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  • The truth about caffeine and your blood vessels

    10/21/2025 8:47:56 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 26 replies
    Easy Health Options ^ | 10/21/2025 | Carolyn Gretton
    Is caffeine good or bad for your heart?There’s no doubt that caffeine can raise your blood pressure and heart rate.But consuming moderate amounts of caffeine daily also has been linked to supple arteries and reduced risk of heart failure and atrial fibrillation.Now there’s more good heart health news for those of us who love our coffee, tea and cocoa…Caffeine and your blood vesselsVascular disease, damage of blood vessels and their resulting consequences — heart attack and stroke — are among the leading causes of death in the general population. These risks are even higher in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases...
  • How They Broke us All

    10/21/2025 6:11:33 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 30 replies
    youtube.com ^ | 18 October 2025 | Chase Hughes
    They rewired what you believe.This film exposes the hundred-year experiment that turned psychology into a weapon—how war-era mind research evolved into advertising, media manipulation, and now…the algorithm running your nervous system.You’ve felt it your whole life: the dread, the noise, the endless chase for validation. It isn’t random. It was built.Watch until the end—and decide what’s really yours.What’s Inside • Tavistock Institute — where population psychology began • Edward Bernays — the man who sold desire • Operation Mockingbird — the press turned puppet • MK-Ultra — the erasure of identity • The Algorithm — digital conditioning in real time
  • 3I/Atlas: Is a Manhattan-sized ALIEN SHIP hurtling towards Earth?!

    10/20/2025 1:21:42 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 88 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | October 20, 2025 | Staff
    I have held off on covering this because I wanted to see how things shook out and whether the “research” on this was valid, but now that Glenn Beck is covering it, I want to at least bring it to your attention. Is a Manhattan-sized ALIEN SHIP hurtling towards Earth?! Well, the short answer at this point is possibly so! Allow me to explain why…. Many believe it is shaped with structured geometric formations that don’t occur naturally in nature: It is reportedly made of a never-before-seen metal alloy mixture: Here are a bunch more: In fact, here’s a short...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - NGC 2903: A Missing Jewel in Leo

    10/20/2025 12:47:01 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 11 replies
    NASA ^ | 10 Apr, 2015 | Image Credit & Copyright: Tony Hallas
    Explanation: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 2903 is only some 20 million light-years distant. Popular among amateur astronomers, it shines in the northern spring constellation Leo, near the top of the lion's head. That part of the constellation is sometimes seen as a reversed question mark or sickle. One of the brighter galaxies visible from the northern hemisphere, NGC 2903 is surprisingly missing from Charles Messier's catalog of lustrous celestial sights. This colorful image from a small ground-based telescope shows off the galaxy's gorgeous spiral arms traced by young, blue star clusters and pinkish star forming regions. Included are intriguing details...
  • Commentary: Autism Means Too Many Things to Mean Anything

    10/20/2025 12:10:02 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 28 replies
    Channel News Asia ^ | 19 Oct 2025 | Emily May
    The diagnostic categorisation for autism is so broad that families of profoundly autistic children are being left behind, says the mother of a 7-year-old nonverbal daughter. When I tell strangers that my daughter is autistic, their questions are often so far from my reality, it’s painful. Does she have a unique talent? Special interests? They picture a child who excels at puzzles. But my daughter hasn’t shown an interest in toys since she was 20 months old and is unable to tell me what she wants to be for Halloween or when she grows up. I fear illnesses like strep...
  • WATCH: Lithium Battery Fire Erupts on Air China Flight Carrying 160 Passengers

    10/20/2025 8:48:55 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | October 19, 2025 | Amy Furr
    Passengers on an Air China flight witnessed a lithium battery burst into flames in luggage that had been placed in an overhead bin on Saturday. The flight was on its way to Seoul but had to make an emergency landing in Shanghai when the incident happened, the New York Post reported. The plane had departed Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport just before 10:00 a.m. with 160 people onboard, the Post said, citing the airline and Chinese state media. VIDEO AT LINK.................... When the battery ignited, travelers began calling out for help to quell the flames. “Two flight attendants sprinted down the...
  • Ancient Rome at the Met: Masterpieces of an Empire [14:35]

