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Fertilization is not random, and the fastest sperm does not always win: in reality, the egg decides who succeeds. While for decades we were taught that fertilization is a race won by the fastest sperm, a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows how human reproduction...

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This is rare scientific footage recorded in 2012 in the waters of the Azores (Portugal). An adult bottlenose dolphin with a severe spinal deformity (scoliosis) — its body curved into an S-shape — was unable to swim as fast as other dolphins. It was left behind by its own pod because it could not keep up. 🐬💓 Instead, the dolphin was accepted by a group of sperm whales. The slower-moving whales frequently rubbed against its body, swam closely beside it, and protected the dolphin as if it were a member of their own group. This was the first time humans had documented non-hostile (friendly) behavior between sperm whales and another species. It shows that sperm whales possess remarkable intelligence and a strong capacity for compassion, willing to “adopt” a vulnerable individual even from a different species.

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Herasight advisor and genetics professor Alex Strudwick Young says that in the future, we may be able to create gametes from non-gamete adult cells and stack that with gene editing to remove disease-causing variants: "In vitro gametogenesis is a technology to create gametes — so sperm and eggs, eggs is what would be more useful generally — from adult cells that are not gamete cells." "That could potentially create thousands of embryos." "Then there's also gene editing. You can use CRISPR or a technology like that to go into an embryo and edit particular base pairs, remove some disease-causing variant, or maybe more controversially enhance some ability." "My idea for the future of this space could be that you have a stack, where you have in vitro gametogenesis that creates thousands of embryos. Then you can get the genome data, do the predictions of the disease risks and traits from that, select a few promising embryos, and then do some edits in them."
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Herasight advisor and genetics professor Alex Strudwick Young says that in the future, we may be able to create gametes from non-gamete adult cells and stack that with gene editing to remove disease-causing variants: "In vitro gametogenesis is a technology to create gametes — so sperm and eggs, eggs is what would be more useful generally — from adult cells that are not gamete cells." "That could potentially create thousands of embryos." "Then there's also gene editing. You can use CRISPR or a technology like that to go into an embryo and edit particular base pairs, remove some disease-causing variant, or maybe more controversially enhance some ability." "My idea for the future of this space could be that you have a stack, where you have in vitro gametogenesis that creates thousands of embryos. Then you can get the genome data, do the predictions of the disease risks and traits from that, select a few promising embryos, and then do some edits in them."

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Cool_Ustaaz ☪

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Having hailed vaccines as a major success of modern medicine, Dr Bret Weinstein is now embarrassed to admit that he has changed his position on childhood vaccines after deeper research. ‘I was shocked to discover the level at which the safety work simply had not been done. Which has now been acknowledged by one of the leading proponents (Stanley Plotkin)….. The mechanisms that are employed by vaccine manufacturers and the methods used to test or really to obscure safety signals make the products invalid from the get-go…. At the moment I discovered that we were using a trick to hyperactive the immune system in order to make the vaccine work my thought was how could that possibly be safe…. and what does that have to do with all the allergies we scratch our heads over.’ The antigen is non specific and can trigger the immune system to react to something that is not a pathogen like foods or something in the environment, causing life long allergies.

Kat A 🌸

1,455,820 views • 1 year ago

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The assumption that Earth operates as a largely self-contained system - affected by its own geology, its own climate cycles, its own biological processes - is one Randall argues we need to outgrow. This planet is embedded in a cosmic environment, and the evidence that the cosmic domain impinges on the terrestrial far more frequently than previously imagined is now beyond ambiguity. The ancient peoples who were obsessed with the sky were not engaged in superstition. They were paying attention to something that modern science is only now catching up to. The solar constant - the assumed stability of energy output from the sun - is not nearly as constant as the name implies. Randall argues that a significant portion of the changes happening on Earth, changes that are routinely attributed to purely terrestrial causes, are connected to fluctuations and events in the cosmic domain of which Earth is a part. The sky that ancient cultures watched with such intensity was not a backdrop to human history. It was an active participant in it - and Randall argues that thinking cosmically is not an abstract philosophical exercise. It is the only framework large enough to accurately account for what has been happening on this planet throughout human history and what continues to happen now. Spots are limited - click here to join Randall on his upcoming Finger Lakes tour!

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Could #3IATLAS be the next clue in humanity’s search for alien life? This documentary explores the global effort to find extraterrestrial intelligence including unexplained signals and the bizarre arrival of Oumuamua Scientists now propose that it might be artificial in origin a technological fragment from a civilization that died over a billion years ago turning space exploration into an archaeological dig through time itself This documentary investigates two phenomena that challenge our understanding of life beyond Earth an unusual radio signal and the arrival of an object from another star system. It explains how scientists search for extraterrestrial intelligence by scanning frequencies believed to be universally significant such as the hydrogen line. The film references the historic WOW! Signal as a compelling but unrepeatable example. The second half focuses on Oumuamua, discovered in 2017 which displayed extraordinary physical traits and non gravitational motion leading to theories that it may be an artificial probe. Although no transmissions were detected its trajectory points to a distant star system that once hosted advanced life. Modern space telescopes have detected artificial chemical signatures in that region, implying that Oumuamua could be a surviving fragment of a long lost civilization. The film concludes by emphasizing the importance of preserving life on Earth as intelligence elsewhere may not endure indefinitely

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From earlier this morning, Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine’s update on the two airmen rescued in Iran... “We’ve had — the Secretary and I have had the profound honor of speaking directly with many of the warfighters on that mission, from the downed crew that that were picked up to those forces that went and got them. Hearing these stories firsthand has only deepened our appreciation for their tenacity, creativity, courage, and grit of the American Joint Force. This is a story that gets to the very heart and soul of who we are as a joint force, who we are as Americans. Selfless sacrifice in service of others. From the back seater, Dude 44 Bravo, whose pure and unadulterated joy at seeing those helicopters come into the valley to get his front seater in daylight because he knew the front seater did not have a jacket and was so filled with heart leaping joy at his front seater, getting picked up to the nighttime folks that went in and then got him to the tanker forces that did the things that they had to do to give their own gas away to the support packages, to those that went into the desert landing site not once, not twice, but three times as we fought through multiple contingencies. This was and is a joint force that has the guts to try, that does not quit, and who each and every day does the things that we must to dare to win. No lives were lost. We succeeded because the Joint Force is always at the ready. They trust each other, they trust their leaders and they trust their training. And they remember first and foremost and always, that we do these things so that others may live. And we will never leave anyone behind.”

