ThePrepared

I’ve made a couple candles before and made my own DIY wicks. I took plain cotton string and braided it with three strands to make it thicker. Make sure to make it longer than you think you will need because it does shrink a bit in the next step. I then soaked it in a salt and borax mixture for an hour and then hung it to dry. I used a paperclip to…[Read more]

My local government just said gun owners are “inherently bad people” and banned almost all forms of centerfire semi-auto rifles 🙁

I made statements around the economy being worse than people perceive in some recent media/podcast interviews, and got flamed for it afterward.

It all boils down to this:

Does it feel like things are working well?

No. Too many people are struggling to get by, and those that do barely have something you’d consider a healthy and balanced life.…[Read more]

That’s a decent list of very speculative alt-coins, and I agree blockchain and crypto is here to stay in some form. But those coins are not where most people should start, especially when thinking about prepping contexts as well, not just speculative high-risk high-reward gambles.

Some thoughts:…[Read more]

Although this is an old thread, since the new forum is up and I ran across this…

Just wrote a bit about this, as I know the crypto space well: https://theprepared.com/prepping-basics/guides/cryptocurrency-blockchain/

This is partly why conversations around “what is your specific plan when X happens?” are futile. You just can’t predict what will happen.

We track over 250 of the most often mentioned prepper books here: https://theprepared.com/prepping-basics/reviews/best-prepper-survival-books/

Try to pick the ones that are accurate, don’t have crazy propaganda, etc.