Behind me the audience was filing in for a screening of "An Inconvenient Study" alongside Zero Spike's film "Why Can't We Talk About This?" and I was still processing a day of interviews that I had not expected to affect me the way they did.
Italy changed my read on this. I went in thinking I understood the pandemic well enough. These conversations told me otherwise. The questions that came out of those rooms are ones I am going to keep asking as this tour continues. We don't really get the full scope of this just yet.
France is next. Then Poland, Japan, Australia. When you ask the same questions in enough countries, you start to realize we have not yet fully understood what happened.
Nah. For your utilitarian view to hold water, blanket immunity needs to be removed from the pharmaceutical companies, full transparency must exist, informed consent must be comprehensive, trust in public health must be restored, captured institutions must have autonomy to actually apply the scientific method with honest journal entries and much more. And even after all that, free, uncoerced will must remain. You're whistling in the blistering wind.
By rejecting vaccines, you put others in danger.
You reject decades of immunology, epidemiology, clinical trials, and real-world evidence involving billions of doses.
You promote the idea that every hospital, university, regulator, and doctor on Earth is part of one giant conspiracy — while viruses, measles, polio, and whooping cough quietly come back.
Vaccines are not perfect.
But pretending infectious diseases disappeared on their own is historically illiterate.
Modern medicine dramatically increased human life expectancy.
The real danger is turning public health into a conspiracy theory.
It’s not AI. Those reddish colored plates weigh 2.5 pounds they’re hollow. if you’ve ever been to an Olympic weightlifting competition you would know this. The youngsters use these plates and I suppose when you’re 95 years old, you use them too. I suspect the total weight the gentleman is lifting is about 35 to 45 pounds.
@TulsiGabbard@ODNIgov Thank you for your service to our nation, Tulsi. I pray for you and your husband to have the strength to meet your challenges ahead and for the greatest outcome. Love to you.
I am deeply grateful for the trust President Trump placed in me and for the opportunity to lead @ODNIgov for the last year and a half.
Unfortunately, I must submit my resignation, effective June 30, 2026. My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months. At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle.
@crsanchezx@velezambrano I understand the question mark. I thought I was responding to someone else. Disregard. However, I was not criticizing her. She is amazing!
No. I don't have time but to do otherwise. Those are the facts period. Some of it is gotten from AI, some my additives. Who cares? I should have, however, put quotations around the AI data and I very much normally do. My bad. Nothing wrong with using AI as long as facts are verified. NOTHING.
@kerwinpacific@Hania16836 Thanks. I really just thought I was giving one of a billion opinions for fun when people post these silly questions in the first place.
@SynthEliza@Hania16836 You are correct sfagen, but only a very few have any idea what you saying. Those that dis what you say the most, most likely would never understand. For those that know no explanation is necessary.
Unfortunately, no. As an example, losing 250 lbs primarily through calorie deficit and cardio (without resistance training) typically results in 20% to 40% weight loss coming from lean mass (muscle, organ tissue, and bone) rather than fat.
That translates to potentially losing 50 lbs to 100 lbs of lean mass and that's A LOT to earn back.
Conversely, losing 250 lbs while including high-quality resistance training means losing only 12.5 lbs to 25 lbs of lean mass -- saving up to 75 lbs of muscle compared to cardio alone and starting with a body fat percentage this high it's even possible to completely maintain or slightly increase muscle mass during the process of body recompensation.
Combining weight loss with resistance training has myriad health and quality of life benefits and is the superior option.
@mastashredda@mariotomich I agree. I do the same thing and I can tell the dopamine signals have turned off. It's a really wonderful state to be in every day. Thanks for your replies. Much appreciated.
Yes I think so but im trying with mostly white fist and it’s been working so far, effortlessly eating fewer calories because i feel so much fuller. Will add sweet potatoes next week and see how it feels in comparison. Just baked/boiled/steamed not fried. Part of it is supposed to be boring to reset dopamine signals so I usually just add a bit of salt or good tomato sauce or just eat it plain even cold just snack on it.
@SynthEliza@mariotomich Just eat a plain baked potato with every meal, hit your protein 1g/lb and don’t over indulge on junk, feels way easier than simply white knuckling CICO
@mastashredda@mariotomich I noticed that too. They also give me more sustained energy for workouts but I was wondering if I was imagining it but I think it's true. I think potatoes get a bad rap.
@crsanchezx@velezambrano Oh, I am not at all criticizing her at all. I applaud her dedication and tenacity. Stellar. I was just responding directly to your specific comment. Peace.