Peruvian Torch and San Pedro cactus in the window sill! These are just babies but one day aiming for them to supply cuttings to turn into more cacti and medicine.. Mescaline containing cacti have been used for centuries for healing and self discovery, and have been recognized as a heart opening medicine to re-align ones self with their purpose and path in life 🌵🧭💚

Poland fights Big Tech with push to block social media censorship.

Poland's Deputy Minister of Justice Sebastian Kaleta said Trump's removal from Twitter set a dangerous precedent.

Goes on to say social media companies have for too long been targeting Christian, conservative, and traditional values and the Polish government is saying Enough!

Have you ever tried Jiaogulan/Gynostemma tea?

It is considered by many to be one of the best adaptogenic herbs known - promoting vitality and longevity, with lots of studies to back up claims of health benefits 🌱

Some ways it can enhance overall health: helps regulate blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, helps lower cortisol, is a powerful antioxidant, boosts nitric oxide and blood flow, and can aid metabolic function by stimulating AMPK (a metabolic signaling enzyme)

In fact it has more ginseng-like compounds than ginseng itself, but unlike ginseng, this plant does not stimulate you like some herbs, and in Chinese medicine is known to be a Jing Tonic - restoring your energy reserves which get depleted through stress, illness, and aging among other factors

Some of the best Jiaogulan tea I've had is organic and grown in Thailand...

Happy tea time 🍵🌿

⚠️ Vaccine passports being rolled out in Denmark - share and get prepared!

Greetings friends, if you are enjoying the updates and content on my channel, please feel free to forward some of your favorite posts from here to your groups or channels! The future is abundant 🌳📚💾☯️🍄🥕🏋️‍♂️🏞

Privacy Checkup | A Telegram Setting Can Give People Your Exact Location
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Didya know @Telegram just became the most downloaded mobile app in the world?

Its pretty crazy to see this kind of growth from a platform. Pavel Durov, one of Telegram's Product Managers attributes their success to a commitment with privacy.

"You – our users – have been and will always be our only priority. Unlike other popular apps, Telegram doesn’t have shareholders or advertisers to report to. We don’t do deals with marketers, data miners or government agencies. Since the day we launched in August 2013 we haven’t disclosed a single byte of our users' private data to third parties."

Well if that doesn't give me the warm & fuzzies inside. You can take Pavel at his word, but that doesn't stop the huge influx of scammers alongside the new users.

If you're unaware of your privacy settings, Telegram's feature 'richness' can turn into feature 'risks', kid. (sorry, I had to)

Let's run through the privacy checkup:

1. Is your nearby users setting on?

Well if it is - turn it off immediately. Not only will it enable random people to message you out of the blue (as the women in my family can attest to), but it can be used to find your exact location.

First reported in early January by Ahmed, the exploit works by using Telegram's nearby location feature to find the distance of your target user from a triangle of points. You can either walk around and do the measurements yourself, or use a GPS spoofer to make the process quicker. This is not unlike phone tower triangulation by law enforcement.

This feature is off by default, but even if you're feeling adventurous, I'd keep it off - you could give away your home address. (and there are never any cuties around anyways)

2. Are you sharing your phone number with everyone?

Its not uncommon to meet people on Telegram, and after some friendly back and forth you might add them as a contact. But be careful, there's a checkbox allowing you to share your number - essentially giving away your identity through a reverse phone number search.

Go to your privacy settings and select 'nobody' for 'Who can see my phone number'. Note that if someone out in the world knows your registered phone number already, they're able to find you on Telegram by searching your phone number.

In the future, I'll share ways to get anonymous & disposable phone numbers

3. Can anyone add you to their group?

By default, anyone can invite you to a group, which makes it so you automatically join a group and start receiving messages. We've seen swaths of new crypto scams, fake local marketplace groups, and fake food delivery groups take advantage of this. They have bots (or people) which go in and invite anyone they can to their groups.

To fix this go into privacy settings and click 'Group Invite' settings, then select 'My contacts' for 'Who can add me to groups and channels'.

Now, only your Uncle Lester can invite you to his yard sale... 🙄 - and there's no way to turn that off.

If this even protects one person, I'll be happy I wrote it.

Stay warm & safe,

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Do you have a garden? Foraging/hunting skills? What about a food security plan and a well-stocked pantry? While your local grocery store may be full NOW, that doesn't mean shelves will always be that way, OR still be affordable as the current prices. Always good to prepare. Stay safe friends!
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This is a great app for Vitamin D tracking! You may be aware, it's one of the most crucial nutrients for heart, bone, metabolic, and immune health..
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Well, if it wasn't cloudy - today in Vancouver at our latitude, is the first day we can synthesize Vitamin D through our skin via sunshine (not tons yet, but a little bit)

So even if it's cold, on an upcoming sunny day near noontime, get outside and take off some layers, absorb the life enhancing nutrients from the sun while other people literally wait MONTHS to get this 100% FREE health boost!!

Medicinal mushroom tonic herbal bone broth!
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( This can be adapted into a vegan recipe if that's your thing! )
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This turned out fantastic! Bone broth with added turmeric, garlic, onions, jalapenos, turkey tail mushrooms, ginger, black pepper, rosemary, thyme, and sea salt 👨‍🍳
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Medicinal mushrooms and other tonic herbs are a fantastic addition to broths and veggie soups, the taste is not off at all, and is a great way to powerfully combine many healing herbs and foods together whether you are keto, paleo, vegetarian, or vegan etc!

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