My Answer to Alberta’s Independence Petition

Is Alberta seeking independence, or just a new landlord? As a content creator who designs systems to last, I’m looking at the structural integrity of the recent “Independence” petition. From huddling in the dark in Winfield to seeking a half-trillion-dollar loan from the U.S. Treasury, the blueprint for this movement is failing.

In this video, we dismantle the “debtor-state” logic and address the serious “Treason” and “Unethical” labels recently dropped by Premiers David Eby and Doug Ford.

Opening Music: ‘Call to Statesmanship’ composed by Kessler, performed by the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets. Source: YouTube Audio Library (Public Domain).

The Pelican Town Purge: Why It’s Time for the “Justice Update”

Welcome back to Swagnilla Ice. Today is Friday, January 30th, and we need to talk about the thin line between “Creative Engineering” and digital anarchy.

I was looking back at some old Disney classics today, and between titles like Bedknobs and Broomsticks and songs like ‘Strangers Like Me,’ I realized that maybe the modders aren’t the only ones who need a moral check-up. But while Disney gets a pass for ’70s whimsy, the Nude Valley devs (and others) don’t get off that easy.

As I mentioned in Wednesday’s Creative Engineering episode, I’m deep in the trenches with Project Green Light right now. I’m keeping the details private to keep things family-friendly, but at its core, it’s a fight for control. When you’re fighting for discipline in your own life, you start to realize that boundaries aren’t just restrictions—they’re what keep a sanctuary safe.

That’s why I’m calling on ConcernedApe to introduce “Karmic Logic” to Stardew Valley. If you use mods or glitches to break the game’s moral compass, the game should bite back.

  1. The Quality of Life Exception
    Now, don’t get me wrong—modding can be a force for good. If you’re using UI mods to see how long your pumpkins have left or to track NPC locations, you’re just being a smart farmer. That’s just good engineering. We’re talking about the mods that break the heart of the game, not the ones that just polish the glass.
  2. The Iridium Krobus Scandal (The “Trash” Deterrent)
    If the game detects you’ve reached the Iridium Krobus statue via map-clipping, CA shouldn’t just block it. He should trash it. Every time you cast your rod in that secret spot, you should pull up nothing but Soggy Newspapers and Broken Glasses. If you play outside the lines, you live in the garbage.
  3. The Social Pariah Patch (The “Cold Shoulder”)
    Cheating shouldn’t just cost you gold; it should cost you your reputation.

Robin: You know, I take a lot of pride in the structures I build in this valley. To see you just… phase through the world like the rules don’t apply to you? I’m not in the mood to pick up a hammer for someone who doesn’t respect the laws of physics. Don’t come looking for upgrades until you decide to stay on the right side of the drywall.

The Spouse: Imagine coming home and finding your spouse standing by the stove with a dark speech bubble. “I saw what you did,” they say. “I need to be around someone with actual integrity.”

  1. Cleaning Up the “Dark” Side: The Nexus Problem
    It’s time to put the pressure on the developers of mods like Xtardew Valley, Lustdew Valley, and Nude Valley. These are just three of the most popular, but if you look at Nexus, there is an entire section dedicated to this stuff. We’re talking about a massive infrastructure built specifically to strip the soul out of Pelican Town.

CA might have made 1.6 easier to mod, but he can easily “wreck” any mod that crosses the line.

The “Intervention” Mechanic: If the game detects these specific adult scripts, the Stardrop Saloon should turn into a literal intervention.

The Husband’s Revenge: If you’ve messed with the marriage scripts, the husbands should fight back. Demetrius should block the mountain path, and Kent should start mailing you “gifts” that go BOOM the moment you open them at 6:00 AM.

  1. Beyond the Adult Mods: A Moral Reckoning
    It’s about mods that let you be a villain in a world built on kindness.

The “Greed is Good” Penalty: If you use mods to manipulate the market or “steal” from neighbors, Pierre should put up a sign: “Due to ‘Unforeseen Economic Ethics,’ the Farmer pays double.”

The “Bully” Flag: If you’re needlessly cruel to NPCs via mods, you walk into the Saloon and the music stops. Everyone just… watches you until you leave.

  1. The Grandparent Intervention
    The ultimate “Game Over” shouldn’t be a crash; it should be a lecture from the Valley’s elders.

Evelyn: I saw what was on your computer, dear. I’ll pray for you, but I’m keeping my cookies to myself from now on.

George: I didn’t lose my legs in the mines so you could walk around here looking like that. Put some pants on, or I’m running over your toes with this chair.

The Final Word
Stardew Valley is a masterpiece of community and growth. When you turn it into a “Nude Valley” or a tyrant’s playground, you aren’t playing the game anymore—you’re breaking it. CA holds the master key. He could replace every “adult” texture with Mayor Lewis’s Purple Shorts tomorrow if he wanted to.

