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Richard Muller

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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
What an exquisite response to @Pontifex.. 👏🏻👏🏻 As for who is the more intelligent, judge for yourself. My money is on Gerard Casey.
Gerard Casey@Casey5122dark

Your Holiness, let me put this as politely as I can: you don’t know what you are talking about. If you want to write on a subject—horse racing, say, or musical composition—it’s a good idea to know something about it before putting pen to paper or, these days, hitting the computer keyboard. The same goes for economics. You don’t have to know anything about economics, but if you don’t, you shouldn’t pontificate on the subject. What you have written gives evidence of a soft heart, which is a good thing, but soft hearts, if they are not to be destructive, should be closely associated with hard heads. Your post is an embarrassment to those of us who are Catholic and who respect and venerate the office you hold. You wrote: "Hundreds of millions of people throughout the world are immersed in extreme poverty." Yes, and that’s not good. However, almost all of the human race was immersed in extreme poverty for most of human history. The last two hundred years have seen the mass of people lifted out of poverty in a way that has never been achievable or achieved before. [see Hans Rosling’s Factfulness for some real information: [amazon.co.uk/Factfulness-It…] You wrote: "Yet, disproportionate wealth remains in the hands of a few." If wealthy people have obtained their wealth by honest means, issues of proportionality are irrelevant. They have provided goods or services that people are willing to pay for and they have been rewarded accordingly. What they do with that wealth is a moral issue for them and not a legal or political matter for anyone else. You wrote: “...the need to address solvable problems related to a more equitable distribution of wealth, to be achieved with moral sense and honesty.” [italics added] This is a classic example of the zero-sum fallacy. The solution to poverty is to make poor people un-poor, not to make wealthy people un-wealthy. [see stephankinsella.com/2023/06/casey-…] What you call 'equitable distribution' presumes that wealth is something that just sits there, waiting to be distributed. But wealth is something that is produced, and its production already determines its ‘distribution’. Your Holiness, there is much work to be done to sort out the problems in the Church. May I respectfully suggest that you direct your attention to the resolution of these problems.

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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
@SamaHoole I'm a few months shy of 80.. No pills, no issues. With endless gratitude to @bigfatsurprise, happy and healthy eating precisely those foods since 2014.
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Sama Hoole
Sama Hoole@SamaHoole·
Eggs contain retinol. The supplement aisle sells retinol capsules. Beef contains CoQ10. The supplement aisle sells CoQ10 capsules. Salmon contains EPA and DHA. The supplement aisle sells omega-3 capsules. Sardines contain selenium. The supplement aisle sells selenium tablets. Egg yolk contains choline. The supplement aisle sells choline capsules. Bone broth contains glycine and collagen. The supplement aisle sells glycine powder and collagen sachets. Beef contains carnitine. The supplement aisle sells carnitine capsules. The supplement aisle is just an animal. Taken apart. Put in capsules. Sold back to you at forty times the price. By the same institutions that told you not to eat the animal.
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Sama Hoole
Sama Hoole@SamaHoole·
Testosterone: made from cholesterol. Oestrogen: made from cholesterol. Cortisol: made from cholesterol. Vitamin D: made from cholesterol. Bile acids, which digest fat: made from cholesterol. Every cell membrane in your body: contains cholesterol. Your brain: 60% fat, mostly cholesterol. When you eat less of it, the liver makes more. Because the body knows it can't function without it. This has been established science since the 1960s. We declared war on cholesterol in 1977. Testosterone levels in men have dropped 25% since 1980. Vitamin D deficiency is now endemic. One in three adults over fifty is on a statin to reduce the cholesterol the body is desperately trying to maintain. The war is going well.
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LadyValor
LadyValor@lady_valor_07·
Based on the entirety of this photograph, what is your best estimation of the year it was taken?
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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
@Synergycorpp @XFreeze Fossil Fuels are stored Solar Energy, captured by plant leaves, which are the most efficient, environmentally friendly solar panels to ever exist.
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Synergy Solutions LLC@Synergycorpp·
@XFreeze Imagine having the sun and still prioritizing fossil fuels as an energy distributor. Sometimes I just sit back and watch and intentionally hurt my brain when I try to understand why humanity has decided to go down a "we must have a leader" path.
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X Freeze@XFreeze·
The Sun is by far the biggest source of energy in our solar system Even here on Earth, the Sun accounts for roughly 100% of all the energy we use - fossil fuels are just ancient sunlight stored in plants, while wind, hydro, biomass, and solar power are all driven by the Sun right now Beyond Earth, the vast majority of spacecraft, satellites, and future Mars bases run entirely on solar energy The Sun puts out 3.8 × 10²⁶ watts - more energy in a single second than all of humanity has ever used in its entire history And just to put it in perspective: the Sun makes up 99.8% of the total mass of our entire solar system. Jupiter is only 0.1%. Everything else (Earth, Mars, asteroids, etc.) is basically miscellaneous We’re finally learning how to use the only energy source that actually matters ☀️
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Nas@Nas_tech_AI·
Find the missing number
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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
@ProfTimNoakes @luvscows612 Statins are the product of egregiously flawed "research." While preventing nothing, their use does keep the tills of manufacturers and heart specialists ringing.
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Tim Noakes
Tim Noakes@ProfTimNoakes·
Heart Surgeon Dr Philip Ovadia confirms what was the common belief beginning in the 1990s, that the widespread prescription of statins would completely prevent coronary heart disease. But, as he confirms, this never happened. Instead there is now a shortage of heart surgeons in the US to cope with the continuing demand for their services. Now, if you treat the "cause" without eliminating the disease, then you don't know what is the cause. Simple. Over to people like @DrAseemMalhotra, @MaryanneDemasi, @zoeharcombe, @bigfatsurprise, @garytaubes, @realDaveFeldman and @nicknorwitz amongst many others, to keep asking the inconvenient questions about what is really causing coronary heart disease. P.S. Philip @ifixhearts. Really like that book you display and which appears just to the right of your head.
Heart Surgeon Dr. Philip Ovadia@ifixhearts

