#10 Canada Is Why

In this week’s YATA ( we read your boostagrams, emails, and notes, then put them straight to work. From defining heat‑punk(ery) with real-world examples to first-sats stories at a beachside Bitcoin meetup, I share how bringing freeze‑dried goods to a Lightning‑onboarding night turned into multiple first Bitcoin purchases—and why any maker should try selling for BTC. We also dig into small‑business realities: shipping costs, BTCPay pricing in USD while settling in sats, and the accounting headaches that vary by jurisdiction. Oshi riffs while we kick off a new mini‑series on the 12 Permaculture Principles—starting with Observe and Interact—and connect it to low‑time‑preference design in life and Bitcoin. We hit wallets for beginners (WoS, Phoenix), Nostr relay/DM reliability, value‑for‑value and Podcasting 2.0 boosts, sunscreen versus solar callus (plus why sunglasses can confuse your clock), and a quick Town Square shoutout to makers building for the circular economy.'BTCPay Server': https://btcpayserver.org'Wallet of Satoshi (Lightning wallet)': https://www.walletofsatoshi.com'Phoenix Wallet by ACINQ': https://phoenix.acinq.co'Podcasting 2.0 (Podcast Index)': https://podcastindex.org'Fountain (value-for-value podcast app)': https://fountain.fm'TakeMySats (BTC marketplace)': https://takemysats.com'OCEAN Mining Pool': https://ocean.xyz'Stacker News': https://stacker.news'Nostr protocol (spec on GitHub)': https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr'Amethyst (Nostr Android client)': https://amethyst.social'Primal (Nostr client)': https://primal.net'Domus (Nostr iOS client)': https://domus.me'Permaculture: 12 Principles': https://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/'The Art of Seeing — Aldous Huxley (overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Seeing'"Two of Us" — The Beatles (song overview)': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_of_Us_(song)'The Castle (1997 film) — overview': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(1997_Australian_film)'Brazil (1985 film) — overview': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_(1985_film)'Oshi Goods (host site + episode archive)': https://oshigood.us'Sats4Snacks (freeze‑dried goods & salves)': https://sats4snacks.com'Heat Punkery': https://stacker.news/items/1500336/r/Undisciplined Join us on Nostr: Oshi (npub1uzt238htjzpq39dxmltlx60vxym9fetk9czz6kddq6fhvkf4z3usy9qtrh) & Permanerd (npub1zqdpzty2mshxncqqxy2078qax6mlehsxmpx5095wtxw4tpepkr0s2ce6fj)Send an email: [email protected]