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BRAVO! to Dr. Mark Trozzi for being one of the few Health Freedom MDs with the guts to openly call the Covid jabs what they are: bioweapons. "This genetic bioweapon is really a biological bull in a china shop... we know 28 mechanisms by which it causes cancer alone... [and the jabs are] permanently genetically modifying and damaging the genetic code of [humanity]." This clip of Trozzi (Dr Mark Trozzi MD), a veteran E.R. physician with 25 years of experience, as well as a human rights activist, is taken from an interview with Dr. Joe Sansone (Dr. Joseph Sansone (JosephSansone.com)) posted to Rumble on December 11, 2025. ----------------Partial transcription of clip--------------- "This genetic bioweapon is really a biological bull in a china shop. I mean it does so many damage. And I mean, I've given lectures. We were together last January, I gave a lecture in Florida on the mechanisms of injury. And the reality is you can't keep up. I mean, we know 28 mechanisms by which it causes cancer alone. "But you know, and this is, I mean it was shocking from the moment we looked at the ingredients before anyone was injected. Shocking enough to like basically set down my entire life's work to try to stop it. That's not because I'm super courage. It's, that's how serious this is. But you genetically, they're genetically modifying people, claiming they're giving them a vaccine and then genetically modifying them so that they will produce a variety of poisons. Mostly the spike protein of the man-made design, SARS-CoV-2 virus, which is the most toxic part of it. "And normally, nobody's body would be producing it. And then they're producing this, this random splay of protein junk which can trigger autoimmune diseases in every direction. And so, but then what's worse is, you know, they claimed that what was in it was modified messenger RNA, modified both so that it would screw up and create all these random proteins as well as spike protein, but modified so that it would persist and nobody knew how long. "In other words, oh, so my body is going to start producing foreign proteins and identifying itself as a foreigner to be attacked by my own immune system. But for how long? Well, nobody knows because this is completely experimental, this new N1 methyl pseudouridinated version of messenger RNA. "But as you know, and as Dr. Speicher, Dr. McKernan and others have revealed through repeated analysis around the world, 30% of the genetic material in there is DNA and it includes plasmid DNA and it includes, in the case of Pfizer, completely covered up that it could even possibly be there. And the fraud they committed to the FDA and the public health agency, european agency, et cetera, that they put in these genetic sequences which were derived from the simian virus, not the virus, but some specific genetic sequences which we've known since 1990 research. "These are genetic hacking tools. When you put foreign DNA with something like a pegylated nanoparticle into a human cell or any mammal cell, and if you deliver as well these little SV40 promoter enhancer sequences... I mean, and this is pre-existing research, that will cause the DNA to be moved into the nucleus and cause it to be incorporated. "So you're permanently genetically modifying and damaging the genetic code of the humans. And we have evidence of this now, Joseph. Some of the most shocking evidence. And I think what you've pointed out is really important. This is not just an attack on the people health that are alive right now. This is attack on our possibility to produce viable offspring and have the continuation of the human race. "We now have tests on male sperm cells where the sperm cells contain in their DNA the genetic code of the spike protein. So men's sperm has been genetically modified so they will pass this toxic genetic flaw into their children if they're able to reproduce. Every sperm cell, we don't know, we don't know how many, but many. We have evidence that 30% of a woman's eggs die shortly following the injections as a result of these injections. Assault on the ovaries where they're particularly drawn to go and deposit the genetic code. "We have cancers that have now been taken out of people. And when you look at the DNA in the cells of the cancer, that DNA has been modified by these injections. So you're looking at permanent genetic modification of human beings without their consent based on a lie that they're getting a safe and effective vaccine for a disease claiming there's no treatment for which there was good treatments. And the whole thing from the virus through the bioweapon death shot were brought to you by the same people. And we're talking about people like Fauci, Gates, Tedros, Daszak, etc."

