Nostr notes by z_cress

It’s my daughter’s birthday today and I’m officially the ...

2026-03-20T22:32:16Z

It’s my daughter’s birthday today and I’m officially the father of a teenager. God help me. I probably should’ve gotten some steak for the rest of the family.

Altman is a nihilist. ...

2026-03-11T20:39:18Z

Altman is a nihilist.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IVgtC5RrdO8?si=7HJSQwUoZ_b3S9Wa

Too true https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=5CoCvPIZx7XvlN1B

2026-03-07T14:37:41Z

Too true

https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?si=5CoCvPIZx7XvlN1B

“The difficult undertakings in the world all start with what is ...

2026-02-20T21:43:10Z

“The difficult undertakings in the world all start with what is easy.

The great undertakings in the world all begin with what is small.”

From the Daodejing

Probably not relevant to anyone else, but I just discovered you ...

2026-01-23T07:06:39Z

Probably not relevant to anyone else, but I just discovered you can upload a Markdown (.md) file into Google Drive and it opens as a neatly formatted Google Doc.

My goodness, this is fantastic. ...

2025-10-26T01:29:02Z

My goodness, this is fantastic.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanhaidt/p/we-are-the-slop?r=7ew6d&utm_medium=ios

I don’t know how this shakes out, but we are in the era of ...

2025-10-18T23:47:06Z

I don’t know how this shakes out, but we are in the era of streaming hell.

I started learning about bitcoin in 2021 and learned this lesson ...

2025-10-11T13:10:44Z

I started learning about bitcoin in 2021 and learned this lesson while hanging out in bitcoin rooms on Clubhouse. Clubhouse was kind of a flash in the pan but it came at the right time for me because I learned a ton.

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Bullshit con artists pretend they’re into their particular crypto project because of some magical use cases

It’s bullshit. If anything this liquidation, and the response, showed they’re in it purely for speculation and gambling.

Bitcoin only

Yeah, I’ve heard of that. Makes me nervous.

2025-10-11T01:57:38Z

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Yeah, I’ve heard of that. Makes me nervous.

It’s a 15 year old Hyundai Santa Fe. 155k miles. In good shape ...

2025-10-10T20:01:11Z

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It’s a 15 year old Hyundai Santa Fe. 155k miles. In good shape it’s maybe worth 4500 private sale. Half that for trade in. Less in its current state (caliper failed and ruins rotors and pads. Also has a coolant leak.)

Was hoping to get a ridgeline for my next car. I need something with some clearance for driving two tracks when I’m hunting and something some space for my kids hockey gear and the occasional lumber purchase. So needs to be a small truck or another crossover type car. Preferably a truck.

In an ideal world I would’ve gotten another five years out of this, given it to my kid when she turns 16, and then spent that time saving for the ridgeline.

I could probably sell enough to at least cover a down payment on a used ridgeline that’s only a few years old. My concern with going with something too old is that I have very little mechanical knowledge of cars. So I’d be worried about buying something older that either I can’t evaluate the state that it’s currently in (bc I lack the knowledge and end up getting screwed) or that is going to give me the same issues as the one I currently have (bc it’s older and has many miles and things just start breaking). So basically, it wouldn’t make sense to unload this for another car in the 5-8k range. I should drop the 1300 to get the current one fixed and cross my fingers.

So it’s kind of between drop the 1300 and hope or drop some btc on something that I can (probably) get a lot more time and miles out of.

My vehicle is on its way out I think. For the last few years ...

2025-10-10T19:06:37Z

My vehicle is on its way out I think. For the last few years every 5k has resulted in a $1000 to $1500 repair. It needs another one now. So I’m considering unloading it. Money is tight and a large car payment isn’t something we can really do right now. I’ve considered selling some btc to offset some of the cost. Without going into too many details, I’m looking for advice or perspectives on a couple things.

One, selling seems to be a pain from a tax perspective in terms of computing the gains on the btc I sell. Has anyone gone through this? I don’t have much, but what I have is on cold storage. So I would have to sign up for an exchange and sell it there?

