{"id":8022,"date":"2026-09-29T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:42:33","slug":"prepper-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brucewinter.net\/photos\/prepper-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepper-ed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that my P(doom)<\/a> (probability that AI will do bad things) has creeped up just high enough that I have become a mini prepper. Relatively low cost\/effort to match the low, but non-zero, probability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tested out filtering creek water and cooking with twigs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Selfie<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Blue<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Stainless<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bought a couple of solar panels for charging laptops, flashlights, etc: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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And 6 months of easy cook grains & legumes with a shelf life of 20+ years. I discovered that cheapest supplier is the LDS online store<\/a>. Cost about the same as 1 month of groceries ($500) and they shipped 300 lbs of food for $3! Hoping to start slowly eating all that food around 2050 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stacked<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Shelf<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Backyard mystery: one of the T-rexes lost an arm and a leg. I don’t know for sure how that happened, but the crocodiles\u00a0ARE smiling:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Two<\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve been de-mudding ponds and re-mudding Bruce:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mud-covered,<\/a><\/figure>
\"Shirtless<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Man<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Enjoyed beautiful Beauty Berries and a symphony in the park concert:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Purple<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Purple<\/a><\/figure>
\"Crowded<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Closing cute kid-vids:<\/p>\n\n\n\n