Jordan Richner

Rancher, Bushcrafter, Woodworker, Soil Scientist, Homesteader, Bitcoiner, Entrepreneur

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2024-10-11 13:49:10

Good morning.
I'm currently camped on top of a ridge at 7000 ft in the backcountry of New Mexico, scouting for elk.
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Two days of driving to get to our hunting area. Then we started or trip with a night hike under the Northern lights, climbed a rocky, washed out road to the top of the ridge and set up camp for the night.
https://image.nostr.build/d6492dc3b6431e3b12dbececc1fb0f556e38938b8d54d094ff8b4e63aa0b96b2.jpg
Today we will glass this area for elk and decide if we want to stay here or scout elsewhere.
I will be off grid for most of the trip, but since I have phone signal on this ridge, I thought a #gm post was in order.
Don't get too caught up in all the craziness and online drama. Go play outside.
#grownostr #getoutside #hunting #camping #outdoors

2024-10-09 18:20:50

Calves are adjusting well to their new living arrangements. No cows tore down any gates to get back to their calves.
They'll stay confined in this section of the corral for a few more days then they can be let out to the adjacent paddocks.
https://image.nostr.build/adcf39584f8e4b9882548de818816a301ce6449671e2ad78dda2c89fcf3f252d.jpg
#nevent1q…sx6m

2024-10-05 23:28:41

What happens when guys from four or five different death metal bands hang out together in their spare time?
They start a new gothic rock band, of course.
https://youtu.be/y1PQE6cxXK4
It's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays, and for the past few weeks, we've been deep in the dark depths of extreme metal, so let's hear something a bit more accessible.
Cemetery Skyline is a new band that is compromised of members from well known Death Metal groups Dark Tranquillity, Insomniun, Amorphis, Dimmu Borgir, Sentenced, and others...
but it isn't Death Metal. They're recording their version of 90's and 2000's gothic, which they're calling Nordic Gothic. And it just so happens that they're releasing their album next Friday, October 11th.
https://youtu.be/NasMtOyj__s
#metal #tunestr #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Previous notes in this series here.
#nevent1q…mch2

2024-10-05 21:33:27

Brought the cattle up to the corral this morning.
Calves got sorted off, dewormed, and weaned. Bull calves got banded.
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#proofofwork #grownostr #farmstr #beef

2024-10-05 02:33:02

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Interesting.
Sounds like agorism to me. But they had a failure of OPSEC somewhere.
Don't you dare try to breed larger sheep without permission from the state.
If only government cared as much about human health as it does for the supposed health of wildlife.
(It seems the hurricane response news has me in a very anti-government mood this week.)

2024-10-04 02:20:53

Bitcoiners are more fiscally responsible than FEMA.
And Guy Swan is more trustworthy than the federal government.
#nevent1q…xx8w

2024-10-02 02:38:37

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Awesome. After watching that, I can't help but be reminded of this one.
https://youtu.be/FLQnrOZmZoc
These two bands should tour together. That would be a great show.

2024-10-01 21:48:31

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We don't make concrete like that anymore. That old stuff is indestructible. It's full of local creek gravel, which around here, is hard chert and quartz.
I once watched a guy try to break a well cover made from that old concrete with an 8,000 lb excavator. Pounded on it for ten minutes, and barely chipped the surface.
I think I'd trust that old silo more than an identical new one made from modern concrete.

2024-10-01 21:30:51

How about a little break from fiat world craziness.
Check out this old silo I found in the woods.
https://image.nostr.build/45c4a6b0d39b9f481f309b10adddcfe8a089d66ba5dc184419a475602e2848dc.jpg
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#grownostr #getoutside #touchgrass #ruralruins

2024-09-29 22:52:52

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Standard USGI poncho on my pack frame* along with a jacket in case it gets cold. I can add more extra layers, but so far, the forecast is showing warm temps.
*This pack frame
#nevent1q…rh4d

2024-09-29 01:35:06

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Thanks

2024-09-29 00:14:17

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The two other guys I'm going with have elk tags. I am going to watch over the camp, cook some good food, help pack out any animals we harvest, and generally chill off grid and away from work.

2024-09-28 23:37:16

T-Minus 11 days until my hunting trip.
Pretty much have my haversack items squared away.
https://image.nostr.build/eddafcfbe5b484aab321ecf38c5b34d94acfb75699b9cf5ee6fef683a7b179ac.jpg
Shelter, clothing and food items will get dropped once we set up base camp, but this is my basic gear that I will always be carrying.
#grownostr #outdoorgear #hunting #getoutside #edcstr

