Endocuff and related cap-assisted devices potentially allow for better... detection of polyps, but come at increased cost and increased exam time. What do you think? Do you use them? #gitwitter #colonoscopy David Schwartz Babu P. Mohan Mohamad El Zein MD, MPH  American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ASGE GI Endoscopyshow more

This couple sold their home and everything in it... in 2019 and moved to Georgia where the husband was relocated for work. They moved into their 5th wheel Keystone RV full time and have been doing it for six years now. They planned on doing this for their retirement but decided to do it earlier because of the relocation. Now they spend their time traveling the country and checking things off their bucket list. They spend their summers at their family farm. They miss their adult children but the children meet up with them and sometimes travel with them. Some say they are jealous and this is their dream too but others say you should never sell your house because houses are gold right now and what if you get tired of traveling or sick and RV’s depreciate significantly. What do you think? Do any of you have this dream? Are you selling the house and all your possessions to live free like this? Could you travel this much? What’s your retirement dream?show more

Personally, I think the hardest thing for a meme... coin trader isn’t missing the bottom — it’s watching your profits fade away. $SCAM market cap dropped from 15M to 540K. During that process, who knows how many people watched their profits slowly shrink. But I noticed one wallet that performed really well. It bought in at a market cap of 11.39K with $591.25, and then sold at a market cap of 856.85K, making +$43.8K in profit (+7298.97% gain), all within just one hour. Even though the token later reached a 15M market cap, who can guarantee what happens next? Taking profits in time is what matters most. Even if you sell too early, it’s still better than giving back your gains. Adjust your mindset — what do you think? Here’s the wallet:show more

Universities and High Schools have not moved rapidly enough... to guide students to have skills for the next decade. THEY HAVE FAILED. It is a massive crisis that can be averted by understanding what AI and Robotics will bring about. Solutions are knowing how to use these tools and new industries that will rise. But this situation is also on ALL OF US. No “job” is safe from founder to entry level in most industries. You and I, by what we do, will be “replaced” ultimately. What to do? AI and Robotics are tools, the next decade is owned by those who know how to use them expertly, but this is also temporary. We have to understand that what we do for “work” will change giving ultimately a greater value to those that are: Creative Flexible Always learning Willing to be wrong Love being human Love being alive Know history Covet wisdom Knowing all tech has downsides Building strong family and friends Realize many institutions have failed The first four are required for you to be able to live through this period with your sanity intact. The rest will allow you to thrive. There are no true careers at this point anymore. There are advocation and vocations which will either earn you money or give life meaning. We will learn that we are not “what we do”, just like we knew for 99% of human existence. Let that sink in. — You and I are far, far ahead of knowing this and we can do two things: 1) Laugh at the “clueless” 2) Help people understand with grace Go to Reddit if you are 1, in fact don’t follow me because you will not like this next decade and what I post. You are 2 and thank you. Even if you and I have not solved this issue, we can help people understand what is ahead and with determination and creativity bound together to solve it locally. Or human family has done this millions of times. The evidence is: you are here. The Neo Luddite movement has not even begun and it will potentially rip apart society even more than all the fashionable moment in the recent past has. These Luddites will have a good point with the wrong answers cooked up by dying academics that cling to labels, “virtues” and victim hood. It will be readymade for some governments to enter in as “big daddy” to “help us”. You will not like what they do, but you will only know when it is too late. It will include YOU “volunteering” to “leave” by 60, to “help out” CanadaPod style. “Brian, I’m 24 what do I do?”. I hope to do much more here to help. But I do know this: 1) Learn a trade or vocation because it’s valuable. It may also be free to low cost if you do it right. 2) Learn everything you can about USING AI and TRAINING YOUR AI. Your expertise will be in the top 1% for a decade. But not forever. 3) Understand Bitcoin and how it will rise while other things sink. This is a short list for now. We will know more moving forward. When you see videos like this posted below, know one thing: Many of these folks had no real family of mental and physical support. Maybe no parent or one parent. Maybe only a broke system to prepare them for—nothing. This was not their doing. Now it is not your “job” to help them, it is your survival to help them if that is what you need. See some day after the dust settles these 20 year olds will be 40 year olds and running YOUR world. And at some point you may need them more than you think you do. You will need them, as they need you now. THIS IS WHAT PAST WISDOM KNEW. The elders of the past never found the need to piss on the youth and hope for the best. THE YOUTH ARE OUR BEST, let us all find ways to change it, even if every aspect of “the system” wants us to berate them into the ground.show more

