J Brew

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." Richard P. Feynman nasa.gov/history/rogers… This didn't have to happen...

@AlexAndBooks_ In work x.com/BrewNeuron/sta…

@BrewNeuron incredible, please share pics!

In 2023 YouGov surveyed 29,000+ Americans to see how many books the average person has in their home. Here were the results: • ZERO books: 9% • 1–10 books: 20% • 11–25 books: 14% • 26–50 books: 13% • 51–100 books: 12% • 101–200 books: 10% • 201–500 books: 7% • 501–1,000 books: 4% • 1,000+ books: 3% How many books do you have in your library?

Periodical collection Fine Gardening, Pacific Horticulture, North American Rock Garden Society...

Our botanical and horticultural library, assembled over 35 years. My wife is a plant collector and we have a small, eclectic garden. This thread documents our library, here are bookcases 1 and 2

Periodical shelves

Periodical shelves

Bookcases 3, 4 and 5

A watercolor painting of our garden sits in Bookcase 2, my wife designed the garden and did most of the work. My job is digging and pruning (under close supervision)!

Bookcase 2 Shelves 5 and 6 Crocus, Tulips, other flora, some plant exploring

Bookcase 2, Shelves 3 and 4 Mainly Pacific Northwest and some orchid books, ecology, evolution, Canada, especially Newfoundland

Bookcase 1 Shelf 5 Floras and other references, succulents, cacti, cycads, tropical plants

Bookcase 1, Shelves 1 and 2 Plant hunters and explorers, rock gardens

Bookcase 1, shelf 3 Rock gardens Shelf 4 Flora of the world and Pacific Northwest references

@MichaelStanger1 “Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God.” Doctrine and Covenants 109:8

One of our foundational physiological needs is food, and that need is also prominent in our spiritual lives. Comparing how Joseph and Jesus address these related needs highlights another way in which Joseph foreshadows the Christ. Through revelation, Joseph understands that Egypt will experience seven years of great abundance followed by seven years of devastating famine. Acting on that knowledge, Joseph counsels Pharaoh to prepare during the years of plenty. Pharaoh places Joseph in charge of the effort, and Genesis 41 describes the scale of the preparation: “Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.” Genesis 41:49 During the years of plenty, Joseph stores grain in cities throughout Egypt. When the famine finally arrives, people from many lands come seeking food: “And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.” Genesis 41:57 Because of Joseph’s foresight and preparation, entire nations survive. In a very real sense, Joseph becomes a savior to those facing starvation. Joseph’s role as a provider of life-sustaining bread also points toward a greater Savior, Jesus Christ. During His mortal ministry, the Savior used the imagery of bread to describe His mission. In the Gospel of John, after miraculously feeding the multitude, Jesus explained that the miracle symbolized something far deeper: “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger.” John 6:35. The comparison would have been powerful to those who heard it. Bread was the most basic staple of life in the ancient world. Without it, survival was impossible. Christ was teaching that just as bread sustains physical life, He sustains spiritual life. The symbolism of bread appears even earlier in Christ’s ministry during His temptation in the wilderness. After fasting for forty days, the Savior was physically hungry. At that vulnerable moment, Satan challenged Him: “If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.” Matthew 4:3. The temptation was subtle. It invited Christ to use divine power to satisfy immediate physical hunger. Yet the Savior refused, quoting scripture in reply: “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Matthew 4:4 Christ’s response reveals something profound. Physical bread sustains the body, but God’s word sustains the soul. The Savior would not use His mission merely to satisfy temporary needs. Instead, He came to provide something far greater. Joseph stored grain that could preserve people during a physical famine. But Christ offers something far greater, the nourishment that brings eternal life. Later in the same Bread of Life discourse, the Savior explained the depth of this promise: “This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.” John 6:50. His miracle of the loaves and fishes illustrates that years of preparation are not necessary for Him – He provides bread in the very moment it is needed. Joseph’s storehouses saved lives for a season. But the salvation offered by Jesus Christ reaches beyond mortality itself. In a world that often feels spiritually barren, where people hunger for meaning, forgiveness, and hope, where there is a famine of hearing the words of the LORD (Amos 8:11), the Savior offers living bread that satisfies the deepest needs of the human soul. Read this way, Joseph’s story becomes more than a remarkable historical account. It becomes a symbol. Joseph prepared grain during years of plenty so that people could survive a coming famine. But Jesus Christ, the greater Joseph, offers himself as the true bread from heaven, sustaining all who come to Him and giving life to the world, so that if we feast on the words of Christ, no spiritual famine can overcome us. #ComeFollowMe #SundaySchool #SaintsOnX

@chamath Capital Rotates to the Physical World So, sell Mag 7, buy BRK.A or BRK.B?

@CaVivekkhatri @grok please summarize this video

Bet you can't watch 5 minutes of this without rethinking everything you know about money. (MUST BOOKMARK) Ray Dalio turned a startup in his apartment into a $150 Billion empire. He just condensed 75 years of investing wisdom into 39 minutes. Watch this instead of Netflix this weekend.

@ChristosA89 @MarioNawfal Mostly commensal but not always.

@BrewNeuron @MarioNawfal I have close to no knowledge of gall formation, but do know it tends to be at least commensal (not parasitic). The machinery of cellular hijacking is bang on point, it's the same arms race but differs in resolution. Thanks for this, gives me incentive to learn new things.

NATO is actually wiring live cockroaches with AI backpacks loaded with cameras, microphones, radios, and neural stimulators that literally fire electrical signals straight into the insect nervous system for precise steering.

@ChristosA89 @MarioNawfal @grok I needed to look up x.com/i/grok/share/6…

@ChristosA89 @MarioNawfal I needed some help from @grok with a Numerical example of Donnan equilibrium x.com/i/grok/share/7…