raintrees (ancap in nw-cali)

I identify as a Conspiracy Therapist.
My pronouns are: Told/You/So

Nullius in verba
Living under a bridge in squalor.
Dude named Ben.
Musician
Woodworking
Homesteading?
Want to end the USA? Vote Republican. Want to end it faster? Vote Democrat.
HHWMO

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2026-05-11 00:34:59 UTC

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"Doesn't work."
"Try by the IP address: 127.0.0.1:3000, and so on..."

2026-03-20 15:48:37 UTC

I expect to see many, many videos now of bibi wahoo saying all kinds of things, announcing truths, members of various conspiracies over the years, announcing how much people are manipulated by others, especially in the form of government.
ai should be good enough now to do so, I would think...
a flood of "yes, everything you suspected is true, and it gets even more horrific - but you have not seen anything yet, watch this" videos...

2026-03-20 04:19:32 UTC

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2026-03-19 06:10:08 UTC

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"But what if you remain a sandy little butthole"
- South Park

2026-03-19 06:08:00 UTC

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sneaky checkboxes At bottom of acrobat reader download screen :(

2026-03-18 05:50:52 UTC

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Are we there yet?

2026-03-18 02:15:22 UTC

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and my mud work looks shit, too, I still have to practice :)
Maybe she is beginning her practicing?
It does get me to wondering what her inner monologue might be - I do not know you or her, and I have had to ask my wife to clarify hers, because contrary to what many women may think, I am NOT a mind reader :)

2026-03-18 02:12:11 UTC

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coincidentally I posted an image of a pertinent story on this kind of topic earlier (around 10 hours ago as of this post), by Russell Brunson. It would have to be retold in proper wording and appropriate emotional terms for a partner, but the core is still the same: Are you proud of that job? If not, then you are not done.
Obviously that pithy version will not fly with a partner, but hopefully you get my meaning.
:)

2026-03-18 01:07:47 UTC

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My wife has finally understood the "you told me that already, there is no need to remind me 452 times, I will do it."
We live in a really old house, so the house kind of sets the priorities, at times.
And my mood :)

2026-03-17 23:53:48 UTC

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and for that, I am grateful.

2026-03-17 23:51:36 UTC

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A deeper level of digging is done by the good folks over at Grand Theft World, if you are interested.
No Agenda could be considered GTW extra lite, with goofiness intentionally added.
As with many of the projects throughout Curry's career, he is an early adopter, it can be quite fun, but he does not have the stamina that some of us might desire, and switches to the new thing a bit more frequently than I care for.
That said, he has taught me quite a bit over the last 18? years

2026-03-17 23:28:48 UTC

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It seems to me that our relationships can sometimes have profound effects on our outlooks on life...
I can speak from experience, my second wife is my dream, and I am a much happier guy all around. And I have been slowly getting more and more spiritual (but not religious) in no small part due to her and to my focusing more on my intuition.
But, that is just me :)

2026-03-17 23:23:29 UTC

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ah, thank you for the elucidation...
I have not been listening to the show much, lately, so many things NA-related that are more current fly right over my head.

2026-03-17 23:14:09 UTC

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Not the way my wife makes it... :)
And that is before we get to the Guinness cake for dessert!

2026-03-17 23:07:12 UTC

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The government of the State of Israel refers to themselves as Jewish, I am no longer sure this is truth. So I would therefore be ready to concede your point, should that turn out to be the case.
And I am obviously taking your post as though it is not sarcasm, which is so hard to discern on these platforms...
:)

2026-03-17 23:03:20 UTC

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A possible answer to your query might be "to people who think that States should control their citizens, instead of the other way around?"
There are those who think others _must_ be governed, and there are some of us who just wish to be left alone while we cause no one else any harm.
These two groups do not seem to get along too well...

2026-03-17 17:21:53 UTC

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2026-03-17 16:09:09 UTC

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I, too, wish I had had this wisdom, or at least earlier, if I have any of it now :)
Still working on it...
And I grew up in a different environment from what I posted, my "attention to detail" *cough* anal retentiveness *cough* was probably installed in me by my mother, I am still trying to figure out how to let go of some of it - Not helpful.
But hey - I had to work on something in life, didn't I? I am grateful it is not worse!*
*to the best of my knowledge as it stands so far

2026-03-17 16:04:52 UTC

Tom Woods brought this to my attention:
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2026-03-17 15:36:21 UTC

From Russell Brunson:
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2026-03-17 14:13:21 UTC

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gun powder was a big game changer, one no longer needed the great expense of a steed, armor, etc. and all the support it took to keep a mounted knight operational, to take out a formidable enemy.
This suggests the same.

2026-03-17 03:38:27 UTC

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They look like little old african dancers...

2026-03-17 03:12:08 UTC

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ohz noze - another subscription service?!

2026-03-17 02:49:22 UTC

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Thanks, I will mention that to the wife. We frequently hit the library before any road trips and pick up 2 or 3 audio books to listen to... Working through Gaiman's Norse Mythology.
OH! His Anansi Boys was good, as was American Gods (again, book, not television).

