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Finnish scientists trucked in real forest dirt and grass and laid it over the gravel at four daycare yards. They let the kids dig around in it for a month. The blood tests came back with changes the researchers hadn’t expected to see so fast or so clear. The study ran at ten daycares in two Finnish cities with 75 kids aged three to five. Four of the yards got the forest treatment: about a tennis court worth of soil and grass laid over the gravel, plus planters and peat blocks the kids could dig and climb on. Three others stuck with their normal gravel yards. The last three were daycares where the kids were already visiting real forests every day. After one month, the variety of bacteria living on the kids’ skin shot up, and the kind that helps train the skin’s immune defenses jumped the most. Their gut bacteria started to look like the gut bacteria of the forest-visiting kids. Their blood showed more of the immune cells whose job is to keep the body from freaking out at harmless stuff like pollen and peanuts, and overall inflammation dropped. The kids on the plain gravel yards showed none of this. Childhood asthma in the US doubled between 1980 and 1995. Food allergies in kids jumped 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, then jumped another 50 percent between 2007 and 2021. And peanut allergies in one-year-olds tripled between 2001 and 2017. The Finnish researchers think one of the reasons is simple: kids today don’t get dirty enough. 37 percent of American preschoolers now spend an hour or less outside on a normal weekday. Their immune systems are getting trained in environments stripped of the bacteria humans have always lived around. Aki Sinkkonen, who led the study, put it in plain words: “It would be best if children could play in puddles and everyone could dig organic soil.” The Finnish government is now helping pay for daycares across the country to make the same changes.

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

Your mother is problematic. Your father is problematic. Your son is problematic. Your aunt is problematic. The cashier at the local Tesco is problematic. You've probably bought a cookie from a bakery made by hands that have done unspeakable things. Every chocolate bar you've ever eaten has probably killed a 7 year old child slave in Cameroon. The gas that drives your car is fueled by engines of death. Every person who has ever smiled at you in the streets has committed some act that if you knew about it, would make you profoundly dislike them. We have all been bad, small, petty, unlikeable, cruel, downright mean. Authors are not special "problematic" beings, they're just more public. Part of being an adult is recognizing that without mercy for our fellow human beings, and ourselves, we'd all be condemned to death. Reading fiction should help us understand that we're all irreparably tainted with evil, every system is corrupted, every line is broken. And like, that's okay. That's what it means to be alive.

@HarrisonHSmith @MazMHussain Ugh. Has Tucker Carlson always been this articulate and sensical? I’m not having a “we all remember fruit of the loom having a cornucopia but they say that never happened” moment with him am I?

Ive watched this like 10 times now. She’s like a total psychopath.

Gobsmacking statistic in this story: “While city pools and splash pads consume almost 2 million gallons of water over the course of a summer, a single Exxon plastics plant consumes 13 million gallons per day.”

When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

@Divayetty1 This is so beautiful. I find myself outwardly accepting and loving my body more now so my child can learn from that,and not internalize any shame or disgust the way I did for so long.

POV: You Grew Up With a Naked Mom and Don’t Realize How Deeply It Shaped You:

@thegenesisbl0ck Calling these bodies “the end” as if there’s something wrong with them is EXACTLY WHY THIS CAMPAIGN EXISTS. Be better.

This is so dumb. It’s going to convince young girls that having a child is the “end” to their bodies when you can literally be just as hot (if not hotter) afterwards.

@Floridagirl0850 lol cotton exists. Breathable. Natural fiber. Thrift some old tees and shorts and it’s the perfect workout wear.

Am I supposed to work out in a linen sports bra and wool leggings? Like how's that going to work?

The research behind this is wild. Your sperm carries a set of instructions that tell your genes when to turn on and off. A Duke University study found that THC rewrites those instructions. The more weed in your system, the bigger the changes. It goes straight for the genes your future embryo needs in its first week of life. I had to read the "day 3 crash" part twice. For the first three days after fertilization, an embryo runs entirely on the mother's DNA. Day 3, the father's genes switch on. If those genes carry cannabis damage, the embryo just stops growing. Fertility doctors see this happen in their labs: embryos that fertilized fine and looked healthy on day 2 go completely still by day 5. Boston University tracked 1,535 couples trying to have a baby. Men who smoked weed once a week or more doubled their partner's miscarriage risk. That number held up even when the woman herself never touched cannabis. And the miscarriages clustered in the first 8 weeks, right when the father's damaged DNA would be doing the most harm. Duke also found that the specific genes THC alters in sperm overlap with genes linked to autism. One of those genes, called DLGAP2, helps brain cells communicate with each other. It was changed in cannabis users' sperm. When researchers bred THC-exposed male rats and checked their offspring, the same altered gene pattern showed up in the pups' brains. The damage crossed a generation. Weed has gotten way stronger over the last 30 years. THC content was about 4% in the 1990s but nearly quadrupled to 15% by 2018, and modern dispensary strains regularly sit at 20-30%. Concentrates go up to 95%. Quitting for about 11 weeks (one full cycle of sperm production) reverses some of the DNA changes. Not all of them. Duke's lead researcher says men should stop at least 6 months before trying for a baby. Half of your kid's genetic blueprint comes from you, and right now, THC is editing that blueprint before conception even happens.