Sense Receptor

19,495 views • 8 months ago

In preparation for this, I checked out Dr. Jordan Cooper's (Dr Jordan B. Cooper) video on Chemnitz's examination of traditions and he made the remark that the Catholic Church contradicts the consensus of the Fathers on communion in both kinds, and that there is "no example of" communion in one kind in the Fathers. Respectfully, I think this is a messy critique which misses what is going on at the Reformation and what the precise claim of the Reformers was. I have already made a video extensively citing examples of communion in one kind starting in the 3rd century, through Tertullian, Ss. Jerome, Basil, etc, such as the widespread practice of private communion at home with the Eucharistic bread only. I will link it below. These are usually dismissed as "extraordinary instances," but this only shows that the Fathers did not actually agree with the Reformers. Remember, the Reformers (specifically the Lutheran orthodox) said that communion in one kind can NEVER happen. Johann Adam Scherzer, for example, said that if someone cannot receive wine, “[he] should be kept away from the whole, than that he should not receive the whole” (Anti-Bellarmine, disp. 11, th. 6, obj. 9). To demonstrate that the Catholic Church "contradicts" the Fathers on communion in both kinds (which is Dr. Cooper's internal critique), one needs to show that the Fathers of any age unanimously (at least morally) taught that it was a matter of faith to hold that both kinds must be received. Certainly, no consensus ever existed. On the contrary, we know they often did make the exception and allowed Christians to receive only one kind, which shows they did not agree with the Lutherans that this is a divine precept (to receive both). Dr. Cooper conflates the ordinary liturgical practice with what Catholics mean by a "consensus on the Fathers." For more, I recommend reading St. Robert Bellarmine who has a really good response to Martin Chemnitz. Here is a helpful example. It was truly a unanimous practice to preserve the Eucharist after the liturgy and treat the elements as consecrated. The Reformed (to my knowledge) unanimously deny this is the case, and the Lutherans (from my reading of Chemnitz and Gerhard) admit that Christ's presence persists but only for taking the Eucharist to the sick. The early Church affirmed Christ's presence in the Eucharist in the Catholic sense; they preserved it even for reasons which were not for the sick and nevertheless affirmed its lasting consecration (Ss. Irenaeus, Ambrose, Jerome, to name a few). The Catholic view of tradition tells us that this practice/belief (that Christ is still present post-liturgy) must be valid and true (since the universal church cannot err), but it does not establish a precept i.e. just because the whole Church often preserved the Eucharist, it does not mean we actually have to do it; it just means we can do so validly and licitly; it also means this is a certain rule which Protestants contradicted (from a Catholic POV). Even if communion in both kinds was the universal practice (which it was not), this would not suffice to say the Tridentine Church is in contradiction, since this would only tell us it is valid (duh, so does Scripture). There would need to be a unanimous testimony from the Fathers of, let's say, the fourth century, that communion in both kinds is the only way and that to oppose this is heresy; a testimony which does not exist and is even contradicted.
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In preparation for this, I checked out Dr. Jordan Cooper's (Dr Jordan B. Cooper) video on Chemnitz's examination of traditions and he made the remark that the Catholic Church contradicts the consensus of the Fathers on communion in both kinds, and that there is "no example of" communion in one kind in the Fathers. Respectfully, I think this is a messy critique which misses what is going on at the Reformation and what the precise claim of the Reformers was. I have already made a video extensively citing examples of communion in one kind starting in the 3rd century, through Tertullian, Ss. Jerome, Basil, etc, such as the widespread practice of private communion at home with the Eucharistic bread only. I will link it below. These are usually dismissed as "extraordinary instances," but this only shows that the Fathers did not actually agree with the Reformers. Remember, the Reformers (specifically the Lutheran orthodox) said that communion in one kind can NEVER happen. Johann Adam Scherzer, for example, said that if someone cannot receive wine, “[he] should be kept away from the whole, than that he should not receive the whole” (Anti-Bellarmine, disp. 11, th. 6, obj. 9). To demonstrate that the Catholic Church "contradicts" the Fathers on communion in both kinds (which is Dr. Cooper's internal critique), one needs to show that the Fathers of any age unanimously (at least morally) taught that it was a matter of faith to hold that both kinds must be received. Certainly, no consensus ever existed. On the contrary, we know they often did make the exception and allowed Christians to receive only one kind, which shows they did not agree with the Lutherans that this is a divine precept (to receive both). Dr. Cooper conflates the ordinary liturgical practice with what Catholics mean by a "consensus on the Fathers." For more, I recommend reading St. Robert Bellarmine who has a really good response to Martin Chemnitz. Here is a helpful example. It was truly a unanimous practice to preserve the Eucharist after the liturgy and treat the elements as consecrated. The Reformed (to my knowledge) unanimously deny this is the case, and the Lutherans (from my reading of Chemnitz and Gerhard) admit that Christ's presence persists but only for taking the Eucharist to the sick. The early Church affirmed Christ's presence in the Eucharist in the Catholic sense; they preserved it even for reasons which were not for the sick and nevertheless affirmed its lasting consecration (Ss. Irenaeus, Ambrose, Jerome, to name a few). The Catholic view of tradition tells us that this practice/belief (that Christ is still present post-liturgy) must be valid and true (since the universal church cannot err), but it does not establish a precept i.e. just because the whole Church often preserved the Eucharist, it does not mean we actually have to do it; it just means we can do so validly and licitly; it also means this is a certain rule which Protestants contradicted (from a Catholic POV). Even if communion in both kinds was the universal practice (which it was not), this would not suffice to say the Tridentine Church is in contradiction, since this would only tell us it is valid (duh, so does Scripture). There would need to be a unanimous testimony from the Fathers of, let's say, the fourth century, that communion in both kinds is the only way and that to oppose this is heresy; a testimony which does not exist and is even contradicted.

Kevin Fernandez

32,660 views • 1 month ago

🤯 IN 1983 — 16 YEARS BEFORE THE MATRIX — THE CIA OFFICIALLY PROVED THE UNIVERSE IS A SIMULATION This is Figure B from the declassified CIA Gateway Experience report (1983). It shows the “Cosmic Egg”: • A Black Hole and White Hole connected at the center • The Nucleus is a Hologram • Reality is not solid matter… it’s a vibrating energy field The report states that the universe is an incredibly complex hologram. And more importantly — Page 25 (hidden for decades) explains exactly how human consciousness can control and reshape this simulation through a process called “Patterning”. They knew the truth 16 years before Hollywood told us in The Matrix. The answers have always been inside. Are you ready to see what they tried to hide for 40 years? IN 1983, THE CIA OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED THAT THE UNIVERSE IS A SIMULATION. THIS HAPPENED 16 YEARS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE MATRIX. PAGE 25, WHICH EXPLAINS HOW TO CONTROL IT, WAS HIDDEN FOR DECADES. THE ANSWERS ARE INSIDE.
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🤯 IN 1983 — 16 YEARS BEFORE THE MATRIX — THE CIA OFFICIALLY PROVED THE UNIVERSE IS A SIMULATION This is Figure B from the declassified CIA Gateway Experience report (1983). It shows the “Cosmic Egg”: • A Black Hole and White Hole connected at the center • The Nucleus is a Hologram • Reality is not solid matter… it’s a vibrating energy field The report states that the universe is an incredibly complex hologram. And more importantly — Page 25 (hidden for decades) explains exactly how human consciousness can control and reshape this simulation through a process called “Patterning”. They knew the truth 16 years before Hollywood told us in The Matrix. The answers have always been inside. Are you ready to see what they tried to hide for 40 years? IN 1983, THE CIA OFFICIALLY DOCUMENTED THAT THE UNIVERSE IS A SIMULATION. THIS HAPPENED 16 YEARS BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE MATRIX. PAGE 25, WHICH EXPLAINS HOW TO CONTROL IT, WAS HIDDEN FOR DECADES. THE ANSWERS ARE INSIDE.