2024-09-28 23:15:01

J. R. R. Tolkien has named more bands than any other human on Earth.
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Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays, my series of weekly notes featuring lesser known metal bands and subgenres.
This will be the final installment of our September Tolkien Theme. I'm changing up the format a bit this week. Typically, I showcase one band that I have legitimitely listened to and enjoyed, but today, I am presenting a whole list of bands and will share music from a few that I have deemed worth a listen.
My goal is to make the case that JRR Tolkien has named more bands than anyone, ever.
It has become common practice among the metal communuty that if you need a cool band name, just consult a map of Middle Earth. Tolkien made up multiple entire languages to enrich the fantasy world he created, and therefore, he also provided hundreds or even thousands of unique names and terms, which decades later, are just waiting to be used as awesome band names.
I have scoured the internet for articles, consulted AI, and trawled through the obscure reaches of Youtube and Encyclopaedia Metallum, and have compiled what I'm pretty certain is the most comprehensive list of Tolkien derived metal band names ever made. Let's begin.
Amon Amarth: Viking themed melodic death metal, the elvish name for Mount Doom
Gorgoroth: one of the pioneers of Norwegian Black Metal, named after the Northwestern region of Mordor
Burzum: Varg Vikernes' Black Metal project before he went to jail for stabbing and killing a rival band's guitarist
Eldamar: atmospheric black metal
https://youtu.be/9SKcnz6Ubow
Carach Angren: symphonic black metal
Eregion: power metal
Thangorodrim: black metal
Uruk-Hai: black metal
Anglachel: atmospheric black/dungein synth
Aragorn: heavy metal
Falls of Rauros: atmospheric black metal
Cirith Ungol: heavy metal
Argonath: black metal
Isengard: black metal solo project by the drummer from Darkthrone
Ephel Duath: Italian prog metal
Aglarond: gothic doom from Mexico
https://youtu.be/Q6F9iW_0ti0
Mordor: Industrial (Russian version of Rammstein)
Ainur: progressive rock orchestra
Arwen: symphonic metal
Fangorn: black metal
Fangorn: power metal
Avathar: thrash metal from Ecuador
Balrog: black metal
Gimli Son of Gloin:
Cirith Gorgor: black metal
Rhun: black metal
Gothmog: black metal
Lungorthin: black metal
Scatha: thrash metal
Valar: black metal
Hithlum: black metal
Lorien: power metal
Ainulindale: epic black metal
Barrow Wight: black metal
Dagorath: black metal
Dol Guldur: black metal
Minas Morgul: power metal
Dwarrodelf: atmospheric black metal
Emyn Muil epic black metal
Fangorn: black metal
Khazad-Dum: funeral doom
Nazgul: black metal
Numenorean: blackened death
Rivendell: black metal
Smeagol's Fate: black metal, dungeon synth
Smoke of Isengard: doom/stoner metal
Morgul Blade: heavy metal
https://youtu.be/y64Lym-nMq4
Tengwar: epic folk metal
Dol Amroth: power metal
Kor: black metal
Line of Durin: atmospheric black metal
Ondolinde: melodic death metal
Rivendell: black metal
Vanyar: epic black metal
Warg: black metal
Avathar: epic black/folk metal
Bauglir: melodic death metal
Orodruin: black metal/ambient
Caras Galadon: black metal
Mithril: power metal
Mordor: black/funeral doom
Orkrist: symphonic black/gothic/folk metal
Anduril: power metal
Beleriand: atmospheric black metal
Carn Dum: black metal
Dagorlath: power metal
Maeglin: black metal
Mirkwood: atmospheric black metal
Numenor: symphonic/black/power metal
Witchking: epic heavy metal
Wormtongue: black/folk metal
Zirakzigil: progressive stoner/sludge metal
Ash Nazg Burz: black metal
Keys of Orthanc: epic black metal/dungeon synth
https://youtu.be/L6m_xtk3esI
Kingdom of Angmar: atmospheric black metal
Morgul Vale: atmospheric black metal
Nurn: black/ambient
Olorin: Doom metal
Palantir: black/speed metal
Skald of Morgoth: black metal
Amon Din: melodic death metal
Arathorn: atmospheric black/folk metal
Arda: power metal
Baruk Khazad: folk/death metal
Carcharoth: Dungeon synth, black metal
Durthang: atmospheric black metal
Eldarion: atmospheric black metal
Erech: black metal
Flying Nazguls: black metal
Galadriel's Wrath: black metal
Kortirion: black metal
Maglor: folk metal
Mithrandir: black metal
Ungoliant: black metal
Eowyn: atmospheric black/dungeon synth
Carcharoth AV: atmospheric black metal
Daedeloth: death/doom
Dagorlad: atmospheric black/gothic
Ered Angmar: pagan black metal
Feanor: heavy metal
Galadriel: gothic/doom/death
Geist Elbereth: black metal
Ithil: black metal
Kharn: black/folk metal
Moria: deathcore
Moriquendi: black/folk metal
Servant of Morgoth: black metal
Lammoth: melodic black metal
https://youtu.be/MYfDmLqqkeE
#tolkien #grownostr #music #tunestr #heavymetal #metal #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Previous notes in this series
#nevent1q…m98y

2024-09-26 02:52:08

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Eventually they will. It's just for temporary instances. Like today, once I moved them all through, I took it down and closed the gate.

2024-09-26 01:01:38

My #proofofwork for this evening.
Moved the cattle to the next pasture.
https://image.nostr.build/4e84cfbeba011125928f5a80391311d670411e5ac97e0148e79c8489ea1164d2.jpg
Here's a trick I use often. If your cattle are trained to electric fence, it's a psychological barrier not a physical one.
Therefore, you can string up any white rope (white because I use white poly wire for temporary fencing) and use it fill a gap and funnel them where you want them to go.
Like here, the lane is 20 feet wide, but the gate is only 16 feet. The rope is just loosely tied in place to create the illusion of a fence so the cattle will turn through the gate.
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If you aggressively pressure them and jam a whole crowd against the barrier, one will push through and the illusion will be broken, but if you let them file through at their own pace, works great.
#grownostr #farmstr #beef

2024-09-24 01:30:36

Best Bushcraft channel on YouTube.
And a good, relaxing video to watch after a long day, in fact, probably the next best thing to going outside and touching grass yourself.
https://youtu.be/g_iF1h8B7yU
#grownostr #getoutside #outdoorskills

2024-09-23 13:37:50

Good morning
After at least a month and a half with basically no rain, we've had about 4 inches in the last 36 hours.
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Several projects to get done today... But first, let the ground dry out a bit.
#gm #grownostr #edcstr #farmstr

2024-09-23 02:29:31

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Bombadil contains burley, Latakia, Cavendish, and a bit of perique then they added a hint of aromatic flavoring. They're pretty close-mouthed about what exactly the flavoring is, but general consensus is that it's a whiskey topping.
Tastes like a standard Latakia forward English blend but with a touch of flowery richness. And has a pleasant room smell.

