Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation

What would the world become if we all became our best-selves?

[JIX5A @JIX5A]

Kailasa was just scanned with lasers, and if you haven’t been following this place, hold on.
What’s being uncovered here won’t just rewrite Indian history. It could rewrite human history and prove Ancient India had tools far more advanced than we’ve been told.

But first, you have to understand what you’re looking at. Kailasa wasn’t built. It was removed from the side of a mountain. That means there was no room for mistakes while carving one of the hardest rocks on Earth. Between 200,000 and 400,000 tons of basalt were removed to create it. The first mystery is simple: we don’t know where it all went. We also don’t truly know when it was built. The main dating sources are two land grants, but that doesn’t tell us when the actual carving began. Dating matters because it would tell us what tools they had. Ancient India had steel by 600 BC, which later became the famous Damascus steel. But basalt is hardened lava. It’s around a 6 on the Mohs scale, meaning steel barely scratches it. In 1682, a Mughal emperor ordered 1,000 workers to destroy Kailasa. They failed. That alone shows how hard this stone is. Even with modern alloys, humans barely make a dent. Russian researchers tested this by having people strike basalt with modern tools, then measuring the removed volume with photogrammetry. The result? One person working every day for 3 years could remove only about 1 cubic meter. And since Kailasa is unfinished, we still have tool marks. Those marks show cuts deeper than what modern hydraulic breakers can achieve. To penetrate basalt that deeply, we’d normally need huge machinery. But machines that size wouldn’t fit in many of these spaces. So clearly, they had different tools. Not just powerful tools. Precision tools. The detail in Kailasa’s carvings looks like work done in soft soapstone, except it’s carved into basalt. What we know for sure is that our assumptions about ancient India are wrong. At minimum, they were far more advanced than we give them credit for. At most, something was happening back then that we still don’t fully comprehend.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

So, I make $100 and the government takes 1/3 of that.
I take the 2/3 remaining to me and I buy something that I need.
They tax that.
I take what is left over and split it in half: half to the bank and have to an investment account.
The interest I make from the bank?
They tax that.
The interest I make from my investments?
They tax that.
If somehow, after all the confiscations, I’m able to buy myself a piece of land they will tax my purchase.
Then, even though they pretend I owe the land, they charge me every year for the right to live on it.
While the Democrats and Republicans keep us fighting each other over how much billionaires are taxed, we stop looking at how much money they take from us and pour into a monstrous bureaucracy that every day seems to take away a little more of our freedoms and give us less in return.
Just a note for all of you who have picked a side in the tyrannical two party system.

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@DDrolapas Here in Maryland and surrounding areas under BrightMLS we have an option to click a button with the listing to auto remove the photos.

Not being allow to take them down is wild.

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@kristelxo I'm 43 in another month. My first child just turned 1 this month. All my friends from high school have grandkids or kids in college. Amazingly different lives! So true.

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“You’re not being taxed on money you have,” one official explained patiently. “You’re being taxed on money you could hypothetically have in an alternate universe where you sold your house but didn’t need a place to live afterward.”

[Nino America @Nino_Merica]

LOCAL MAN DISCOVERS HE IS SECRETLY A REAL ESTATE MOGUL AFTER COUNTY INVENTS $186,000 FOR HIM

MIDLAND, TX — In a stunning financial revelation this week, a local homeowner learned he has apparently made a massive profit without selling anything, receiving any money, or otherwise participating in reality.

“I had no idea I was doing this well,” the man said, reviewing a notice informing him his modest home—purchased for $60,000 in 2009—is now worth $246,000, according to a highly sophisticated system known as “a guy with a clipboard and vibes.”

Despite never listing the property, fielding offers, or seeing so much as a nickel of this newfound wealth, the homeowner confirmed he is now expected to pay taxes as if he recently closed a blockbuster deal.

“I checked my bank account just to be sure,” he said. “Nothing. No mysterious deposit. No wire transfer. Not even a congratulations email. But apparently I’m crushing it.”

County officials reassured residents that the system is working exactly as intended.