Philippe T

12,839 views • 3 months ago

China ‘Rent-a-Womb Industry EXPOSED: Motels full of pregnant woman discovered in California “Chinese couples are hiring American surrogates and having them give birth to their kids in America. Then the Chinese couple comes over after the birth and takes the kid back to China with a U.S. passport” “it's happened tens of thousands of times across the United States” “While we were in California, we learned about this new rent-a-womb scheme, which is almost more alarming because it is not illegal. It's a loophole. This is actually one of the motels (see video) that we went into where some of the pregnant women stay. Basically with the rent-a-wombs, you've got these parents in China who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, it's happening thousands of times They pay a woman in America, they have thr sperm and the egg from China inside of them. They use the American womb. The American woman gives birth to the Chinese baby and then the baby gets the U.S. passport but immediately goes back to China with no allegiance whatsoever to America but is an American citizen.”
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China ‘Rent-a-Womb Industry EXPOSED: Motels full of pregnant woman discovered in California “Chinese couples are hiring American surrogates and having them give birth to their kids in America. Then the Chinese couple comes over after the birth and takes the kid back to China with a U.S. passport” “it's happened tens of thousands of times across the United States” “While we were in California, we learned about this new rent-a-womb scheme, which is almost more alarming because it is not illegal. It's a loophole. This is actually one of the motels (see video) that we went into where some of the pregnant women stay. Basically with the rent-a-wombs, you've got these parents in China who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, it's happening thousands of times They pay a woman in America, they have thr sperm and the egg from China inside of them. They use the American womb. The American woman gives birth to the Chinese baby and then the baby gets the U.S. passport but immediately goes back to China with no allegiance whatsoever to America but is an American citizen.”

Wall Street Apes

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"A Vasectomy Causes Chronic Health Conditions...The Research Your Doctor Keeps Hidden In This $22 Billion Dollar Industry." Dr Nicole Rivera 20% Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer. 40% Increase In Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia. 70% Develop Autoimmune & 33% Have Chronic Pain. Urologists are unwilling to be upfront about the long term health risks of getting a vasectomy - it’s a $22 billion dollar profit driven industry. Urologists in the US were surveyed & 90% reported that they would not stop performing vasectomies, despite the evidence that undergoing a vasectomy is linked to prostate cancer & many other medical conditions. Research shows as high as 33% of men suffer from long term daily chronic testicular & groin pain because the natural duct for sperm is severed & closed off. Certain organs, including the testes, exist in what is 'a gated community' of sorts, in the body. Tiny tubes within the testes are protected by Sertoli Cells, that provide a physical barrier. The tight connections between these cells prevent blood-borne infections & poisonous molecules from entering the semen. Vasectomy & Autoimmune Disease: After a vasectomy, that protective barrier is broken & semen mixes into the bloodstream. The immune system recognizes the sperm as invading foreign agents & produces anti-sperm antibodies in 70% of men, leading to an eventual development of an Autoimmune Disease. According to a Finland study, the “presence of sperm antibodies correlates with nearly every pathological condition of the male reproductive tract.” A man’s body has a strong layer of tissue known as the Blood-Testis Barrier (BTB). Vasectomy eliminates this barrier. A man’s immune system sees the sperm as an infection that needs to be addressed, resulting in a never ending immune response, making antisperm antibodies to attack his own cells. FTD Frontotemporal Dementia & PPA Primary Progressive Aphasia Post Vasectomy: PPA & FTD are dementia syndromes that studies have shown to be 40% higher in men who have had a vasectomy. Mechanisms mediating risk include vasectomy-induced immune responses to sperm, which shares antigenic epitopes with the brain. In A 38 Year Nationwide Prostate Cancer Study: Vasectomy has a statistically significant increased long-term risk of prostate cancer occurring at a rate of 20%. Vasectomy Adverse Health Conditions Long Term: Prostate Cancer Testicular Cancer Antibody Autoimmune Disease Cardiovascular Disease Sexual Dysfunction Chronic Pain Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) 👇Vasectomy Causes Primary Progressive Aphasia👇 👇Vasectomy Increases Prostate Cancer👇 👇Immunological Consequences Of Vasectomy👇 Speaker: Dr Nicole Rivera
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"A Vasectomy Causes Chronic Health Conditions...The Research Your Doctor Keeps Hidden In This $22 Billion Dollar Industry." Dr Nicole Rivera 20% Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer. 40% Increase In Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia. 70% Develop Autoimmune & 33% Have Chronic Pain. Urologists are unwilling to be upfront about the long term health risks of getting a vasectomy - it’s a $22 billion dollar profit driven industry. Urologists in the US were surveyed & 90% reported that they would not stop performing vasectomies, despite the evidence that undergoing a vasectomy is linked to prostate cancer & many other medical conditions. Research shows as high as 33% of men suffer from long term daily chronic testicular & groin pain because the natural duct for sperm is severed & closed off. Certain organs, including the testes, exist in what is 'a gated community' of sorts, in the body. Tiny tubes within the testes are protected by Sertoli Cells, that provide a physical barrier. The tight connections between these cells prevent blood-borne infections & poisonous molecules from entering the semen. Vasectomy & Autoimmune Disease: After a vasectomy, that protective barrier is broken & semen mixes into the bloodstream. The immune system recognizes the sperm as invading foreign agents & produces anti-sperm antibodies in 70% of men, leading to an eventual development of an Autoimmune Disease. According to a Finland study, the “presence of sperm antibodies correlates with nearly every pathological condition of the male reproductive tract.” A man’s body has a strong layer of tissue known as the Blood-Testis Barrier (BTB). Vasectomy eliminates this barrier. A man’s immune system sees the sperm as an infection that needs to be addressed, resulting in a never ending immune response, making antisperm antibodies to attack his own cells. FTD Frontotemporal Dementia & PPA Primary Progressive Aphasia Post Vasectomy: PPA & FTD are dementia syndromes that studies have shown to be 40% higher in men who have had a vasectomy. Mechanisms mediating risk include vasectomy-induced immune responses to sperm, which shares antigenic epitopes with the brain. In A 38 Year Nationwide Prostate Cancer Study: Vasectomy has a statistically significant increased long-term risk of prostate cancer occurring at a rate of 20%. Vasectomy Adverse Health Conditions Long Term: Prostate Cancer Testicular Cancer Antibody Autoimmune Disease Cardiovascular Disease Sexual Dysfunction Chronic Pain Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) 👇Vasectomy Causes Primary Progressive Aphasia👇 👇Vasectomy Increases Prostate Cancer👇 👇Immunological Consequences Of Vasectomy👇 Speaker: Dr Nicole Rivera