Is this stupid? Should I just avoid this at all costs?

Yep

2025-10-10T19:00:16Z

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Yep

Most people don’t want to know what is true. They want someone ...

2025-10-01T22:47:36Z

Most people don’t want to know what is true. They want someone to parrot back to them what they already think is true.

It’s utterly terrifying to love deeply. It also may be the ...

2025-08-31T19:18:58Z

It’s utterly terrifying to love deeply.

It also may be the purest source of meaning that life has to offer.

More blueberry picking today with my 8 year old son! He likes it ...

2025-08-14T17:14:14Z

More blueberry picking today with my 8 year old son! He likes it so much he asked if he could get a job picking them.

Our chickens laid their first eggs today!! 🥚 🍳 #chickens ...

2025-08-09T21:48:42Z

Our chickens laid their first eggs today!! 🥚 🍳

#chickens #backyardchickens

I don’t know if this relevant to anyone, but I’ve found the ...

2025-08-09T15:29:44Z

I don’t know if this relevant to anyone, but I’ve found the avocado oil works better on my Blackstone griddle than regular olive oil. I used olive oil (not extra virgin) for about a year and last spring the avocado oil was the same price at Aldi so I tried it. Seems to create a better non-stick coating.

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2025-08-09T02:52:45Z

Hit up the blueberry patch today. Got about 12 pounds. 🫐 ...

2025-08-07T20:15:12Z

Hit up the blueberry patch today. Got about 12 pounds. 🫐

It’s interesting and surprising to me how much joy I get from ...

2025-08-05T00:57:01Z

It’s interesting and surprising to me how much joy I get from just watching chickens be chickens. #chickens #backyardchickens

Had the chance to see him live probably 15 years ago with Robert ...

2025-08-04T12:41:36Z

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Had the chance to see him live probably 15 years ago with Robert cray - fantastic!

Is it just me or are more and more websites not loading when I am ...

2025-08-03T11:37:56Z

Is it just me or are more and more websites not loading when I am using a vpn? Even when the IP address is in the US, which it almost always is.

Haha. This is awesome.

2025-08-03T11:32:10Z

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Haha. This is awesome.

Oof. Buddy Guy has a new album out and he’s still got it. 🔥 ...

2025-08-02T14:39:47Z

Oof. Buddy Guy has a new album out and he’s still got it. 🔥 #tunestr #blues

Gm. New essay up yesterday about smartphones and kids. All my ...

2025-08-02T12:06:32Z

Gm. New essay up yesterday about smartphones and kids. All my daughter’s friends and cousins have a smartphone now. She is going into seventh grade. Here’s why we’re waiting until high school. #coffeechain #essays #longreads

https://primal.net/e/

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A couple of weeks ago I said the following to my 12 year-old daughter, after we found out that she is now the only one in her friend group without a smartphone:

“Don’t answer this, but you know how you sometimes want to look something up on your school computer, but you know you shouldn’t because you might get in trouble… well, when you have a phone you will just look that thing up. And you will accidentally end up seeing things that you are far too young to see. And your friends are doing that right now, on their phones. And that’s changing them, and not for the better. And among the many other reasons we’ve explained, we are also trying to protect you from that.”

Our daughter just finished sixth grade and has wanted a phone for a few years. We’ve made clear that we won’t be getting her one, so the pleas have ebbed and flowed over the years, with spikes each time a friend gets a phone. My wife and I have strong opinions about screens and kids, and phones especially. I’ve wanted to write publicly about our views – partly because I have some curse that makes me want to write publicly about my opinions – but also because I want people who feel similarly to know they aren’t alone.

