I'm celebrating my first Steemiversary! Several days ago, I wrote a post summarizing the first half of that first year... it was quite popular!
Please enjoy this continuation...
(Some adult language. All images by DRutter.)
My wife MediKatie still hadn't found a way to get her own account, so she posted a few things on mine, including this legendary shot:
About 6 months ago now, I was uploading quite a few DTube videos, thinking they were permanent. Woops. But I did manage to meet a new friend named @jonyoudyer!
From 'Are we ready for the blockchain quantum leap?':
Here we are now, at the brink of yet another quantum leap forward. And without so much as a glimmer of contemplation, we've lept headlong off the cliff, arms and feet flailing. There is no going back.
I posted here that it appears to be getting harder to earn STEEM as time goes by. The wild early gains have already been had. Now, it's up to those of us with content to carry the site forward!
On March 3rd, @MediKatie was arrested at a peaceful cannabis protest in downtown Vancouver! We got her out after just 2 days in a cell, and she eventually was cleared of wrongdoing, and the two charges of "obstructing justice" were stayed, meaning they can be re-activated within a year if she re-offends.
Bitcoin Accuracy
Early in the fall from the top at 20k, I predicted a correction back to 7000 USD. It was the start of several extremely accurate predictions of Bitcoin prices, after several years of consistent success.
In February, I offered readers an insider look at the cannabis activism scene in Vancouver BC, with lots of photos of history being made at the grassroots level!
Then, I implored my 8000+ YouTube subscribers to make the switch to Steemit!
The (now 5) pink kush plants continued to grow taller.
In mid-March, I went "all in" on STEEM, transferring out of Bitcoin. I then distributed some of the liquid STEEM to my wife and team, for powering up.
I then noted, in a DTube video that is no longer viewable:
- The system has failed and no longer makes sense. It's fucked.
- The internet is a game-changer and freedom is powerful.
- If you don't imagine a positive future, you're MUCH less likely to achieve it.
- We could create a whole new economy using blockchain.
- A heaven on earth is possible.
- Some 80s music is decent.
Here, I revealed the Canadian government's ridiculous mandatory symbol for anything containing THC:
Legalization really does boil down to that, though - a great big stop sign! It has never been about making cannabis less illegal, or about making Canadians more free. It's about controlling the people, and monopolizing an already-thriving industry.
I proposed a better symbol:
Responding to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's press announcement on "legalization", I memed:
The first weekly post in my series on Steemit growth was made here, but there isn't much to see until later iterations as the data pile up! I identified a team goal of pulling in 15 Steem per week. We're currently averaging about half that.
After being topped, my Pink Kush plants began growing 2 new stems:
I then wrote at length about my respect and admiration for plants, without which ALL animals would perish.
I was religious before cannabis, and spiritual after.
This is a longer writeup, touching on my wife's lifelong struggle with cancer, an explanation of why I do what I do, and a link to our early-2016 documentary "Cannabis CURES Cancer".
When the US government began issuing clear backpacks to keep students safe, it wrote it was obvious to me where they intend to take society.
I don't fear that future, I don't give any power to it, I don't do anything but acknowledge it as somebody else's plan. My vision of the future is very different, and that is our power, we can envision a positive future together and work toward it. A future where safety doesn't come because every one of us has given up their guns, their knives, their cannabis, their real backpacks, their privacy, and their sovereignty.
After 3 weeks of gathering data, I estimated a growth rate of 1% per week is possible on Steemit!
Grow organically whenever possible! And grow in peace.
As I've done for many years, in April I called for peace in Syria, and called for the USA to stop provoking Russia.
The pink kush continued to flourish as I moved more of my activism over to the blockchain!
When PayPal cancelled my PayPal debit card, I closed my eBay business of 17 years, and I decided it was a great time to leave the traditional banking system behind!
In the time since, I've been VERY happy to not deal with banks or credit cards! So much hassle and cost, gone. I'm much more free because of it, and recommend it.
I talked about my late grandparents, and declared that "My mission is to spread love and banish fear."
Here I am, diving in!
Happy 4/20!! Here is my DTube video of the event, and here is a link to it on YouTube if you'd like to watch it.
I made the switch to DLive, since DTube wasn't allowing uploads and usually wasn't allowing views either. What good is a video site where you can't upload or view videos?
I celebrated the first DLive video by giving away heirloom tomato seeds and free shipping worldwide.
In a legendary call, I spotted that "The current chart (at the orange arrow) looks reminiscent of the 2014 correction which lasted over 2 years:
The 2014 moving-average crossover signal has recurred, making a longer correction seem likely.."
I've been following this repeating pattern all year, and it has been nearly flawless!
Beginning a tradition of posts exposing FaceBook...
Here's a great article I wrote, which went almost unnoticed at the time: 6 new things FaceBook censors that will drive people away! Included were the undefined "hate speech", and "questioning the validity of alleged witnesses of school shootings and other tragedies", the rule which has since then been used to ban and memory-hole Alex Jones and many other conspiracy theorists.
When Larry Harvey (the creator of Burning Man) died, I wrote about my appreciation, and posted a photo of MediKatie and I from 2010:
David "Dave-the-Big-Fat-Roofer" Hill is a well-known Vancouver activist. I was there when he was wrongfully arrested by police on April 20th, at the "free vending" section near Sunset beach, surrounded by tens of thousands of cannabis enthusiasts.
In this post I wrote "A small group of activists has held a 420 farmers market in downtown Vancouver since 2015, when Trudeau was elected to legalize cannabis. In late 2017/early 2018, the activists were the target of "Project Apprentice", an expensive plot to demoralize and dissolve the grassroots movement, making way for what appears to be a government monopoly. I was there with a camera from day one. Here's our story."
If the DLive video stops working, you can also find the 20 minute clip on YouTube.
I then warned that the coming "legalization" is a trap:
Prohibition isn't ending, and in most cases, it's increasing. Companies, mainly owned by ex-cops and ex-government-officials, have positioned themselves for guaranteed profits by providing the only government-approved cannabis in the country (medical, recreational, or otherwise). The existing industry, right down to the little guy with a tiny closet garden, will still be illegal. Anyone outside the legalized regime is subject to $10,000 fines and up to 14 years in jail for non-crimes like growing or owning too much cannabis, trading it at a farmers market, concentrates, edibles, glassware, and other parts of the cannabis culture here in BC. Things that would be included in any real legalization will get us thrown in jail to protect a government-run corporate monopoly.
In early May, I uploaded raw footage from the Global Marijuana March (an event held in major cities all over the world every year). Police had attacked the protest as it gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery. See my footage of the scuffle as police attempt to seize cannabis, edibles, and seedlings. The crowd chants "legalization's a lie!" as we marched in the street! Part 2 can be found here.
My wife MediKatie FINALLY got a prescription for cannabis, after trying for over a decade to get access to safe medicine without being abused by police! I wrote a post called As a Spouse of a Medical Cannabis User.
@MediKatie helped me transplant the pink kush plants I'm growing to make medicine for her. The post can be found on her profile.
Thank you for helping me celebrate my first year on this awesome website.
Please stay tuned for the last 3 months, coming soon in a separate post!
DRutter