"your life is your life / donât let it be clubbed into dank submission." â Charles Bukowski  â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â
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[5-Bullet Friday](=) Hi All!Here is your weekly dose of â5-Bullet Friday,â a list of what Iâm pondering and exploring.What Iâm using while traveling â [GigSky](). This app is a game-changer, and huge thanks to [Matt Mullenweg]() ([@photomatt]()) for saving my ass abroad with the recommendation. It allows you to use cellular data nearly anywhere in the world without changing your domestic plan (Verizon, AT&T, etc.) in any way. From their website: âThe GigSky app lets you grab a single data plan where and when you want â at home or in any of our 190+ destinations. Select a plan from the app, download an eSIM, and youâll connect on the spot, no physical SIM card required.â My first trial run of this app/eSIM was with my iPhone in Chile, and it came through flawlessly. I donât fully understand how eSIMs work, but I fully appreciate that it worked like a charm. Iâll be using it again, as I opted for the global plan as opposed to paying for bandwidth limited to Chile. Be forewarned that the setup process on iPhone wasnât super intuitive, but I imagine you can find a YouTube video to guide you. If not, GigSky, please create one!Short video Iâm enjoying â â[My friend Richard Feynman](=)â by [Leonard Susskind](=). Who is Leonard? This short paragraph from [an interview in the Los Angeles Times]() gives you a feel:âI was going to engineering school but fell in love with physics. When I told my father I wanted to be a physicist, he said, âHell no, you ainât going to work in a drug store.â I said, âNo, not a pharmacist.â I said, âLike Einstein.â He poked me in the chest with a piece of plumbing pipe. âYou ainât going to be no engineer,â he said. âYouâre going to be Einstein.ââ What Iâm reading â â[An Infamous Psilocybin Patent Has Just Been Challenged](â by [Shayla Love](). The outcome of this particular situation will affect the entire psychedelic ecosystem. Whether youâre anti-capitalist or die-hard capitalist, the implications described in this article are important to understand. Highly recommended.On a related note, [here is one of the latest developments in a separate journal](, and Iâve excerpted a key snippet: âFurthermore, revision is recommended on characterizations in recently granted patents that include descriptions of crystalline psilocybin inappropriately reported as a single-phase âisostructural variant.â ⦠In this article, we show conclusively that all published data can be explained in terms of three well-defined forms of psilocybin and that no additional forms are needed to explain the diffraction patterns.âWhat Iâm listening to ââ[Last Chance](=)â ([YouTube](=), [Spotify](=)) by [Thornato]() ([@thornato]()) feat. [The Spy from Cairo](. But lest you think Iâm all bossa nova and new-agey flutes and dolphins, Iâm also listening to this during workouts: â[Before I Forget](=)â ([YouTube](=), [Spotify](=)) by [Slipknot](=) ([@slipknot](=)).Poem Iâm pondering âThe Laughing Heartyour life is your lifedonât let it be clubbed into dank submission.be on the watch.there are ways out.there is light somewhere.it may not be much light butit beats the darkness.be on the watch.the gods will offer you chances.know them.take them.you canât beat death butyou can beat death in life, sometimes.and the more often you learn to do it,the more light there will be.your life is your life.know it while you have it.you are marvelousthe gods wait to delightin you.
â [Charles Bukowski](=)(Find a video of Tom Waits reading this poem [here](=).) And, as always, please give me feedback on Twitter. Which bullet above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just [send a tweet to @tferriss](=) and put #5BulletFriday at the end so I can find it.Have a wonderful weekend, all.Much love to you and yours,Tim = FORWARDED THIS MESSAGE? [SIGN UP](=).
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