Grow some plants out on my small balconies. One was an avocado pit I put in a wet paper towel, it sprouted and I planted it in a pot. A small tree had grown up, maybe two feet tall, over the last year or two. Over the summer, we travelled, and it got hot, so when we got home all the leaves on that and the persimmon tree were dead. I watered them, the persimmon came back to life, but the avocado just had old dead leaves in it. Was bummed out because (a) plants are almost family to me and (b) I was planning to transplant it into the ground on a property we have as soon as the construction is done, let it grow into a full tree. Still, I watered it anyway, sent it good vibes, had it in my thoughts. Suddenly just today, noticed new small leaves growing out of the sides of the stalk. It’s come back to life.

"Due to the total pussification of my mind, body and soul I catastrophically failed to see the single most important economic development in humanity’s history. This despite decades of study and pontification on the subject of economics. There is no excuse for such abject mental, psychological and spiritual cowardice. I am hereby resigning my position and withdrawing from public life to contemplate my shortcomings. Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Fixed it. View quoted note →

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One thing I don't understand about gender dysphoria is why it always goes in one direction. Like if you’re male, and your body doesn’t meet your self-conception, why must it always be that you need to be female? Why couldn’t a man be like, “Damn, I’m just way too male for this body, I need a second penis, maybe an extra set of testicles, some mega-doses of roids?” Show up for the surgery, like LFG.

Walked into the sauna (86 celsius), two women were in it. Stayed 15 minutes, they left after 10. Went to the cold plunge pool for 3 minutes, then back in the sauna. About 5 minutes later, women come back, I'm in the same spot. We sit together 10 minutes, before they leave. I'm thinking they don't know I left to cool down. To them, I've been in for at least 33 minutes at 86, must have seemed like a God.

Best parents: create conditions for kids to make errors without catastrophic consequences. Next best: checked out parents who provide insufficient guardrails. Worst: parents who endeavor to prevent all errors.

Diet is less important than mindset. Person with the right mindset will end up with an adequate diet. Person with a good diet might not end up with the right mindset. Everything is downstream from mind. People obsess over diet because it's much easier.

Gonna change my bio to “nostr’s self-appointed theologian.” But the current bio more or less covers that. Thing is I am a theologian. And a journalist, an artist, a rapper and a comedian. Nostr is the place to showcase my skillset or lack thereof. And no one can stop me.

Won the men's Padel tournament today. Granted they paired me with Boris Becker (German guy who was good). But it validates my decision not to transition.