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A woman in her 40s came to me completely destroyed by stress. Doctor said she was fine. She was not fine. We fixed her cortisol, her gut, her nutrients, her sleep — comprehensively. She got her life back. Then she told me to write it all down. So I did. The Cortisol Fix — available for pre-order now, releasing May 15. 🧵👇

A Parkinson’s patient before and after an MR-guided focused ultrasound sound treatment. Looks promising! Parkinson’s sucks!

@ben_m_somers As someone who grew up and left there, it is not. Get out of the city and raise your kids with a big back yard and a mortgage that doesn’t require 2 parents working insane jobs to make the payments.

it was a magical place to grow up

Been working on air quality in the house since moving to Austin, which has something called “cedar fever,” which is an allergic reaction to the pollen produced by juniper trees. I solved it: 1. Airthings View Plus to test the air 2. Coway Airmega to clean the air 3. Frigidaire 22 Pint Dehumidifier

@NoFilterSkin How do you diagnose this? Can’t you just take a DAO Enzyme?

Histamine intolerance is the most misdiagnosed gut issue of the last decade. Doctors call it anxiety. Dermatologists call it eczema. GI calls it IBS. Allergists run skin tests that come back negative. Meanwhile your face flushes after wine, your heart races at 3 AM🧵

A recent study showed that vitamin K2 was protective against every single metric of dental health measured. The paper came out in 2023 in Healthcare (PMID: 37998429). They aim was simple - look at vitamin K2 levels in relation to dental health. They did this by looking at carboxylated osteocalcin levels - which reflects whole body K2 status. Specifically they were looking at a condition called periodontitis. This is essentially dental inflammation, especially in the gums but also impacting the teeth themselves. These are the stages, with gingivitis being early and stage 5 being very severe. Vitamin K2 levels were strongly and inversely related to the severity of periodontitis. The more severe the damage, the less K2, almost perfectly. K2 status was also directly linked to more specific measures of dental health. Approximal Plaque Index (API) - more K2 = less plaque and cavity risk. Bleeding on Probing (BoP) - more K2 = less bleeding from gums. Again these are very tight correlations. Here are some more measures K2 improved. ◇ Pocket Depth (PD) - How deep the gum gap is ◇ Clinical Attachment Level (CAL) - How much support the tooth lost ◇ Alveolar Bone Level (BL) - How much jawbone holding tooth remains PPD = Probing Pocket Depth Another measure of how severe the gums are damaged, K2 once again highly protective. K2 is probably the most important nutrient for dental health. It has a ton of actions essential for gum / tooth health: ◇ Stimulates osteoblast differentiation - cells that help lay down bone matrix underneath the gums that support the teeth ◇ Lowers osteoclast differentiation - the cells that do the opposite, breaking down bone matrix ◇ Increases ALP - a key enzyme involved in the tooth mineralization process that helps form bone and teeth. ◇ Direct anti-inflammatory effects - inhibiting cytokine release and NF-κB activation. ◇ K2 is also essential for blood clotting, which helps stop bleeding in the gums. It does this through activating several "factor" proteins. ◇ Finally K2 activates a protein called Matrix gla - which binds calcium in non-bone or enamel tissues to help keep redirect calcium Foods highest in K2: egg yolks, certain cheeses, liver RDA is ~100 mcg MK4 (main form of K2) can be supplemented at 2+ mg / day, MK7 (longer half life) can be supplemented at 100 mcg. Our affiliated K2 supps can be found at the link below.

