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This MRI study on young kids just exposed something terrifying: They scanned the brains of 60 children aged 3–5 — including 5-year-old Rose — and found interactive screen time is causing measurable loss of white matter in their developing brains. Even just 2 hours a day is linked to impaired neural connectivity, language, and literacy development. Professor Mike Nagel (neuroscientist and father) said his first reaction was simply: “Wow… I was not anticipating seeing anything like that.” We’re physically changing children’s brains before they even start school — and the damage is visible on scans. This one actually unsettled me. I’ve always suspected too much screen time was bad, but seeing real white matter loss in toddlers hits different. Parents of little ones — has this kind of research changed how much screen time you allow?

christian hermit friend: - 50 years of sitting in silence & prayer every morning for 6 hours - takes care of a little abandoned church, which he restored on his own, he lives next to it - sitting next to him is incredible: the man literally channels the holy spirit all the time, pure bliss - kindest person i ever met - cares zero about money, power, fame, greed, attention - washes himself in the little river next to the church - lives a super humble life and makes wood furniture by hand in the afternoon i only send people to him that have serious inner development and consider the reclusive life, so they get an idea of what that really looks like, they stay with him a couple of days and always come away in total awe this man has my deepest respect and whom i admire enormously, we get along so well just sitting in silence or discussing various christian scriptures This is what true power and inner development looks like, this is what pure happiness looks like, this is a man who lives in total surrender to god/absolute/brahman/infinity (whatever you want to call it) and truly embodies it in his real life. This is someone i admire

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Ravens vs Steelers Week 18, 2025.

@SteelersNetwork Was this in Michigan perchance?

$6 each at the thrift. W or L?

"Tianmen Mountain Magic in Zhangjiajie: A Breathtaking Natural Wonder"

@MinkahBurgh39 Watching this throw in the stadium I couldn’t believe my eyes it was such a dot.

Genuinely can’t believe his best throw this year was DROPPED

I am going to tell you a deep secret of the English language. When we want to tell the truth, we use Germanic-derived words. When we want to lie, we use Latin-derived words. - Germanic (Old English) words → concrete, direct, sensory, testable - Latinate/French words → abstract, bureaucratic, distancing, often euphemistic Death / harm Germanic (plain, testable):kill, die, hurt Latinate (distancing, euphemistic):terminate, expire, neutralize, collateral damage 👉 “We killed civilians” vs “There was collateral damage” Lying / deception Germanic:lie, cheat, hide Latinate:misrepresent, obfuscate, prevaricate 👉 “He lied” vs “He misrepresented the facts” Money / exploitation Germanic:take, steal, pay Latinate:appropriate, extract, leverage, monetize 👉 “They’re taking your money” vs “They’re extracting value” War / violence Germanic:fight, bomb, burn Latinate:engagement, kinetic action, force projection 👉 “We bombed them” vs “We conducted kinetic operations” Bureaucracy / responsibility Germanic:you broke it, you did it Latinate:mistakes were made, systemic failure occurred 👉 Notice how the subject disappears. Money / exploitation Germanic:take, steal, pay Latinate:appropriate, extract, leverage, monetize 👉 “They’re taking your money” vs “They’re extracting value” War / violence Germanic:fight, bomb, burn Latinate:engagement, kinetic action, force projection 👉 “We bombed them” vs “We conducted kinetic operations” Bureaucracy / responsibility Germanic:you broke it, you did it Latinate:mistakes were made, systemic failure occurred 👉 Notice how the subject disappears. If you see a public statement filled with Latin-sounding words, you are being fooled, tricked, manipulated, or lied to.

