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It seems like yesterday I wrote ”Holy cow, today is the last day of October”. And it seemed like only a week earlier I was freaking out that...
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All a so called “virus” is, is dead cell debris, found only in a poisoned Petri dish. There’s no such thing as contagious virus. Not covid ...
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It probably sounds a bit fruit-loops to even seriously be considering the optimum number of blog posts to do each day, but after doing a c...
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You wouldn't know it from looking at the internet, or from visiting flat earther forums, but half the planet celebrates Christmas at the...
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Out of all the "conspiracies" I've looked into over the past quarter of a century, some appear to me so pathetically obvious i...
Saturday, 5 July 2025
Friday, 4 July 2025
OVER US$12k FOR A BLOG POST
GET RICH BY BLOGGING!
Back in 2016, in the early days of the blogging platform Steemit – when it still looked like an awesome new blogging platform rather than a massive Ponzi scheme – certain key accounts were flinging money about in an apparent effort to bring in new users.
One of my first posts got a $400 payout. Although the whole thing looked a bit suspect, I didn’t look a gift horse in the mouth – I just went “choice mate, thanks a lot” – https://steemit.com/photography/@sift666/my-obsessive-polaroid-photo-fetish
Next I started learning about crypto currencies, and by early 2017 was hanging out to get started. So I cashed out some of my Steemit earnings and bought Bitcoin. They were only US$1000 back then so US$400 bought 40% of a Bitcoin.
Cryptos went nuts that year, and by the time Bitcoin went up over US$15,000 I was getting sweaty and nervous. I managed to cope with the stress until they hit US$17,000, then I sold the lot and breathed a sigh of relief. They actually peaked for a short time at US $19,000 but $17k was an awesome point to ditch them.
So 40% of a Bitcoin went up from US$400 to US$6800. Convert that into NZ$ and it became NZ$10,300. Next I used that money to buy gold bullion, back when it was $NZ1700 an ounce, so that $10,300 soon went up plenty more.
Later when Bitcoin dropped back from US$19 to US$5, I bought some more Bitcoin at US$5000, and that worked out well too. I just waited for that nervous sweaty feeling to come back, and then headed back to the the bullion shop – https://www.mygold.co.nz
Thursday, 3 July 2025
WOMEN’S TENNIS

Back in the 90’s people were gradually waking up to the realisation that all pro athletes were on drugs. If you were not on the juice there was no point competing. Now people are slowly waking up to the fact that almost ALL pro “female” athletes are men. Yes, they are all trannies…
And nowhere is it more obvious that “women’s” tennis – where beefy men in skirts rule supreme. Anyone who seriously thinks Sarena Williams is female probably also thinks “Michele Obama” is too…
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
NZ PHOTOS
Here are some of my photos from around New Zealand
Whiritoa Beach on the Coromandel PeninsulaWhiritoa Beach on the Coromandel Peninsula from the north end![]()
Looking north from the East Cape lighthouse, the most easterly point of mainland New Zealand and the first place on earth to see the sunrise![]()
The east coast, near Gisbourne![]()
On the road – south of Waiouru![]()
Lake Ferry (Lake Onoke) Wairapa – it’s a bit like being on the moon I guess – unless David Icke is right and the moon is actually a death star so it might be quite different![]()
Picton ferry, Wellington Harbour![]()
Cape Foulwind – it’s a lot better than it sounds – nice cafe and not really much windier than Wellington. Check out that Honda Goldwing 1800 – the South Island is full of classic motorbikes![]()
The Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki on the West Coast![]()
Lake Wakatipu from the east end![]()
Baldwin St, Dunedin – world’s steepest street (it’s in the Guiness Book of Records!) – 1 in 2.8![]()
Bluff aluminium smelter![]()
All photos by SIFT














