However, I’ve almost always pulled my punches. I’ve shared articles and links to Jonathon Haidt’s, Lenore Skenazy’s, and others’ work arguing that we overprotect kids in the real world and under protect them in the digital world. But I’ve not made my views clear. There is really only one reason for this – I don’t want my friends and family to feel like I’m judging them for making a choice contrary to my views. Almost everybody hates feeling like the choices they make, especially when it comes to their kids, are being judge by others. And there’s certainly plenty of justification for that, as many people are happy to judge our decisions and share their opinions, either directly or on social media. It can feel like every post or reel or TikTok is telling you to do something for your kids that you’re not doing or that something you’re doing for your kids actually hurting them. There’s plenty of noise and probably not a lot of signal, yet it comes with plenty of anxiety, self-doubt, and self-criticism nonetheless.

Most parents just want to do what they think is best for their kids.

However, I also believe that if you have something to say, that you believe is true, you do the world a disservice by not saying it – especially if it’s contrary to what many believe.

So I’m going to say what I believe. And I will preface it with the following. I’m not passing judgment on your parenting decisions. We might be wrong and God knows that our decisions have not come without downsides, including anxiety about whether our decisions are correct (and, I’m sure, judgement from others). There is no perfect parenting approach, every kid is different, and every choice comes with trade-offs. If your choices differ from mine, it’s certainly possible that given all of the same information that you have I would make the same choice as you.

“She used to read books all the time”

Last summer I was talking with a colleague about her children and cell phones. Her kids are older than mine and she said they bought their youngest daughter a cell phone when she was in middle school and she stopped reading books. When she had free time to read, she would just get on her phone. For a long time I’d felt that putting off the cell phone purchase for my daughter was best, but this comment really struck me.

Her daughter lost a love of reading almost solely because of a smartphone.

She went on to encourage me to put off buying my kids a phone as long as possible.

On that note, I’ve yet to talk to a parent who has said, “I wish we had gotten our kids smartphones sooner. It’s had such a positive impact on their lives and we really wasted years when they could’ve had a smartphone.” It’s almost always the opposite.

Beyond parents, teachers see behavior changes in their classrooms. This year, in my school, we finally banned cell phones at all times of the day except for lunch. Like most policies, we started off the year stronger than we ended it, but for most of the year we noticed a big change. Kids talked to each other more. When they finished their work, they might play a game in class or do a puzzle. For some, they actually finished their classwork. Students seemed more positive. This culture shift came solely from limiting their phone use.

Adults who pay attention see the changes in themselves. We sit in grocery store lines and pull out our phone. We lose hours each week (day?) to watching TikTok or Reels or Shorts. Sometimes we convince ourself that we check our phones to be productive - to check email or respond to messages. Of course, we sometimes accomplish things that need to be done. But if we are honest with ourselves I think we’d realize that our drive to avoid boredom at least matches our desire to be productive. Our smartphones have trained us to use them whenever we hear boredom’s footsteps coming from the back of our minds.

I often think of this 5 minute clip of Louis CK’s interview with Conan O’Brien about cell phones. He explain the problems with children using them but also how they rewire adults’ minds. (On texting and driving: “People are willing to risk taking a life and ruining their own because they don’t want to be alone for a second.”)
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We recognize how smartphones rewire our brains against our will and yet we still choose to buy our children smartphones.

And it’s not only parents and teachers who notice the negative impact - it’s gen Z themselves! I’ve talked to many students who have a love/hate relationship with their smartphones. They like being connected to friends, but are the first to acknowledge that they lead to bad habits, poor mental health, and sleep deprivation. The wisest among them recognize the just how profoundly those bad habits impact their lives. (Literally just last night a couple of former students who recently graduated told me “my kid isn’t getting a phone until they’re way older than I was when I got one.”)

Kori Jane Spaulding, a 21-year-old poet and writer, wrote a poem called It Was The Damn Phones. It opens with the following lines:

I think our parents were right. It was the damn phones.

And later in the poem she writes:

I prided myself on sobriety, on being drunk with only propriety. I was above addiction. A hypocritical notion. For am I not addicted to my own anxiety? Brought on by a need for constant stimulation. A drug in our pockets. But who can blame us? We were but children when they were given. We didn’t know how to stop it. If I added up all the hours I spent on a screen, existential dread and regret would creep in. So I ignore this fact by opening my phone.