Why do so many kids quit baseball at 13?... Steve Springer has heard every excuse. But the real answer is usually simple. It is the pressure put on them by the people who love them most. Parents who turn the car ride home into a postgame review. Coaches who only talk to a kid if they got two hits the night before. Ten year olds playing with tension, anxiety, and pressure instead of calmness and focus and fun. Steve's response to the parents who ask what happened: you know what happened. You were a whack job. Hard to hear. But the cost is real. Kids who quit at 13 because of that pressure don't always come back to the game. And even if they do come back, it's usually not til they are 17, once their body changes and they want to try again. That is four years of instincts they never get back. Steve Springer has coached, scouted, and played professionally for decades and this week on the podcast he breaks down what kids need at every age to keep developing instead of burning out. Want the full episode? Comment PODCAST and I will send it over.show more

👤 there are a lot of different types of... lego, right? what do you like? 🦊 i’m not picky and i like them all but the ones i have built and up right now are the roller coaster lego and the disney castle? i think that’s the one 🦊 it’s at a price point that i wouldn’t have even dreamt of when i was younger so i was really proud as soon as i bought it for the first time…like “i’ve succeeded 😎”show more

Hills I will die on as an elementary school... teacher, who just wrapped up my 32nd year teaching! 1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to teach, this profession is not for you. 2. Our students are not “ours”. They are their families, and we need to understand the magnitude of the calling, and responsibility we have to meet them where they are, and to help them to get to a place that they never thought possible. 3. As important as the curriculum is (and it IS important), the children in our classroom are what matter most. It’s our JOB to teach the curriculum to SERVE our students, NOT to use our students to push any sort of agenda. 4. Just as we teach our students to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our students better than they were when they first entered into our classroom. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every child. 5. We should not teach our children WHAT to think, but HOW to think, and how to use that knowledge to bless and serve not only themselves, but the world around them. 6. Our words carry little (or NO value), if we do not practice what we preach. 7. If we don’t make learning fun, children will view learning as a chore, and we we will be creating a generation of children who grow up to be young adults who don’t see the joy in learning new things. 8. The child that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive. 9. Never tell a child they “can’t” do something. God has blessed each of them with far more strengths and talents than we may know, and it’s not our job to tell them what they can’t do, but to help them to realize all the things they CAN do. 10. The legacy you leave as a teacher will never be determined by your student’s test scores, but by the human beings you helped them become throughout their lives.show more

Why is the national guard handing out coffee and... donuts? The ret*rds among the Amerimutt right don't understand why the National Guard of Minnesota are giving out donuts and coffee to the locals in Minneapolis. They're too inexperienced to understand basic COIN principles. You must win over the locals. You have to meet with them, create every opportunity to connect. Make them like you and do it in a genuine, and human way. Once you do that 90% of your operations are basically done. This is how the US gets to stay in extremely dangerous places around the world, and the unit responsible for it is CAPOC. It's manned by extremely charismatic and intelligent officers. Every event and encounter is accounted for, studied and eventually every loss is turned into a win. In Vietnam era terminology it's called winning hearts and minds. The majority of humans, by their core nature, are unwilling to attack a friendly face. Furthermore, when they connect with someone, genuinely, they are unlikely to betray them most of the time. Stack these events and the likelihood of immersion with the locals becomes high. Then you facilitate your strategic objectives, without any interference from the locals, because they're already on your side. What you don't do is a road-side execution, fit for a terror organisation. This doesn't just lose you the locals but creates an environment where people around the world want to actively see you harmed, or lose. Every local you kill has hundreds of friends and potentially thousands of associations. Do this enough times and the entire city will want to hunt you down. So, while the e-right laugh at the competent national guard, they're busy winning, one hot coffee, one donut, one hand shake and one conversation at a time.show more