Valerie Anne Smith

341,822 views • 9 months ago

It’s a chick! We are excited to announce the successful hatching of our first Chilean flamingo chick in 9 years. The fluffy white chick, which can be seen with its’ mother on their nest mound in the flamingo habitat, is so far, doing well and drinking the crop milk, a nutritious, bright red liquid that is produced by both male and female parents. The dad, who is never far away, also shares parenting duties with mom. Last weekend, staff observed the egg pipping, which is the natural hatching process when the chick starts breaking through the shell. If the chick needed extra help, staff would step in to assist, however, this would be a last resort as it’s best to allow it to complete this natural milestone with minimal disturbance. This wee chick hatched all on its own. We previously posted about the manmade mounds bird staff created in anticipation of breeding season and the special substrate brought in for this purpose. The flamingos took it upon themselves to settle on a spot to build their own nest mounds, and a number of eggs are currently being incubated. Bird staff caution that some eggs may not be viable, or accidents happen, like an egg may be accidentally damaged during normal nesting activity. We won’t know how many chicks emerge, but the first one is a good sign! And of course, the good news is that this breeding season was all about the flamingos displaying their natural behaviors, and the result is adorable!
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It’s a chick! We are excited to announce the successful hatching of our first Chilean flamingo chick in 9 years. The fluffy white chick, which can be seen with its’ mother on their nest mound in the flamingo habitat, is so far, doing well and drinking the crop milk, a nutritious, bright red liquid that is produced by both male and female parents. The dad, who is never far away, also shares parenting duties with mom. Last weekend, staff observed the egg pipping, which is the natural hatching process when the chick starts breaking through the shell. If the chick needed extra help, staff would step in to assist, however, this would be a last resort as it’s best to allow it to complete this natural milestone with minimal disturbance. This wee chick hatched all on its own. We previously posted about the manmade mounds bird staff created in anticipation of breeding season and the special substrate brought in for this purpose. The flamingos took it upon themselves to settle on a spot to build their own nest mounds, and a number of eggs are currently being incubated. Bird staff caution that some eggs may not be viable, or accidents happen, like an egg may be accidentally damaged during normal nesting activity. We won’t know how many chicks emerge, but the first one is a good sign! And of course, the good news is that this breeding season was all about the flamingos displaying their natural behaviors, and the result is adorable!

San Francisco Zoo & Gardens

15,168 views • 1 month ago

TikTok user Tracy donated her eggs at 21. Now she is 35, and struggling with infertility. The eggs she donated have resulted in the creation of 3 precious daughters. Her biological children. Now in her 30s, Tracy is struggling with endometriosis and infertility, and has had at least one miscarriage. Struggling with infertility has made her think of her biological children, who might not even know she exists. “I can't stop thinking about them. Mainly because I wonder if they look like me, and I wonder if there's more than just three of them.” She donated her eggs with the desire to help other families have children, but didn’t think about the future of her family. “It’s pretty difficult that I can get someone else pregnant, but I can’t get myself pregnant… I never thought that would be the case when I made those donations." Tracy is struggling, but what about her biological children? They were intentionally created and deprived of their biological family, history, heritage, and medical background. Donor-conceived adults have complained of feeling like they've been mass-produced. It is not a child's fault that he or she was conceived in this manner. But egg donation, sperm donation, and IVF place the wants and desires of adults over the needs of the children it creates. And the “donors” might face the pain of knowing they have biological children somewhere in the world. We must ban these practices. Source: Cassy Cooke/Live Action News
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TikTok user Tracy donated her eggs at 21. Now she is 35, and struggling with infertility. The eggs she donated have resulted in the creation of 3 precious daughters. Her biological children. Now in her 30s, Tracy is struggling with endometriosis and infertility, and has had at least one miscarriage. Struggling with infertility has made her think of her biological children, who might not even know she exists. “I can't stop thinking about them. Mainly because I wonder if they look like me, and I wonder if there's more than just three of them.” She donated her eggs with the desire to help other families have children, but didn’t think about the future of her family. “It’s pretty difficult that I can get someone else pregnant, but I can’t get myself pregnant… I never thought that would be the case when I made those donations." Tracy is struggling, but what about her biological children? They were intentionally created and deprived of their biological family, history, heritage, and medical background. Donor-conceived adults have complained of feeling like they've been mass-produced. It is not a child's fault that he or she was conceived in this manner. But egg donation, sperm donation, and IVF place the wants and desires of adults over the needs of the children it creates. And the “donors” might face the pain of knowing they have biological children somewhere in the world. We must ban these practices. Source: Cassy Cooke/Live Action News

