The LOTS Project Podcast

The cabin officially has sheet metal on all four sides, and now comes the phase where confidence slowly turns into second-guessing your own decisions.

This episode gets into:

• wrapping up the exterior metal work
• learning construction skills in real time
• why I already think I may redo part of the porch trim
• local Tennessee radio
• a morning host voice that nearly breaks me
• hantavirus headlines everywhere
• Ebola quietly returning to the conversation
• Cuba allegedly building drone capabilities
• oil shortage rumors tied to Middle East instability
• and how modern media seems completely addicted to fear.

There’s also a solid discussion about how public trust collapsed after COVID and why people increasingly question institutional narratives instead of blindly accepting headlines.

Plus:

Apparently living in Minnesota permanently added “ope” to my operating system.

Resources & Links:

• ComfreyRoots.com

• Blockstream Jade & Jade Plus

• LOTS Telegram Community

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Some weeks you make solid progress.

Other weeks you realize the real problem isn’t building a cabin… it’s dealing with people.

This episode starts with a win—figuring out a scaffolding + ladder setup that actually worked without killing me—and then takes a hard left into one of the most frustrating laundromat trips I’ve had in a long time.

From there it spirals into a bigger question:

Are things actually getting crazier, or are we just paying more attention?

We get into hantavirus, the way the media handles this stuff, and why it feels eerily familiar. Then zoom out into what’s going on globally—war, oil, and the incentives behind it all.

No polished narrative. Just real-time observations from someone trying to build something while everything else feels like it’s slipping sideways.

Resources mentioned:

Comfrey roots: https://comfreyroots.com

Blockstream hardware wallets: https://rewards.blockstream.com/thelotsproject

Food Forest Farms coffee: https://foodforestfarms.com

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Gas goes up 50 cents in a single day… and nobody really questions it anymore.

Meanwhile, headlines are pushing a “backyard chicken problem” based on 34 cases across the entire country.

In this episode, we break down both—what’s real, what’s noise, and why it feels like the focus is always in the wrong place.

On top of that, real progress on the cabin build: two full sides wrapped in metal, a few mistakes, a few do-overs, and a lot of figuring things out as we go.

This one’s a mix of boots-on-the-ground reality and stepping back to look at the bigger picture most people don’t question.

☕ Coffee: Food Forest Farms (code LOTS10)

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You ever notice how the story is always about “safety”… until you actually see how it gets used?

This episode starts with real progress—finally getting a full side of the cabin done and figuring out window trim the hard way. Then it shifts into something a lot of people are just starting to notice: AI creeping into vehicles and deciding whether you’re “fit to drive.”

It sounds reasonable on the surface. It usually does.

We also get into a real-world example of surveillance tech being used… and what it was actually used for. Not what they promised—what it actually caught.

And in between all that:

• Dropping a massive hickory
• Splitting it the hard way
• Prepping the next phase of the property

It’s a mix of real work, real observations, and connecting dots most people ignore.

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Some weeks you make progress.

Some weeks you make progress and realize how much stuff is broken—tools, systems, and people.

This one had both.

The cabin is finally starting to come together. Metal is going up, problems are getting solved, and things are actually looking like a real structure.

At the same time:

• I managed to smash my thumb repeatedly and send a hammer flying
• Turned a simple weed eater swap into a full-blown headache
• And dealt with two completely different service experiences that couldn’t have been further apart

One shop wasted my time and didn’t care.

The other one showed exactly how things should be done.

There’s a lesson in that… whether you’re building something, running a business, or just trying to get things done without dealing with incompetence.

If you’ve ever:

• Tried to figure things out yourself
• Dealt with people who clearly don’t care
• Or learned something the hard way

You’ll get something out of this one.

☕ Coffee → https://FoodForestFarms.com (code LOTS10)

🌱 Comfrey → https://ComfreyRoots.com

₿ Bitcoin Wallet → https://rewards.blockstream.com/thelotsproject

💬 Telegram → https://t.me/LOTSChat

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