🇬🇧 We are now in the Year of the Snake - perhaps you can feel it already? This is the first time that V and I have not been in Asia for Chinese New Year since 2011. The last year of the Wood Snake was 1965 - more on this below.

We had a busy week here in Holywood and we will still be here a bit longer. My Dad has recovered enough to be out of hospital but not yet enough to be able to go back home - so our priority for this week was to find suitable interim care accommodation for him and to arrange for him to continue to get regular social visits from friends and family. I think we have got a good solution. One lesson to be learned here is that if you can be proactive and agree a plan in advance these things will be easier rather than having to do them only when you need it.

We encountered yet another vector in the attack against public freedom this week when we tried to buy a phone for a family member. You will be aware of my intense distrust of Apple and Google (not to mention Microsoft - more on them below). Among other things you absolutely should not buy one of their latest phones that are infected with AI technology that nobody asked for and you will regret. Well they have now stopped selling the older models here in the UK "because they do not have USB-C charging port"! Clearly the older phones are things that the Empire does not want you to have since they lack the AI surveillance and control features. In a further attack, the Empire will shortly deactivate all 2G and 3G phone networks, rendering all those older phones useless. Can you see it yet?

During the week I was happy to meet up with some local Bitcoiners. These are the best people to meet anywhere! In case you are in Belfast, the next Bitcoin Meetup will be at The Rusty Saddle on Tue Feb 4th at 7 pm - come along and join us.

Videos and book of the week

This week I have a couple of videos and one book to recommend. Most of you who read this will either be tail-end boomers or Gen X, like me and V, or else Millennial/early GenZ. The first video should appeal to the Millennial/GenZ folks; the second and the book should appeal to both groups and it would be good to stimulate some discussion on this!

One, especially for Millennial and Gen Z

Those of you who are a bit younger with so much of your life ahead and also awake to what is going on might well benefit from Ali's rather simple and effective 3-step process for reviewing your current situation, determining what is really important for you and then making and implementing concrete steps on your way forward.

0:30 - Reflect on where you're at
5:12 - Align yourself to a compelling vision for your future
9:24 - Plan your 2 Main Quests

One for everyone

This next one is a book that I first brought to your attention when V and I were in Madeira back in 2022. This radically transformed my and V's thinking, especially in the light of the Covid insanity and everything else that was going on then and since. I am bringing this one back to your attention now in case you missed it and because I think many will regret not being aware of this or doing what it suggests.

First, listen to Ali and his Book Club review - click below:

If you have any money left in your bank account when you die, you have done something wrong!
~ Bill Perkins

You may well have a visceral reaction to the statement above - but I encourage you to listen to Ali's explanation, check the reviews below or just calmly read the book yourself.

Check below for links to the book and dozens of independent reviews. I have bought the book myself and subscribe to much of what he says. DYOR and pick what works for you and yours. Do not say that nobody told you.

Joe has also been thinking about this recently - check here and he went on to do a follow-up video here due to overwhelming response. So - what do you think? I'd love to hear your view and discuss - feel free to reach out and talk.

More in this issue

• Photo memories - Holywood this week
• Project Updates - Bitcoin scaling and more, Mac tips and enshitification
• Plenty of useful links - don't say nobody told you!
• Closing out - World Fairs and market cycles & orchestration

🛠️ Project Updates

With all that is going on at the moment, I have been slowing down on the project work for a bit. Even so, I did get to listen to and learn from some great interviews and articles on Bitcoin and other important technologies. I share them below for you too to benefit.

So many things

This is a banger interview by Marty. I really appreciated John's open and honest discussion and he is one of a great team that is working with the best possible intentions, building parallel and better systems that we can opt into.

Who knew?

No matter how well you think you may know your computer, you likely cannot match Gary and his expertise and ability to explain clearly. This week I came across this little explainer. I was amazed to find that, indeed, I find most of these things annoying and I had never known that it was possible to avoid them. I am now "older and wiser" - thanks, Gary!

The enshitification of everything

This latest trick/trap was launched on the world by Microsoft. Their behaviour is really sick. They treat their customers like dirt or something to be squeezed for every possible cent that they can extract and they are not beyond using all sorts of unethical (if not illegal) techniques. Listen and watch here if you have Microsoft Office.