Buying a G-Wagon for your LLC is the smartest tax move in America Section 179 of the IRS tax code lets you deduct 100% of the purchase price of a vehicle in the year you buy it, as long as the vehicle weighs over 6,000 pounds (gross vehicle weight rating) The G-Wagon is 6,945 lbs. So is the Cadillac Escalade. So is the Range Rover, the Tesla Model X, the BMW X7, the Lexus LX, the Ford F-250, and basically any heavy SUV or truck. All Section 179 eligible The math on a $90,000 G-Wagon purchased through your LLC: Purchase price: $90,000 Section 179 deduction year 1: $90,000 (100% of purchase) Tax savings if you're in a 37% federal bracket: $33,300 Tax savings on state income tax (avg 5%): $4,500 Total first-year tax savings: $37,800 Effectively the IRS subsidizes 42% of the purchase price. A $90K G-Wagon costs your business $52,200 after the deduction lands How the rules actually work: The vehicle has to be used 50%+ for business purposes. You document this with a mileage log showing business trips vs personal. Most operators easily hit 50%+ if they use the vehicle for client meetings, vendor visits, or any commute to a business location The deduction limit for a passenger SUV under 6,000 lbs is roughly $12,400 in year 1 (much smaller). Over 6,000 lbs the limit jumps to the full purchase price. The 6,000 lb threshold is the entire reason every successful operator drives a heavy SUV Bonus depreciation: if Section 179 doesn't fully cover the purchase (rare for vehicles), bonus depreciation kicks in for whatever's left. As of 2026 bonus depreciation is at 60% but congress changes this regularly How you fund the purchase: Stack 0% business credit cards. $90K of vehicle purchase routed through a dealer that accepts cards (or via Plastiq for the dealer that doesn't) sits on a 12-15 month 0% APR card. You drive the G-Wagon today. You get the $37,800 tax deduction at year-end. The credit card is at 0% for 12+ months while you pay it down from business cash flow Net first-year cost of the vehicle: $52,200 (post-deduction price), spread interest-free over 12 months. Effective monthly cost: $4,350 Or take a $50K-$90K equipment loan from a bank like SoFi or Bank of America Business at 7-9% APR. The deduction still applies. The loan is structured around the asset A client we worked with last quarter bought a 2024 Range Rover for his marketing LLC. Total cost $108K. Routed through Plastiq onto Chase Ink Business Cash and Amex Business Gold. Section 179 deduction in tax year 2024: $108K. He was in a 37% federal + 9% California state bracket. Total tax savings: $49,680 Effective net cost: $58,320 for an asset that was already going to be a personal car and is now a business asset with full deductibility. Plus he kept the credit cards at 0% while business cash paid them down through the year The IRS wrote Section 179 into the code to incentivize small businesses to buy equipment. Vehicles count as equipment if they meet the weight threshold. Almost every wealthy business owner uses this. Almost every small business owner has no idea it exists (we get 700+ score business owners $100K-$250K in 0% business funding and structure the Section 179 vehicle play alongside it. link in bio)

@conservmillen @ManyMoonzz @SethDillon This isn't content we engage with online. This is the normal news media - left + right.

@ManyMoonzz @SethDillon That’s the sign of the content YOU engage with. I very, very rarely see clips of Erika.

When she goes to events, you demand she stays home. When she stays home, you question her motives. Whether she laughs, cries, or shows anger, it’s always too much or not enough. Erika’s not only ruthlessly condemned, she’s relentlessly mocked as if she’s not a real person navigating massive loss. Yes, she’s a public figure, and as such she will receive critiques and questions. But if you can’t do that without hostility, without dehumanizing her, you’ve got a soul-level sickness that needs to be addressed.

@ScottGustin @BusinessInsider @pkafka Seems short sided in light of the cost to run it. Disney is too diverse + scattered with the businesses they own.

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro has decided to keep ESPN in-house, shelving any plans to spin it off, according to @BusinessInsider and @pkafka. Disney reportedly views ESPN as key to its streaming strategy, though the decision could be revisited. Story: businessinsider.com/espn-disney-sp…

@MrsErikaKirk I don't understand. Isn't this supposed to be @MrsErikaKirk doing Charlie's show (not just random clips for the majority and her giving 1 speech)?

Holy f*ck. Claude can do CAD now. CAD designers:

@jliemandt Why does this not shock me at all. So frustrating

High-end private schools are lying to parents about their students’ grades.

Tomorrow I'm sitting down with @nateliason, founder, writer, and the man behind @AlphaSchoolATX - a new entrepreneur high school opening in NYC this fall. Tuition is $150K a year. The promise: every student makes $1M in gross profit by graduation, or the family gets the tuition refunded. To explain why a school like this needs to exist, Nat starts with one word borrowed from pro wrestling: kayfabe. The fake fight everyone agrees to take seriously. He thinks that's exactly what school has become for almost every kid in America. This clip is the case.

AI for Low-Pesticide Agriculture @garrytan Farmers are stuck in a bad loop: use more chemicals, get diminishing results, pay more, take on more risk. And they can't just stop, because if pests win, crops die. AI that can identify individual weeds in real time, robotics that can treat one plant instead of blanketing a field, and new biological solutions mean this problem finally looks solvable.

@glennbeck @AndrewKolvet @MrsErikaKirk Just here for the comments…🍿🍿🍿🍿

.@AndrewKolvet tells me @MrsErikaKirk is still "completely committed and devoted to fulfilling Charlie’s legacy and mission" after the WHCD shooting. But only she can clarify whether it will affect her public TPUSA appearances: "This whole thing is terrible, and I just think that we’ve got to do something. The fringey folks on our side think everything is Mossad or the Jews or whatever. And we're still dealing with a radicalized, mainstream, violent assassination culture rising up on the Left. That's the most terrifying thing about this: this guy was indistinguishable from so many other voices that you hear on the nightly news."

MIT just quietly dropped a free AI curriculum that puts $50,000 university courses to shame. 12 books. Zero tuition. From the same institution that produced the people building the models everyone is talking about. FOUNDATIONS 1. Foundations of Machine Learning — lnkd.in/gytjT5HC 2. Understanding Deep Learning — lnkd.in/dgcB68Qt 3. Machine Learning Systems — lnkd.in/dkiGZisg ADVANCED TECHNIQUES 4. Algorithms for ML — algorithmsbook.com 5. Deep Learning — lnkd.in/g2efT6DK REINFORCEMENT LEARNING 6. RL Basics (Sutton & Barto) — lnkd.in/guxqxcZZ 7. Distributional RL — lnkd.in/d4eNP-pe 8. Multi-Agent Systems — marl-book.com 9. Long Game AI — lnkd.in/g-WtzvwX ETHICS & PROBABILITY 10. Fairness in ML — fairmlbook.org 11. Probabilistic ML Part 1 — lnkd.in/g-isbdjj 12. Probabilistic ML Part 2 — lnkd.in/gJE9fy4w This is a complete MIT-level AI education. Not a YouTube playlist. Not a Twitter thread full of fluff. Textbooks written by the researchers who built the field. The people who actually study this will not just understand AI better than their peers. They will understand it better than most people currently getting paid to work in it. Most people will bookmark this and never open it. The ones who open it tonight are the ones who show up in 12 months having built something nobody around them understands yet. Bookmark this. Open the first one tonight. Follow @cyrilXBT for more resources that actually compound.

@musingsusa @NewYorker @andrewmarantz I did: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman that I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @NewYorker, with @andrewmarantz: newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

This therapy may be able to reverse alpha-gal syndrome, aka tick induced meat allergy... Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment (SAAT) uses acupuncture in the ear, a single needle placed for 3-4, weeks to help the immune system "reset." Western medicine isn't really sure how it works but there's some evidence that it's quite effective. (PMID 35003502) 126 patients treated, 121 (96%) reported symptom remission. More studies are needed, but this is compelling data. Red meat (beef, lamb, venison) and dairy + collagen are incredibly nutrient-rich foods that are vital for optimal health. Not being able to eat these is a big deal. I hope this therapy is studied more widely and this information gets to those who are suffering with alpha-gal. Please share if you know someone who has this issue.

They CUT OPEN the brains of Alzheimer’s patients and found a bacteria living inside 9 out of 10 of them. The same bacteria that lives in your mouth right now. You think Alzheimer’s is genetic. You’re wrong. It walks from your gums into your skull. By the time you forget your daughter’s name, it’s been there for 20 years. Every day it’s already: → Shredding your memory protein → Building plaques that kill neurons → Rewiring your brain into rot You didn’t inherit Alzheimer’s. Your gums opened a door bacteria walked through. Cortexyme researchers found P. gingivalis in 90% of postmortem Alzheimer’s brains. Mice infected through the mouth lost cognition, grew amyloid plaques, and watched their neurons die. Mastic gum at 1g daily killed P. gingivalis in clinical trials. Better than hydrogen peroxide. The exact bacteria walking from gums to brain. If you bleed when you brush, or watched a parent lose their mind — the bacteria are already moving. This isn’t a brain disease. It’s an oral infection we’ve been treating with toothpaste. Stop ignoring your gums. Kill the bacteria.