THIS PLACE DIES IN SILENCE — JUST LIKE OUR TRADE Let’s be honest... Communities don’t fail because of trolls or disagreements. They fail because of silence. The same silence that’s killing this trade. The silence after near-misses. The silence when something feels off, but nobody wants to be “that guy.” The silence that protects bad leadership, weak systems, and dangerous habits, because speaking up feels harder than fitting in. That silence doesn’t keep us safe... It just keeps things comfortable—right up until someone gets hurt. This space exists to break that pattern. If you’re here and you’ve been quiet, this is your moment. Not later. Not when it’s perfectly worded. Now. Start a conversation. Introduce yourself. Ask the question you’ve been carrying. Say the thing you don’t hear anyone else saying. Why did you join this space? What are you seeing in the trade that doesn’t sit right with you? What are we pretending not to notice? You don’t need permission. You don’t need a title. You don’t need to agree with anyone here. But you do need a voice. This isn’t content to consume. It’s a room to step into. If all we do is scroll, this becomes the same silence we complain about in the field—and we already know where that leads. So speak up... Engage... Break the quiet... The Arena only exists if people are willing to stand in it. Your move. ~Kevin

I mentioned yesterday in another post, that I'd share part of my EB&G Module. There are multiple pages, appendices, math, and explanations of the physics behind EB&G. More than I can share here in a single post. So here is the Introduction and a small example of the content there. I've also included a link at the bottom to the full Instructional Guide. INTRODUCTION — READ THIS BEFORE YOU TOUCH A SINGLE GROUND This guide isn’t about checkboxes, compliance, or the watered-down version of grounding most of this trade grew up with. This is the real thing — the physics, the math, and the Brotherhood-level discipline behind Equipotential Bonding & Grounding (EB&G) and Equipotential Zones (EPZs). Most linemen were taught what to do, not why it works. And when you don’t know the why, you end up relying on habit, luck, or whatever the old-timer before you believed. That’s not good enough anymore. Not in a trade where one wrong assumption can kill you faster than you can blink. This instructional guide gives you the truth — the science underneath the clamps, the equations underneath the current flow, and the principles underneath the Brotherhood’s approach to keeping each other alive. If you understand this guide, you’re not just following grounding procedures… you’re engineering survival with every bond you make. https://www.skool.com/lineman-bullshit/classroom/11154309?md=2f1d6fe97ad64aa887632ac8b3f2879e