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😅 A viral video captures five monks swapping meditation for adrenaline on a banana boat at Kham Somboon Beach in Bueng Kan. The shop owner granted their request after the monks explained they wanted to experience the thrill "just once in their lives."

@bryan_johnson With all due respect to Mr. Marten those kettle drums might drive you nuts after a few minutes on 5-MeO-DMT.

Livestreaming 5-MeO-DMT this weekend… what should I expect?

@bryan_johnson After reading this analysis and considering the difficulties I've faced in life, I realized my father must have been shrooming at the moment of my conception.

Two doses of magic mushrooms degraded my sperm count from the 99.6th percentile to the 77.7th. This may be a first-in-human observation. Context: we ran the most quantified magic mushroom (psilocybin) experiment ever conducted. We were asking if psilocybin is a longevity therapy. After seeing the data, we think it is (see reply post for the experiment summary). Also, like most things biology: the results are complicated. My data suggests that the magic mushrooms (psilocybin) negatively impacted my fertility markers. Before the first psilocybin dose my motile sperm count was at 99.6th percentile for men under 25 years of age, it dropped to 77.7% and partially recovered to 89.3% following the first dose, and second doses, compared to the same age cohort (numbers compare similarly to my age cohort as well). 3 days following my second dose (first dose 25 mg, second dose 28 mg) . Motility: dropped 51% . Total count: almost unchanged, dropped by 2% . Total motile count: dropped 52% . Normal morphology: dropped by 50% 20 days post 2nd dose, the pattern continued, with typical latent effects on total sperm counts Motility: recovered back to -2% of pre-psilocybin baseline: . Total count: dropped by 38%, latent effect. . Total motile count: remained inhibited at -39% of pre-psilocybin baseline, (despite motility normalizing, due to the total count drop) . Morphology normalized to -10% of baseline levels. Reduction in free testosterone might have contributed to the effect. While total serum testosterone increased by 30% 3 days following the 2nd dose (neither FSH or LH were meaningfully affected either), and continued to be at 11% above baseline, SHBG increased by 37%, SHBG binds testosterone and reduces its bioavailability and activity. My free testosterone (direct) showed 24% and 23% drops at 3 and 20 days post 2nd dose. In light of the neuroplastic, well-being, brain reset, and systemic metabolic and anti-inflammatory benefits, the trade-off is probably worth it. Especially considering that the magnitude of inhibition has no meaningful effect on actual fertility (total motile counts above 50 million are still on the safe side). This is a first-in-human observation, to our knowledge there is no published human clinical study demonstrating that psilocybin diminishes male fertility markers. General mechanistic evidence exists for recreational and psychoactive drugs possibly inhibiting fertility markers due to their effects on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and general hormonal reset.  Yet no direct evidence for psilocybin or other similar psychedelics inhibiting fertility markers exist. A potential mechanism for the immediate inhibition of motility could involve direct serotonergic signaling in sperm. Human sperm express multiple serotonin receptors, including 5-HT2A, and one recent study found that a 5-HT2A antagonist reduced sperm motility, suggesting that 5-HT2A may regulate motility. Psilocybin is known to bind 5-HT2A with high affinity.

I’ve made similar arguments here on X. I’m not inclined to defend every Israeli action, they’ve made terrible tactical decisions and been manipulative at times, like every nation in a long existential fight with uncompromising opponents. What bothers me is the blatant double standards and selective outrage: the rush to label Israel “genocide” or “apartheid” while ignoring the same (or worse) tactics by superpowers like the US, which escape these damning labels. On a related note, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 partly because the US had imposed economic sanctions and an oil embargo that cut off around 88% of their imported supply. They felt desperate and cornered and, in their minds, were defending their sovereignty. After Japan attacked, did the US offer concessions or apologize for its missteps? No, they dropped two atomic bombs on civilian cities. Some have argued Hamas’s October 7 attack was “justified” in retaliation for similar embargoes imposed by Israel, with chants of “Free Palestine” in solidarity. But after Pearl Harbor, did anyone in the US march chanting “Free Japan”? No. US citizens danced in the streets after hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians were killed and WWII ended. War is hell. We should fight for peace, but stay honest about what’s required when it fails. If you want to condemn Israel, you must also condemn many other nations that have done worse. The situation is complicated by US involvement in Israel’s efforts, but I highly doubt Israel calls the shots. The US is a multi-trillion-dollar superpower and would not stay engaged without gaining clear strategic advantages. I’ve yet to see a compelling case that Israel is somehow more wicked or less legitimate than any other country that has had to defeat repeated attempts at its annihilation.