“But who can blame us? We were but children when they were given.”

That line haunts me as a parent. Or rather, acts as a premonition of what may come if we give in to the pressure to conform and give our preteen a smartphone.

(I encourage you to read the poem in its entirety or listen to her read it. )

Finally, we have experts in relevant fields developing a consensus around what was obvious to parents and teachers – among other downsides, smartphones and social media negatively impact mental health, especially for girls.

Why do we do it?

Most of the parents I know who bought their children smartphones weren’t enthusiastic about it, if only from the economics of it. You get the expense up front and now you get to pay monthly for them. Beyond that, they know that there are problems with them -it’s not a secret. Because of this they do things like swear they’re going to limit the screen time. They’re going to use parental controls. They’re going to check in and monitor their child. They’re not going to allow them in their bedrooms. And so on. They think that they can mitigate the harms while getting the benefits.

It’s worth asking, what are the benefits?

One that I hear all the time is that when their child needs a ride, the child can call or text them. If he or she is at a friends house or a sporting event and there is a change in plans, their child can relay that information to them. However, in our experience this presents a very minor upgrade in convenience. A child on a sports team or in a club will have an adult there who has a phone. The adult can help with communication and will almost certainly be happy to help. This argument doesn’t really hold water for me as the harms outweigh the slight increase in convenience.

This is related to the most compelling argument I’m aware of, that parents will publicly acknowledge, which is that if they leave their kid(s) home alone then they can call if there is an emergency. This is a problem that my wife and I have struggled to solve. (Currently I have set up a Google Voice phone number that allows our kids to call us from an iPad. It’s not ideal because it leave them with a tablet and no supervision, which we don’t love. But it’s a decent bandage for the time being.) We will likely end up solving this problem with a pay-as-you go dumb phone. There is some cost with this, but it solves the problem and doesn’t give the child access to a smartphone. Without home phones, leaving children at home without a way to call in an emergency presents a real problem to be solved. Again, however, in our mind the harms of the smartphone outweigh the benefits.

That’s sort of it. There are no doubt other conveniences like shared calendars, sending quick texts that dinner is ready when they’re locked in their bedroom, location tracking, etc.

But if we’re being honest with ourselves then I think we’d admit that if none of our children’s friends had smartphones then we’d feel significantly less pressure to buy them one. Given the downsides, most of us just wouldn’t do it. But the pressure from their peers and our desire to make sure our kid isn’t left out – because of our failure to purchase them a phone – I believe drives us to put up the cash, bite the bullet, and put the internet in their pocket. We justify it with the reasons I laid out above and convince ourselves that we can manage it with the rules I laid out slightly further above.

(At this point I might add that if we truly believe that we can stay ahead of efforts by the entire teenage population to avoid parental controls on smartphones then, as my twelve year-old-self would’ve told you, “gullible” is written on the ceiling.)

You’re not alone

I will drop a list of more harms caused by smartphones below, but if you’ve made it this far then you probably don’t need more convincing that we should proceed cautiously. I want to end by letting you know that if you are trying to hold of on buying your child a smartphone and keeping them off of social media, you’re not alone. It often feels like every parent we know is getting their kid a phone. Not only is that not the case, I think that most are reluctant to do it. And they’re especially reluctant to say so publicly. If everyone that was reluctant to buy their kid a phone talked to each other and agreed not to do it, then it would nerf the biggest driver of child smartphone purchases – peer pressure. If none of the kids in a child’s peer group owned a smartphone, putting it off would be much easier.

I encourage you to talk to the parents of your children’s friends and let them know your views. See if they feel similarly. Maybe you can convince a few of them to hold off. We didn’t do this and it’s making it much tougher. Of course, maybe they would’ve made the purchase anyway. But I don’t think it would’ve hurt to at least try.

