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Saw a pro doing high rows with TRX straps instead of cables. Stability demand looks brutal. Free scapular movement might force better mind-muscle connection though. Smart variation or influencer nonsense?

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How Gaza's suffering became a trojan horse for hate: The pro-Hamas and pro-resistance crowd that did not once in the past two years demand the terror group end its control of Gaza or surrender the Israeli hostages continued to turn the United Kingdom into an Intifada land. This was never about a ceasefire for them, nor was it ever really about ending the war; indeed, the suffering in Gaza was a Trojan horse through which their wishful fantasies to eliminate the state of Israel were mainstreamed as supposed “pro-Palestine” views. These characters are antisemitic to the core, celebrate Hamas, excuse terror, scoff at the notion of peace and coexistence, despise the West, adopt hateful, divisive rhetoric, and promote violent and intimidating language like “escalation” and “disruption” to mask their deep threats to the very principles of Western, democratic, and free societies. Many of these fascists who threaten my life regularly, and adopted language not too dissimilar from Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and neo-Nazis spent two years telling me we cannot criticize Hamas while “the genocide” was ongoing, and that only after the war stops can there be any or some degree of discussion and engagement on Palestinian violence, leadership failures, and horrific mistakes. I have always known that this was the height of their fraud because these individuals and groups were never interested in accountability or agency, and that there would never be a right time for introspection and self-critique – a fact I know from being part of the mainstream “pro-Palestine” movement in the past. Now, instead, they want to keep the escalation and flames of hatred, violence, terrorism, and threats going beyond Gaza, proving the very fraudulent nature of their narrative and intentions. I am sharing this message with those who were fooled over the past two years by the idea that this really is somehow an actual “pro-Palestine” movement. I am sharing this with those who are horrified by the suffering and the pain of Gazans under the weight of Israeli bombardment and military action following the horrific October 7 attack by Hamas. I am pleading with those who are interested in self-determination and progress for the Palestinian people that there is a lot more to being pro-Palestine than simply being anti-Israel. Free Palestine from the “free-Palestine movement.” Free Palestine from Hamas and terrorism. Free Palestine from ignorance, hate, antisemitism, jingoism, and hollow nationalism.
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How Gaza's suffering became a trojan horse for hate: The pro-Hamas and pro-resistance crowd that did not once in the past two years demand the terror group end its control of Gaza or surrender the Israeli hostages continued to turn the United Kingdom into an Intifada land. This was never about a ceasefire for them, nor was it ever really about ending the war; indeed, the suffering in Gaza was a Trojan horse through which their wishful fantasies to eliminate the state of Israel were mainstreamed as supposed “pro-Palestine” views. These characters are antisemitic to the core, celebrate Hamas, excuse terror, scoff at the notion of peace and coexistence, despise the West, adopt hateful, divisive rhetoric, and promote violent and intimidating language like “escalation” and “disruption” to mask their deep threats to the very principles of Western, democratic, and free societies. Many of these fascists who threaten my life regularly, and adopted language not too dissimilar from Hamas, Al-Qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood, and neo-Nazis spent two years telling me we cannot criticize Hamas while “the genocide” was ongoing, and that only after the war stops can there be any or some degree of discussion and engagement on Palestinian violence, leadership failures, and horrific mistakes. I have always known that this was the height of their fraud because these individuals and groups were never interested in accountability or agency, and that there would never be a right time for introspection and self-critique – a fact I know from being part of the mainstream “pro-Palestine” movement in the past. Now, instead, they want to keep the escalation and flames of hatred, violence, terrorism, and threats going beyond Gaza, proving the very fraudulent nature of their narrative and intentions. I am sharing this message with those who were fooled over the past two years by the idea that this really is somehow an actual “pro-Palestine” movement. I am sharing this with those who are horrified by the suffering and the pain of Gazans under the weight of Israeli bombardment and military action following the horrific October 7 attack by Hamas. I am pleading with those who are interested in self-determination and progress for the Palestinian people that there is a lot more to being pro-Palestine than simply being anti-Israel. Free Palestine from the “free-Palestine movement.” Free Palestine from Hamas and terrorism. Free Palestine from ignorance, hate, antisemitism, jingoism, and hollow nationalism.

