run a few ground wires.
It kind of depends on the purpose of your application.

2025-11-07 13:33:30 CET

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In your scenario the bullet would need fins to impart spin for distance and accuracy. Also, a group of magnets along the barrel triggering in rapid succession will increase acceleration.

2025-11-04 13:07:58 CET

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I’m looking for advice. Long story short, I’m a typical natural food appreciating homesteader that tries to stay away from man made additives. I finally quit smoking cigarettes after 38 years by using nicotine replacement, but the pouches/mints are full of other garbage. I want to grow my own tobacco for chew to ensure the purity of what I’m consuming. I live in USDA zone 7A, East Tennessee, at 700 ft elevation. What would you grow in this situation?

2025-11-04 01:41:29 CET

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What varieties of tobacco do you grow? Thinking about trying to grow some next year.

2025-11-03 11:50:20 CET

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The mortgage banking system is slow and laborious on purpose (25 years in real estate.) A difficult user system, convoluted chain of custody and unfathomable derivatives market combined with government insurance and bailout schemes ensures that newly minted dollars flow to the top. The average new mortgage creates a multiple of itself in cash flow towards the top of the system.

2025-10-24 00:57:54 CEST

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Over the past year I apprenticed at a custom exempt butcher who killed and processed animals for other people. Then I worked part time at a custom exempt butcher who bought USDA inspected pork/beef and sold it at his shop. The USDA beef was far more contaminated than what I killed and processed in a run down shack behind an old hillbillies barn. We did a better job with a .22 rifle, a couple Harbor Freight winches and a garden hose than a multi million dollar government inspected factory. Why? Because we cared about the quality of our work. We are proud of the product we produce for our customers. Laws or inspections make someone care just enough to not to get shutdown and never enough to care about the customer.

2025-10-22 13:05:54 CEST

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Actually, since an LED (light emitting diode) only allows current in one direction the flicker rate would be half of what this person suggested. Much closer to the natural human frequencies, brain waves, Gamma waves, high-level cognition, 30–100 Hz. Heartbeat, 60-70 times a minute, etc. I don’t know if this is coincidence, human nature expressing itself subliminally or an intentional disruption. Regardless of the circumstances, it is well documented that non-natural light is disruptive to our bodies in various ways.

2025-10-20 12:02:18 CEST

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Yes

2025-10-09 13:56:24 CEST

Flew out of San Diego yesterday. Watch the people line up and submit to having their faces scanned. I think the blond lady on the right refused and got some kind of red tag handed to her. I said “no thank you” and was given a brief lecture by a TSA worker with an accent so thick I couldn’t understand what she was saying. I just smiled and nodded then proceeded as normal after I got my ID back.
#survailence #grownostr
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2025-10-01 13:18:42 CEST

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Same thing here. I wake up with the sun. Spend the first few hours of the day outside, rain or shine, some of it with my shirt off. There is a definite difference in my health.