As this pandemic stretches to an unforeseeable conclusion, this felt like a good time to drop back in and give you lot an update on my own perspective as a jaded prepper. The current situation here in Portugal is, to put it bluntly, dire. We have skyrocketing infection … [Read more...]
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Emergency Experience: Forest Fire on My Doorstep
The interesting thing about forest fires is the powerlessness one feels when placed kissing distance from an inferno. I never really understood the underlying threat of forest fires until 3 days ago, but folks, I learnt that lesson pronto. First things first, forest … [Read more...]
Coronavirus: A (Realist) Prepper’s Perspective on the World Opening Up
As the world unwinds our collective enforced isolation protocols, it's good to take stock of the situation at hand and see where this will lead us. The reality is that the economy shutting down until a vaccine is discovered & mass inoculation occurs would be almost … [Read more...]
The Coronavirus Crisis Is Going to Upend Our World in a Way We Can’t Really Fathom
Figured I was long overdue for an update. With lockdown still in effect, I have no longer have much of an excuse. Isolation is an odd word in our new reality. As a society we have never been so connected. The world is just a click away and it seems (to me at least) that … [Read more...]
Come on Governments, of Course FOMO = Panic Buying; Can’t Stop Human Nature
As this crisis continues unabated throughout our little blue planet, I find myself growing more and more irritated with the powers that be. Since I have been on lock down for what feels forever (you will understand soon enough America!), I want to talk rant about a pet peeve … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Stockpile Tips for Beginners & Why It’s Sensible to Worry
As this shit show shows no respite, I figured this was a good time to discuss what the girl and I are doing in terms of preparing and what my thoughts are on this developing situation. Stockpiling 101 for Beginners Seems to me that as of a few weeks ago, everyone woke … [Read more...]
Debunking Coronavirus Myths – Yes, Some Are Completely Idiotic
On the heels of my no-bullshit Coronavirus explanation article which I recommend you take a quick look at, I feel the need to clarify and debunk some of the nonsense I have seen over the past few weeks. Drinking X Will Kill the Coronavirus Drinking Bleach Will Kill … [Read more...]
Coronavirus: A No-Bullshit Explanation of Where We Are Now
This could get dicey folks. As of 26 minutes ago, we hit over 80,000 confirmed cases of Coronavirus including a disturbing rise in a country adjacent to my own. The spread of this virus has shone a light on the darker impulses of our species from democratic abuse to … [Read more...]
Conversation time
After so many years of blogging (admittedly, not so much recently), its interesting to sit back and muse about what MTJS represents and how the girl and I have evolved along the way, both as people and as content creators. MTJS was created as a way of justifying my … [Read more...]
Security Information Overload: From Panic to Apathy & the Remedy
Security overload leads to apathy. How often do you hear a car alarm go off and roll your eyes hoping the owner would disable the blasted thing before the incoming headache comes a knocking? The primary objection I have to such systems is they work too well. Every week I … [Read more...]
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