I can’t stress this enough – there is ample anecdotal and scientific evidence of a causal relationship between smart phones and countless harms. As parents we are obligated to take that evidence seriously and make decisions accordingly. This is not simply just old people griping about “kids these days.” This isn’t “TV will rot your brain” or “video games make kids violent.” The kids are not alright but he can make decisions to help them.

Further reading

In his book, The Anxious Generation, Jonathon Haidt details the four foundational harms that smartphones and social media create; social deprivation, sleep deprivation, addiction, and attention fragmentation. You can read the articles he and his collaborators have written at the After Babel Substack. They go into other problems as well, like the disaster of early pornography exposure and the mass trauma it’s causing, the special place in hell for TikTok, and things you can do right now for you children, even if you already bought them a smartphone.

You can get a window into his book here and listen to him make his case in this talk.

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2025-08-01T20:25:49Z

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Hey chicken farmers, I have a question for you. One of our nine ...

2025-07-22T22:44:56Z

Hey chicken farmers, I have a question for you. One of our nine week old birds started doing this this afternoon. Have you had a chicken do this? What do think is wrong with her? Sounds like she’s wheezing…

We think it might be something stuck in her throat, gape worm, or heat stroke. Thoughts?

Most of the time we care more about aligning with our tribe than ...

2025-07-22T16:08:25Z

Most of the time we care more about aligning with our tribe than we do about finding the truth.

My cat doesn’t have many hobbies, but her favorite is throwing ...

2025-07-21T11:33:55Z

My cat doesn’t have many hobbies, but her favorite is throwing up on the carpet.

Just got a pyrography pen. It’s fun! I just did this free hand ...

2025-07-06T12:06:20Z

Just got a pyrography pen. It’s fun! I just did this free hand on a piece of unsanded 2x4.

Weird. People preach non-custodial. Which I get. But it seems ...

2025-07-05T14:16:27Z

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Weird.

People preach non-custodial. Which I get. But it seems like most zaps are small enough that it doesn’t make much of a difference. In fact, I think it’s worth the convenience to go custodial. At least right now. If you get enough zaps that you would be pissed if you lost it, just move it to self custody.

So I am using @nprofile…fy4z and haven't been able to zap ...

2025-07-05T12:17:10Z

So I am using Alby (nprofile…fy4z) and haven't been able to zap people for a while, although I can receive zaps. So I'm trying to sort that out this morning. Alby says I need to upgrade to my account and link a wallet, and that I can link my Alby wallet. No problem. But when I try, it looks like I either pay for Alby Cloud or set it up in ways that I'm not technically familiar with (and am not interested in learning at this point - self-hosting Alby Hub).

So I guess I'm looking for a lightning wallet to connect for zaps. I have seen suggestions for Phoenix, Breez, and Mutiny. It looks like I have to pay 40k sats just to get Mutiny up and going (am I right about that?).

Do people like Breez or Phoenix? Are there similar fees to get it up and going?

I guess I could just get the wallet in Primal going... I like the idea of having a lightning wallet that isn't strictly for nostr though... #asknostr

Good morning, friends! I hope you all have a great Saturday! ...

2025-06-28T13:27:15Z

Good morning, friends! I hope you all have a great Saturday!

I wish chatgpt and Claude didn’t blow smoke up my ass every ...

2025-06-16T23:01:59Z

I wish chatgpt and Claude didn’t blow smoke up my ass every time I ask them something. The average person must prefer borderline condescending politeness.

Perfectly roasted. ...

2025-06-15T01:26:27Z

Perfectly roasted.

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2025-06-15T01:26:00Z

What’s with the bots that just shuffle your words around?

Shell peanuts. Toss shells into fire. Repeat. #bonfire #campfire ...

2025-06-15T01:15:51Z

Shell peanuts. Toss shells into fire. Repeat. #bonfire #campfire

It’s done! 72 hours of work and by far the biggest project ...

2025-06-08T10:39:22Z

It’s done! 72 hours of work and by far the biggest project l’ve taken on by myself!

