Oddbean

Thank you to the few folks who have been engaging w/me the last two days since I joined. Wanted to give a rough overview of the bits & bobs that make up me. #introductions #newbie You can call me BJW. I live/work for myself in the Twin Cities area of MN as a web tech and small-time urban homesteader (I garden, can-preserve foods, make jerky (http://mailboxmeat.com). Interests: I like urban hiking/walking in milder weather. My favorite seasons are fall and winter, since my ancestry is heavily Scandinavian & anything warmer than 75 F, you can catch me inside, howbowdat. I collect vinyl records, and TV/movies on my local cloud server for my own enjoyment. My musical tastes vary widely. Everything from mid-century jazz , classic rock, and old r&b/soul are my fave genres. I think my most-played artists are Steely Dan, Amy Winehouse, Gorillaz, and 1950s-60s-era Herbie Hancock. I read a lot of different stuff, but prefer to stick to nonfiction. But when I do fiction, it's most often historical fiction. Career: My job is currently heavily-interent-dependent (web hosting/server/back end websites) but if I could quit all that to work at making food for people in a completely non-fiat-loop and just do tech stuff when I feel like it, that's my dream. https://ketolish.us is where I post my recipes and my first cookbook is also available there. Goals: Eventually, I'd love to completely unbank myself, but I remain tethered while I figure it all out. If I could get my butcher to accept btc, I'd have it made for my jerky biz. For now, I accept payments online via fiat until I can find suppliers convenient for me. De-Googling myself was something I started digging into years ago and in the process, I learned to move from stock Android to LineageOS in 2018, and then to GrapheneOS in 2021, where I've stayed put. I now offer phone de-Googling as a service, but can also teach it. Agorism/Anarchism community: I created & maintain a small local anarchist/agorist group off-shoot of the Twin Cities Freedom Cell & we are working on more get-togethers to meet, network, and skillshare all things outside the systems in areas like: communications, finance, and self-suffiency. The main site is at https://tcfreedomcell.com. We have an agora market summer thru fall, if you're in the area and want to shop local: https://tcfreedomcell.com/market My Content: I will often share recipes, music, and tech/privacy stuff. My latest project is this nostr thing and when I'm not busy working or trying to get other goals achieved, this is where I'll be putting my focus instead of twitter (while trying to get my tweeps over here, as well). I also love seeing/sharing silly pics/GIFs/videos of cats and animals...one of the small bright spots in my day that makes me laugh. https://m.primal.net/KaiE.jpg