    10/19/2025 9:48:00 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 5 replies
    YouTube ^ | October 2, 2025 | Ancient Rome Live
    Step inside the Met and explore the Roman world through its art. From vibrant wall paintings that once decorated villas, to commanding imperial statues that projected power, to intimate Fayum portraits that preserved memory in Egypt, these works reveal how Romans saw themselves -- in life, in rule, and in death. Join Darius Arya as we uncover the stories behind the Met's most fascinating Roman treasures. Ancient Rome at the Met: Masterpieces of an Empire | 14:35 Ancient Rome Live | 82K subscribers | 5,364 views | October 2, 2025 The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1000 Fifth Avenue |...
  • UK scientists celebrate ‘major breakthrough’ in nuclear fusion

    10/19/2025 6:59:53 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 33 replies
    The Times ^ | Friday October 17 2025, 11.45am BST | Rhys Blakely
    Researchers make landmark advance in the quest to unlock virtually limitless clean energy from the same reaction that powers the stars On a former military airfield a few miles south of Oxford, a group of scientists are trying to bottle the sun. Not literally, of course — but their ambitions come close. Inside a four metre-tall, apple-shaped machine known as the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak Upgrade (MAST-U), they are attempting to recreate, control and ultimately commercialise the fusion reactions that power the stars. In the past few weeks, they have made landmark progress. Fusion is physics’ grand prize, promising a...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - One-Armed Spiral Galaxy NGC 4725

    10/19/2025 1:45:28 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 10 replies
    NASA ^ | 16 Apr, 2016 | Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh
    Explanation: While most spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, have two or more spiral arms, NGC 4725 has only one. In this sharp color composite image, the solo spira mirabilis seems to wind from a prominent ring of bluish, newborn star clusters and red tinted star forming regions. The odd galaxy also sports obscuring dust lanes a yellowish central bar structure composed of an older population of stars. NGC 4725 is over 100 thousand light-years across and lies 41 million light-years away in the well-groomed constellation Coma Berenices. Computer simulations of the formation of single spiral arms suggest that...
  • Military Tests New Bomb That Is Terrifying To America's Enemies, Details Are Insane

    10/19/2025 3:47:05 AM PDT · by Omnivore-Dan · 63 replies
    Outkick.com ^ | 10/17/2025 | David Hookstead
    The United States military might soon add an insane new weapon to its arsenal. As I often say, the United States has the most powerful military on the planet, and there's no close second. We don't just have the best people. We have the greatest technology and weapons that humans have ever designed. Whether it's the B-21 Raider, the F-22 Raptor, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers or anything else, the United States can bring tools to the fight years more advanced than our adversaries. That might now include a new kind of munition.
  • How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next) [14:19]

    10/18/2025 10:10:03 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 37 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 12, 2025 | Undecided with Matt Ferrell
    How CATL Made Batteries 90% Cheaper (And What Happens Next). What if I told you the world's largest battery company just announced batteries that cost as low as $10 per kilowatt hour? Not $100. Ten. And the kicker? They're using salt. Yes, the same stuff sitting on your kitchen table. But CATL makes more lithium batteries than anyone else on the planet. They're literally winning the lithium game. So why are they suddenly pivoting to a technology that's been considered second-rate for decades? No technical papers. No detailed explanations. Just bold claims and two new products ready to hit the...
  • British Bronze Age Sickle Unearthed in France, Revealing Ancient Trade Links

    10/18/2025 9:38:28 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 19 replies
    Greek Reporter ^ | August 8, 2025 | Nisha Zahid
    Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Bronze Age sickle in France at the Suret site in Val-de-Reuil, in the lower Seine valley. Dating to the Atlantic Late Bronze Age between 1200 and 600 B.C., the artifact is one of only a handful of such finds recorded in the country.The sickle is made of copper alloy and remains largely intact, although its tip has broken off. The missing piece was recovered alongside the main artifact. The chipped edges on the curved blade suggest that it was used extensively.The socket features a side ring and two holes that were once used to secure...
  • Possible Phrygian Temple Discovered in Turkey

    10/18/2025 8:43:58 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 12 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | October 10, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    Live Science reports that a temple discovered in western Turkey may have been built by the Phrygians some 2,700 years ago. The temple is thought to have been dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess known as Materan, Matar, and Cybele. Bilge Yılmaz Kolancı of Pamukkale University explained that the site features a cave with twin rock idols carved into the rock face between two structures. Libation bowls and drainage channels were also unearthed, she added. To read about another site in the region that the Phrygians once controlled, go to "Who Is That Masked God?"
  • Daily Cocoa Cuts Inflammation by 70 Percent: Scientists discover why dark chocolate may help you live longer.

