There's one thing that Tassie isn't short on and that's walks - whether they're long and arduous or maybe just a gentle walk along a headland. Now my hips are better I'm loving a daily walk - an hour or two just wandering is utter bliss. This is what my bestie and I did on Monday before she drove me back to the airport - a gentle walk along a headland at South Arm, admiring various houses with views and thinking about which ones we would live in (if that was an option).

If you park anywhere on the road leading up from the main road you can find a spot across from a track that leads you down to the waterfront. The track is between the beach and the houses, where she-oaks or casuarina provide food for parrots and are sometimes poisoned for the views, which no one ever gets in trouble for it seems, because how can you prove it?
Like in Opossum Bay, where the houses are a mish mash of old and new, there's some lovely large homes that are architectually pleasing, to what can only be described as shacks. Most, I imagine, are holiday homes.

I liked this one with the large bush poles. Tam chose a small white shack. Who are we kidding? We'd never be able to afford a home like this, with a view like this.

Whilst this looks like a shark in the water, it's actually a seal, lazily doing it's morning hunt for fish. Tam says there's always one on the marina where her boat is moored. I think the water is far too cold for sharks.

We see the squat lighthouse on an island offshore - it's called Iron Pot Lighthouse — Australia’s oldest lighthouse site still in operation in some form. It’s just a small structure on a rocky speck called Iron Pot Island. It’s one of those things that makes you realise how close everything is out there, even if it feels vast - Hobart, the shipping channel, Antarctica-bound vessels moving through — all funnelled past this tiny, weather-beaten light that’s been guiding boats since the 1800s. Amazing. This is zoomed in somewhat.


There's lots of little coves and beaches and views to Hobart or to Bruny Island - it's seriously the kind of place where there's a cool view wherever you turn.


We walk as far as this headland and just around it. That empty bit of land is actually a military training area that is being sold off. I wonder if a developer will buy it (likely) or a private owner to build a mansion with views. Either or, it's a prime bit of real estate!

It's too cold for a swim, or we're too fragile - we have drunk a lot of wine this weekend - so we go home, eat avo on toast, lay in the sunshine, soak up the views, then I'm off home. To be honest, though there's a lot of cool little walks and there's lots of beauty and wonder on the South Arm, we have great walking round our little town too, so I dont' feel jealous of the beautiful houses with views at all, and feel perfectly content to look, enjoy, and leave it behind. It's not as if I won't be back.
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The Great Illusion: How @guiltyparties Built an Empire on Empty Promises
Prologue: The Mask of Benevolence
There is a particular kind of tragedy in watching a wolf dress itself in shepherd's clothing, not to protect the flock, but to shear it bare while convincing the sheep they are being cared for.
Today, we pull back the curtain on @guiltyparties.
To the casual observer, this account appears to be a hub of charity, a distributor of aid, a beacon of hope in the Hive ecosystem. The transaction history is a cascade of outgoing transfers: thousands of HIVE and HBD flowing to
gpwalletaccounts, to individuals in need, to "medical emergencies," to "food funds," to "rent." The memos speak of compassion: "dog's vet," "towards surgery cost," "Christmas event and gifts for the children."But look closer. Follow the money. And you will find not a charity, but a centralized banking cartel disguised as a community fund. You will find a system where power is concentrated, transparency is an illusion, and the "help" provided is merely the interest paid on a loan of trust that can never be repaid.
We expose the truth: @guiltyparties runs a massive farm, a shadow bank, and a political machine, all while pretending to be a simple benefactor.
I. The Architecture of the Shadow Bank
Figure 1: The Wallet Network (The Shell Game)
The Implication:
Why does a charity need 30+ numbered wallets? Why does it need to route funds through
@bdhivesteemto convert currency before distribution? The answer is control. By fragmenting the treasury, @guiltyparties creates a labyrinth that protects the central hoard from scrutiny while maintaining absolute authority over who eats and who starves.II. The Mechanical Symphony of Control
Based on on-chain transaction logs
While the public sees "gifts," the blockchain records transactions. And the patterns reveal a cold, calculated machine.
Figure 2: The Stipend System (@logic)
Figure 3: The Currency Mill (@bdhivesteem)
III. The Narrative vs. The Ledger
The most dangerous lie is the one wrapped in truth. Yes, @guiltyparties does send money to people in need. The transactions are real. The memos are heart-wrenching. "Medical," "Food," "Surgery."
But consider the source.
When a warlord builds a school in the village he occupies, is he a philanthropist? Or is he buying silence?
The ledger shows that for every dollar given to the poor, ten dollars are moved between shell companies (
gpwallets). For every memo about "feeding children," there is a silent transfer of thousands of HIVE to@logicto fund the bots that downvote dissenters.The Truth:
The "charity" is the marketing budget. It is the cost of doing business for a cartel that seeks to dominate Hive's governance and culture. They give you crumbs to keep you from noticing they are eating the whole loaf.
IV. The Connection to the Downvote Machine
We cannot talk about @guiltyparties without talking about @spaminator and @hivewatchers.
The cycle is complete:
This is not community building. This is protection racketeering on the blockchain.
V. The Verdict: A Scam of Proportions
To call this a "scam" in the traditional sense might be too simple. It is more insidious. It is a governance scam.
The use of dozens of
gpwalletaccounts serves no purpose other than obfuscation. A true charity publishes its ledgers. It does not hide behindgpwallet24andgpwallet25. It does not route funds through internal swaps to avoid detection.@guiltyparties has built a shadow state within Hive. They hold the purse strings, they hold the voting power (via delegates), and they hold the whip (via downvote bots). And they expect us to thank them for the privilege of being ruled.
Epilogue: The Reckoning
There is a particular courage in speaking truth to power, especially when that power holds the keys to your survival.
But the blockchain does not care about fear. It only records truth.
And the truth is this: You cannot build a free community on a foundation of centralized control. You cannot claim to be a benefactor while funding the silencing of your critics. You cannot pretend to be a saint when your ledger reads like a mob boss's ledger.
To the users of Hive: Do not be fooled by the breadcrumbs. Look at the bakery. See who owns the oven. See who controls the flour. And ask yourself: If I speak out against the baker, will I still be fed tomorrow?
The time for gratitude is over. The time for scrutiny is now.
Expose the farm.
Demand transparency.
Break the cartel.
— #Bilpcoin: We expose the truth, so you can confront it.
#HiveBlockchain #CryptoForensics #GuiltyParties #ShadowBank #DownvoteCartel #Transparency #BilpcoinTruth #StopTheAbuse
Before I read the post and just scanned the photos, I thought the one was a shark fin. It sure looks like one and not a seal. So glad your hip is better and you are able to enjoy walking.
It's so easy to assume a shark in Australia! As surfers we absolutely shit ourselves if one pops up near you haha .. same with dolphins until we realise!!
Yeah, you seem to have lots of them aroundthere.
You've been curated by @plantpoweronhive! Delegations welcome!