2024-09-23 01:34:44

September 22nd is a fitting date to enjoy a pipe with a Middle Earth themed tobacco blend.
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Bombadil from Just for Him
In a T. Cristiano bent Dublin
#grownostr #tolkien #pipestr #tobacco #pipeandtobacco

2024-09-21 23:34:14

Far, far below the deepest delving of mainstream music, the world of metal is gnawed by nameless vocals... I have walked there, and I will bring now report to darken the light of day
https://youtu.be/iBrugTuI28c
It's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays, where I feature lesser known metal bands and subgenres each week. Continuing our Tolkien theme, today we have metal from the deep places of the world.
Khazad Dum is a band named after the Dwarven name for Moria, the ancient, abandoned, underground stronghold of the Dwarves. And what sound did they choose to accompany their Dwarven motif?
Funeral Doom.
(Shout-out to Wind Rise for their Dwarf theme, but sorry, Doom Metal is way more "Dwarven" than Folk/Power metal.)
Khazad Dum has released one album, "Hymns from the Deep". It's a concept album about the Fellowship's journey through Moria.
Funeral Doom is the ultimate low-time- preference music. It's best experienced in it's entirety.
https://youtu.be/KoZS1pMsBMU
The only lyrics I was able to find.
STONES OF SORROW
"Ithkêl murbêl
Buh Dashât sadishîn
Doom of the deep folk wrote on blackened blades
Tidings of Balin’s fate through tale of plight
Stones of sorrow tell their tale as light fades
Wrought by hands of time in stillness of night
Hooded faces silent beside the tomb
Reflecting upon the brave lord’s lone quest
Went alone to look in Mirror mere’s gloom
An arrow in the dark death manifest
Grim readings sing bloody tunes of cruel ends
Cloven shields and helms conjoin words to deeds
Morning’s end to dread and horror extends
Vile tides come to repeat prior misdeeds
They are coming
We cannot get out"
#metal #tunestr #tolkien #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Previous notes in this series.
#nevent1q…kgkc

2024-09-21 23:28:55

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It'll definitely be better than nothing...
But not as good as my .357 magnum revolver. 😁

2024-09-21 21:45:09

Rainy Saturday morning project.
Made a bamboo trekking pole.
https://image.nostr.build/4b4cf4455223b887df885480aeab8086b33bd5c4e22b862746932d29b454189e.jpg
Materials: stick of bamboo, mule tape, copper pipe caps, bank line, clear epoxy
Weight is a bit over 9 ounces
(I made a pair a couple years ago, but I had a better piece of bamboo, so I'm replacing the smaller diameter one of the old pair. The dirty one pictured has been used on two backcountry hunts and performed excellent ly.)
#grownostr #outdoorgear #proofofwork

2024-09-18 15:11:59

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Looks like you have the essentials covered.

2024-09-18 15:09:33

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Nice. I like seeing well used blades.

2024-09-18 14:59:44

Good morning
Today's carry. Being prepared makes life easier.
https://image.nostr.build/0b4e881d1b020a8982469ae94803c5213da62b0cd64627982764be97e6a7e550.jpg
Case Sodbuster Jr carbon steel
Maratac flashlight
Brass Zippo
#edc #edcstr #knifestr #gm #grownostr #zippo

2024-09-15 01:43:25

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Interesting thought. Kind of like how music is another form of storytelling.
Had to step away and cook supper, so I'm only halfway through the video. Listening to these guys go back and forth trying out different voices/screams is quite entertaining.

2024-09-15 01:24:30

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Definitely a "perishable" skill

2024-09-14 23:36:52

In a basement in Austria, there lived a black metal band. It was not a black metal band filled with satanic themes and a low recording quality, nor was it a Norwegian band that stabbed people or burned churches in it's spare time.
It was Summoning
And that means Tolkien inspired lyrics, majestic atmospheric soundscapes, and a much needed change of pace for black metal.
https://youtu.be/Vb1-yX3WhnA
Welcome to Metal Transmitted by Relays. This month we're featuring metal bands influenced by Tolkien.
And the time has come to dive into Black Metal, but don't be scared, it's not really as black as you've been led to believe, a fact I largely credit to Summoning.
They borrowed the foundation of their sound from the Black Metal subgenre but rather than focusing on anger, despair, or anti religion themes, they wrote songs about Middle Earth.
https://youtu.be/JvzY5aQDe70
They also recorded the first metal song written entirely in the Black Speech of Mordor.
https://youtu.be/phjb-PLK6DI
Their career has spanned over eight albums in which they've established a deep Tolkien nerd credibility far beyond any other band I've ever come across. They also pioneered the atmospheric black metal scene in inspiring several other bands to contribute to their particular style of black metal.
But if you're a fan of the classic black metal sound, they have an album for that too.
https://youtu.be/bAYqEiysNmA
#metal #tunestr #tolkien #heavymetal #music #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays
Catch up on previous notes in this series here
#nevent1q…spzv

2024-09-14 13:40:44

Good morning.
Moved the cows to the next pasture and ready to start the rest of my Saturday projects.
https://image.nostr.build/1fb818b7b1c6af6228ad0046d74f8b659c57b1344fdace9d30ef3d59a15cc4c0.jpg
#grownostr #farmstr #beef #proofofwork

2024-09-11 02:16:02

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Awesome. Does that mean you finished the first one?

