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Would you pay $229 for a rock?
I mean, the economy is literally cooked.
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SSRIs, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, were sold as miracle drugs, tiny pills that would “correct a chemical imbalance” and bring people back to happiness.
There’s just one problem: the “chemical imbalance” theory was never conclusively proven in the first place.
Yet millions were prescribed drugs that alter serotonin signaling for years, sometimes decades, often with little warning about what happens when you try to stop.
And stopping can be brutal.
Patients describe brain zaps, panic attacks, emotional collapse, dizziness, insomnia, dissociation, and waves of depression far worse than the symptoms that got them prescribed the drugs in the first place.
For years, much of psychiatry brushed this off as “relapse.”
Now even mainstream research admits antidepressant withdrawal can be severe, prolonged, and psychologically destabilizing.
What’s becoming harder to ignore is that SSRIs don’t necessarily make people happier.
Many users report the opposite: emotional blunting, not sadness., not joy, just flatness.
A growing body of research shows 40–60% of SSRI users experience some degree of emotional numbing, where pleasure, excitement, love, motivation, and even grief become muted.
The drugs may reduce emotional lows, but often by sanding down the highs too.
That’s not emotional health. That’s chemical dampening.
And the longer someone stays on SSRIs, the more the brain adapts to the drug’s constant presence.
Researchers increasingly point to neuroadaptation, changes in receptor sensitivity and serotonin signaling, as one reason withdrawal can become so difficult and prolonged.
The brain adjusts itself around the medication, then when the medication disappears, the nervous system struggles to recalibrate.
That’s why many people don’t feel “addicted” to SSRIs in the classic sense, but still find themselves unable to stop without spiraling into withdrawal symptoms mistaken for mental illness returning.
None of this means antidepressants never help anyone.
For some people in acute crisis, they absolutely can.
But the public was sold a simplistic fairy tale: low serotonin equals sadness, pill equals happiness; reality is messier.
Elon Musk@elonmusk
@fworksconfetti SSRIs are a huge problem
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 U.S. intel estimates Iran still holds ~40% of its drone arsenal and over 60% of its missile launchers despite weeks of strikes.
That’s enough firepower to light up the Middle East all over again.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇱 Netanyahu: "It is really a war of civilization against the barbarians that we're fighting." Doesn't sound like he wants peace anytime soon.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Pentagon is feeding Trump good news because nobody wants to tell him the truth.
Former CIA officer Larry Johnson says the blockade is a lie.
The U.S. doesn't have the ships to enforce it.
The ceasefire was sought by Washington; Iran just accepted it.
Aircraft losses approaching half a billion dollars in a single day.
Tomahawks, PAC-3s, and THAADs are so depleted that stockpiles from INDOPACOM and EUCOM are being raided to keep up.
"We've made it impossible for our troops to remain in Persian Gulf countries."
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Oil at $210 in Singapore. Fertilizer prices tripled. One rancher's feed bill jumped from $1,600 to $9,000. Former CIA officer Larry Johnson says the economic shockwave from this war hasn't even arrived yet. When it does, he expects it to look more like the Great Depression than a recession. Farmers across the U.S. and the world are already drowning. And the full collapse is still ahead of us.
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Days - 1500
Casualties - 1,380,000🌻
Economy - ⬇️💩🚽
☢️threats - 🥱
War crimes - ♾
NATO - 🇫🇮&🇸🇪
Arrest Warrants- ↗️
Warships- ⛴️⏬
Aircraft - 🚀💥
Submarine - Sub marine
Oil refineries - 🔥
Oil exports - ⬇️40%
Army - Stuck
🦝- 1
Red Lines - 0
I remain a master strategist.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸🇮🇱 Russia said they’ll ask the U.S. and Israel for a ceasefire to safely evacuate their specialists from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.
They’re also offering to help resolve the entire conflict; now that would be interesting.
Source: TASS, Reuters
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇷🇮🇶🇺🇸 Iran-backed Iraqi militia just offered a deal for the kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson, snatched in Baghdad this past Tuesday. Now Kataib Hezbollah says they’ll release her, but only if Iraq frees some of their detained fighters. Source: NYT
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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇦 While the world's attention is still glued to the Middle East, Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine.
390 drones, 34 missiles, at least 4 dead, and dozens injured.
Putin's not holding back.
