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Help! Genocidal Zionist Stripe deplatformed me so I can’t get paid through Substack. Here is the monthly workaround for January 2025: http://spot.fund/51krmzsc Better yet, offer a monthly or annual donation HERE.

Life Hacks for 2025

1. Invest wisely in your Substacks. Which ones are consistently putting out good stuff? Which are the most courageous and/or have the most integrity and/or can occasionally offer comic relief? And which of those are run by non-super-famous people who could actually use your help? Plugs: I’m impressed by the consistency and quality of Oliver Boyd-Barrett, no relation, and greatly appreciate the work of Laurent Guyenot, Linh Dinh, Laura, Jonathan Cook, and various others I apologize for leaving out.

But there is only one Substack, that I know of, that publishes almost daily, offers all its content free to everybody, and does not accept money through evil, genocidal Stripe. (Hint hint.)

2. Don’t doomscroll—watch False Flag Weekly News instead! Why waste time subjecting yourself to random blasts of depressing chaos? We do that so you don’t have to! Watch FFWN for one hour each week and you’ll understand what’s really going on and how bad it really is and why you’re better off doing fun and/or productive things throughout the rest of the week.

3. Feed your cat sardines. But make sure your cat is willing to share them with you. That way you’ll get the nutritional benefit of fish oil, protein, calcium, and other good things. And you’ll also have a happy, healthy cat. Here in Morocco fresh sardines are about 50 cents a pound, and you can get a big plate of them roasted for under $2. But wherever you are, whether or not you even have a cat, canned sardines are a nutritional bargain and taste alright with green onions and cream cheese. (This has been a public service message from the Moroccan Sardine Council and its spokesfeline, Muse the Cat.)

4. Speaking of nutrition…If you can stand to lose a few pounds like I can, try eating just one meal a day. Here’s what’s been working for me: Instead of breakfast, I sip blended green tea with coconut oil on and off throughout the morning and early afternoon. For some reason (ketosis?) that satisfies my hunger. I take my only daily meal circa mid to late afternoon. This approach is much cheaper and healthier than Ozempic. If it works for me, subjected to much temptation by a wife who is an amazing cook, it can work for anybody.

5. Develop an exercise habit. Ideally it should be something you like doing. (Having lost a few pounds I can now run miles on the beach and then swim off the sweat.)

6. Do deep relaxation meditation, preferably while focusing on what we theists call God, though I realize people from other traditions and backgrounds call He/She/It various things in various languages. When I do the five-times-daily salat prayer, I focus hard on God and get into a state that’s almost like falling asleep. (Fortunately I haven’t yet collapsed into complete unconsciousness dur