2024-09-11 01:38:05

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Yeah it is. I've used twig stoves, Emberlit and similar, a lot, but when your hunting companions are using Jetboil burners, you need something a bit faster than a twig stove.

2024-09-11 01:32:02

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This one.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08QD2HNH3

2024-09-11 01:20:40

Ordered an alcohol stove for my hunting trip.
Came with a folding steel windscreen/pot stand.
https://image.nostr.build/2166e6798c57a24437ef59a62d7762493af327f8f9582e9c372a44a8cb108892.jpg
It was just an inexpensive model from Amazon, so I wasn't expecting anything spectacular. But I ended up being fairly impressed after testing it out.
https://image.nostr.build/dc6897c754c96d8847e76039c2663a89701be61ed1075467155e911fa0bef4f1.jpg
Boiled a can of soup in about seven minutes.
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Worked well enough that I grabbed the small cast iron, pulled an onion from the garden, gathered the eggs, and cooked a bit of dinner.
https://image.nostr.build/a4625f91e1ba2434ca9a42384d15f774143d0fc9d801837894c44a6d8a143ffc.jpg
#grownostr #getoutside #outdoorgear

2024-09-09 02:37:14

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Shelter building is a good skill to practice, but I did one time sleep quite contentedly on a very remote hilltop in central Nebraska with nothing but a blue poly tarp folded taco-style around my sleeping bag. Got a pretty good rain that night too. Just flipped the tarp corner over my head and went back to sleep.

2024-09-08 04:07:15

GN Nostr
Leaving some tunes for the next time zone.
#nevent1q…fddp

2024-09-07 23:09:51

Saturday evening means it's time for Metal Transmitted by Relays.
For the remainder of September, we're going to look at some instances where Metal has intersected with ... Tolkien.
Starting with the power metal band Blind Guardian
https://youtu.be/y6Pq5H0odaI
Blind Guardian is a German band that has been cranking out power metal for many years now, but we're going to focus on their 1998 album "Nightfall in Middle Earth."
https://youtu.be/6EyNjmspx64
It is a concept album based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Silmarillion", and tells the story of the Noldor elves in the First Age and their sorrowful war against Morgoth to regain the stolen Silmarils.
https://youtu.be/6Yz4_1mZarA
#metal #heavymetal #tunestr #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays #tolkien
Check out these notes to continue down the metal rabbit hole.
#nevent1q…k60g

2024-09-07 22:19:16

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Nice. Fall is the best season for pipe smoking. May have to pop open a jar later this evening.

2024-09-07 20:42:26

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It used to be an Eberlestock vapor.
It was my brother's. He blew the zipper out, and Eberlestock sent him a replacement. I ended up with the old pack and cut off everything but the back panel which contains a rigid plastic frame.
I then got some strapping and buckles from Amazon and made the front panel from leather, and attached the straps to fit the existing loops on the pack.

2024-09-07 19:43:16

Preparing my gear for a Backcountry hunting trip next month.
https://image.nostr.build/6431b4b93bd9dc176dd25c717bf95dc9a5eb761103963cf345818e41dce8cdb5.jpg
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This is about 90% of my load out. All shelter components shown. Daily carry and survival gear inside the haversack. Need to add food and extra clothing layers closer to time as the weather forecast becomes more definite.
Dry bag
Haversack
Pack frame
Down top quilt
Foam pad
Poncho
10 x 10 tarp
Insulated inflatable pad
Trash bag
Wool blanket
#grownostr #getoutside #hunting #edcstr #backpack #rucking

2024-08-31 23:33:06

For this week's Metal Transmitted by Relays I present...
Evergrey
https://youtu.be/fzDL9yVouxo
These guys emerged from Gothenburg, Sweden, a city known for death metal, but they've taken a different approach focusing on a more prog metal sound with clean vocals and technical, but still heavy riffage.
https://youtu.be/1vTe6EbZ0zc
https://youtu.be/HeCFXFx_VCU
More notes to take you down the metal rabbit hole
#nevent1q…2klg
#metal #heavymetal #tunestr #grownostr #metaltransmittedbyrelays

2024-08-30 03:49:16

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I do agree, at the finality of the winning phase, politicians and banks will not exist.
But there will be transitional stages along the way. Perhaps some of them involve politicians pandering to Bitcoiners.
I suppose the argument lies in where one delineates the start of the winning phase.

2024-08-30 03:29:00

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Ad Nauseum/Argument by Repetition
"This fallacy occurs when someone repeats a claim multiple times, expecting that the repetition will make it more convincing or true. However, repetition doesn't add any new evidence or logical support to the claim, and it doesn't address the counterarguments or criticisms that have been raised."