2026-03-17 02:45:51 UTC

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Also Rowling with her Cormoran Strike series... (pen name Robert Galbraith)

2026-03-17 02:43:01 UTC

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certain fats consumed can also have me wanting to be more fastidious...
Now we have a bidet, SO much better :) And cuts WAY down on the amount of paper needed.
ymmv

2026-03-17 02:41:44 UTC

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Curry used to quiz his audience about if they were scrunchers or folders in the Daily Source Code era...
Maybe your housemate was both? A folder and a scruncher? :)

2026-03-17 02:40:01 UTC

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A series my wife and I listened to that is good for slowing down my thoughts to a more normal, sane speed is Alexander McCall Smith's No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency. Botswana speed, nice and slow rolling. Some of the characters are rather witty, too.
I never watched the television series, so I cannot compare, but for me, books are usually better.
The Corduroy Mansions series he did was good, but I think there were only maybe 2 books?

2026-03-17 02:32:51 UTC

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possibly cleaning up? :)

2026-03-17 02:32:18 UTC

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My wife and I listened to it, as well as read the series. Definitely intense.

2026-03-17 02:26:48 UTC

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2026-03-17 00:58:24 UTC

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So THAT'S what premium pork looks like... I think I'll pass.

2026-03-17 00:50:21 UTC

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I will wait to hear/read your response - If anything like mine, I will be happy to have passed along a series that engrossed me...
Well, I am happy regardless, but I do hope you enjoy it/them.

2026-03-17 00:21:45 UTC

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Do you enjoy science fiction? I was introduced to David Weber's The Honor Harrington series - I was checking them out as fast as I was able to read them (and when some were finally returned to the library).
Enjoyable, and sometimes I see the same patterns Weber wrote about (escalation of conflicts) playing out in real life on Earth...
If you are interested, the first one is On Basilisk Station.

2026-03-17 00:12:49 UTC

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Yes... I cannot seem to find which wealthy man said to his family "do not split up the family fortune," but it was wise advice - A large lump sum earns considerably more than smaller sums each...

2026-03-17 00:07:13 UTC

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Scott Simon?

2026-03-17 00:06:19 UTC

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you may be right, I was not there :) So I must rely on what little critical thinking I can sometimes muster...

2026-03-16 23:04:15 UTC

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It's for catching Remote Administration Tools hijacks :)

2026-03-16 22:59:25 UTC

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EEEK!

2026-03-16 21:18:26 UTC

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2026-03-16 21:17:31 UTC

https://www.howtowinincourt.com/FrameSet.cfm?mTitle=QStartHere&CFID=6789015&CFTOKEN=e6f8048fe2a09fe6-B4C7AB16-B551-1601-6A71E059D2E4207F
via Corey King, GTW's next/most recent guest...

2026-03-16 21:10:16 UTC

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2026-03-16 04:50:39 UTC

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regardless, I think the current government in that land is borrowing legitimacy that it does not truthfully have for itself.
Which makes it hypocrisy.

2026-03-16 04:49:05 UTC

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good question... I am not knowledgeable enough to offer any evidence...
I get the impression that I am far too caught up in current events of the last several hundred years to have proper distinction for events that happened thousands of years ago...
Our words I expect are nowhere near the same, and I think we have forced current meanings on ancient words that maybe do not fit all that well.
And I am reluctant to take a book of Gospel as literal truth, but instead as useful allegories...

2026-03-16 02:39:00 UTC

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I am now practicing the Richard Grove smile, when he hears something that I think is ridiculous (I am assuming he does, too, but I have not asked him yet) - And he then asks simple questions like "how does that work?" or similar.
Great grin... decent tactic, helps remove emotion.

2026-03-16 02:33:09 UTC

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I have been, but not all at once :)

2026-03-16 02:27:41 UTC

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2026-03-14 21:38:13 UTC

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outside you are three horses...

2026-03-14 16:17:05 UTC

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but I still have people who tell me they fixed their computer problems by letting it sleep, it was just tired.
So, we got that...

2026-03-14 16:16:17 UTC

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I know someone who wrote a book about companion AIs. I am guessing existing DSM diagnosis about imaginary relationships or over-anthropomorphizing other beings (i.e. animals) will suffice for this most recent arrangement using tech instead of animals... rather than requiring whole new listings.

2026-03-14 15:37:38 UTC

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"Competition, in other places..." - Dire Straits
What about the hordes, they blowin' that slop...
I have a grim expectation of what slop-built slop mimicry is going to look like, and I am building filtering models as fast as I can. Mostly mental, maybe some programmatically.

2026-03-14 15:31:47 UTC

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looks like some of the spam email I have received, when I bother to read any of it...

2026-03-14 15:25:03 UTC

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Democrat votes?

2025-03-12 14:39:51 UTC

Thought: Given the traditional method of obtaining world sovereignty by carrying a big weapon (nukes, arsenal and cadre sufficient to cause damage to opponent's forces), maybe the replacement version can resemble a miniature digital sword of Damocles? Each sovereign has their world-wide digital representation that others can choose to do business with, it handles the transaction remunerations and logistics of physical items transferred to their new homes, etc.
1/2

2025-03-07 06:46:44 UTC

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2024-11-21 16:53:23 UTC

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2024-11-18 17:06:14 UTC

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Did you create an account with his site? I never did... And I am still getting the forum after a forced browser refresh
dig gives me 104.247.81.50... hmm...
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2024-11-18 16:54:35 UTC

@npub1vyz…tlvq Do you know if questionablecontent went offline or subscriber only? When I go there since this weekend, all I see is a chat board with year+ aged posts...
I ask, due to your profile pic :)

2024-11-17 01:06:40 UTC

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I cross-posted from someone else, but a quick yandex search comes up with: https://x.com/EthicalSkeptic/status/1552432596776357890

2024-10-02 15:20:07 UTC

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2024-07-31 17:33:51 UTC

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