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

91,591 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten

Grocery Store "Pasture-Raised" Eggs Are One of the Biggest Food Cons Right Now Think you're doing better by paying premium for those fancy "pasture-raised" eggs from Vital Farms, Kirkland, or Trader Joe's? — Here's the ugly truth. Farmers with 50+ years of experience are stunned: eggs showing weird foreign chemical flakes peeling off the shells. These aren't the clean, natural eggs the labels promise. This is what's really happening: - Shells from GMO-fed birds, dunked in 90° chlorine pools. - Coated in **liquid paraffin** (yes, the same pharmaceutical sold as a laxative). - Yolks dyed orange with **canthaxanthin** to fake that "healthy" look. - Hens crammed indoors most of the year — "pasture" access? Often just 120 days, if that. - Scanned results show high **linoleic acid** (Omega-6 bomb from corn/soy GMO feed) — levels rivaling cheap caged eggs. The "pasture" label is marketing magic. You're not getting nutrient-dense, truly free-range eggs — just a pricier version of the industrial system with better packaging. **Wake up.** Your breakfast staple might be doing more harm than good. Ditch the grocery illusions and seek out verifiable local farms, farm markets or scan brands carefully.
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Grocery Store "Pasture-Raised" Eggs Are One of the Biggest Food Cons Right Now Think you're doing better by paying premium for those fancy "pasture-raised" eggs from Vital Farms, Kirkland, or Trader Joe's? — Here's the ugly truth. Farmers with 50+ years of experience are stunned: eggs showing weird foreign chemical flakes peeling off the shells. These aren't the clean, natural eggs the labels promise. This is what's really happening: - Shells from GMO-fed birds, dunked in 90° chlorine pools. - Coated in **liquid paraffin** (yes, the same pharmaceutical sold as a laxative). - Yolks dyed orange with **canthaxanthin** to fake that "healthy" look. - Hens crammed indoors most of the year — "pasture" access? Often just 120 days, if that. - Scanned results show high **linoleic acid** (Omega-6 bomb from corn/soy GMO feed) — levels rivaling cheap caged eggs. The "pasture" label is marketing magic. You're not getting nutrient-dense, truly free-range eggs — just a pricier version of the industrial system with better packaging. **Wake up.** Your breakfast staple might be doing more harm than good. Ditch the grocery illusions and seek out verifiable local farms, farm markets or scan brands carefully.

Valerie Anne Smith

48,660 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

When I launched Attention Copilot, I mostly thought of it as a way to help people get unstuck in one session: Bring a task that feels ugh, reconnect with why it matters, and do it while a coach tracks your attention and inner state. When resistance shows up, we work with it in the moment instead of just talking about it or white-knuckling through it. That still feels core! But after watching people work with us over weeks and months, one pattern stands out: important work is where this stuff shows up. The work that matters asks for more clarity, courage, patience, or focus than your default habits make easy. So when you practice working with resistance while actually doing it, your relationship to work starts to change. For some people, especially at high-growth startups, this looks very practical. Everything wants your attention, and sessions protect time to get clear on what matters, do deep work, and move it forward. For others, AC feels like finally bringing meditation and inner work into the work itself, right when the reactive patterns show up. Either way, the training rep is the same: stay with what matters, work with what comes up, move the thing forward, and get better at doing that outside the session too. A few of the people we’ve worked with for a while put it better than I can!
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When I launched Attention Copilot, I mostly thought of it as a way to help people get unstuck in one session: Bring a task that feels ugh, reconnect with why it matters, and do it while a coach tracks your attention and inner state. When resistance shows up, we work with it in the moment instead of just talking about it or white-knuckling through it. That still feels core! But after watching people work with us over weeks and months, one pattern stands out: important work is where this stuff shows up. The work that matters asks for more clarity, courage, patience, or focus than your default habits make easy. So when you practice working with resistance while actually doing it, your relationship to work starts to change. For some people, especially at high-growth startups, this looks very practical. Everything wants your attention, and sessions protect time to get clear on what matters, do deep work, and move it forward. For others, AC feels like finally bringing meditation and inner work into the work itself, right when the reactive patterns show up. Either way, the training rep is the same: stay with what matters, work with what comes up, move the thing forward, and get better at doing that outside the session too. A few of the people we’ve worked with for a while put it better than I can!

