From Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, describing what he learned from different people: "From my great-grandfather: not to have attended schools for the public; to have had good teachers at home, and to realize that this is the sort of thing on which one should spend lavishly."

like i said... secrets in rust.

the false binary of the midwit is the bane of our time.

full bore sunny days in January are fabulous ☀️

this is a fascinating talk about the collapse and rebirth of the UK.

this is Eva Vlaardingerbroek. A few days ago, she called the prime minister of the UK bad names on twitter. Today she received a letter from the UK banning her from entering the country. Because the government of the UK are pathetic, corrupt, sissyboys who cry when pretty girls call them names. 🤓

one of the practices of korean natural farming involves going into old growth forest areas, digging down underneath the decaying leaves layer, and placing a growing medium to collect the missing strains of soil bacteria. then they grow that sample over a week into a larger mound of soil which they use as vegetable growing medium. they then treat it with diluted fermented plant juice, and highly diluted ocean water. why? the resulting bacterial and fungal ecosystem produces nutrient profiles that are near impossible to replicate using the western industrial petroleum based chemical fertilizer systems. i find the whole thing compelling and fascinating 🧐