🚨 BREAKING: Scientists just made “programmable knots of light”... for communication and sensing. They’re called plasmonic skyrmions. Think of them as stable topological patterns in electromagnetic fields structures that can carry information because their shape is hard to destroy. Now researchers have built a platform that can program different skyrmion states, including merons and Néel-type skyrmions, and use them for: • multichannel wireless communication • sensing through noisy environments • AI-assisted object recognition The deeper idea is powerful: Information may not just be carried by waves… It may be carried by the shape of the wave itself. That’s the future of communication: not stronger signals, but smarter structure. What do you think are topological signals the next leap after ordinary wireless? Follow me I break down the physics behind the biggest breakthroughs.show more

Existing blissfully as a trader is one of the... GREATEST life hacks. The BIGGEST LOSERS are the ones who are CHASING, CHASING, CHASING and CHASING. They tell you, "You need to be locked in, grinding hard, 100 hour weeks crafting your edge!" I don't think there has been a bigger lie told. MAYBE for the little guys who are trying to DESPERATELY find a way out of poverty [and even then, there are much better options out there in these conditions], But for the rest, the ones who are remain here, The MORE you RUSH and envision a specific lifestyle or material items to be in your possession because of social media programming, The more you're FORCED TO ACT and PANIC. Time is not running out. If it was, you'd ALREADY be cooked right now. What's 6 more months? Even a year? You've already been here X amount of years anyway. Opportunities COME to you but you MUST ACT when the time is right. In the fight game, when you LOOK for shots, you sometimes put yourself in unfavourable positions JUST to land. But if you're EXISTING and wait, The mistakes of your opponent COME TO YOU and you CAPITALIZE on it. Let the retards capitulate whether it's price or time based because they need the "fastest horse" in the moment. Look at the best trades made as of recent: ZEC and HYPE. Do you think "those guys" sat there overtrading? They SAW the trade, let it come to them and then blocked out all the noise. They had REASSURANCE AMONGST each other. A team on the same path. You have the same thing too. The "privacy supercycle" has already been identified and now ALL it takes is to exercise patience with additional plays in the same category. Do you agree that BTC will set a new ATH? You do, of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be here. And if it's the case, you already know how to profit from that occurrence when institutions or big players look for "the next" catchup to ZEC or HYPE after BTC goes mainstream again. Perhaps mid or late into the bull cycle, but it'll happen. It's a tale as old as time, human nature doesn't change. The stage is set, you have to merely EXIST. ~ Dr. Axius.show more

The last time I, Cara was out to visit... Scott and April, Scott asked me what it meant when I told him I identified as a brat. A brat is a label in a kink dynamic. They are usually a sub (submissive), but they rarely ever just do what is asked of them. They often make it a challenge for the Dom and require a lot of wit and banter to engage with them. Want me to stay hydrated? I’ll send you a video of water dribbling out of my mouth. Picked out an outfit for me to wear? I’ll wear something very similar. Tell me you’re in a meeting? I’ll send you a picture of my… whoopsie! Over the years I’ve discovered that being a BRAT can help you navigate injuries in your workouts. Brats are: Putting an emphasis on fun. Always pushing it. Finding the edges of what you can do without going too far. When working with an injury or limitation in the gym you want those things. Finding movement that brings you joy can be instrumental during a time when you may feel as if your body is failing you. Pushing things just enough to constantly challenge yourself will allow you to not get stuck in corrective exercises and make consistent progress. Are you needing more guidance in the gym or working through an injury? Come brat it up with me! @caraturnquist #naughtygym #fitness #health #brat #sub #health #gym #openrelationship #wellness #injurypreventionshow more