2024-08-30 02:27:05

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But I don't see politicians and banks accepting Bitcoin. I see politicians and banks begging to be accepted by Bitcoin.
We already left their world. Now they're asking to be let into ours.

2024-08-30 01:16:41

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I recommend this trilogy for when you finish Wheel of Time and The Silmarillion.
https://image.nostr.build/bcd368c11c9d03e2f43e58e7321311d663a974e322e43df81fe3a722f433107a.jpg
Lesser known fantasy with complex plot involving 2 complementary magic systems, a huge conspiracy, very powerful and smart antagonists, lengthy flashbacks and stories-within-stories...and time travel.
It's the author's first series and could have used a more stringent editor but the ride it takes you on is well worth a few minor flaws in the prose.

2024-08-29 14:44:23

Good morning
Here is my view from the office today.
https://image.nostr.build/9730b888454ee72a9426123e7797442c5b4a8d66f262c330a1c4ea9fcd7a02f2.jpg
Milling up some cedar.
#grownostr #proofofwork #sawmill #skilledtrades

2024-08-24 23:25:17

Saturday evening seems to be a good time to share music on Nostr. I'm a fan of metal, and we have several other nostriches who enjoy nu metal and metalcore, which I love as well, but there is a lot more metal out there, so let's delve into some lesser known metal subgenres.
Today I present folk metal.
This band is called Eluveitie. They're from Switzerland. Metal foundation, then add in violin, flute, and a hurdy gurdy.
https://youtu.be/2yIDV88e_E8
https://youtu.be/PVuio27lPss
#tunestr #metal #heavymetal #grownostr
Or if folk metal is not to your liking, try my note from last week.
#nevent1q…0e60

2024-08-18 13:58:43

Good Sunday morning, Nostr.
Be prepared and meet the day.
https://image.nostr.build/49ed2a058876a21190b9df2ce89dc3618b158049f0f177865c64a469f8e0decb.jpg
Case Sodbuster Jr
Walther PPS
#grownostr #knifestr #gunstr #edcstr

2024-08-18 01:11:48

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I'll play.
These were my gateway drug songs for metalcore.
https://youtu.be/iPW9AbRMwFU
https://youtu.be/36stRPPIy2w

2024-08-18 00:48:51

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Feel free to recommend some deathcore. I've spent so much time delving into melodeath to atmospheric black metal to doom metal and a bit of power metal... So I've mostly missed out on the deathcore movement.
I did discover this the other day, and it's pretty amazing. Should satisfy your breakdown addiction.
https://youtu.be/rIuq0_ngzx8

2024-08-17 23:45:46

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Listened to both of them in that time period as well, but I especially liked Killswitch Engage. I eventually discovered they were influenced by Swedish melodeth and promptly went down that rabbit hole.

2024-08-17 23:39:09

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Taproot
https://youtu.be/Z8CXb0J_Fs4?si=F439De-VlHfUznYV
https://youtu.be/bJQ-uWtziMw?si=NPsqtcL9bRPvMpgY

2024-08-17 23:18:58

Here is today's bit of good news and encouragement. Not everything sucks.
Dark Tranquillity dropped a new album this week, Endtime Signals.
https://youtu.be/pBsVsLRSgfE
These guys helped invent melodic death metal in the mid nineties, and 30 years later, they're still at the top of their game.
Clown world may be stupid, but metal is still awesome.
"We are here to resist. We are here to defy."
#metal #tunestr #grownostr

2024-08-14 03:28:48

Good night.
Through sound money, we shall discover a sovereign future.
https://image.nostr.build/03103219e9d3a1e46cfa67f4f8e44cb76fd58891968ff4f8964114f779051a2e.jpg
#gn #bitcoin #ai

2024-08-12 23:57:07

The government's existence is a waste of my time and money.
#nevent1q…e9lp

2024-08-11 13:52:32

gm
Sunday carry
https://image.nostr.build/18694ab96dd13325d0823d36e064dcfbf69c72cbb7673c95efaaa15bad752937.jpg
#gm #grownostr #edcstr #knifestr #gunstr #edc #zippo

2024-08-08 15:21:20

Truth. 🤘
#nevent1q…xpgz

2024-08-08 04:21:39

Good night.
Keep your keys safe and your identity obscured.
https://image.nostr.build/af04808c5b8c02660ff472d6c00c9130c0593fb5a9973e3bce2901b66f580b93.jpg
#bitcoin #ai #art #gn

2024-08-07 22:08:56

Some more #proofofwork
https://image.nostr.build/9483ca1c3caf88638911daef156f1c229de867bc98f3be10d1e31fa9ff59420f.jpg
Setting a septic tank. Dig a properly sized hole. Bed the bottom with crushed limestone and smooth it out flat and perfectly level.
https://image.nostr.build/532ae2ba3a2b8f913e56f6168a8716a4a725afb7353710913a18a2efd3ef3032.jpg
Then call the tank manufacturer and tell them you're ready. They'll send out a truck to deliver and set the tank in the hole.
https://image.nostr.build/13c5ec9346fcd36df3285582710a1c1bd7758367c5b5d72398a0fd7853cb1f5c.jpg
If you prepped the hole right, the tank will be level.
#grownostr #skilledtrades