Live Action

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"Today, we can see the futility of the political route and the bankruptcy of the political system writ large." "Scotland is annexed, a dominion under the English crown. And it is the English crown, not the fictional UK crown, that we're all told about. "Not a partner, not of any kind. In fact, the whole partnership story is a concoction fashioned to convince the world that Scots are part of a joint state and to disguise the fact that Scotland is, in reality, nothing other than a colony. "It's not a partner in a marriage, but a kidnap victim. And you do not escape from a kidnapper by filing for divorce from a fictional marriage. "Second, even if it were possible to break free through a referendum or an election, or to propose any other route that would be approved as lawful by the kidnapping state, the political system in Scotland would not guarantee any of the things that sing in our bones as Scots. We dream of justice, compassion, equality, prosperity and care for all without preference or privilege. "But what we have is an english system of concentrated power and privilege, which those Scots who enjoy it will not give up easily. Where the government sits in authority over the people, and the people surrender their hopes, their ambitions and their human and civil rights to the whims of their elected representatives. Where all that we hold dear, all that we depend on for decency, fairness and security, depends on the honor, honesty and good faith of those elected. "Because once it is elected, we have no means of curbing, challenging or preventing anything a government may choose to do, whether or not that's lawful, just, rational or humane. "Today, we can see the futility of the political route and the bankruptcy of the political system writ large. Our helplessness in the face of the state marching side by side with destitution and despair. "This is why liberation was born. Because the route to the Scotland we dream of neither can nor will come through the present political system, but through the restoration of the political, territorial and judicial rights, the constitutional provisions that belong to the people of this nation, in law and in justice, even under the terms of this fraudulent union, and certainly under international law. "They mean that we, the people, are sovereign, in fact, not in sound bite, the ultimate authority of this nation of Scotland. "They mean that the interests of the people, collectively known as the common good, are not only the primary purpose of government, but the only condition on which it's permitted to exist. "They mean that we are entitled to overrule, remove or replace a government that violates that condition of its existence, that fails to honour its promises, to consult the people or to act according to their wishes and welfare. "And in the modern world, that means the right to all the mechanisms that we see in a nation like Switzerland, which will make that sovereign power a reality. "All this is part of what we call decolonization, true Scottish self determination. And it is the soul and purpose of liberation Scotland. "Impossible? Other nations have trodden the path to decolonisation. Not one has bowed to the kidnapper and asked for permission. "We know now that we can gain our independence as a state by first gaining independence from a colonizing power. So that instead of waiting to reclaim real sovereignty of the people after independence, we gain our independence by first reclaiming our sovereign Scottish rights. "The next step on this road is establishing the committee of the Scottish Liberation Movement. This committee will be elected from the membership of Liberation and will operate under a ratified constitution. "And it will register Scotland's Liberation Movement with the United Nations." Sara Salyers @TheScotCongress Iain.lawson27 Salvo.Scot Colette Walker
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"Today, we can see the futility of the political route and the bankruptcy of the political system writ large." "Scotland is annexed, a dominion under the English crown. And it is the English crown, not the fictional UK crown, that we're all told about. "Not a partner, not of any kind. In fact, the whole partnership story is a concoction fashioned to convince the world that Scots are part of a joint state and to disguise the fact that Scotland is, in reality, nothing other than a colony. "It's not a partner in a marriage, but a kidnap victim. And you do not escape from a kidnapper by filing for divorce from a fictional marriage. "Second, even if it were possible to break free through a referendum or an election, or to propose any other route that would be approved as lawful by the kidnapping state, the political system in Scotland would not guarantee any of the things that sing in our bones as Scots. We dream of justice, compassion, equality, prosperity and care for all without preference or privilege. "But what we have is an english system of concentrated power and privilege, which those Scots who enjoy it will not give up easily. Where the government sits in authority over the people, and the people surrender their hopes, their ambitions and their human and civil rights to the whims of their elected representatives. Where all that we hold dear, all that we depend on for decency, fairness and security, depends on the honor, honesty and good faith of those elected. "Because once it is elected, we have no means of curbing, challenging or preventing anything a government may choose to do, whether or not that's lawful, just, rational or humane. "Today, we can see the futility of the political route and the bankruptcy of the political system writ large. Our helplessness in the face of the state marching side by side with destitution and despair. "This is why liberation was born. Because the route to the Scotland we dream of neither can nor will come through the present political system, but through the restoration of the political, territorial and judicial rights, the constitutional provisions that belong to the people of this nation, in law and in justice, even under the terms of this fraudulent union, and certainly under international law. "They mean that we, the people, are sovereign, in fact, not in sound bite, the ultimate authority of this nation of Scotland. "They mean that the interests of the people, collectively known as the common good, are not only the primary purpose of government, but the only condition on which it's permitted to exist. "They mean that we are entitled to overrule, remove or replace a government that violates that condition of its existence, that fails to honour its promises, to consult the people or to act according to their wishes and welfare. "And in the modern world, that means the right to all the mechanisms that we see in a nation like Switzerland, which will make that sovereign power a reality. "All this is part of what we call decolonization, true Scottish self determination. And it is the soul and purpose of liberation Scotland. "Impossible? Other nations have trodden the path to decolonisation. Not one has bowed to the kidnapper and asked for permission. "We know now that we can gain our independence as a state by first gaining independence from a colonizing power. So that instead of waiting to reclaim real sovereignty of the people after independence, we gain our independence by first reclaiming our sovereign Scottish rights. "The next step on this road is establishing the committee of the Scottish Liberation Movement. This committee will be elected from the membership of Liberation and will operate under a ratified constitution. "And it will register Scotland's Liberation Movement with the United Nations." Sara Salyers @TheScotCongress Iain.lawson27 Salvo.Scot Colette Walker

