For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers. - Rudolf Rocker Rocker understood what many still deny. The state isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as designed. The architecture determines the output. Centralized power concentrates interests. Bureaucracies optimize for their own perpetuation. The surveillance apparatus, once built, will be used. The printing press, once controlled, will serve those who control it. This isn’t cynicism, it’s engineering. You don’t fix a lawnmower by electing a better operator when what you need is a different tool entirely. So how ought we live in this machine? By building outside it. By creating parallel structures that don’t require permission. By using tools that route around control. Cryptography instead of trust, peer-to-peer networks instead of gatekeepers, voluntary association instead of coercion. The machine will keep grinding in its predetermined direction. Our task isn’t to capture its levers but to make it increasingly irrelevant to human flourishing

Got lower back pain? Got rotator joint pain? I started doing this years ago and it works. The dead hang might be the simplest fix for your shoulders and lower back. Hang from a bar for 30-60 seconds. That’s it. What happens? Your shoulder joints decompress and restore natural spacing. The scapula resets to proper position. Your spine lengthens under traction, releasing compressed discs in the lower back. Modern life keeps us hunched forward. The dead hang does the opposite. It opens your chest, externally rotates your shoulders, and lets gravity work for you instead of against you. Start with Progressive loading. 10-20 seconds. Build to 2+ minutes over weeks. Do it daily. Your CNS also recalibrates. Hanging activates reflexive grip strength and full body tension patterns we’ve lost sitting all day. Ancient movement pattern. Zero equipment needed. Maximum return.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

We live in a state of existence that quite possibly no one else in world history has. We have both access to instant global connectivity, infinite information, and access to artificial intelligence. But we are the last few humans in history who remember what life was like before it. We are the last living people to have experienced life before the digital age. And I fear that it may become nearly impossible for younger generations to even differentiate the digital world from the real one. But what gives me hope is the people who are building the alternative. The developers writing clients on nights and weekends because they believe in something better. The every day Nostr user helping e ergo be and anyone. The single mom learning about keys and relays because she wants her kids to grow up free. The guy running a node from his closet while everyone thinks he’s crazy. The people helping complete strangers understand Lightning, zapping value to content they believe in, teaching others even though no one’s paying them to do it. No one asked them. No one’s paying most of them. And most of the world has no idea they’re even there. These are the real leaders. And we need to empower them. We need to give them places to gather and the ability to act.

This may be the only post you see today from me. I will post more, but this may be it for you. I remind you to get out there and enjoy this day. Enjoy the people and cherish this moment. Once it’s gone it’s gone. Gm Nostr. ☕️ View quoted note →

Every argument you make proves truth can still be found.

The Bondi Beach massacre isn’t just Australia’s tragedy, it’s a preview of vulnerabilities we face here in America. The question isn’t whether extremists want to harm Americans. ISIS and al-Qaeda openly maintain that intent. The question is our capacity to screen, track, and prevent when migration volume overwhelms vetting systems. Australia’s experience shows what happens when the gap between security requirements and operational capacity widens. Their intelligence knew the shooter. He was still licensed to own six firearms. The system knew and couldn’t prevent it. We face the same threats. Stay strapped and keep your head on a swivel.

After one full day of a break on Nostr, it is with great pleasure to announce to all of you that……IM BACK!! Gm to all my Nostr Friends. lol

Can Ai and free markets exist? Now and in the future?

14 hours in and so far, one repost. View quoted note →

Gm Nostr. May the reposts and zaps fly today within the Purpleverse.