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A Special night,Special performance and managed by Very Special Manager..Champions.. #Liverpoolchampions @LFC @TimHowardGK

Life doesn’t warn you before it hits. No signal. No countdown. Just impact. And in that moment, your response decides your direction. “Why me?” Feels natural. Feels justified. But it anchors you to the problem. It loops you into blame, comparison, and helplessness. “What now?” is a different mindset. It interrupts the spiral. It shifts you from victim to participant. You stop arguing with reality and start working with it. The event is often out of your control. But your response is where your power lives. One question keeps you stuck. The other builds resilience. So when life blindsides you again and it will, don’t obsess about why it happened. Ask what you are going to do next. #wisdom

A good apology has three parts: “I am sorry.” “It is my fault.” “What can I do to make it right?” Most people stop at the first. Some reach the second. Few mean the third. Because the third isn’t about words. It is about effort. That is where most apologies fail. They try to end the discomfort, not repair the damage. If nothing changes, “sorry” becomes repetition, not accountability. Real apologies should be like: “You won’t have to go through that again.” That is what people are really wanting. #wisdom

Thank you, Mo. I began working for Opta in August 2017 - the same month Salah made his Liverpool debut. Goals, assists, wins, records - it's been an honour to document it all. Available in this free 2,700+ words and over 30 tables on the Egyptian King. mreidstats.substack.com/p/mo-salah-the…

Absolute icon. Never forget it. #LFC

@theliverdoc @TOIIndiaNews @EconomicTimes What to expect from this paper..rubbish always

Extremely irresponsible reporting by @TOIIndiaNews and @EconomicTimes. I do not know what the crtieria for being your "health reporter" is, but this feels like some kid in 12th grade doomscrolling conspiracy theories on Instagram wrote it. Do better. Here are the rebuttals to the nonsense your so-called kidney experts and health journalist spouted in the article: The title claim: "Protein supplements could permanently damage your kidneys" This is fear-mongering presented as fact. Multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses (including a 2018 meta-analysis in the British Journal of Sports Medicine) have found no evidence that protein supplementation causes kidney damage in people with normal renal function. The International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand on protein safety states that intakes of 1.4–2.0 g/kg/day are safe for healthy, exercising individuals, with some data supporting up to 3.4 g/kg/day over extended periods without adverse renal effects. Even the "Gym Nephropathy" review in the Journal of the Egyptian Society of Nephrology and Transplantation concedes that high protein intake improves training adaptations with no harm when baseline renal function is normal. The word "permanently" in the title has no basis in the literature for whey protein in healthy kidneys. Conflation of whey protein with anabolic steroids, cough syrups, growth hormone, alcohol, and nicotine This is the most intellectually dishonest move in this article. The cited case reports invariably involve young men using anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), diuretics, banned substances like spasmo-proxyvon, cough syrups (containing dextromethorphan or codeine for abuse), and sometimes alcohol — alongside protein. The kidney damage in these cases is driven by AAS-induced FSGS (focal segmental glomerulosclerosis), injury from stimulant abuse, or direct kidney damage from banned drugs. Blaming the whey protein powder in this cocktail is like blaming the glass of water someone drank alongside the poison. Whey protein is not a "gym supplement" in the same category as testosterone injections or codeine-containing cough syrups, and lumping them together under the umbrella "gym supplements" is a category error designed to maximise alarm. Excessive protein intake causes hyperfiltration injury to the kidney filters Hyperfiltration is a normal physiological adaptation, not abnormal injury. When you eat more protein, kidney filtration increases to handle the increased nitrogen load — this is the kidney doing its job, just as heart output rises during exercise without "damaging" the heart. The Brenner hypothesis (that hyperfiltration leads to progressive kidney damage) was derived from animal models of kidney disease and patients with chronic kidney disease or after kidney removal surgery, not from healthy kidneys. The conflation of "adaptive hyperfiltration" with "injurious hyperfiltration" is a basic error in renal physiology. The Nephrologists cited in the article should go back to first year MBBS. The case report: 20-year-old with kidney damage This is the centrepiece of the article, and it's doing enormous heavy lifting for very little information. We're told he had "no prior medical issues" but developed proteinuria and oedema after 6–8 months of consuming protein powders. What we are NOT told: what else he was taking (steroids? pre-workouts? creatine at absurd doses? SARMs?), how much protein he was consuming, whether he had undiagnosed IgA nephropathy or FSGS (both common in young Indian males and often unmasked by any physiological stressor), whether a renal biopsy was performed, and what the histopathological diagnosis was. A single uncontrolled case report with incomplete clinical details proves nothing about causation. The fact that his parents are doctors is irrelevant to the pathology but is included for emotional impact — classic journalistic manipulation. The infographic claim: "Most healthy adults need only ~0.8 g protein per kg body weight/day" This is the RDA — the Recommended Dietary Allowance — which represents the minimum intake to prevent clinical protein deficiency in sedentary adults. It is not a ceiling. It is not optimal. It is the bare minimum to avoid malnutrition. For resistance-training individuals (which is the population this article targets), 0.8 g/kg/day is inadequate to support muscle protein synthesis and recovery. Presenting the sedentary minimum as the recommended ceiling for gym-goers is either ignorance of sports nutrition or deliberate fear-mongering. Dr Ravi Bansal: "individuals should avoid exceeding a protein intake of 1.2 g/kg of body weight" This is a nephrologist speaking from a CKD-management perspective and inappropriately generalising it to healthy gym-goers. The 1.2 g/kg figure is the upper limit sometimes recommended for patients with established mild-to-moderate CKD (stages 2–3) to slow progression. It has no applicability to healthy young adults with normal renal function who are resistance training. Dr Bansal: "natural dietary proteins remain superior to artificial substitutes" Whey protein is not an "artificial substitute." It is derived from milk through a physical separation process (filtration). It contains the same amino acids as the protein in a glass of milk, yoghurt, or paneer. Calling it "artificial" is factually wrong and plays into the naturalistic fallacy that pervades Indian health discourse — the same fallacy that props up Ayurvedic products with actual hepatotoxic potential while demonising a dairy-derived food product. There is no evidence that protein from whey is metabolised differently or has different renal effects compared to protein from chicken, eggs, or lentils at equivalent doses. This report cherry-picks a single incomplete case report, conflates physiological adaptation with pathological injury, misrepresents the RRecommended Daily Allowance as a maximum safe intake, ignores the actual evidence from controlled trials and meta-analyses, lets steroid abuse and supplement contamination off the hook entirely, and wraps it all in World Kidney Day alarmism. This is irresponsible health journalism in a country where protein deficiency kills far more people than protein excess ever has.