2024-08-07 18:03:54

My #proofofwork for today. Dug a ditch for a water line.
https://image.nostr.build/566314b5e876dff5ada74a12932b7813fddc565d4bac5e34ffdeee2e4a2fcc9f.jpg
Now I'm waiting for the inspector from the county health department to approve my wastewater design so I can set the septic tank.
She said she would be here this morning, but it's now past noon, so she lied.
Probably could have had this job finished by now. But instead have to deal with fiat world bullshit.
I'm a state licensed soil scientist and a state licensed wastewater system installer. I've studied soil across four different states before graduating summa cum laude with an Agronomy degree. But more importantly, for 10 years now, I've been evaluating soil and designing septic systems, all of which are still functioning flawlessly. But I can't complete my work until some gen Z county employee who has only held her position for a few months, and who, judging from her questions over the phone, doesn't even know how to interpret her department's own paperwork yet, comes to the site to check and make sure I'm doing my job correctly. On top of that, she can't even show up when she says she will.
Fuck government at every level.
#grownostr #soil #skilledtrades

2024-08-05 18:47:40

And here we have what I'm reasonably certain is the first soil morphology description ever posted on Nostr.
https://image.nostr.build/2d80814150105e67f1c3088dfef048c6110ec08cc03331164c3636d970c5c68c.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/d4ac1859730568a5fceb04f7dea1d2848f54757117c9a3ca6cefa0624006fef8.jpg
This is a typical Southern Missouri upland soil. A silt loam plow layer over a clay subsoil.
Taxonomically, the topsoil is not deep enough or dark enough to be a Mollisol, which means it's an Alfisol. More specifically, the clay increase in the subsoil classifies it as argillic, which will make this soil an argiudalf.
#grownostr #soil #proofofwork

2024-08-05 14:10:54

Mornin' Nostr
https://image.nostr.build/f51b67749cbd89d33878000f6274f9d2c70f35bc550f65a93ea473d6d2e1e6ac.jpg
The memes tend to say you need popcorn while watching the markets burn, but I prefer pipe tobacco.
Sutliff Eastfarthing currently in the bowl.
Now off the fiat mines. I have a dip to buy.
#pipeandtobacco #getoutside #gm

2024-06-04 23:03:38

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Find a local farmer that sells beef directly to customers. And do it several months in advance of when you want the meat as it takes time to grow out an animal and butcher appointments are usually booked a few months out.
For legality reasons, you are technically purchasing the live animal and the rancher is transporting it to the processor on your behalf.
After the animal is slaughtered, skinned, and organs are removed, the carcass is hung in the cooler and weighed. This is hanging weight and is the value the price is calculated from.
In my area processing runs about $0.90 per pound. The rancher will charge a price per pound for the meat. Cattle prices are subject to fluctuation, but lately I've been pricing at $3.25 a pound. So, the customer is responsible for the meat price plus the processing fee (which usually includes a $50-$80 slaughter fee).
Good butchers will let the carcass hang for 10-14 days. During this time the customer will be asked how they want the meat cut (type of steaks, how many per package, roasts, which cuts to keep and which to grind into burger, etc.). Then the meat will be cut, frozen and ready for pick up.

2024-06-04 17:35:32

Picked up a whole beef from the processor. Now my freezers are filled to the brim.
https://image.nostr.build/95c23d6ed1fda25079216452df5a335e9a68dfea91a2ec60e5618736c7a05ad1.jpg
#grownostr #beef #farmstr #foodsovereignty #proofofwork

2024-05-30 23:07:20

This was last night's project.
I used an AI image generator plus a little GIMP plus a little MS Word Art to make fancy labels for my pipe tobacco jars.
https://image.nostr.build/ac31d23f80ef8306c3a9bd696a1227d817cccefcd8dba164cea67415daf9ed0b.jpg
I might have a slight obsession for pipe tobacco blends with Tolkien inspired names.
https://image.nostr.build/0cd198a1461256b13187fc0657e2a272a8c3fdaadd5a2f843f5f5e5cb4b065df.jpg
#grownostr #pipeandtobacco #tolkien #ai #artstr

2024-05-27 14:22:48

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Not much use for serious prying, but for small things that you might find yourself tempted to use your knife for, it's great. So it's basically just an insurance policy to keep you from breaking your knife tip.
I'm a woodworker, so it mainly gets used for opening paint cans. Surprisingly useful for scraping as well.

2024-05-27 12:37:04

GM Nostr frens.
Memorial weekend carry.
Stay prepared. Be sovereign.
https://image.nostr.build/5f763a5946e2ff58fc2d3f24d631e357d98a3d4390a437efec4aa8f4bf210724.jpg
Ka-Bar Becker BK-13
Zippo
Maratac flashlight
Pry tool
Homemade wallet
Keys
#grownostr #edcstr #knifestr #getoutside #zippo

2024-05-19 19:02:24

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Hunt it,
https://image.nostr.build/a57ff46fb5bb502c143219cf0917245185e2954c5a200d7d6f444fe2b656a883.jpg
and process it
https://image.nostr.build/d7eeaade92b18d13a51471349c761a8004b4147f07e486864dd181ca246951a4.jpg

2024-05-16 03:15:23

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Great album all the way through, but I rank Lateralus at the top.