BREAKING: In the last 24 hours, the 2026 Iran war crossed four thresholds simultaneously. Each one would be the lead story of any other week. Together they form the architecture of an escalation spiral that has no off-ramp visible from any capital on Earth. First. Iran struck Arad and Dimona in southern Israel on Saturday night, injuring approximately 180+ people. These are the towns nearest Israel’s Negev nuclear research centre. Tasnim confirmed the strikes were retaliation for Israel’s attack on the Natanz nuclear facility. Iranian missiles penetrated Israeli air defences and left large craters in residential areas. Prime Minister Netanyahu called it “a very difficult evening in the battle for our future.” The IRGC said it targeted military installations across five cities: Arad, Dimona, Eilat, Beersheba, and Kiryat Gat. Second. Israel continued strikes on Tehran and Isfahan overnight into Sunday. Massive joint US-Israeli air raids hit multiple areas of the capital. CENTCOM confirmed the US has now struck over 8,000 military targets across 23 days of war, including 130 Iranian vessels, which it called “the largest elimination of a navy over a three-week period since World War II.” Iran’s energy minister confirmed on Sunday that “the country’s vital water and electricity infrastructure has suffered heavy damage” from US and Israeli strikes, including “dozens of water transmission and treatment facilities” and “critical water supply networks.” Israel previously struck South Pars, Iran’s portion of the world’s largest gas field. Eighty percent of Iranian electricity comes from natural gas. The attack on South Pars directly threatens power generation for 90 million people. Third. President Trump posted his 48-hour ultimatum Saturday night: reopen the Strait of Hormuz by Monday evening or the US will “hit and obliterate” Iranian power plants “starting with the biggest one first.” Iran’s armed forces responded that the strait would be “completely closed” if power plants are hit. Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf posted on X that all energy and oil infrastructure across the entire region would become “legitimate targets” and be “irreversibly destroyed.” That word “irreversibly” is doing the work of a thousand missiles. It means desalination plants. It means refineries. It means the infrastructure that produces drinking water for the Arabian Peninsula. Fourth. Saudi Arabia expelled Iranian diplomats. Riyadh declared the military attache, his deputy, and three other embassy members persona non grata with 24 hours to leave. This follows ongoing Iranian strikes on Saudi territory. Turkey’s foreign minister warned from Riyadh that Gulf countries may be forced to retaliate. The Gulf states, which have so far absorbed Iranian attacks without entering the war, are running out of room. Now hold all four escalations simultaneously. Iran strikes Israel’s nuclear doorstep. Israel and the US hammer Iranian water and power. Trump sets a 48-hour clock on power plant destruction. Iran promises permanent Hormuz closure and irreversible destruction of regional infrastructure if the clock runs out. Saudi expels Iranian diplomats. The Gulf moves toward belligerency. Brent trades above $113. WTI above $100. Goldman forecasts $110 to $125 for April with tail risk to $150. The IEA has released 400 million barrels of emergency reserves, the largest in history. The 48-hour clock expires Monday evening. Every barrel trapped in the Gulf is a barrel that does not become fertilizer. Every power plant destroyed in Iran is a megawatt that does not synthesise ammonia. Every desalination plant threatened in the Gulf is drinking water for millions. The war is no longer about missiles and territory. It is about molecules: water, nitrogen, helium, crude. The missiles are the mechanism. The molecules are the consequence. And the clock is ticking. Full Deep dive article - open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@BananaBall_ Pistol squat strike out is unreal

Never thought we'd see Drew Brees featured in a Top 11 Trick Plays of the Week video, but here we are 🤷‍♂️

@retardmode Dude

benjamin netanyahu if you can hear me miami is very close to developing a nuclear weapon netanyahu please if you can hear me

The head of counterterrorism department of the U.S. confirms openly that Charlie Kirk was killed by Israel. It is no more brave podcasters guess. It is now something much more.