Even though he isn’t on social media, I have to give wife’s grandpa a huge shoutout. He and I have built many things together (a poker table back in high school, a deck, new top and rails and steps on another deck, a ceiling, bookshelves, and many more) and I couldn’t have done this without all of the knowledge I gained in those other projects.

Now, we wait for eggs. lol

Overprotective parents raise anxious kids. They send the message ...

2025-06-08T02:40:58Z

Overprotective parents raise anxious kids.

They send the message that the world is dangerous, nobody can be trusted, and that they are not equipped or competent enough to raise them to be independent.

Kids only ate like half of it so it ended up being my ...

2025-06-01T13:43:51Z

Kids only ate like half of it so it ended up being my pre-workout. Lol

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Gm 🫡
#coffeechain

Gm 🫡 #coffeechain ...

2025-06-01T11:31:41Z

Gm 🫡
#coffeechain

Chicken coop update. A lot of hours of work between the last ...

2025-05-27T01:56:47Z

Chicken coop update. A lot of hours of work between the last update and now.

A senior in my math class said something similar the other day. - ...

2025-05-15T10:22:22Z

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A senior in my math class said something similar the other day.
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Him: How much do you play the guitar?

Me: Not much now.

Him: That's why I never want to have a wife and kids.
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I just thought, "really? you want to spend your entire life alone so you can play the guitar more?"

Of course a lot of young people think this and it changes as they get older. But I also think parents sometimes say this to their kids - "remember, once you get married and have kids you lose your freedom." My parents said as much in a round about way.

They aren't encouraging their kids to pursue meaning. They're encouraging them to pursue happiness, which is fleeting and fickle.

Of course there's more to it than that. There's culture and economics and on and on. But I do think that parents sometimes send a message that their life was better before they had kids, even if they aren't explicit about it.

Thanks!

2025-05-15T10:15:39Z

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Thanks!

“Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values.” -Viktor ...

2025-05-14T10:04:05Z

“Man is pushed by drives but pulled by values.”

-Viktor Frankl

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2025-05-14T09:49:59Z

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Chicken coop progress update ...

2025-05-12T14:42:40Z

Chicken coop progress update

The math classroom that we math teachers enjoy being part of ...

2025-05-09T10:40:53Z

The math classroom that we math teachers enjoy being part of won't be optimal for mathematical novices. We should generally resist the urge to use that environment as our aim.

(This remains true until and unless students have mastered the concepts that they will be working with.)

Merry Christmas! (We are torching our Christmas tree on this fine ...

2025-04-27T01:28:02Z

Merry Christmas!

(We are torching our Christmas tree on this fine spring evening.)

Now substack has reels/tiktoks front and center. An app built for ...

2025-04-08T09:47:43Z

Now substack has reels/tiktoks front and center. An app built for writers of words and newsletters with WORDS has put an ungodly amount of resources into video. Specifically short form video which will probably drive people to read the actual fucking newletters less.

Why can't a thing just be a thing.

We have two Isa Browns, two Rhode Island reds, and two Barred ...

2025-04-06T13:18:44Z

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We have two Isa Browns, two Rhode Island reds, and two Barred Rocks. We are in Michigan so we wanted breeds that would be hardy in the winter.

We are starting a flock. All you permanerds wore off on me (at ...

2025-04-06T11:06:24Z

We are starting a flock. All you permanerds wore off on me (at least a little bit - haha). Also one of my colleagues has been raising hens for a few years and convinced me. I buy eggs from her and we love fresh eggs from chickens who can free range. We’ll see how it goes!

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2025-04-02T00:31:56Z

https://open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/p/no-deportations-without-due-process?r=7ew6d&utm_medium=ios

It took a week long vacation but I finally finished a book. I ...

2025-03-26T21:02:43Z

It took a week long vacation but I finally finished a book. I highly recommend it! Especially if you are wondering why anyone cares about math (hint: it’s not the math you learned in school).

Gm Never bow the knee. Never kiss the ring.

2025-03-11T09:44:28Z

Gm

Never bow the knee. Never kiss the ring.

Good morning, everyone! The days are getting longer and I love ...

2025-03-08T12:43:38Z

Good morning, everyone! The days are getting longer and I love it. We had a real winter here in Michigan for a solid 3 months and even if we get more of it, at least the days will keep getting longer.

Just gonna vent a bit here…. I am on day 30 now and wow, this ...

2025-02-18T22:05:26Z

Just gonna vent a bit here….

I am on day 30 now and wow, this is a slow process. I’m down to one crutch but in a boot anytime I leave the house. The boot will be around for another two weeks minimum. I can put my full weight on it but movement without the boot (like walking barefoot with a crutch) is a dangerous business.

My PT specializes in sports injuries and said it’s probably the worst ankle sprain he’s seen… so I guess I win?

I’m hoping I can get it back to 100% functionality eventually. I know ankles can be screwed up for life, so I’m really trying to keep the big picture in mind and not push too hard.

quoting note1zz7…quds
I’ve not had a physical injury this bad since I broke my collar bone in two places in high school. It’s been a long 8 days but my ankle is slowly improving. Very grateful for my wife who has had to take on basically everything, including taking care of me.

https://z-cress.micro.blog/2025/01/27/i-exercised-for-days-in.html

I’ve not had a physical injury this bad since I broke my collar ...

2025-01-28T11:40:16Z

I’ve not had a physical injury this bad since I broke my collar bone in two places in high school. It’s been a long 8 days but my ankle is slowly improving. Very grateful for my wife who has had to take on basically everything, including taking care of me.

https://z-cress.micro.blog/2025/01/27/i-exercised-for-days-in.html

Hopefully TikTok will be banned as scheduled. “And even if ...

2025-01-10T11:06:35Z

Hopefully TikTok will be banned as scheduled.

“And even if parental controls worked and parents chose to shield their kids from bad stuff, they can’t because TikTok’s content moderation is poor. An internal study found that the “leakage rate” (of bad stuff getting past moderators) is as follows: 35.71% of “Normalization of Pedophilia” content; 33.33% of “Minor Sexual Solicitation” content; 39.13% of “Minor Physical Abuse” content; 30.36% of “leading minors off platform”; 50% of “Glorification of Minor Sexual Assault”; and 100% of “Fetishizing Minors.” For those who think that social media is relatively harmless, we urge you to read the quotations and internal studies described below, in which employees of TikTok discuss the vast and varied harms that they are causing to literally millions of American children each year.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanhaidt/p/industrial-scale-harm-tiktok?r=7ew6d&utm_medium=ios

The “connected car” is the worst for me because I don’t see ...

2024-09-15T11:02:36Z

The “connected car” is the worst for me because I don’t see any way around it. I think you can still buy a dumb tv. You can lessen the amount that Google knows about you. But we bought a new car last year and I don’t think we can turn off the connectedness.

quoting note13ua…aq90
Picture this:
1. You type on Google "laptop won't turn on"
2. Google now knows you have a broken laptop and can estimate how desperate you are to fix it.
3. Because it knows how desperate you are, it can increase shop prices proportionally.

You are going to pay the maximum they get you to pay.

That's algorithmic pricing.

The more companies know about you, the more they can predict and sell how desperate you are to other stores out there.

An internet-connected car knows much more about you than you realize. A smart TV also knows what you like. Your Alexa knows if there is a problem in the home.

Privacy is much more than just sensitive data.

It's about not giving leverage away.

Because algorithms will use it against you.

Be safe out there.

My friend turned me onto the show Archer and I love it. If you ...

2024-08-19T00:07:57Z

My friend turned me onto the show Archer and I love it. If you want some mindless and funny tv then I highly recommend it.

We love venison. I didn’t shoot a deer last year but I’m ...

2024-08-17T15:56:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…u4wn
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We love venison. I didn’t shoot a deer last year but I’m hoping to this year.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call it communism, but I honestly ...

2024-08-17T11:51:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…hykx
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I wouldn’t go so far as to call it communism, but I honestly can’t believe a politician is seriously proposed price controls and that there must be a non-trivial number of constituents who think it’s a good idea.

Ope. Forgot to add #coffeechain #note1sf3…jn09

2024-08-15T10:31:00Z

Ope. Forgot to add #coffeechain

quoting note1sf3…jn09
Morning, everyone. The school year is fast approaching and I’ve been working on a series of posts about Bad Therapy, by Abigail Shier, and its implications for schools. I’m hoping to get those posts knocked out this morning so the next several days I can prepare for the school year.

I plan to post everything on nostr first using Habla.news.

Have a great day everyone!

Morning, everyone. The school year is fast approaching and I’ve ...

2024-08-15T10:05:36Z

Morning, everyone. The school year is fast approaching and I’ve been working on a series of posts about Bad Therapy, by Abigail Shier, and its implications for schools. I’m hoping to get those posts knocked out this morning so the next several days I can prepare for the school year.

I plan to post everything on nostr first using Habla.news.

Have a great day everyone!

What cut of meat do you like to use?

2024-08-10T00:23:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…6ru4
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What cut of meat do you like to use?

It’s impressive how bad it is. Elon has really driven it into a ...

2024-08-09T21:20:05Z

It’s impressive how bad it is. Elon has really driven it into a complete hellscape. I’m not saying it was a panacea before - far from it. But my god it was a lot better than now.

quoting note1yw2…9wk7
X is mayhem. Bots, propaganda, hatred, violence, state-level psyops, misinformation, and porn campaigns to surpress real news.

That's a normal day over there. Holy shit.

Have a great day!

2024-08-08T11:54:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…p2lf
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Have a great day!

Do you remember nostrgram? I liked it a lot and then one day in ...

2024-08-06T21:15:33Z

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Do you remember nostrgram?

I liked it a lot and then one day in like April 2023 it just stopped updating the feeds.

Does drivetrain a la Paul Sztorc theoretically improve this in ...

2024-08-01T01:37:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…xu33
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Does drivetrain a la Paul Sztorc theoretically improve this in any way?

I gave up social media since about June 5 but I downloaded ...

2024-07-16T01:10:19Z

I gave up social media since about June 5 but I downloaded Twitter on Saturday when I heard about the assassination attempt. I just deleted it again. It’s such a bloody cesspool I can’t believe anyone voluntarily spends time there and I feel bad for people who have to use it for their profession.

Fb and instagram have lots of problems but there’s something about the structure of Twitter and the algorithm that just creates a black hole of misery. (Changing the color scheme from blue to black makes a lot of sense.)

It’s 71, sunny, and breezy. It’s, dare I say, perfect ...

2024-06-30T21:54:20Z

It’s 71, sunny, and breezy. It’s, dare I say, perfect weather. Especially after the heat we’ve been having. ☀️

Fair enough. I don’t think we’re gonna see eye to eye on this ...

2024-06-28T02:39:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…7gmr
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Fair enough. I don’t think we’re gonna see eye to eye on this and that’s okay.

Who are your favorites?

So dead inside, then? 😉 I think the born to run album is a ...

2024-06-27T22:03:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…rhrf
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So dead inside, then? 😉

I think the born to run album is a masterpiece. So is the river. And honestly I love tunnel of love. The rising is pretty good too.

I hate that he’s a pawn for the Democratic Party but otherwise 🤘

Look, I don’t know you that well. Maybe you’re dead inside. ...

2024-06-27T21:35:47Z

Look, I don’t know you that well. Maybe you’re dead inside. Or maybe you’d enjoy this compilation of the live version of every song on Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen.
#tunestr #grownostr

Has anyone found a non-whey based protein powder they like? I’m ...

2024-06-07T15:00:44Z

Has anyone found a non-whey based protein powder they like? I’m not vegan but whey seems to really bother my stomach. #grownostr #health #protein