Am I Steeming It Yet? Over a Dozen People Introduced Me!

Why Steemit?

My name's Lance, and this is my first #introduceyourself post. It's taken a while to get started! I heard of Steemit more than one year ago, but my interest has grown over the past months after seeing several of my fave Youtube and Facebook content creators getting censored on those platforms.

I want to give a big shout-out to several Steemians who motivated me to dive into this platform: Jimmy Dore, James Corbett, Jordan Sather, Dan Dicks, Suzie Dawson, Nathan Stolzman, and more. All of these creators advocate for free speech, especially speech that threatens the power establishment. Most of them have been threatened with censorship or have actually experienced it. Watching their struggles to get the truth out makes it obvious that a better platform is needed than FB, Twitter & Youtube.

I've made a small start making some videos on FB and YT, but the "big brother" nature of those platforms don't motivate me to put much effort there. Steemit sounds like a winner, so here we go!

My goal is to participate in the Steemit platform and to grow with it.

About Me

  • San Francisco resident of 22 years
  • Work in the legal industry (intellectual property)
  • Post-partisan truth-based anti-war activist
  • Qigong, sailing, nature

Social Media

Community & Sharing

Without sharing ourselves with each other, life is meaningless.

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Some of My Favorite Things

  • Kitties - meow! My boys, Jake & Rocco, keep me looking forward to coming home from work every day!
  • More kitties - meow, meow!
  • Sailing on San Francisco Bay
  • Cooking
  • Qigong - literally means "cultivation of life force energy"; think Tai Chi, but deeper and more physically therapeutic
  • Travel - have dipped my toe in Scandinavia the past two years

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Favorite Music

  • Classical/Baroque: J.S. Bach, Vivaldi
  • Pop: Charlie Puth, Camila Cabello, Chainsmokers, Cardi B., Nikki Minaj, Post Malone, Disclosure, Shawn Medes, Maroon5, Ed Sheeran
  • House: Armand Van Helden, Todd Terry, Basement Jaxx, Mood II Swing, David Harness, Boris Dlugosch

Favorite NetFlix Shows

  • Marco Polo
  • Gotham
  • Colony
  • Turn
  • Sense8
  • Suits
  • Scandal

Favorite Political Commentators (Youtube, Bitchute, Steemit)

Favorite Causes

  • Palestinian liberation
  • Self-determination for Syria
  • Fighting the Deep State cabal
  • Walking away from the false left-right paradigm
  • Mass awakening and world healing

More Stuff

I have a lot to give, but it takes some effort for me to come out of my shell. I'd like to be inspired to create content (writing, videos) to share myself with the world. I tend to read mostly non-fiction stuff: mostly historical and political, or anything that's based on learning something. That includes anything from the history of the Palestinian struggle for liberation, how to sail, how to trade FOREX (foreign currency trading), etc.

My tendency is to steer clear of groups and groupthink. I gravitate more towards a few deep, intimate friendships. That being said, I realize there's a happy medium of the two.

Ready to start my Steemit voyage now.

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Welcome to Steemit @inthecitylance!

I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.

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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings!

@intro.bot you're on the @abusereports naughty list!

Bad Steemian! Bad!

Well this is it! Welcome to SteemIt @inthecitylance! I am picking up what your putting down about central control and free speech. I guess that’s why I’m feeling pretty lucky to have found SteemIt. How about you? 😁

Thanks so much! I'm excited that this is all on the blockchain so it can't be taken down by a central actor.

Glad you are starting to use this platform! That is exactly why I setup this contest: https://steemit.com/contest/@bigdeej/let-s-all-get-active-on-here-again-contest-with-some-big-prizes

I am also the dev for @shadowbot if you are interested, check out our community!

Thanks. I'll check it out @bigdeej!

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I download Gotham for free with bit torrent and will not use Net Flix. I love cats.

I'll probably be ditching NetFlix soon. Hooray for loving cats!

Awesome post @inthecitylance how long did it take you to write all of that down? I was going to do a blog post but then I thought I would go for the video option to #introduceyourself

https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@geniuscrypto/41bs1pdt#comments

Hi @geniuscrypto. Once I stopped procrastinating (ugh!), it only took a couple hours. As the saying goes, starting something is most of the job! Let me know how the video option works out for you. Will you be using Dtube?

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Titus Frost and Nate and Doshi are why I signed up last December. Welcome.

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