It’s undeniable that Israel has done some terrible things. They have been surrounded by sworn enemies that deny their right to exist and against whom they have been in a war for their survival for decades. Fighting such a war, one cannot expect any country to keep its hands completely clean - particularly with enemies that are knee-deep in pigshit. But any criticism of Israel must consider proportionality. There is no criticism of Israel that cannot be made 100fold more emphatically against its enemies - except perhaps, their competency in execution (pun intended). And it must also consider glass houses. When America was attacked at Pearl Harbor, we responded by detonating two nuclear weapons on civilian targets. Nothing Israel has ever done has risen to this level of retaliatory excess. To be clear: this is not a criticism of Truman or of America. I see little value in relitigating decisions that were made 80 years ago with only an academic understanding of the information viscerally known to those making the decision, without the uncertainty and chaos of war, and with the benefit of hindsight. This is simply a reminder that acts taken in a time of war out of self-preservation cannot be judged in isolation, and cannot be condemned without considering what else one must, to avoid rampant hypocrisy, condemn with the same or greater forcefulness. And I have yet to see a single critic of Israel that grapples honestly with the depravity of the forces allied against it, and considers what expectations the critic himself would place on a government tasked with ensuring his own survival against an existential threat. It’s always easier to say you’d be more judicious in your use of force when the gun is pointed at someone else’s head.

@TrungTPhan I don't even like hot dogs but my man here makes me want one. Excellence in marketing.

Costco CEO Ron Vachris did the “CEO eats his own product” challenge by destroying a hot dog (and confirms the Costco hot dog combo is staying at $1.50 forever). Legend.

Antisemites are turning me into a Zionist. Their low IQ energy is too much for anyone intelligent to handle.

@Mr_Derivatives It's not too late to short my brother.

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@nicolelampert @spectator In that case it seems that the author of the article was really digging for outrage.

@jinternational @spectator Gail’s isn’t even Israeli. It was founded by an Israeli but was sold some time ago to venture capitalists.

Nothing good has ever followed the words ‘we need to talk’, ‘terms of service update’, or ‘by Jonathan Liew’, and the evidence is really piling up on the third one. The Guardian columnist has written a piece about Gail’s, the bougie coffee shop and bakery chain, and it vents hostility from every sentence like steam from an espresso machine. If you’re wondering how anyone – even a Guardian columnist – could get worked up over pricey lattes, Liew makes sure to tell us Gail’s was ‘founded by an Israeli baker in the 1990s’. ✍️ Stephen Daisley Article | spectator.com/article/the-re…

@Lordjimycrystal @VerminusM On some points you're right but I was raised in a Jewish household and we certainly didn't use the word Goyim in a pejorative sense. However you have provided evidence that shows me it sometimes is.

@jinternational @VerminusM Because you're fed sugar coated propaganda versions of things rather than academic versions of things with warts and all. You probably know more about genuine Islam and Christianity than the average Muslim and Christian. Most Muslims still buy the "Religion of peace" nonsense.

Somehow, the word goyim came to mean "enemies of the Jews" on Twitter. It was never meant to be used that way. It simply means non-Jewish, literally "nations" or "people." That's all. Jew haters appropriating the term is entirely on them.

@Lordjimycrystal @VerminusM I always find it amazing how much non-jews know facts about Jews I've never heard before!

@jinternational @VerminusM I wonder why!? "Jews eat (essen), but goyim eat like pigs (fressen); Jews die (starben), but goyim die like dogs (pagern); Jews take a drink (trinken), but goyim drink like sots (soifen).” - Judith Kramer Goyim has always been a pejorative.

Jews vs the new breed of fully monetized rage-baiting haters.

@PersonalThai I know nothing about the original story but it it is possible. Pineapple contains high amounts of bromelain, the same substance used to tenderize meat. If you eat enough pineapple, imagine what it’s doing to your mouth and esophagus.

Sawasdee Ka! A Swedish man reportedly ate 28 kg of pineapple while visiting Phuket and later ended up in hospital after returning to Sweden. 🍍😅 สวัสดีตอนเช้า! ชายชาวสวีเดนกิน สับปะรด 28 กิโลกรัม ระหว่างเที่ยวที่ ภูเก็ต และภายหลังต้องเข้าโรงพยาบาลเมื่อกลับถึง สวีเดน 🍍😅

I don’t even smoke lol 💨

@nicolelampert For those unfamiliar with the underlying drama: x.com/jinternational…

Gail’s bags - emblazoned with the words ‘a small act of petty symbolism’ (what Guardian writer Jonathan Liew called a Gail’s having its windows smashed in) are left outside the Guardian’s office. How very ‘heavy handed high street aggression’.

@elonmusk x.com/jinternational…

How was your day? 😑

@juliadziesinska Where did you find the Red Mill Spelt Flour?

this is what $69 of groceries look like in thailand btw

@BillyM2k x.com/jinternational…

mommy and daddy are fighting

I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one.

If you are focused on monetizing engagement but half of your prospective audience will hate your message, then shock value wins whether or not they support you. The X algorithm works this way: if you engage with a tweet that disgusts you, the algo assumes you like being disgusted and shows you more.

I hear people often claim they don't care what people think of them, which is tantamount to saying they don't care about their reputation. But Tucker takesit to a new level, as if he wants to be reviled. And it's not like he's standing on principle. He's sold out AND people are hating him. Lose/lose. What's the deal?