This mom makes her eleven year old son walk... a mile around the neighborhood before he can have any screen time. She said she does this to regulate his mood and energy, to build discipline to let him know fun comes after the effort, not the other way around, and, it reduces arguments - you work first and then play later, the expectations are set. Many people focused on his walking around the neighborhood by himself but she says she lives in a neighborhood where she feels very comfortable. A lot of people applauded her for making her son get outside, that it was not only healthy for his body but for his mind as well. She said this is not a punishment. I think kids in this day and age need to be forced to get outside. Too many of us allow them to stare at screens all day long. I applaud her for her routine with her son. What do you think of her morning routine for her eleven year old son?show more

Mick Jagger: Fans Don’t Want Political Lectures at Concerts... Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger pushed back against the trend of musicians delivering political speeches from the stage, following Bruce Springsteen’s recent anti-Trump remarks. Speaking in a Saturday interview on The New York Times’ podcast, Jagger said fans come to shows for an escape: “The bottom line of my thing really is that my job in the live music world is for those people that come is to have the best time they possibly can. For two hours or whatever it is, to forget all their problems and the problems of the world… You don’t want to lecture them.” He added that “Nobody wants to hear a whole song about politics.” (Video: AI) Do you agree with Jagger that concerts should be an escape from politics? Or do you think artists should use their platform to speak out?show more

Imperium Coffee is back & better than ever! Previously,... I totally failed at marketing this — I focused more on the concept of the brand than the quality of the coffee Which is stupid, bc it’s actually unmatched: -100% arabica -ROASTED TO ORDER -Beans grown b/n 4,000-7,000 feet (Higher altitudes slow the maturation of the beans, which results in fuller and more complex flavor profiles) But over the past several months, I’ve been working on a new site to correct this Not only is it optimized for mobile, but it also shows you everything you want to know about each roast: -Tasting notes -Roast intensity -Origin of the beans -Ideal brewing methods -My personal thoughts …and much more! To celebrate the launch of the new site (link in bio), I’m running a promo for the rest of this week — just use the code REVAMP for 20% off But even if you don’t snag any coffee, do check out the site and let me know what you think! It’s been a long time in the making, and it never could have happened without your feedback. Here’s to the new era of Imperium Coffee! 💪😎☕️show more

Marcus Freeman said, "You can't talk your way into... winning a National Championship. You can't talk your way into being a Hall of Famer...You got to work and you got to constantly focus on improvement." You have to show up and do the work. Your work ethic is something that you can control. • It means competing. • It means committing. • It means showing up consistently. People see success, but they don't see the hard work and preparation it takes. 5 Steps to Improve Your Work Ethic and Focus: 1. Be Intentional About How Your Work - Show up every day with a clear purpose on what you will prepare and why. Think about the quality of your practice, the details, and reflect on where to focus most. This approach ensures your working towards improvement and growth. 2. Show up Committed Every Day - Don't just participate, show up, and commit. It means compete and choose to go above-and-beyond every day. Have a positive attitude and dedicate yourself to what you are doing. When you're focused, present, and engaged that is when growth starts to happen. 3. Be Consistent - You have to be consistent with your habits and work ethic. It means committing to the process of improving and putting in the time. Success doesn't happen overnight, it's the result of consistently showing up and doing the work day in and day out. 4. Prepare Mentally and Physically - This means think about your physical and mental state when you are practicing and when you will perform. Understand what environment allows you to perform your best. Use mindfulness to think about the connection between your mind and body. 5. Create a Plan for When Obstacles Arise - Don’t just imagine the great outcome, visualize what may stop you from reaching it. Prepare for the obstacles. Write them down and plan how you’ll overcome them. This keeps you prepared and resilient when challenges come your way. Takeaway: Talent can you get you into many rooms, but it's your work ethic, focus, and attitude that keep you there. - - - The video comes from Marcus Freeman's interview with Pivot Podcast. A great listen for all coaches, parents, teachers, and athletes out there! Follow me Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness more posts on resilience, leadership, and mindset.show more