Do Statins Really Prevent Heart Disease? Despite widespread statin use, heart disease rates remain high. In this video, a heart surgeon shares firsthand experience on why statins may not be addressing the root cause of cardiovascular disease. Discover the gap between medication and true prevention and why heart disease is still on the rise. Watch and rethink what actually works for long-term heart health. #HeartDisease #Statins #CardiovascularHealth #HeartHealth #PreventHeartDisease #CholesterolTruth

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Sama Hoole
Sama Hoole@SamaHoole·
You want to know the most efficient land use in Britain? Not almonds. (You can't grow almonds here. The climate would make them feel personally attacked.) Not avocados. (Laughable.) Not quinoa. (We tried. It's fine. It's not fine.) Grass. Which grows on the 65% of British agricultural land that cannot support arable crops. Which feeds ruminants. Which converts that grass into complete protein, saturated fat, and fat-soluble vitamins through a digestive system that has been running without modification for forty million years. The cow is not a problem to be solved. The cow is the solution that was already here.
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Natasha Huckfield
Natasha Huckfield@dramadelinquent·
The audacity of this useless government Having to pay a private person to clear rubbish bins that have been sitting outside for over 3 weeks because @CleanerJoburg and @CityofJoburgZA cannot do their jobs The level of hate I have is beyond comprehension. But give tenders to cadres so the city rots. Well done Fuck you @dadamorero
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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
I'm lucky to have met and spoken to your Dad on the practice tee at the Rondebosch Golf Club in Cape Town, while he was warming up for a 1978/79 (80?) Sunshine Tour event. Later that day, when he missed a fairway to the right off the tee, his ball hit me between the shoulder blades. Would have gone OB but for that.. 😂
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Karin van den Berg
Karin van den Berg@Karinvanden6·
@RediTlhabi @USEmbassySA @BrentBozell The BEE policies and laws impact negatively on our country’s economic growth and potential to attract investment. 30% black ownership has become a shakedown, an extortion. What happens in the US doesn’t concern me as much as what impacts us here. .. but hey you live in the US
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Redi Tlhabi@RediTlhabi·
@USEmbassySA @BrentBozell South Africa has a problem with the US bombing an elementary school in Iran and killing about 160 children and their teachers. South Africa has a problem with the US supplying military aid to a country that is committing unspeakable atrocities in the Middle East, including a genocide. South Africa has a problem with the gun violence in America, which has claimed the lives of elementary school children. This violence is perpetrated by people who can buy a gun at a convenience store without checks and balances, because US law allows it. South Africa has a problem with the reversal of Roe V Wade, which has denied women their reproductive rights and criminalised even medically recommended termination. South Africa has a problem with voter suppression which denies mainly Black and poor voters their democratic rights. South Africa has a problem with a US president initiating a rebellion against an election outcome. This included the storming of the Capitol, wherein the SON of THIS Ambassador to South Africa, participated and was convicted as a felon in that crime. South Africa has a problem with Africa's debt crisis that has been created by US-led Western institutions. South Africa has a problem with the UN Security Council and its resistance to reform. Resistance led mainly, by the USA. There are MORE problems but I have to go do my nails.
Newzroom Afrika@Newzroom405