@retardmode Lmao

can’t believe i got vaccinated to go to a fucking macklemore concert

The demons work through thoughts. St. Anthony the Great—a man who spent decades in the desert face-to-face with demons—spoke of this directly: 'The demons have no power over us by themselves. They merely suggest thoughts to us—nothing more.'  What was he thinking? He refers not to the thought itself, but to the first impulse—a spark. Have you ever noticed this? You are calm, and then suddenly, for no reason, a feeling of frustration toward a loved one arises. Or a heavy, unnecessary gloom descends like a fog; or you suddenly want to say something offensive, and the words are already on the tip of your tongue." Abba Dorotheos of Gaza described Eight Generic Logismoi (tempting thoughts): 1. Gluttony (gastrimargia): Excessive focus on food/drink. 2. Lust (porneia): Sexual immorality or delusional thoughts. 3. Avarice (philargyria): Attachment to money/possessions. 4. Sadness (lype): Grief arising from unsatisfied desires. 5. Anger (orge): Malice or rage. 6. Acedia (akedia): Spiritual listlessness, the "noonday demon". 7. Vainglory (kenodoxia): Seeking human praise. 8. Pride (hyperephania): Self-exaltation and separation from God. Eight doors and at each door someone is waiting for us when we open it. Abba Evagree spoke not of sins, but of thoughts, of the first movement, because sin does not begin when we have done evil, but the moment we held on to a thought, we accepted it, we began to consider it. Abba Dorotheos of Gaza explains it this way: In the beginning, a thought comes. This is not yet a sin. Then we start talking to him, this is already a danger. Then we agree, this is already a defeat. Three steps. Every single time. No exceptions. And the amazing thing is that this is exactly what is described in the Gospel, in the story of Christ's temptations in the desert. The devil did not force Christ with force, but offered, throwing away the thought: Turn stones into bread because you are hungry - this is reasonable. Throw yourself down, angels will catch you, that will prove your faith. Bow down and ye shall receive all the earthly kingdom of the world - this is effective. Every time - a reasonable argument, every time - logic, and every time Christ responded with the word of God. Not with your own reasonings, but with the Word. This is a lesson for each of us. But here arises the question that is more important than it seems: If the devils only throw our thoughts at us, then they do not know what is inside us, then they act blindly? Pay attention here, because the answer to this question explains a lot of things in your life..

God was like: "oh you think the rainbow is cool? watch this"

In the early 600s, an elderly hermit named Saint Vitalis of Gaza arrived in the city of Gaza after many years of living alone in the desert. Even though he was about sixty years old, he chose hard physical labor, carrying heavy stones each day just to earn a few small coins. But every night, people saw him walking into the city’s brothels. In a deeply religious community, this shocked many people. Soon, rumors spread everywhere. People began calling him a hypocrite and a fraud, and many treated him with open disrespect. For years, Vitalis never defended himself. He quietly accepted the insults and judgment. What no one in the city knew was that he never went there for sinful reasons. Instead, he used the money he earned from exhausting labor to pay for time with the women—only to sit and speak with them kindly. He encouraged them to believe they deserved a better life and offered help to those who wanted to leave that painful world behind. Little by little, he helped many women escape their situation. He gave them money for dowries, helped them find safe places to live, and connected them with honest work so they could begin new lives. But he always asked them to keep his actions secret. Vitalis understood that if people knew the truth, the women’s past would follow them forever. So he allowed the city to believe the worst about him in order to protect their future. One night, Vitalis was badly attacked in the street and later died alone in a small room. At first, people in Gaza showed little sympathy. But at his funeral, many women appeared—women the city barely recognized anymore. They bravely shared the truth about the man everyone had judged. As the story spread, the city was filled with regret and sorrow. The man they had mocked had actually been quietly saving lives. In time, the church honored him as a saint, reminding the world that true kindness is often hidden behind misunderstanding.

The Hacker known as 4chan explains the REAL reason for the war with Iran.

The downside of having friends who don’t use Twitter is that they come to you all excited to tell you something you already knew three days ago.

The masculine urge to disappear into the woods and build something with your hands and never explain yourself to anyone ever again. to become so quiet that god can finally hear you. to stop performing strength and just be strong in a place where no one is watching and no one is grading. the masculine urge to protect something so hard you become the wall. to find one woman and make her the entire world and burn the maps to everywhere else. to be so devoted it scares the men who forgot what devotion costs. the masculine urge to cry alone in the truck and then walk into the house like nothing happened because some weight is yours to carry and yours alone. to build the table your grandchildren will eat at. to teach your son the thing your father never taught you and break the curse with your own hands. the masculine urge to stop talking and start becoming. to let the silence speak. to be the man they remember not because you were loud but because you were there. always there. even when it cost you. especially when it cost you