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🚨🇺🇦🇮🇷 200 Ukrainian air defense specialists sent to the Middle East were stunned. U.S. and Gulf forces are reportedly firing up to 8 interceptor missiles… to take down one drone. Why this matters: Ukraine’s been doing this for years, and they’re prioritizing efficiency, mobility, and actually manning systems… not just throwing money at the sky. Meanwhile, billion-dollar radar systems are still getting picked off by cheap drones. At this rate, they'll run out of interceptors before Iran runs out of drones. Source: The Times
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@MarioNawfal In this moment, Zelensky is the true leader of the free world
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🇺🇦 Ukraine is slowly becoming a military powerhouse.
Not only are they supporting the Gulf and the U.S. in intercepting Iranian drones, but Zelensky now says Ukraine could manufacture missiles for Patriot air defense systems domestically, and potentially supply not only Ukraine but also allies in Europe and the Middle East.
The global balance of power is shifting in real time.
Source: @igorsushko
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🇮🇷 MINES IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ COULD PARALYZE GLOBAL OIL CNN says that Iran may have begun mining the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping corridors. Naval mines are extremely effective because you don’t need many to shut down traffic, insurers and shipping companies simply refuse to risk sending tankers through. Iran is believed to have thousands of naval mines and can deploy them quickly using small boats, submarines, or even disguised civilian vessels. The real problem comes after: clearing mines is slow, dangerous work, and even after a war ends it could take weeks to reopen the strait, keeping global oil flows disrupted. Source: CNN
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@MarioNawfal In this moment, Zelensky is the true leader of the free world
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🚨🇺🇦 Ukraine is now helping defend U.S. bases in Jordan.
Zelensky confirmed Kyiv sent interceptor drones and specialists to protect American military sites from Iranian drone attacks.
Source: NY Times
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 IS TRUMP WINNING THE WAR… OR MAKING MARTYRS? The U.S. and Israel have clearly inflicted far more damage on Iran than Iran has managed in return, but killing leaders like Ali Khamenei may not be the simple victory many assume. In Shia Islam, martyrdom isn’t defeat, it’s honor, legitimacy, and a guaranteed place in paradise. So while Western analysts tally dead commanders as battlefield wins, the Iranian regime can frame the same deaths as divine validation and rallying fuel for millions of supporters across the region. And then there’s the geography problem. Iran is massive, mountainous, and built for strategic depth, far harder to invade or control than places like Iraq. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Israel are burning through missiles faster than they can manufacture them, raising questions about how long the current pace of strikes can actually be sustained. Short-term dominance on the battlefield doesn’t always translate into long-term strategic victory. As oil prices spike and the regime shows no signs of weakening its hold on the country, this could turn into a much longer conflict than Trump originally envisioned.
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“If you hear an explosion, thats a good thing, cause it means you are still alive.”
Ukrainian proverb
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@SzabadonMagyar @Fbeyeee Ukraine could take Hungary in 3 hours with finger in nose 🔥
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This is where we are now. Orban ordered the military to line up near the Ukrainian border to fend off any Ukrainian aggression.
Orban has list his mind guys!
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🚨 BREAKING:
🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iran reached a secret arrangement with Russia for shoulder-launched missile systems.
Source: FT
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal
🚨 BREAKING: 🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu will hold a security meeting with top defense officials before convening the security cabinet. Israel is clearly positioning itself for the scenario in which things blow up with Iran. Source: Jerusalem Post
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TARIFFS HIT AMERICANS, NOT FOREIGNERS
New research shows U.S. consumers and businesses—not foreign exporters—are paying almost the entire cost of tariffs. A study of $4 trillion in trade found that foreigners absorbed just 4% of the burden, while Americans paid 96% through higher prices and costs.
The findings contradict President Trump’s claim that tariffs are paid by other countries. Instead, tariffs act like a tax on U.S. consumption and are likely to push inflation higher over time.
While European exporters have been hurt by reduced trade volumes, the economic cost inside the U.S. has been far larger. Economists warn that if tariffs rise further, the financial burden on American households will grow.
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Why aren’t Greta and her friends already organizing a “Freedom Flotilla” to Iran?
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/spe…
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🥶 Shocking only to those who grew up outside Scandinavia
In Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, babies are calmly put to sleep outdoors even in winter, at subzero temperatures.
Why do they do this?
🔻 It’s believed that cold, fresh air improves sleep quality.
🔻 Children get sick less often — indoor spaces have more dry air and viruses.
🔻 Outdoor sleep is deeper and longer — confirmed by both parents and pediatricians.
🔻 It’s part of a culture of trust and calm — no one fears that “something will happen.”
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