Pranab

12,906 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

I had such a fun time where instead of being interviewing the guest, Brian Apuja interviewed me and the subject was mind bending: how to teach robots how to partner dance? 0:02 — Intro to the idea of being interviewed on the podcast. 1:41 — AI embodiment: the idea of robots interacting physically with the world. 2:23 — Ballroom dance as inspiration for understanding embodied intelligence. 4:49 — Cost of dance classes in Brazil and Argentina. 5:54 — Concept of a partner dancing robot (teaching vs. partnering). 7:59 — Free will, pre-programmed movement, and transhumanist implications. 9:50 — Proper hip movement mechanics in Latin dances. 11:04 — Eye-level balance and the role of visual systems in movement. 13:08 — Importance of open eyes for dance improvisation and balance. 14:04 — Learning improvisation through socials and dancing with strangers. 15:21 — Cultural differences in dance hours (Buenos Aires vs. Las Vegas). 17:43 — Challenges for robots to generate fluid, humanlike movement. 19:46 — Contrast between robotic joints and human muscle-based motion. 23:58 — Fascia and Tom Myers’ “Anatomy Trains” in relation to movement. 26:10 — Yin/yang roles in partner dance and subtle lead-follow dynamics. 26:53 — Haptic feedback requirements for robotic partner dancing. 30:44 — Red-teaming as adversarial training for both LLMs and robots. 34:51 — Proposal of the “Ahuja Test” — a Turing Test for movement. 36:52 — Discovery of existing research in robot partner dance. 38:24 — Embodiment in AI and philosophical views on consciousness. 42:05 — Sensuality vs. sexuality in dance as a nonverbal social mode. 44:04 — Speculation on founding a lab, company, or foundation. 47:28 — Difficulty of maintaining vision in rapidly changing tech landscapes. 48:08 — Discussion of merging with AI as a survival path. 50:12 — Naming LLCs and the anecdote of “Galactosa.” 52:32 — Commentary on nonprofit structures, narrative manipulation, and Silicon Valley dynamics.
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I had such a fun time where instead of being interviewing the guest, Brian Apuja interviewed me and the subject was mind bending: how to teach robots how to partner dance? 0:02 — Intro to the idea of being interviewed on the podcast. 1:41 — AI embodiment: the idea of robots interacting physically with the world. 2:23 — Ballroom dance as inspiration for understanding embodied intelligence. 4:49 — Cost of dance classes in Brazil and Argentina. 5:54 — Concept of a partner dancing robot (teaching vs. partnering). 7:59 — Free will, pre-programmed movement, and transhumanist implications. 9:50 — Proper hip movement mechanics in Latin dances. 11:04 — Eye-level balance and the role of visual systems in movement. 13:08 — Importance of open eyes for dance improvisation and balance. 14:04 — Learning improvisation through socials and dancing with strangers. 15:21 — Cultural differences in dance hours (Buenos Aires vs. Las Vegas). 17:43 — Challenges for robots to generate fluid, humanlike movement. 19:46 — Contrast between robotic joints and human muscle-based motion. 23:58 — Fascia and Tom Myers’ “Anatomy Trains” in relation to movement. 26:10 — Yin/yang roles in partner dance and subtle lead-follow dynamics. 26:53 — Haptic feedback requirements for robotic partner dancing. 30:44 — Red-teaming as adversarial training for both LLMs and robots. 34:51 — Proposal of the “Ahuja Test” — a Turing Test for movement. 36:52 — Discovery of existing research in robot partner dance. 38:24 — Embodiment in AI and philosophical views on consciousness. 42:05 — Sensuality vs. sexuality in dance as a nonverbal social mode. 44:04 — Speculation on founding a lab, company, or foundation. 47:28 — Difficulty of maintaining vision in rapidly changing tech landscapes. 48:08 — Discussion of merging with AI as a survival path. 50:12 — Naming LLCs and the anecdote of “Galactosa.” 52:32 — Commentary on nonprofit structures, narrative manipulation, and Silicon Valley dynamics.