If you have had enough of this insanity and evil, you do have alternatives. The best alternative that I can recommend is LibreOffice - try it yourself and you will never look back. Opt out!

BTW - Microsoft is not uniquely evil in this respect with its Office 365 suite. I fully expect the same tactics to be used by Google and Apple to coerce and force adoption of their AI (control) technologies. Do not give your consent - opt out.

🔗 Links for your edification

The following are links from my NetNewswire feeds - learn, enjoy and share.

The truth is out there

Upper Echelon does a superb job of explaining the political gyrations around Tik Tok and how the public are being manipulated by Empire politicians. Whilst I have never used it, I tend to agree with him that Tik Tok likely is net negative and it clearly is a convenient tool for the Empire to use to manipulate the public. Trump's position on this over time is absolutely comical (if it were not such a serious topic) - perhaps you can see through it now?

Related to this - Lei published this video before the latest conclusion on the gyration of Ban-it/don't. Listen as she explains some rather interesting side effects (as seen from China) that might not be what you would expect. You have got to wonder if this was planned or simply part of the chaos agenda.

TBH - I would not be surprised if this turns out to be linked to the DeepSeek psyop as well!

The clearest explanation ever

ICYMI: you really ought to listen to Javier Milei's recent address to the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. You might recall that I felt I had to share his address to Davos WEF last year and we have also listened to his recent in-depth interview with Lex.

This is the clearest possible explanation of the rot in Western Society - watch, listen and learn.

He does get everything right except one point on which I expect most, if not everyone, will disagree. BTW: Trump has also the same "blind spot". You can clearly see that this will certainly be one of the next major international crises - all part of the upcoming chaos, as in Ordo ab Chao. Recall Albert Pike's letter.

What's good for Thailand...

Benjamin is an interesting character, based in Bangkok. He is rather outspoken so you will be in no doubt about his opinion on things. For quite some time he has been speaking out about the infiltration into Thailand of Empire bureaucrats, pushing their global control agenda and trying to pull Thailand into their net. It does seem like recent events in the USA may be a wake up call - WDYT?

If you enjoyed this one, Ben's latest one expands on it and likely consequences.

Lyn says it like it is

There are a lot of moving variables in the investment landscape lately. We’re clearly in a new political environment, and technology continues to blaze forward as fast as ever - see for example the recent DeepSeek excitement.

So to start the year, Lyn's latest newsletter issue focuses on some “North Stars”. Specifically, it covers three trends (Energy Density, Computation and Network Effects) that she expects will not fade over the next decade from an investment perspective - you might want to read and ponder on these.

🤔 Closing Thoughts

This week I have a couple of quite different closing thoughts. In the first one, Howdie points out so many things that just do not make any sense in the official story of the World Fairs. After that, Jordan takes you back to 1965 and demonstrates the market manipulation that has been and continues to go on behind the scenes.

Too many things just do not add up

Have we have been lied to? During 1850-1915 Great Expositions (Fairs) were built worldwide including: Chicago 1893, Paris 1900, St. Louis 1904, San Francisco 1915. Per the official story: these giant 7-1,200 acre expos were each built in an impossibly short time of less than two years. Then following the end of the event, they were demolished, destroyed, and thrown into landfills.

Each of these fairs were built to resemble Ancient Rome, and Howdie now feels that is no accident. But were the buildings of these World Expositions new ones being built, or old ones being restored- part of a civilisation that was coexisting with Ancient Rome and Greece? Click above for Howdie to read his book to you.

Wood Snake - what does this imply?

I realise that many of you will believe that the stock market and other markets are "free markets". You may be surprised that for those who look carefully there are many signs of orchestration that can be spotted and these have played out over the decades on a much bigger scale than you would ever have imagined.

In this recent video Jordan covers his analysis going back to the last year of the Wood Snake - 1965. Well worth watching - do not say that nobody told you.

Meanwhile in the UK

Mario has likely spotted yet further cracks in the UK system. Be sure that this is the tip of the iceberg and much more will follow as he explains. It can hardly be clearer for those who wish to see.

You don't need to take Mario's word and interoperation for it - read the Bank of England announcement yourself.

Also ICYMI: Bank of England has also introduced a 4-6 week delay in delivery of Spot Gold - from the previous delay of 1-2 days!! For sure, this does not look good.

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