🏀 Knicks Championship Parade: Family Pride & MVP Moments... — But at What Cost to the Taxpayer? What a day in NYC! Jalen Brunson, fresh off leading the Knicks to their first title in 53 years, made the parade a true family affair. He carried his adorable 1-year-old daughter Jordyn (rocking that “New York my dad’s the MVP Hallelujah” tank top!), walked with his wife Dr. Ali, and soaked in the “MVP!” chants from the crowd. High school sweethearts done right—pure joy for the Brunson family and Knicks fans everywhere. Congrats on the hardware and that incredible Game 5 performance! These family moments are what sports are all about. 🏆 But… at a time when Mayor Mamdani is pulling ~$8 billion in state aid from Gov. Hochul to help close NYC’s massive budget gaps and fund ongoing spending, is a big-city parade the best use of resources? Priorities matter when taxpayers are footing the bill. Do you think this parade is a responsible use of tax dollars? (Video: AI)show more

🚨PLEASE SHARE🚨 I spent 2 hours this afternoon talking... to a 61 year old VETERAN who served 22 years in the Royal Engineers 'SAPPER' who has been living rough for the last 6 MONTHS in Grimsby and has tried to get help and support from SSAFA & NOVA but finds himself STILL on the STREETS THIS MAN'S HEALTH IS DETERIORATING FAST Whilst I was speaking to him I noticed the leader of the council walking past, and said can I have a minute to talk about this homeless veteran, do you know what he did? HE LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HE WAS A PIECE OF SHIT ON HIS SHOE AND CARRIED ON WALKING I also talked to numerous police officers one suggesting I ring 101 So I remembered what you said last time, and I went into my local council office and said to them Johnny Mercer The minister for veterans has said if I find any homeless veterans on the streets to come into my local council as they will treat it as a matter of urgency Do you know what they said to me? Get in contact with Man served his country for 22 fucking years and that's the best you can do! Temperature outside is currently FREEZING YOU NEED TO ACT NOW BEFORE IT'S TO LATE. 24484944 SAPPER BRYAN 🙏🏻show more

VTubing is for everyone! I don't like to bring... this up, but recent events in the VTuber community made some people really vile. I had my M&G at HolMat last week and had people come up and just yell at me for being a girl in the "womans world", that is VTubing, no idea about who I was, or why I was there. I had the same group return to my handler multiple times, I felt really worried about the person carrying me around having to deal with this repeatedly and tried to steer them away from the group. It seems they found my YT and left me a handful of the same comments, luckily all caught by moderation tools. While I will refrain from M&G's for a little until this calms down I want to say this; I have been managing for over 1.5 years now, I deliberately take on male VTubers to show them that they can still do it. I take on people that have babiniku accounts, those that are changing from one gender presentation to another and want help, and those that have no gender presentation in their avatar. A lot of male VTubers struggle to find a manager because the stereotype is that all male VTubers are evil and it perpetuates a stereotype that extends beyond entertainment industry subcultures like streaming. VTubing has always been a medium, while character and marketing matters, it's about what makes you happy, YOU are the person that makes the content. Use whatever you want as an avatar, use a voice changer if that's what you want to do. Every month I have a male client bring up they can't do it the same way, that it's easier if jiggle physics or a cute voice is the answer to fast growth. And I tell them yeah, I can also do ASMR, I can do drama content, collab with a larger person, and get to x amount of viewers. There are shortcuts in every entertainment profession and subculture. Does it last? Do quick fixes for anything ever last? Yes, great physics and an expensive model can get people in, but if your value, your way of interacting with people, your content plan and marketing is ass, you can pack up. Most of us start on a small budget, premade or resold models, and it's the same in the big league entertainment industry too. Can I take out a loan and put myself on a billboard tomorrow, can I pay the most expensive model artist and rigger and get in along corporate VTubers tomorrow? Sure. Will it last, will it be genuine, will people trust me? Hell no. Genuine communities and growth build trust. I think streaming, creative industries, entertainment, are full of people, regardless of gender, that will see success and call it "easy", because of what they see as the end product. They don't see most VTubers working a second job, they don't see the managers, they don't see 100+ hours a month going into content production, years invested in singing and voice lessons, model redebut after redebut. I think a lot of male VTubers get a bad rep, because so many boys are raised without putting emphasis on empathy and creativity, watching my brothers be told they should not pursue art, that theatre class is a waste of time, and that they needed to go study x or y to make money for their families in the future was heartbreaking. Nobody should have to look at others and feel so much hatred for society they turn against a whole group of people. If you want to pursue entertainment, please do. If you want to grow and try and make a name for yourself, you should start there, not with yelling about how you already failed. "Oh but I can't", "Oh but the odds are stacked against me", look at the big streamers, look at Ironmouse who overcame everything with hard work, look at Kiara who rose from the ashes, look at everyone that fights against their odds every day and give it your all. If you already think you lost, then you have nothing to lose. Don't give up on your dreams because others tell you to.show more