2024-05-16 00:23:48

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Maybe we need some kind of underground railroad thing for open source devs.
I have several acres of secluded timber where I could build some cabins, and I could use a ranch hand/ IT person. Rent payable with BTC and I don't necessarily need to know anyone's real name to rent them an off grid place to stay

2024-05-01 00:26:58

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Looks like barley or oats from the picture. Have to check the auricles to be sure.
https://image.nostr.build/c3f3ca58a93385a23d5abc9cfbeb165c3de74f3baeac5d0eb436c96eb7c4c1ba.jpg

2024-04-19 00:08:54

Today's gig
https://image.nostr.build/7cd2cd87a901116f7c64a72a10ff09eea45cfd87512f606fb3da83a68c16760c.jpg
In Missouri, residential, rural septic systems fall under the jurisdiction of the county health departments. They require a soil morphology evaluation from a registered soil scientist before they will issue a permit. I'm one of the people that does these evaluations.
https://image.nostr.build/7ad0110ef81e90aa9ad0442d3bb3e8163f1414f4701668be5f77323860f3a61e.jpg
A degree is not required, but you do need 20 hours of college soil courses to get licensed. As a result, soil scientists are the guys that took the college path. And of course, guys that operate excavators did not go through the college route.
When I first got licensed, I didn't get many calls because the few old established soil scientists already had longstanding relationships with the installers. So what did I do? I got my installer's license, partnered with an equipment operator, and we started installing our own systems. He owned the equipment and did the digging, and I had the license, did the evaluations, and designed the systems.
Since then, I've gotten more calls for evaluations, I've become a decent equipment operator myself, I've added a dump trailer to my enterprise, and as far as I can tell, I'm the only soil scientist in the state that will do their own digging.
I share this story because I was listening to this podcast on the way to the job site today.
#nevent1q…z4xq
They talked a lot about the younger generation getting started today and not seeing a worthwhile end in sight.
When I was in my mid-twenties just starting out, I had in mind that I just needed the required license for my chosen line of work and then opportunities would just show up. But it didn't work that way.
I had to adapt. I had to tweak my business model, I had to add new skills to my repertoire. I have by no means "made it" or accomplished all my goals yet. But, now in my mid-thirties, I have reached a point where my end goals are faintly visible on the horizon. So it is possible.
I guess to sum it up in video game terminology, you have to slog your way through the wasteland and gain xp before you get to level up, but if you keep playing the game, you'll get there.
#grownostr #proofofwork #soil

2024-04-15 01:46:53

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Thanks

2024-03-23 01:17:36

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If you have questions when you get your cattle, let me know.

2024-03-23 01:04:40

Yay! Stuff breaking.
https://i.nostrimg.com/ef50e09649759776939c2fd87a701435f73f3b94912eb8363f14383dfd1e7260/file.jpg
Just noticed this concrete cattle waterer was overflowing. I haven't been in this paddock for about two months, so I have no idea how long it's been running.
Had to dig to the shut-off valve to turn it off.
https://i.nostrimg.com/2d93e7fddd30283e8597f1a8e0b77e0f3e059a5c835509c94ecb3f599321d295/file.jpg
Luckily, it's not a broken pipe. It seems to just be the float valve has failed. I'll try to replace it next week.
#grownostr #farmstr #proofofwork

2024-03-22 01:42:23

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LOTR is definitely my favorite, both the films and the books.
I tend to prefer science fiction and fantasy, but will enjoy anything with intriguing plot, original characters and convincing world-building.
I have grown tired of obvious agendas, "deconstructions," "subverting expectations," "post-modern takes on ..." and dragging actors out of retirement to shoot a sequel of that movie that was big 20 years ago because nostalgia is an easy sell. Let's just go back to good storytelling that's not pretentious.

2024-03-22 01:17:14

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Yep. That's what I do. I grazed through all my paddocks at the start of winter to delay having to feed hay as long as possible.
Now I need to give the fresh grass a bit of a head start before I start rotating the cattle for this season.

2024-03-21 22:55:56

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Thanks

2024-03-21 00:43:37

Made myself this simple little table from a solid slab of ash.
https://i.nostrimg.com/61ce3dfe2da857b6a30cad5df2e0175906d2f1a372e20dc92410b1fdbfa1c993/file.jpg
Slab is a cut off from a large countertop or something that we did a few years ago at the sawmill, and it found it's way home with me after a much needed shop decluttering. It's about 20 by 36 inches. Legs came from Amazon.
#grownostr #woodworking #proofofwork

2024-03-16 00:28:33

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Thanks. We regularly make deliveries to Branson, but I live in Cedar county, so about an hour North and West of Springfield.

2024-03-14 01:23:12

Today at the fiat job.
https://i.nostrimg.com/0aa75649d99be981832ca73769dd94ee56bf594cd4438e57f06d861945b9f9c8/file.jpg
Delivered these cypress timber chairs we made to Top of the Rock golf course in Branson, Missouri.
https://i.nostrimg.com/d11af8c4b77faa1d6c8d451e3fe5b142e005102fa1feb496d7b74b72f46798d2/file.jpg
"Forest to finish" We cut the trees, milled the logs, assembled and stained the chairs (we did outsource the cushions).
#grownostr #proofofwork #sawmill #woodworking

2024-03-08 01:11:00

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Welcome to Nostr. Good to see another bushcrafter here.

2024-02-29 15:54:05

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Welcome to Nostr.
I've never skied, but I've hunted and camped in the mountains of Colorado. Depending on how tag draws go for my hunting buddies, we may be planning a trip to Utah in the fall.