    10/18/2025 7:39:46 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 27 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 10/18/2025 | Rachel Ann T. Melegrito
    Your daily hot cocoa might do more than warm you up—it could also prevent heart disease and the inflammation that drives it, according to a recent study. As we get older, our bodies become more inflamed, increasing our risks of developing chronic disease and dying. A large-scale study tracked people who took daily cocoa supplements for two years and found that body-wide inflammation stayed steady instead of rising—with the strongest effects in those who had higher inflammation at baseline. In the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) trial, daily cocoa extract supplements were linked to a 27 percent lower...
  • Making a Hammer Dulcimer

    10/18/2025 5:47:12 PM PDT · by kawhill · 26 replies
    Smithsonian ^ | updated 10/97 | Sam Rizzetta
    Although the art of hammer dulcimer playing once appeared to be dying, a revival of interest has been slowly spreading in recent years. People unfamiliar with the dulcimer are pleasantly surprised by its clear, ringing tone and the animated dance of the player’s hands.
  • Carville says trans sports policy supporters are catering to ‘left-wing zombies’

    10/18/2025 3:33:02 PM PDT · by Libloather · 15 replies
    Fox News via NY Post ^ | 10/18/25 | Alexander Hall
    Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville blasted some liberals for still failing to evolve past certain far-left policies he has blamed repeatedly for sinking the party in the past. Discussing the issue on Thursday’s “Politics War Room” podcast, Carville said those on the left who promote trans inclusion in women’s sports are trying to score a “cheap political point with a bunch of left-wing zombies.” He added that they’re “ruining the women that work their a–es off, that compete.” Betty Yee, former state controller and Democratic candidate for the governorship of California, argued on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” that there should...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day- Government shutdown so no APOD Today. I will dig up some of my favorites - M104: The Sombrero Galaxy (by request)

    10/18/2025 11:58:47 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 4 replies
    NASA ^ | 29 Mar, 2019 | Image Data: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (DeepSky
    Explanation: The striking spiral galaxy M104 is famous for its nearly edge-on profile featuring a broad ring of obscuring dust lanes. Seen in silhouette against an extensive central bulge of stars, the swath of cosmic dust lends a broad brimmed hat-like appearance to the galaxy suggesting a more popular moniker, The Sombrero Galaxy. Hubble Space Telescope data have been used to create this sharp view of the well-known galaxy. The processing results in a natural color appearance and preserves details often lost in overwhelming glare of M104's bright central bulge when viewed with smaller ground-based telescopes. Also known as NGC...
  • Vespasian's Hidden Tunnel Along The Via Flaminia [9:13]

    10/18/2025 7:20:55 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 6 replies
    YouTube ^ | September 5, 2025 | Darius Arya Digs
    Travel back in time with Darius and explore a little known tunnel cut by Vespasian that was a key portion of the Via Flaminia. We're in a national park in Le Marche - in the Gola del Furlo - that protects this site, tracking down the amazing engineering works of the ancient Romans! Vespasian's Hidden Tunnel Along The Via Flaminia | 9:13Darius Arya Digs | 34.4K subscribers | 21,989 views | September 5, 2025
  • 3I/ATLAS's Coma Proves Another Cometary Formation Theory

    10/17/2025 10:44:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 10 replies
    Universe Today ^ | October 06, 2025 | Andy Tomaswick
    ...Scientists have been keeping a close watch on those changes, both to ensure there’s nothing unexplainable by our current understanding, but also to compare 3I/ATLAS to both previous interstellar visitors as well as comets in our own solar system. A recent paper from European researchers describes how the changes in a particular material ratio in 3I/ATLAS’ coma fit with our current understanding of cometary geology.That ratio is the nickel to iron (Ni/FE) abundance ratio. It has been measured for two decades, including on twenty in-system comets as well as 2I/Borisov, the last known interstellar visitor our solar system had. However,...
  • Excavation Concludes at Prehistoric Settlement on Cyprus

    10/17/2025 3:17:29 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | October 9, 2025 | editors / unattributed
    KNews reports that a team of researchers led by Giorgos Vavouranakis of the University of Athens has completed an excavation at Erimi Pamboula, an archaeological site in southern Cyprus occupied between 3500 and 2900 B.C. The recent investigation uncovered the floor of a house with a pit and a platform, the wall of a circular structure, and a pit containing burned deer bones and antler fragments. Stone tools, unfinished jewelry pieces and a figurine made of the green or grey stone picrolite, and decorated pottery dated to the early third millennium B.C. were also recovered. To read about prosperous Bronze...