BlogHide Resteemsresteemedchaospoet (58)in prose • 7 years agoOther People's MoneyI can fix everything With other people's money I can educate everyone With other people's money I can solve health care issues With other people's money I can solve hunger With other…resteemedfinnian (58)in recipes • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Ancient Orange Mead RecipeA friend of mine, who is not on Steemit yet, convinced me to get into brewing. I am not a big beer drinker however, so I ended up brewing mead instead. Mead is expensive unless you can get your…resteemedgrow-pro (63)in gardening • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Be Careful Adding Wood Ash to the Garden 🔥Fire & Hard Lesson Learned...Gardeners Beware! Many gardeners are aware of the benefits of using wood ash in the garden. It can be a great source of potash for plants, among numerous other benefits, but it can also cause…gwiss (48)in society • 7 years agoBill Cosby versus Roman PolanskiSource @dana-edwards had a post yesterday about whether Bill Cosby was guilty of rape or not, and in the process of trying to find out whether there has been any objective proof offered to…gwiss (48)in philosophy • 7 years agoSpiral Dynamics and the Houston floodingI read a post by @luzcypher this morning about what level of conversation most people enjoy and it got me to thinking and researching about spiral dynamics and the theory of stages of…gwiss (48)in philosophy • 7 years agoWoodstock versus CharlottesvilleI read a comment by @aedroberts in a recent post about books that will help your children see the wisdom of anarchy , and his comment was that Orwell was actually a Statist and that 1984 was a…gwiss (48)in philosophy • 7 years agoGender ConfusionSource Having read recent posts by @kyriacos about transgender issues and by @lukestokes about the role of women in society I was struck by a contradiction. So let’s walk through my…gwiss (48)in philosophy • 7 years agoStar Trek SnowflakesImage link Matt Novack at Gizmodo did a piece recently on William Shatner talking about Shatner's attacks on Social Justice Warriors. Shatner apparently has a distaste for them, calling them…gwiss (48)in economy • 7 years agoHeroin and Economic CyclesThe poppy has been a part of human civilization for a long time -- the Sumerians in 3400 BC called it hul gil , or "joy plant", and tablets found at Nippur describe the collection of poppy juice…gwiss (48)in society • 7 years agoTechnology and the Generalist@kyriacos had a post this morning about how thinking critically is more important than citing references and it got me to thinking about the nature of the world that lies ahead of us.…gwiss (48)in economy • 7 years agoSeattle can't stop shooting its own toes offFirst they hurt their minimum wage workers with an ill conceived mandatory minimum wage increase. Now, they passed a 2.25% tax on the wealthy. Guess that's one way to fix that pesky real…gwiss (48)in steem • 7 years agoFuture of cryptocurrencyNone of us here on Steemit are surprised by the reality that fortunes are being made by cryptocurrency traders. But the question I have is: What will authorities do when they realize this…gwiss (48)in science • 7 years agoPesticides behind bee deathsNeonicotinoid pesticides, often used as seed coatings, is likely cause of bee colony deaths being seen in many countries. Quote from study: Overall neonicotinoid residues were detected…gwiss (48)in politics • 7 years agoTaxation, Representation, and Negative FeedbackI was reading a post last night from @calaber24p about hardfork 19 and voting and it got me to thinking about systems design, which got me to thinking about back when the US colonists were…gwiss (48)in health • 7 years agoHigh Intensity Training@kafkanarchy84 had a good post about running and detoxification. It made me think about the physiology involved with running, why it is good for us, and what it does to the hormone and energy…gwiss (48)in education • 7 years agoSchool is broken@krnel had a good post about school bullying recently, and it got me thinking about how school functions now and what it might function like in the future. The current US school system is, as…gwiss (48)in economy • 7 years agoCorporations -- vital or parasites?Corporations are an ancient concept. They were widespread in Rome, the concept being that when a group of people band together they form a body (corpus) that is treated as a separate, independent…gwiss (48)in society • 7 years agoSeparating Cream from Crap@dana-edwards had a post a couple of days ago about whether centralized pyramid style organizations favor psychopaths, and it got me to thinking about how the reward structure of a system is what…gwiss (48)in politics • 7 years agoCNN Producer: American voters are "stupid as sh*t"So this is what we get when we combine a perpetual sensation of low danger, a society where all of the corners are padded, with a relentless corporate drive for profits at all cost. We get voters…gwiss (48)in philosophy • 7 years agoOn getting Forked...I was watching the video of the Playboy reporter and the White House press secretary Sanders, and was struck by something he said: Come on, you’re inflaming everybody right here, right now, with…