@HonitelHQ Y’all out here usin way too much water.

1. Shave your pubic hair regularly. Why are you keeping hair in your armpits and private areas? Where hair grows, you sweat more. Shave. 2. Change your underwear whenever you shower, or at least once every day. 3. Do not have unprotected sex with anyone whose sexual history you do not know. Show each other your test results before going down raw (if you must). 4. Change or wash your bedsheets at least every weekend. Sometimes the reason your skincare is not working is because your bedsheets are dirty. 5. As soon as you get home from anywhere, wash your hands before doing anything else. 6. Oral hygiene is very important. Brush your teeth, scrape your tongue, and floss at least once daily. If you can do it twice, even better. 7. Wash your butt crack properly. When you are in the shower, spread your butt cheeks and wash thoroughly. It is your body for crying out loud. 8. If you have genital appointment, two to three days beforehand, shave, eat fruits, drink enough water, wear deodorant, and wear clean underwear to the link up. They should naturally crave to eat you out because you smell so good. 9. Bathe twice daily, no matter what. If you go to the gym, bathe before and after your workout. It is non-negotiable. 10. After using the toilet, use water only or water with tissue paper to clean up. Do not use only tissue. 11. Wash your towel regularly. 12. Normalize sleeping naked. Let your private parts breathe.

@Elliesmommyy23 “Women hate women”. You nailed that. 🫠

Idc how many times I have to say it , buy boob tape and some lifting pads Everyone saying she looks great is a liar and I hate it. Women hate women. I’d never let anyone I know walk out of the house like that

@vivithebanshee Honestly the only person being treated the way Whitaker is claiming to be treated this season, is Langdon. They couldn’t control his consequences. So instead they decide he’s just the bad guy forever, with no regard for who he might actually be.

@needamiraclemax Do you even watch the show? They had tense moments twice before this.. then he’s being buddy buddy with him out of nowhere and cracking jokes like they’re friends and they’re not.

Multiple things can be true.. I DO think Santos’ conversation about Langdon with Whitaker affected how he sees Langdon! For sure! I think it’s what emboldened him TO speak up, in my eyes because before this Whitaker was playing nice. But I don’t think the point of this conversation was defending Santos. Because I think we’re ignoring the part where he says “play whatever part you want but don’t pick mine for me.” That part isn’t about Santos. It’s about him and Langdon. About Langdon playing with him by being fake nice and acting like he knows him because of his relationship with Robby and making assumptions about him because of it. It’s the whole crux of their conversation. Defending Santos is not the point of this scene, even though I believe her conversation with Whitaker prior helped the conversation take place.

@vivithebanshee They’re coworkers. It’s not a villainous moment. He doesn’t act like that when Santos banters! He’s projecting other things onto Langdon. Langdon’s response is down to earth, supportive, caring, and endearing. Because he is not a bad guy. Everyone just wants him to be.

@nickimoraa Perfume is toxic.

Does your boss have the right to tell you that your perfume is too strong and it’s offensive to others in the office and you should stop using it ?

@cmclymer Pretty sure they have a better chance of changing the minds of everyone you mentioned than you and I do. So I think asking them wtf they are going is entirely valid. They were elected to do just this. Represent the people. Not just in straight forward ways. Time to shine.

Trump can only be removed under the 25th Amendment with the actions of this Republican vice president, this Republican cabinet, and this Republican-controlled Congress. So, if you're asking what Democrats are doing today, I'm not sure you understand how this all works.

@intelFromBrian Not advocating for no action, but when is the last time a protest made any difference with this administration? I don’t think it moves the needle at all. I think everyone feels helpless and unrepresented.

Why has there been no protests at all in America about this war? Only 18% of the country supports it Where are all the protests? Makes no sense

@AOC @Terrista2 Honest question. Why are all our elected leaders tweeting about this instead of doing it? Who does it? It isn’t us! What is the process? Who starts it? Who makes it happen? Who is in charge?!?!?

This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted. To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.

@oliviasgirlie I don’t understand why they didn’t just give her a pen and paper right away. Like… she could still communicate that way. Santos didn’t have to make her feel so impossible to talk to just because they didn’t have a translator.

the pitt tá tão assim com os enredos que eu até agr não entendi oq rolou com a paciente surda