[WATCH] US Ambassodor to SA Leo Brent Bozell III says the United States has a problem with South Africa's 30% black ownership policy for businesses operating in the country. #Newzroom405

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Richard Muller
Richard Muller@Dick_Muller·
Brilliant observation..
Brivael - FR@BrivaelFr

Je crois qu'on ne mesure pas ce qu'Elon Musk est en train de construire avec X. Tous les médias de l'histoire ont été couplés à une culture, une langue, une bulle géographique. Le Monde parle aux Français. Le NYT parle aux Américains. NHK parle aux Japonais. Chaque média filtre le réel à travers le prisme de sa culture locale. X est en train de devenir le premier média de l'humanité. Pas d'un pays. De l'espèce. Je le vis en temps réel. Mes posts en français se font RT par des Japonais, répondre par des Brésiliens, citer par des Américains. Des conversations qui n'auraient jamais existé il y a 5 ans. Un libertarien français qui débat avec un ingénieur de Tokyo et un entrepreneur de Sao Paulo sous le même tweet. Pas traduit par un éditeur. Traduit instantanément par l'IA, en un clic. Les bulles de filtre culturelles sont en train d'exploser. Et je pense qu'on sous-estime massivement les effets composés de ça. Quand une idée peut traverser un océan en 3 secondes, quand un argument sourcé posté à Paris peut être vérifié par un économiste à Singapour et amplifié par un développeur à Austin dans la même heure, le coût de propagation d'une bonne idée tend vers zéro. Et c'est catastrophique pour un type d'acteur très précis : les médias qui ont construit leur business model sur le monopole de l'information locale. Ceux qui pouvaient raconter n'importe quoi sur "ce qui se passe ailleurs" parce que personne ne pouvait vérifier. Quand un journaliste français écrit que "le modèle américain ne marche pas", maintenant il y a 50 Américains dans les réponses avec des sources. Quand un éditorialiste dit que "le Danemark prouve que le socialisme fonctionne", il y a un Danois qui explique que le Danemark est 10e en liberté économique mondiale. Le fact-checking n'est plus un département. C'est un effet réseau. Les médias honnêtes n'ont rien à craindre de ça. Les médias qui vendaient une narration protégée par l'ignorance géographique de leur audience vont avoir un problème existentiel. Parce qu'on ne peut plus mentir à l'échelle locale quand le monde entier regarde.

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Johanna Nyman
Johanna Nyman@JohannaNyman5·
If the U.S. were a functioning democracy at present, Trump would be removed for mental unfitness. He is dangerously unwell and utterly unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the world’s most powerful military.
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Sophia A. Nelson
Sophia A. Nelson@IAmSophiaNelson·
Folks, seriously. This is simply not okay. We must do better. He is unfit. He is a poor moral example for young people. He is angry. He is disrespectful. He cannot remain President of these United States. This is not normal. Nor is it acceptable. He must be removed. Republicans step up!
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Brand Suid Afrika
Brand Suid Afrika@BrandSuidAfrika·
South Africa is the last thing on the list of priorities for @elonmusk, you clown. He provides an option that could uplift millions in this country, and is met by thousands of dumbasses like you wanting a paycheck to operate. The only one losing is your community.
Nkosiyethu Dingiswayo🇿🇦@McKay_Dingis024

Why does Elon Musk want to operate in South Africa so bad ?! Namibia recently rejected him just a week ago. He didn't say anything. Now he's letting his anger out on us?

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