ScotNews

20,333 views • 2 years ago

From Hobbits to the Real Little People of Earth’s History When watching the lives of the Hobbits in the Shire, the first thing that caught my attention was not the adventure or the Ring. It was how extraordinarily ordinary their lives were. Small homes nestled among green hills. Carefully tended gardens. Hobbits growing plants, working the land, eating, meeting their neighbors, and enjoying the very small things in life. Early in the film, Bilbo writes about them: “But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth. For all Hobbits share a love of things that grow.” I understand this sentence simply as saying that the place where Hobbit hearts truly belong is peace, quiet, and well-tended earth; because they love the things that grow. But the more I looked at this way of life, the more another question began to come to mind: Why are Hobbits so small? And why do they live so separately from the outside world? A World with Many Ways of Existing Middle-earth is not inhabited only by Hobbits. There are also Men, Elves, Dwarves, and many other creatures. Each group has its own way of existing. Men have kingdoms, cities, and wars. Elves carry with them an ancient history connected to nature, memory, and lands that have existed for ages. Dwarves live close to the mountains, mining, forging metal, and building cities beneath the earth. Hobbits, however, seem to choose almost the opposite path. They do not seek great kingdoms. They do not seek power. They do not seek fame. They simply want a home, a garden, and a peaceful life. This made me realize that the smallness of Hobbits is not only about their height. They also seem to choose a smaller scale of living. A life that is enough. And from there, I began to think about the real world we live in. Was there always only one kind of human on Earth? Earth Once Had Many Human Species The answer from science makes that question even more fascinating than I expected. Homo sapiens was not the only human species to have ever existed on Earth. Throughout the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, there were Neanderthals, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, Denisovans, and many other ancient human groups. Even more surprisingly, there were once humans with very small bodies. One of the most famous examples is Homo floresiensis, discovered in Liang Bua Cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. The discovery was announced in 2004 in the journal Nature. One famous individual, designated LB1, stood at only around one meter tall. Because of its small stature, Homo floresiensis quickly became known among scientists and in the media by a very distinctive name: “Hobbit.” And this is the moment that made me stop. Because in Tolkien’s imagined world, we also have small Hobbits living on an island in their own broader sense of the word: a relatively isolated land with its own way of life and little concern for the outside world. But of course, the two are not the same. Tolkien’s Hobbits are a fictional people. Homo floresiensis was a real ancient human species. The fact that both are called “Hobbit” does not mean that Homo floresiensis was the origin of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien created the Hobbits long before Homo floresiensis was discovered by modern science. But the coincidence still makes me wonder: Why are we so easily drawn to the idea of a small human being as representing an entirely different way of existing? Small Does Not Mean Weak Perhaps this is what I find most interesting. When we see someone with a small body, it is easy to assume that they must be weaker. But evolution does not work that simply. Homo floresiensis may have adapted to the environment of Flores over a very long period of time. Its small body size may have been related to a particular evolutionary adaptation commonly referred to as “island dwarfism.” In other words, being small does not necessarily mean being unsuccessful. In a particular environment, it can be a way of existing that fits that environment. Homo floresiensis used tools and lived within its own environment. This made me look at the Hobbits differently. Perhaps what is interesting about the Hobbits is not that they are small. It is that they show us that a being does not have to be great or powerful to have a meaningful life. And Then I Return to the Shire After learning about the ancient human species that once existed on Earth, I return to the Shire. I realize that the film deliberately lets us see the Hobbits before we learn about the great wars of Middle-earth. We see them gardening. Planting trees. Eating. Walking along small paths. Living in homes built into the earth. It is a world almost completely opposite to the opening of the film. Just moments earlier, we had seen the history of the Ring, wars, kings, and struggles for power. Then the film suddenly takes us to the Shire. From war to a garden. From kingdoms to small homes. From power to an ordinary life. And perhaps this contrast is what helps me begin to understand why the story of the Ring begins with the Hobbits. The Ring represents something capable of making the entire world struggle for power. Yet the first people we see living close to it are a people who seem to have almost no interest in power at all. Another Question About History From the Hobbits, I began thinking more broadly about human history. Perhaps the most astonishing thing is not simply that there were once small-bodied humans. It is that Earth once offered many different ways for a creature with a human form to exist. Some lived in forests. Some lived on islands. Some adapted to cold climates. Some built complex communities. Some human groups had larger bodies. Others had smaller ones. And for long periods of time, some of these groups even existed at the same time. Eventually, only Homo sapiens remained as the only surviving modern human species. But that does not mean history always followed a single path. On the contrary, evolutionary history shows us that there were once many different branches. Some lasted for a long time. Some disappeared. Some left traces in our genes. And some remain only through skeletons, stone tools, and questions that do not yet have complete answers. The Hobbits Made Me See “Smallness” Differently So I do not think we should say that Tolkien’s Hobbits were the same as the little humans who once existed on Earth. We have no evidence for that. But I find something else interesting. Tolkien created a small people and placed them at the center of a story about power. Science later showed us that Earth’s history really did include small-bodied human species. The two stories are completely different. But when placed side by side, they make me ask a question: Have we become too accustomed to thinking that what is larger must also be more important? Because in Middle-earth, the strongest person is not necessarily the one with the greatest power. And in evolutionary history, a small body does not necessarily mean a poorly adapted creature. Perhaps “small” is simply another way of existing. And that is also what makes me look back at the Shire. The Hobbits do not try to become great figures. They simply want to live a peaceful life, care for their land, and enjoy the things that are growing. Yet it is from that small place that one of the greatest stories in Middle-earth begins.
