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@eyojoel77 Also, things that "disinterest" us can enrage us rather than just leaving our brains alone.

People with ADHD have what’s called an “interest-based nervous system.” They literally can’t force themselves to care about things that bore them. It’s not a choice. It’s not willpower. Their brains physically won’t produce the neurochemicals needed to engage unless something triggers interest, urgency, novelty, or challenge.

Film Review November 1971.

Tormenting the rich, pompous person is a RIGHT NOW vibe.

5 years? Roger Moore had 8 (1977-1985)

The minimum wage should cover rent, food, healthcare, children’s education, and transportation. If it doesn’t, then it’s neither a minimum wage nor a living wage. And I’m not arguing about it with anyone.

In the top ten of writing tricks Ian Fleming pulled off is that in SWLM, we loathe Viv's lovers before Bond, BUT, even though they are total cads, Ian makes sure we know that they each were interested in Viv's sexual pleasure, and without using the shocking word, had Viv climax.

He didn't "lose his temper". He didn't "fly into a rage". He wasn't "jealous". There's no point "looking into why he was so angry". There's no reason except this: He was a man exerting the ultimate control over a woman who tried to leave him. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/0…

Roger Moore and Jane Seymour on location for Live And Let Die. Film Review July 1973.

@ringo6363 It was!

@3octaves I wonder if that was in his Thunderbird…?

In the top 5 of things Ian Fleming did was when he, rich and famous, gave a beautiful young office girl a ride home in his fancy convertible. And that was all. He kept his hands to himself, dropped her off at her flat, and saw her again at the office the next week.

Name a spy movie you’ll defend forever no matter what people say about it? 🍿 Our pick: THE AVENGERS (1998)

@PippaMusgrave1 @dahl_bibi One horrifying conclusion from doctors is that Bond would be dead by 56–the age Fleming died.

@dahl_bibi He's worse in the books. Someone worked out that if Bond ate and drank everything stated in the books, he'd be 25 stone and an alcoholic with no liver left

This can't be right. Not only does Bond rarely finish a drink, but his 4½ drinks per film are usually spread over days or weeks.

I love how the Bond films do this, I reckon that Lynn-Holly Johnson's daughter Jensie* would be great in a future Bond film! *She's named after the character LHJ played in the 1986 movie Angel River

Nothing made me more pro-choice than becoming a mother.

🌷The Moms of Bond🌷 Everyone knows Lois Maxwell as M's plucky yet ever capable secretary Miss Moneypenny who was in a total of 14 Bond films but few will recognize her lovely daughter Melinda as Drax's Girl in "Moonraker" (1979). She turned 20 shortly after the film premiered!

Older animation is always more appealing to me because they were aware that they were animating a cartoon. Now, they're so obsessed with hyperrealism. No, I don't need to see the character's individual eyelashes or their pulse; just make it look like a well-made cartoon.

@CricketSurfing @sugabelly There is no such thing as an unborn child. Stay mad.

@3octaves @sugabelly Humans become human at conception.

Pregnancy in children should always be terminated as early as possible.

In many ways, feminists and women who desire closeness with male partners think much more highly of men than women with a more traditional mien. The latter are resigned to men being mostly incapable of emotional care, certain kinds of trust, fidelity.

@CricketSurfing @sugabelly There is no such thing as an unborn child.

@sugabelly No. The unborn child should be given a chance to live.

@anishmoonka If I understand this story correctly, she was advised by her public HS science teacher. Go public schools!

A 17-year-old in Iowa boiled beets in her chemistry class and turned them into stitches that change color when your wound gets infected. Her name is Dasia Taylor. It started as a science fair project. She wanted a low-tech version of the "smart stitches" Tufts researchers built in 2016. Those used thread wired up with sensors and a tiny chip that pinged your phone if something went wrong. Cool, but useless without a phone or a hospital that can afford it. Her version doesn't need any of that. Healthy skin is slightly acidic, like lemon juice but much milder. When bacteria grow in a wound, the chemistry flips and turns more like soap or baking soda. Beet juice has a quirk. The same red pigment that stains your fingers when you cook it shifts color based on what it touches. Bright red on healthy skin. Dark purple on infected skin. The switch lines up with infection almost exactly. She tested ten threads before finding a cotton-polyester blend that soaked up the dye and changed color within five minutes. That was the prototype. Around 1 in 40 American surgeries end in an infection at the cut, costing hospitals more than $3 billion a year. In poorer countries the rate is closer to 1 in 9. In parts of Africa it's 1 in 6. In some Ethiopian hospitals, up to a quarter of surgery patients leave with an infection. The whole game is catching it early. Spot it in time and antibiotics handle it. Miss the window and the patient is back on the operating table. Dasia filed a patent in 2021 and started a medical device company called VariegateHealth in 2022. The stitches haven't been tested on real patients yet. New medical device patents can take a decade. She's also looking into a side benefit: the beet pigment kills bugs like E. coli and Klebsiella in lab tests. Smart stitches need a phone to read them. Hers just need eyes.