Andy Burnham on Jimmy's Jobs - out tomorrow. There... is lots to unpack, but I wanted to flag one thing ahead of the episode. He is often characterised as the classic career politician: researcher, SpAd, MP, minister, Cabinet. And that is all true. But the first three years of his career were actually pretty unglamorous: unpaid journalism, transport trade magazines and even writing for Sea Container World. And that is part of the WHOLE point of Jimmy's Jobs. We want to help people see all the extraordinary jobs and opportunities open to them across the UK - and around the world. There are entrepreneurs and business leaders up and down this country creating companies, building industries and employing young people. I genuinely believe it has never been a better time to be working. We are no longer sending people a mile underground to dig for coal, as my father and grandfather had to do to earn a living - if that is what you can call it. But careers can still feel daunting, social media shows you people crushing it. What it rarely shows you is how messy most careers really are: the false starts, the odd jobs, the LUCKY breaks and the moments of chance. At Jimmy's Jobs, we are trying to increase people’s chances by showing them more of what is possible. So hearing Andy talk about that early period of his life was fascinating. It is a reminder that even when you do not feel as though you are on the right path, you may still be heading somewhere extraordinary. You might even end up as Prime Minister. Follow Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 and Jimmy's Jobs for the full episode tomorrow.show more

Season 2 of Valiants: Tap-Tap is here!🌟 It’s time... to dive into the new and exciting world of Valoria! Here’s everything you need to know: Now available here! 🔥 New Points Store Your efforts in Season 1 have paid off. Now, you can use your store points to redeem amazing rewards. What will you find? Surprise boxes containing exclusive items in Valiants: Tap-Tap and Valiants: Arena, NFTs that you can trade in the future, and a portion of the $VGN Airdrop allocation. Important: For now, the boxes can only be purchased, but soon you’ll be able to open them to discover what’s inside. Stay tuned for updates so you don’t miss anything! 🕒 🎁 Wild Spin - Spin and Win Introducing the new **Wild Spin**, where each spin could change your fate. Spins will be awarded based on the activity and performance of your friends with a good User Score. So, stay active and keep connecting with your teammates to maximize your chances! What can you win? Experience, unlocks, and even USDT prizes that you can withdraw directly to your airdrop wallet. Tip: Use your USDT winnings to purchase additional spins and keep the wheel turning. How far will your luck take you? 🎰 💥New Valiants and Items The battle in Valoria heats up with the arrival of new Valiants and accessories. These exclusive items will allow you to explore new strategies and challenge your opponents like never before. 📋 Patch Notes Not only are we introducing new features, but we’ve also made several improvements and adjustments to provide you with a smoother and more satisfying gaming experience. Here are all the details: - Daily Combo Changes: The combo is now linear, meaning the challenge has increased. Can you keep up the streak? This change is designed to reward the most skilled and dedicated players. - Daily Login Update: Starting from day 10, the rewards get even better. Don’t miss a single day to maximize your benefits! We’ve also adjusted the progression so that each login brings you closer to more significant rewards. - Complete UI Redesign: We’ve revamped the entire user interface to make it more intuitive and visually appealing. Additionally, you can now choose between two visual themes: the serenity of Kai or the energy of Mimi. We’ve even added some music to accompany your adventure! These improvements are designed to make your time in Valoria even more enjoyable. We hope you love them as much as we do! ✨Don’t miss out on this new adventure! Explore all the new features in Season 2 and discover how to dominate the new world of Valoria. Remember, every decision can bring you one step closer to victory. See you in the game!🔥show more