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From Hobbits to the Real Little People of Earth’s History When watching the lives of the Hobbits in the Shire, the first thing that caught my attention was not the adventure or the Ring. It was how extraordinarily ordinary their lives were. Small homes nestled among green hills. Carefully tended gardens. Hobbits growing plants, working the land, eating, meeting their neighbors, and enjoying the very small things in life. Early in the film, Bilbo writes about them: “But where our hearts truly lie is in peace and quiet and good tilled earth. For all Hobbits share a love of things that grow.” I understand this sentence simply as saying that the place where Hobbit hearts truly belong is peace, quiet, and well-tended earth; because they love the things that grow. But the more I looked at this way of life, the more another question began to come to mind: Why are Hobbits so small? And why do they live so separately from the outside world? A World with Many Ways of Existing Middle-earth is not inhabited only by Hobbits. There are also Men, Elves, Dwarves, and many other creatures. Each group has its own way of existing. Men have kingdoms, cities, and wars. Elves carry with them an ancient history connected to nature, memory, and lands that have existed for ages. Dwarves live close to the mountains, mining, forging metal, and building cities beneath the earth. Hobbits, however, seem to choose almost the opposite path. They do not seek great kingdoms. They do not seek power. They do not seek fame. They simply want a home, a garden, and a peaceful life. This made me realize that the smallness of Hobbits is not only about their height. They also seem to choose a smaller scale of living. A life that is enough. And from there, I began to think about the real world we live in. Was there always only one kind of human on Earth? Earth Once Had Many Human Species The answer from science makes that question even more fascinating than I expected. Homo sapiens was not the only human species to have ever existed on Earth. Throughout the evolutionary history of the genus Homo, there were Neanderthals, Homo erectus, Homo naledi, Denisovans, and many other ancient human groups. Even more surprisingly, there were once humans with very small bodies. One of the most famous examples is Homo floresiensis, discovered in Liang Bua Cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. The discovery was announced in 2004 in the journal Nature. One famous individual, designated LB1, stood at only around one meter tall. Because of its small stature, Homo floresiensis quickly became known among scientists and in the media by a very distinctive name: “Hobbit.” And this is the moment that made me stop. Because in Tolkien’s imagined world, we also have small Hobbits living on an island in their own broader sense of the word: a relatively isolated land with its own way of life and little concern for the outside world. But of course, the two are not the same. Tolkien’s Hobbits are a fictional people. Homo floresiensis was a real ancient human species. The fact that both are called “Hobbit” does not mean that Homo floresiensis was the origin of the Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien created the Hobbits long before Homo floresiensis was discovered by modern science. But the coincidence still makes me wonder: Why are we so easily drawn to the idea of a small human being as representing an entirely different way of existing? Small Does Not Mean Weak Perhaps this is what I find most interesting. When we see someone with a small body, it is easy to assume that they must be weaker. But evolution does not work that simply. Homo floresiensis may have adapted to the environment of Flores over a very long period of time. Its small body size may have been related to a particular evolutionary adaptation commonly referred to as “island dwarfism.” In other words, being small does not necessarily mean being unsuccessful. In a particular environment, it can be a way of existing that fits that environment. Homo floresiensis used tools and lived within its own environment. This made me look at the Hobbits differently. Perhaps what is interesting about the Hobbits is not that they are small. It is that they show us that a being does not have to be great or powerful to have a meaningful life. And Then I Return to the Shire After learning about the ancient human species that once existed on Earth, I return to the Shire. I realize that the film deliberately lets us see the Hobbits before we learn about the great wars of Middle-earth. We see them gardening. Planting trees. Eating. Walking along small paths. Living in homes built into the earth. It is a world almost completely opposite to the opening of the film. Just moments earlier, we had seen the history of the Ring, wars, kings, and struggles for power. Then the film suddenly takes us to the Shire. From war to a garden. From kingdoms to small homes. From power to an ordinary life. And perhaps this contrast is what helps me begin to understand why the story of the Ring begins with the Hobbits. The Ring represents something capable of making the entire world struggle for power. Yet the first people we see living close to it are a people who seem to have almost no interest in power at all. Another Question About History From the Hobbits, I began thinking more broadly about human history. Perhaps the most astonishing thing is not simply that there were once small-bodied humans. It is that Earth once offered many different ways for a creature with a human form to exist. Some lived in forests. Some lived on islands. Some adapted to cold climates. Some built complex communities. Some human groups had larger bodies. Others had smaller ones. And for long periods of time, some of these groups even existed at the same time. Eventually, only Homo sapiens remained as the only surviving modern human species. But that does not mean history always followed a single path. On the contrary, evolutionary history shows us that there were once many different branches. Some lasted for a long time. Some disappeared. Some left traces in our genes. And some remain only through skeletons, stone tools, and questions that do not yet have complete answers. The Hobbits Made Me See “Smallness” Differently So I do not think we should say that Tolkien’s Hobbits were the same as the little humans who once existed on Earth. We have no evidence for that. But I find something else interesting. Tolkien created a small people and placed them at the center of a story about power. Science later showed us that Earth’s history really did include small-bodied human species. The two stories are completely different. But when placed side by side, they make me ask a question: Have we become too accustomed to thinking that what is larger must also be more important? Because in Middle-earth, the strongest person is not necessarily the one with the greatest power. And in evolutionary history, a small body does not necessarily mean a poorly adapted creature. Perhaps “small” is simply another way of existing. And that is also what makes me look back at the Shire. The Hobbits do not try to become great figures. They simply want to live a peaceful life, care for their land, and enjoy the things that are growing. Yet it is from that small place that one of the greatest stories in Middle-earth begins.

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