2024-02-29 02:20:31

I have a confession to make, Nostr frens.
I attended a conference at the state capitol Monday and Tuesday, and I did not book a hotel room for Monday night.
Instead of paying $136 for a room, I went to a nearby conservation area and hammock camped for free. Then I bought myself $136 worth of more Bitcoin.
I do not regret my decision. Of course, I could easily afford to pay for a room, but it was a beautiful night to be in the woods, my hammock was comfortable, and fiat-world hotel rooms are boring and not worth exchanging my time and labor for.
If you really want to stack sats, there is always a way.
#bitcoin #generationalwealth #lowtimepreference

2024-02-28 17:41:45

This chart makes my brain play Tool
#nevent1q…qnzz
https://youtu.be/W9ReVCspSf0?si=EhJUDAdhtWUDWgP_
#tunestr

2024-02-28 16:12:33

Temperature went down from 79° F yesterday to 20° today. Bitcoin went up from 56k to 61k.
Conditions change. That's why I like to be prepared.
https://i.nostrimg.com/ef05d2d149698b2dda623af0b7e05633305955b264ab06384b002ce7b76f78fa/file.jpg
Case Sod Buster Jr
Zippo lighter
Maratac AAA flashlight
Leather wallet
Keys and Paracord
#grownostr #edcstr #knifestr #zippo #proofofwork

2023-12-11 03:02:18

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Find a properly sized notebook, slip it in there and market them as notebook covers.

2023-11-15 23:11:15

Never stop learning new skills.
Over the past few weeks, I've been teaching myself leather working.
https://i.nostrimg.com/2b6d2f043c4fdd39d4a740393bd33f815f05f020765f2f59c468fcb5c4d228bf/file.jpg
As a knife guy and outdoorsman, I have many blades that need sheaths and several pieces of random gear that could use custom pouches. It tends to be time consuming and expensive to seek out the perfectly sized pouch or have custom sheaths made. Hence the decision to make things myself.
These are just a few examples of what I've made so far. I don't consider anything I've made yet to be of sellable quality, but it is all perfectly functional.
#grownostr #outdoorgear #leather #knife #edcstr #skills #makeyourownshit

2023-10-02 15:07:39

Equipped and ready to begin another week.
https://i.nostrimg.com/9e8febef8fa3a284434e9649b39fcee279f15040fc9ba4476d49ae58d4e7694e/file.jpg
Victorinox Hiker
Maratac Flashlight
Keys
Firesteel
Compass
On a finished ash tabletop that we are sheduled to deliver this week.
#grownostr #edcstr #edc #woodworking #proofofwork

2023-07-31 13:50:26

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#grownostr #knifestr #edcstr

2023-07-31 13:45:36

GM, Nostr
Pocketknife.
Flashlight.
Sound money.
Ready to begin another week of fiat mining.
https://i.nostrimg.com/561e898a1654a25a7842501a88bc914e8093b37e9338d0b1478c1bb1759e4f56/file.jpg
Victorinox Hiker, Walnut
Maratac AAA Brass

2023-07-08 14:16:20

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I don't know of any yet.

2023-07-08 12:17:54

GM
May Bitcoin and Nostr ensure a brighter future.
https://i.nostrimg.com/0d6998a242e19d47402206722fc6ea5a827ab76fed20dc26ce9d89f84fdc2f01/file.jpg
#bitcoin #art #ai

2023-07-07 03:08:21

Gn Nostr
Bitcoin is hope.
https://i.nostrimg.com/caa5e1f180aee29d9b301fa94b512bd4f0fec2525060eb53ef5ec265b19f3efd/file.png
#bitcoin #artstr #ai

2023-06-30 15:14:57

Working on a deck this week.
https://i.nostrimg.com/182672a72f21bded737643560741d954f0e4f63dc0a3f0ff72ade90c56abea15/file.jpg
These manufactured deck boards don't take pencil marks very well, so notching them with the Swiss army knife saw.
Self custody your Bitcoin. Always carry a pocketknife.
#grownostr #edcstr #proofofwork #skilledtrades #dewalttools

2023-06-25 05:12:04

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Cottage cheese. I eat several meals a week that would qualify as keto or sometimes carnivore, but am I following any strict diet overall? No.

2023-06-21 18:01:50

Dinner last night.
T bone steak, raised on my farm, salted for an hour before cooking in butter and lard.
https://i.nostrimg.com/41314de93c3cf3d8c4eefa513e8334a6b0a9d7c15ea8f9fcfa8ebc7b039a0839/file.jpg
#grownostr #beef #cookstr #foodsovereignty

2023-06-07 11:29:00

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Sorry it took a few days, these were scattered around a few different properties. Here's what I rounded up.
https://i.nostrimg.com/ac9b236e6ffaec222ce4f2e67430e584c15af66b26f0936de849f1d7a145bcba/file.jpg

2023-06-05 23:09:14

Starting off the week with fully equipped pockets.
https://i.nostrimg.com/8db126a865bb1a019f27c5a8bf1e3d17624d4467da462282e2032d0ee3314799/file.jpg
Victorinox Farmer
Maratac brass AAA
Ferro rod
Wallet
Keys
#grownostr #edcstr #pocketdump

2023-05-22 22:41:41

Old buildings along the side of random two-lane roads in the countryside are cool. I like to collect pictures of them, because one of these days they'll be gone and forgotten.
https://i.nostrimg.com/759c6c3fdf46824139f70e0fb828adb5868d7176e1dd944196add81096a7040d/file.jpg
#grownostr #photostr #ruralruins