And honestly? The modders who are wrecking the game would deserve it.

To my Knights and Dukes: Does a game lose its “cozy” status when the player loses their morals? If CA started “wrecking” mods that crossed the line, would you support the purge?

Stay wholesome, stay classy… or get the wheelchair.

I Built a CHOCOLATE Factory in My Flat World | Creative Engineering E56

In this episode, Swag builds a chocolate factory to produce a variety of treats in a survival flat world. This walkthrough covers the layout, the automation process, and the specific mistakes to avoid when building this facility in the Creative Engineering modpack.

The Power Up Notes – January 2026

In this month’s episode of The Power Up Notes, I tackle major updates to SteamOS and Linux Mint, discuss the importance of controlling your own data on your computer, and shine a spotlight on Gourmand—a recipe manager currently sitting with zero reviews in the repository.

News Theme by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Stop Playing on Easy Mode: The Forensic Math Nat Geo Hides From You

The “Spoon-Fed” Narrative

Modern media outlets like National Geographic rely on the fact that most people are lazy. They want to be spoon-fed “history” like they’re playing a game on Easy Mode. These documentaries work overtime to “explain away” the Bible. When they find Semitic store-cities in the Egyptian Delta, they call them “mercenary camps.” When they see a city abandoned overnight, they blame a “shifting Nile.”

But if you’re a fan of Creative Engineering, you know that the best rewards come when you actually use your head. Whether it’s a logic puzzle in Treasure Cove or the logistics of the Exodus, the math doesn’t lie.

The “New Year’s Eve” Succession Scam

One of the biggest lies in secular archaeology is the “Perfect Succession.” Official Egyptian king lists make it look like every Pharaoh died on December 31st and the next guy started on January 1st.

We know that isn’t how reality works. These lists were propaganda. By removing the natural gaps and ignoring co-regencies, historians have inflated the Egyptian timeline by about 200 years. When you “deflate” that timeline and remove the artificial transitions, the Bible and archaeology align perfectly.

Tactical Strikes: Judgment Against the “Gods”

The ten plagues weren’t just “natural disasters.” They were specific, surgical judgments against the Egyptian pantheon—the demonic entities that the Egyptians worshipped.

  • The Nile to Blood: A strike against Hapi, the god of the Nile.
  • The Darkness: A direct humiliation of Ra, the sun god.
  • The Tenth Plague: A strike against Pharaoh himself, who was considered a living god.

God wasn’t just freeing slaves; He was dismantling a demonic power structure in front of the entire world.

The Dynastic Heart Attack: The Bloodline Snap

The tenth plague didn’t just kill a prince; it ended a dynasty. In the 18th Dynasty, the “Perfect Heir” had to be the son of the Pharaoh and his Great Royal Wife (who was almost always his sister or half-sister to keep the bloodline “divine”).

When that firstborn son died, the “pure” line of succession snapped. The successor, Thutmose IV, was likely the son of a secondary wife. This is why he had to erect the Dream Stele between the paws of the Sphinx. He had to claim a god “bypassed” the traditional line to pick him. You don’t need a “divine dream” to justify your rule unless the rightful, high-born heir is dead and the palace is in a state of chaos.

The Industrial and Human Collapse: The “Math Storm”

We often underestimate the blow of losing 600 chosen chariots. These were the “stealth fighters” of the Bronze Age, but the bigger loss was the 1,200 elite troops and the 1,200 warhorses. When the sea closed over them, Egypt lost its entire mobile strike force. This is why Amenhotep II’s military records vanish after his 9th year. He didn’t become a man of peace; he had no “hardware” or “pilots” left to fight with.

The Death of the Industry: A Brain Drain

In the ancient world, master trades like chariot building and horse taming were family secrets passed from father to firstborn son. When the heirs of these craftsmen died in the tenth plague, the “instruction manuals” for Egypt’s high-tech industry were deleted. The “trade secrets” died in a single night, ensuring Egypt couldn’t simply rebuild. They had to reinvent the wheel from scratch.

The “Habiru Coincidence”: The Final Smoking Gun

This is where the secular narrative completely falls apart. If the Exodus is a myth, then the Egyptian records contain an impossible coincidence.

After the Exodus, Egypt—the regional superpower—goes silent for decades. When they finally reappear in the Amarna Letters, we see desperate messages from Canaanite kings begging the Pharaoh for help against a group called the “Habiru” (Hebrews) who are taking over the land.

To believe the “experts,” you have to believe the Hebrews just coincidentally appeared out of thin air exactly 40 years after Egypt’s army was wiped out. That’s not archaeology; that’s a bad script. Why didn’t Egypt send the army to stop them? Because they were still a bankrupt nation trying to rebuild an elite officer corps that had been sitting at the bottom of the Reed Sea for 40 years.

Dismantling the “Myth” Label: The House of David

For decades, “experts” laughed at the Bible and said King David was as real as King Arthur—a total legend. Then, in 1993, the Tel Dan Stele was found. It’s a victory monument from an Aramean king who bragged about killing a king from the “House of David.”

Just like the “Habiru” in the Amarna Letters, the physical evidence proves that the people the Bible describes were exactly where the Bible says they were. The “experts” were wrong for a century. They are wrong about the Exodus now.

Conclusion: Don’t Be Stupid

The evidence isn’t missing; it’s just been hidden by a calendar designed to protect the pride of dead Pharaohs. If you’re tired of being fed stories that don’t pass a basic logic test, it’s time to start using your brain.

The receipts are real, and they are sitting in museums right now. I’ve put together a full Museum Field Guide with the exact catalog numbers for the “House of David” stele, the Amarna Letters, and more.

This guide is an exclusive for Knights & Dukes over via the Swagnilla Ice Discord. Stop being told what to think. Start looking at the math.

I Built a Donut Factory | Creative Engineering E55

In this episode of Creative Engineering, Swag sets up a donut factory that produces both plain and apple donuts after updating the numbers on the board of support. See where he erred so you can avoid the same mistakes, and learn the mechanics behind producing these two new foods. This modpack is now available for download on the Swagnilla Ice blog!

Comic Book Character for a Day: Who Would You Choose?

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For today’s aside, I want to pose a question to all of you: If you could be any comic book hero for just one day, who would you choose and why? It is easy to get caught up in who has the flashiest powers, but I am more interested in the motivation behind your choice.

As for me, I would choose Captain America. Even though he has enhanced abilities, he is still mortal and is guided by a very clear sense of right and wrong. What really resonates with me is his ending in Endgame. After everything he went through, he used the opportunity to go back and live a normal life, eventually growing into an old man. I love the fact that he took the chance to actually marry Peggy Carter and have a family with her. That desire for a quiet, grounded life and a family, despite having the power of a hero, is why he is my pick.

I would love to hear your picks in the comments below after you become a member if you aren’t already one. If you are a member and part of my Discord server, feel free to head over to it to share more about your choice and see what everyone else is saying.

The Reality Check: Why Temping is My Path Forward

I often talk about the future of Swagnilla Ice, but I want to be real with you all about the present. For a long time, I tried to do things the traditional way. I applied for the steady, permanent roles, but the job market has a way of being cold.

Despite my efforts, the traditional 9-to-5 world hasn’t been biting. And even when I did have that stability, it proved to be an illusion. My longest run at a job was six years before I was given the boot.

That experience changed how I look at employment and why I’ve embraced temp work while we build this community together.

The Illusion of Permanent Work
Getting let go after six years teaches you a hard lesson: no matter how much time you put in, you are often just a line on a spreadsheet. When that permanent safety net disappears, you realize that the only thing you truly own is what you build for yourself. That is exactly what I am doing here with this blog and my video series.

Turning Rejection into Fuel
It’s frustrating to put yourself out there and not get the call back. But instead of letting that stall me, I’m using temping as a tool. It’s a way to keep Harmani Investments happy and the rent paid without tied-down loyalty to companies that haven’t shown that same loyalty to me in the past.

Why the Membership Matters
This is why I’m so focused on our membership tiers. Whether you are a Peasant, a Knight, or a Duke, you are helping me build a career that can’t be taken away by a corporate boot. Until Swagnilla Ice is fully supported by the community, temping is how I bridge the gap. It keeps me agile, it keeps the bills paid, and most importantly, it keeps me from being at the mercy of a hiring manager who doesn’t see the value in what I do.

By supporting me here at Swagnilla Ice with a membership, you are helping me to secure the future and produce more awesome content like this blog post.

Creative Engineering E54: Fishing Pond & Maxed Out Fishing Rod

In this episode of Creative Engineering, Swag builds a custom Minecraft fishing pond and enchants a max-level fishing rod for ultimate loot. While working on the pond’s design, Swag explains his building process and shares which rare items he is hoping to fish up. He also gets lucky and snags a powerful enchanted book—watch the full episode to find out which one!

My Exercise Regime

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I follow a steady exercise regime now of visiting the aquatic centre at Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre every other day as long as I am not working that day. My routine is a simple 20 minutes of jogging back and forth or in place in the deep area of the leisure pool (sometimes I will swim a few laps back and forth for extra exercise), then a 5 minute soak in the hot tub, and finishing with 5 minutes of riding the water slide (walking up the stairs to the top is good exercise!). This can vary by a few minutes depending on various factors, but I am usually out of the pool in about forty minutes at the latest. If you need to get more exercise, why don’t you try it? The water is great for cushioning your joints especially if you suffer from arthritic pain like I do!