Stewart Alsop - Host of Crazy Wisdom Radio Show

10,951 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

Eric Weinstein unleashes a chilling take on physics: The field froze in 1973—no meaningful change to the Lagrangian (the core mathematical engine of physics) since then, despite decades of effort. "No new ideas about how to change the Lagrangian that anybody finds exciting... Nobody goes to Stockholm to get a Nobel Prize because they changed the Lagrangian of the world." He argues a bizarre force field slams anyone exploring truly revolutionary ideas—like multiple dimensions of time or breakthroughs that could upend power balances—while physics is the only profession without full free speech. Under the "Restricted Data" doctrine (from the 1946/1954 Atomic Energy Acts & "Born Secret"), any new physics insight that might relate to nuclear weapons becomes classified the instant it's written or spoken—even if you're not in government. Violate it? You could face Espionage Act charges, potentially capital offenses. Weinstein's bet: There's no secret government physics office holding breakthroughs. Instead, smart people long ago decided open physics was too dangerous—because real advances could hand the President fusion power or worse. "The Department of Energy is really the Department of Physics... We're scared of the possibility of physics? We don't even want to talk about it." Clip from this 3:49 mind-bender—physics as the silenced superpower. Does this explain the stagnation... or is string theory just a dead-end distraction? Is physics deliberately "safe" to avoid existential risks? Your take—drop it below.
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Eric Weinstein unleashes a chilling take on physics: The field froze in 1973—no meaningful change to the Lagrangian (the core mathematical engine of physics) since then, despite decades of effort. "No new ideas about how to change the Lagrangian that anybody finds exciting... Nobody goes to Stockholm to get a Nobel Prize because they changed the Lagrangian of the world." He argues a bizarre force field slams anyone exploring truly revolutionary ideas—like multiple dimensions of time or breakthroughs that could upend power balances—while physics is the only profession without full free speech. Under the "Restricted Data" doctrine (from the 1946/1954 Atomic Energy Acts & "Born Secret"), any new physics insight that might relate to nuclear weapons becomes classified the instant it's written or spoken—even if you're not in government. Violate it? You could face Espionage Act charges, potentially capital offenses. Weinstein's bet: There's no secret government physics office holding breakthroughs. Instead, smart people long ago decided open physics was too dangerous—because real advances could hand the President fusion power or worse. "The Department of Energy is really the Department of Physics... We're scared of the possibility of physics? We don't even want to talk about it." Clip from this 3:49 mind-bender—physics as the silenced superpower. Does this explain the stagnation... or is string theory just a dead-end distraction? Is physics deliberately "safe" to avoid existential risks? Your take—drop it below.

Camus

20,754 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten

Bhagavad Gita 18.33 धृत्या यया धारयते मन प्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः । योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ Imagine Krishna speaking this not on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, but in the middle of today’s noisy life. Phones vibrate, minds race, comfort pulls us back, and discipline feels heavy. In such a world, Bhagavad Gita 18.33 defines what real strength looks like. Krishna explains Sattvic Dhriti — pure determination. This is not excitement or temporary motivation. It is a calm inner power that holds the mind, breath, and senses together through awareness and balance. It does not force control; it brings clarity. Today, the mind is restless, jumping from fear to comparison to distraction. The senses constantly demand pleasure — more scrolling, more comfort, more taste. Sattvic determination means you pause instead of reacting. You choose discipline over impulse, even when no one is watching. A key word in this verse is “Avyabhicharini” — unbroken. True determination does not change with mood, success, or failure. Praise does not inflate it. Criticism does not crush it. It continues quietly, day after day. This teaching also speaks deeply to modern mental health. Most suffering today comes from extremes — chasing pleasure or running from discomfort. Sattvic Dhriti teaches balance. You do not escape pain, nor do you drown in it. You stay steady and move forward with awareness. In a world addicted to speed and shortcuts, Krishna reminds us that real power is silent consistency — doing the right thing daily, calmly, steadily, without noise. That Hare Krishna 💗
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Bhagavad Gita 18.33 धृत्या यया धारयते मन प्राणेन्द्रियक्रियाः । योगेनाव्यभिचारिण्या धृतिः सा पार्थ सात्त्विकी ॥ Imagine Krishna speaking this not on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, but in the middle of today’s noisy life. Phones vibrate, minds race, comfort pulls us back, and discipline feels heavy. In such a world, Bhagavad Gita 18.33 defines what real strength looks like. Krishna explains Sattvic Dhriti — pure determination. This is not excitement or temporary motivation. It is a calm inner power that holds the mind, breath, and senses together through awareness and balance. It does not force control; it brings clarity. Today, the mind is restless, jumping from fear to comparison to distraction. The senses constantly demand pleasure — more scrolling, more comfort, more taste. Sattvic determination means you pause instead of reacting. You choose discipline over impulse, even when no one is watching. A key word in this verse is “Avyabhicharini” — unbroken. True determination does not change with mood, success, or failure. Praise does not inflate it. Criticism does not crush it. It continues quietly, day after day. This teaching also speaks deeply to modern mental health. Most suffering today comes from extremes — chasing pleasure or running from discomfort. Sattvic Dhriti teaches balance. You do not escape pain, nor do you drown in it. You stay steady and move forward with awareness. In a world addicted to speed and shortcuts, Krishna reminds us that real power is silent consistency — doing the right thing daily, calmly, steadily, without noise. That Hare Krishna 💗

Bhagavad Gita 🪷

35,642 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten