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Podcast by Ryan Graves with Commander David Fravor being interviewed. Seems like the most credible guys currently. Good discussion between them that goes into the technical difficulty of what they saw, their credentials and why they are qualified to speak on what they observed. I do like that he is quick to point out the bullshit people want to tack onto this incident. He’s not speculating about aliens but simply pointing out that something is there and can do things well beyond what we are capable of. The Grusch stuff seems to have very little credibility at this point. However these two guys seem to have a pretty solid case with first hand evidence of something out there. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/merged/id1664932431?i=1000619687921

Sherry Turkle has been doing some interesting work in this area. Haven’t had a chance to read any of her books yet but might have to. I think she’s done some recent work on office space and the younger generations.

Anyone think tech has changed the social dynamics of cities? I mean wasn’t part of the draw always the energy of people being around and interacting? People going out to clubs or bars and actually talking or trying to pick up chicks? Just seems like with the advent of the cell phone/social media this dynamic has changed a lot (probably permanently). Specifically for the younger generations this is noticeable. They value online interaction over in person. Throw in other dynamics like wfh, crime, increased drug addictions etc and I can’t help but think cities as “social centers” has taken some kind of permanent impairment. If those things are no longer forefront then what’s the point of living there? Just spitballing too, could be completely off on this. Cities certainly could adapt I guess?

Functional Calisthenics is going to be your best bet with that timeframe. Isolated weight work will be a waste of time with 20-30min Just repeat the below for 30min straight. You can combine some of the things like burpees into a pull-up instead of a jump. Go heavy on the kettlebell. Kettlebell swings P ushups Dips Pull-ups Burpees your choice of sit-ups (v-ups my suggestion) maybe add in flutter kicks or good mornings.

Lol my favorite argument is when people bring up per capita stats to make it seem like LA or SF is actually better on this than small cities or large towns. Newsom tried to do this in a recent interview. When the reality is the 40 homeless people and 6-8 homicides a year in a city of 80k people has hardly any affect on the general populace and public amenities or living conditions. Yeah, might be higher per capita, but there aren’t entire blocks or city sections full of trash and tents. Parks are generally clean and well maintained and you don’t have to worry about some dude bathing in the town center fountain. In general I think problems are just easier to manage in mid to small sized cities. Easier to understand the scope of the problem and make changes to address the issues. Certainly problems everywhere, but big cities have a truly unique aspect that almost incentivizes the bad aspects. Such a complex issue. But LA has what 100k homeless give it take a few? They spent 1.3B on combatting this lol….so you spend 130k per homeless person per year? Unless I’m not understanding the yearly budget….. I mean…..

LOL yes, yes it does

https://www.reuters.com/technology/sec-says-spot-bitcoin-etf-filings-are-inadequate-wsj-2023-06-30/ The saga continues

There is a Netflix (maybe Hulu?) doc on it that is pretty comical.

lol Again pretty much same thing I did. Ran ethernet to both floors and have 4 access points (2 on each floor). Don't have a lot of hardwire ports though. A little more plaster than I wanted to get into at the time. But I get pretty much full bar wifi on my property and at my neighbors houses. No wire no cables no fuss. One rack in the basement with the equipment.

Or the guy who games the Pepsi points thing to technically win an F-16

I use a very similar setup but I use a Synology NAS. Works great with my Ubiquity equipment.

Would you want Wagner with the nuke codes? Somehow that’s even worse than Putin having that control. Made a point to revisit Dan Carlin this week: His episode on nuclear proliferation has a lot of very insightful information. Not short by any means, but we’ll worth a listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan-carlins-hardcore-history/id173001861?i=1000380386551

I'm not sure people are ready to admit that things could look very different in the financial world 20,30 or 40 years from now. A lot of people seem to think that Buffett's world of Rolodex's and finding undervalued companies in the Congressional Library are still in vogue. AI is coming, and getting more efficient. The world is continuing to globalize. Multiple western powers are deep into CBDC and controlling the money supply. The topic of getting rid of cash has been main stream in the US for over a decade. The powers at be want more control and oversight. World Economic Forum says "You will own nothing." UK said their digital currency will help prevent certain people from purchasing certain things (eg. alcoholic certain times of the day etc.). Well naturally cracking down on exchanges will be part of that process. That doesn't mean the underlying asset class wont have value. It certainly will. Plenty of big institutions and governments out there buying some as well. I've been a skeptic in the past, and I am certainly not some BTC max bull; but the world is changing faster than what people want to admit. Just like owning bonds, or paying off debt, I think owning some BTC simply makes sense. Progress is tied to changing of the guard from a generational standpoint. When I look at Congress and the world leaders I see a lot of people in their late 70's +. The most radical ones who want big changes are young....well put two and two together....

Or one died and one survived

This premiums looked a little pricey no?

China likes to control the resources and the shovels needed to extract the resources. Both literally and figuratively. Take a look at the Congo and who owns the majority of those mines. Who moved into Afghanistan right after the US pulled out (likely for the lithium). Who's buying up shipping ports in distressed countries? It's a real problem for the Western world. The leadership of 80% of the Western World has been straight dogshit US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, NZ, Canada, EU countries. Utter garage. There is not a single leader I can look at and be like "Yeah, that's a person who instills confidence and is inspiring or making moves that will benefit the US down the line." When I look at Xi I see a guy who is laser focused on getting his country on the same page. A guy who has initiative and direction. Both in scope of high level and granular level stuff. I might not agree with the approach or methods used; but nobody can deny it. He might not be successful there are certainly a lot of negatives to deal with in China. But I can tell you this......He isn't spending his press conferences discussing his favorite ice cream flavor, inviting smooth brain celebrities to the Zhonghai, or discussing his childhood adventures or taking credit for job creation coming out of a global lockdown..... There are a few niche areas the West still has the advantage in. Fortunately they are key areas, but they are under constant onslaught. ________________________ Discussing investing in China is one thing. I don't do it personally. Discussing the changing world order is another. On this front, China is playing 4-D chess while the West is on their heels.

Idk what will happen, but I sure as shit know I'm not going to die on a hill defending the SEC as some incorruptible arbiter of financial truth and justice. They've failed in a lot of ways and have allowed a lot of shenanigan's to go on without any action over the course of their tenure....If they choose to target BTC or crypto or exchanges, it's not because they deem it invaluable (well maybe the shit coins). It's because they want their hand in the honeypot. Corruption at Binance or other exchanges is just a good Segway for the "professional criminal bankers" to get their way. This whole thing is just an appeal to authority but the "authority" isn't exactly clean either. But it plays well in the press.....the business of MONEY has and always will be deeply corrupt. Two examples: SEC ignored Burry for years on the MBS stuff. They also Subpoenaed him for a GameStop tweet lmao SEC ignored thousands of complaints and pages of proof that Madoff was running a ponzi for 8 years @rkbabang @TwoCitiesCapital Either of you use Coldcard?

That's why I said go with someone who is highly trained from a military background and not some touristy or adrenaline thrill seeker. The guy I went with is a friend who was a Green Beret for 9 years. He had something like 130 jumps under his belt; including HALO. He told me that after he got out he went to a credible jump school in California for fun and the lack of safety checks by instructors was nuts. The death rate for tandem jumps was 15 our of 3.3m in the US....I'd call that pretty safe. But yeah anything can happen. Agree on the sub, was reading carbon fiber subs have a habit of imploding because it's almost impossible to manufacture a defect free haul.

LOL well I mean you could you know, console your Mom or be with family? Dude is likely using it as a way to quilt the band into inviting him backstage. edit: I guess the test will be.....what the step dad thinks if he makes it through lmao. Could be getting written out of the will if he does not take it in a positive manner.

Sky diving is pretty safe. Have done it twice without any issues. Just don't go with someone who doesn't have a advanced military background (Jump Master)and you'll be good. Tbh it's not all it's cracked up to be (especially if cloudy).

small add to OXY edit: MSGE

It's ironic the CEO has an Aerospace engineering degree and built the sub out of carbon fiber which has a terrible track record for failures when it comes to subs.

Dudes stepson……”I’m devastated …but I’m going to go to this Blink-182 concert” smh…. https://twitter.com/MrTooDamnChris/status/1671246761116028929?s=20

Sounds like the US tbh. A lot of areas in the US are worse than third world countries.