Life for a girl dad can feel this fast sometimes🤍

Forgiveness is the lifeblood of marriage. Every marriage is made up of two imperfect people. Regardless of how compatible you are with your spouse, you will offend, disappointed or hurt each other frequently, sometimes multiple times in a single day. Be a good forgiver.

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The best gift you can give today to your partner is Emotional safety. Not flowers. Not promises. Not material gifts. The freedom to speak without fear. To disagree without punishment. To be vulnerable without it being used against you later. Anyone can create butterflies. Not everyone can calm a nervous system. In a loud world, be someone’s safe place. Because excitement attracts. But safety sustains. So this Valentine’s Day, don’t just give love and affection. Gift emotional safety. #ValentinesDay2026

for decades, knowledge was the moat. now that intelligence is ambient, knowledge stops being power. what’s left is the uncomfortable truth: most ‘knowledge work’ was never about work. navigation + optics kept you afloat. who you knew. how you framed it. how long you could hide behind meetings and decks. that cover is gone. when every decision is traceable and every workflow auditable, incentives, ownership, + accountability will reset around contribution, not visibility. the real friction ahead isn’t technical. it’s human. AI will force organizations to see themselves clearly: who decides, who delays, who actually delivers. and they might not like the answers.

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Friendly advice for my startup founder friends: When coming up with your positioning, solve for your customers and your market -- not for investors and media. Example: I see a ton of startups that are positioning themselves as "AI-first" products. But when every startup is calling itself AI-first, nobody is really getting much value from that label. Think back on when we had the smart phone come out. Back then, a bunch of companies said they were "mobile first". Most of them failed to take off, because it was unclear what value being "mobile first" was creating for their customers. So, when describing who you are and what you do, frame it from the perspective of your customers. How does what you do translate into value for them? Let's say you were building a back-office system that reviewed every vendor contract a company signs looking out for deviations from company policy. It runs quietly in the background until it needs to raise an alert. You could approach this in two ways: 1) We have an AI-first vendor contract review product. We use the most advanced AI models to read through every contract...blah...blah...blah. 2) We have the smartest vendor contract review system you'll *never* see. It uses AI to dissect every document, watch your back and protect your business. See the difference? Help your customers understand what you do for them. If you get that right, you'll have addressed investors too. Trust me, investors don't know what "AI-first" really means either. I say that as an indie investor that's invested in 150+ startups. These are fun and exciting times to be building. Best wishes!

the hypocrisy of being human.

Feeling Good vs Doing Well As parents, we all want our children to feel happy, safe, and loved. But have you ever wondered: Am I focusing on helping my child feel good, or building them up to do well in life? Feeling Good is about the here and now; comforting them after a tough day, buying their favorite treat, or fixing problems for them. It is important, but it is just one small part of the journey. Doing Well means teaching them resilience, helping them navigate challenges, and empowering them to solve problems independently. It is about building emotional strength, self-awareness, and confidence so they can handle life’s ups and downs with grace. As parents, our goal isn’t just to shield them from discomfort but to equip them to grow through it. Celebrate their wins, but also guide them through their struggles. Let them stumble and learn, knowing you are there to support them. Because a resilient child is a gift to their future. #Parenting

Almost every successful person I know shares one key trait: They’re willing to step into a role or run a business before they feel ready. They trust themselves to figure it out along the way

When a man dies, his wife often lives longer. When a woman dies, her husband often doesn’t. And it’s according to data. Not because men care less. But because women quietly keep life running. She remembers the medicines. She plans the meals. She schedules the doctor visits. She notices the tiredness, the silence, the small changes others miss. She reminds. She insists. She worries. She stays. A wife is not just a partner. She becomes the routine. The care. The structure that holds everything in place. For many men, she is the reason bad habits don’t win and weak years don’t take over. When she is gone, the house is still there, but the rhythm is lost. Meals get skipped. Appointments are forgotten. Loneliness grows louder than hunger. Purpose starts to fade. And life slowly loses its balance. When a husband dies, a woman breaks too. But she knows how to survive. She has been carrying others for years. This is not about who is better. It is about invisible roles played quietly, every day, without recognition. Love is not always grand or poetic. Sometimes it is a simple reminder to eat, to rest, to see a doctor, to keep going. And when that kind of love is gone, the body feels the loss long before the heart can find words.

50 views might not feel like much... But imagine 50 people walking into a room just to hear YOU talk. 50 strangers who chose your video over millions of others. 50 real humans who gave you their time, attention, and trust. That's not a flop. That's 50 reasons to keep going. Still think your video "did bad"?

The most underrated act of kindness is simply letting people be. Let them mispronounce a word, talk too much about a show they love, or get excited about something you don't quite understand. Everyone has something that lights them up, let them shine, even if it's not your thing.