“You’re not being taxed on money you have,” one official explained patiently. “You’re being taxed on money you could hypothetically have in an alternate universe where you sold your house but didn’t need a place to live afterward.”

Experts clarified that this differs significantly from other forms of taxation, where individuals are typically taxed on actual income or realized gains.

“For example, if your stock portfolio doubles, you don’t owe taxes until you sell,” said one analyst. “But your home is different because… well… it just is. Please stop asking questions.”

Local residents have reportedly begun experimenting with applying the same logic elsewhere.

“If my neighbor can assign value to my house and bill me for it,” the homeowner said, “I’m assigning value to my free time. I’ve determined the county now owes me $500,000 annually for emotional distress and inconvenience.”

At press time, officials were exploring ways to increase property values even further, noting that if numbers can be written down once, they can absolutely be written down again—higher.

Meanwhile, the homeowner confirmed he is considering selling the property just to finally meet the rich guy everyone keeps telling him he is.

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@IO_Lightness @MikeRLibai @nayaraelora Now I just need to learn what it smells like from the comments and I wont need to do this myself tomorrow.

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Be sure to bookmark for when you're looking to make a kitchen as ugly and outdated as possible

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@unusual_whales MOST UNDERAPPRECIATED POST OF THE YEAR RIGHT HERE.

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@Ganon136 @GamewithDave @DougTenNapel Yes! And thanks for mentioning Doug. I gave a follow just in case.

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What could go wrong?

[HustleBitch @HustleBitch_]

🚨 “NO LAWS. NO GOVERNMENT. NO RENT.” — MAN SAYS HE’S REBUILDING “ATLANTIS” ON HIS LAND IN WEST TEXAS AND TELLING PEOPLE TO JUST SHOW UP

“C’mon everybody… let’s get this revolution started.”

This man says he’s opening up his land in West Texas for people to live for free as he tries to build what he calls “Atlantis”, completely outside the system.

Here’s what he’s offering:
• 20 acres of land
• No rent, no bills, no “traps”
• No cops, no government presence
• Bring your camper, RV, tent… even weapons

He says if 1,000 people show up, he’ll “make it work.”

He already has water, a tractor running, plans for crops, and says donations are coming in to expand the land and even buy campers to give away to people who join.

And he calls it one thing: A revolution.

He’s telling people to message him for the address and physically come live there.

The strangest part?
People are actually considering it.

Are we about to watch 1,000 strangers build a lawless city from scratch… or is this how a documentary starts before everything goes completely off the rails?

[Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation @MartinTippet]

The comments on this post are gold 🤣

[WyattzWorld @WyattzWorId]

Did something come out today? Why the fuck are people wrapped around Best Buy at 10 am

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@bgarlinghouse @MonicaLongSF XRP will be in the future global currency markets, hopefully at the center of it.

They have been doing the real work of partnerships and acquisitions to make it real world too.

I've been on this train since 2017 and personally im very optimistic about the future we can see.

[Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation @MartinTippet]

@trad_west_ Really entertaining podcast with channel 5 actually.

[Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation @MartinTippet]

Im convinced this is going to happen sooner or later. Russia will be a long term partner with the US.

[Ian Jaeger @IanJaeger29]

BREAKING: Russia has just offered the United States $12 Trillion in deals in exchange to drop sanctions.

This is HUGE.

[Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation @MartinTippet]

2 million gallon in 2 days...yuck! And they said they might take 6 weeks to fix it

[FOX 5 DC @fox5dc]

You can smell it before you see it... 🤢 Raw sewage continues to spill into the Potomac River due to a ruptured sewer line.

D.C. Water says repairs could take another six weeks, and environmental groups are warning the public of the growing health risks.

[CCP IS ASSHOE @CCPISASSH0E]

Now THAT’S art

[Martin Tippet | Gratitude Foundation @MartinTippet]

We need more of this. Much more of this!

https://t.co/KnvSR9a6ya

[Oliur @UltraLinx]

Can you read 900 words per minute? Try it.

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@carcass666 @realmaddox @AndyJScott I absolutely loved this game!

Wow got a bunch of extra childhood memories coming in with that too