Azra'ee@70yrsold 🇲🇾 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇸🔺

Kindness costs nothing but pays dividends 🥳 Humanity over politics.
I tweet on investment, technology, trading, politics, science & misc.
DYOR/NFA & no DM

[Azra'ee@70yrsold 🇲🇾 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇸🔺 @Azraee70yrsold]

@MindfulDIY Too much using glue

[QE Infinity @StealthQE4]

So serious question:

What’s the incentive to do the right thing anymore?

Everyone that does the right thing loses.

Everyone that grifts, cheats, and steals wins.

Our financial system is filled with nothing but crooks and thieves that are unregulated by anyone.

[Daily Iran News @DailyIranNews]

BREAKING:

​The map seen behind Chinese Leader Xi during a meeting has topped the global agenda.

​Palestine is there, but Israel is not. There never was, and there never will be.

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@JoeyZR1 @FurkanGozukara Is geography illegal in US?

[Ted Logan @TedLogan1010]

Why does the math never make sense?

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@EmmanuelKant4 @MartinaMarkota Bonner appeared frustrated & issued words toward Clark, escalating on-court tensions in the 4th quarter of a close game.
Sophie defending her teammate, responded by silently pointing at Bonner & maintaining the stare-down for ~22 seconds while being ushered away.

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@EmmanuelKant4 @MartinaMarkota During the Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury game, Caitlin Clark fouled DeWanna Bonner while battling for the ball, leading to a scramble & heated exchange where Bonner aggressively gestured & pointed at Clark.

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@Cat5SMASHICANE Do you clean the rod after each theft?

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@TheETFTracker These are day trading ETFs not for investment. Pure gambling

[Tony Lane 🇺🇸 @TonyLaneNV]

A woman hiking in Canada nearly became a grizzly’s next meal and the video circulating right now is genuinely one of the most intense wildlife encounters you will ever watch - her dog is with her, a massive grizzly is right there, and somehow she kept her head together long enough for both of them to walk away breathing.

That is not a small thing. Most people talk tough until nature is standing ten feet in front of them and every instinct in your body is screaming to run, and running is exactly the worst thing you can do.

Grizzlies are built to chase, they top out over 700 pounds and can cover ground faster than any human alive. The people who survive these moments are the ones who override pure fear with pure discipline and this woman did exactly that.

If you hike, camp, or spend any real time in the wilderness - bear spray is not optional, it is the difference between a story you tell and one somebody else tells about you.

Could you have kept your cool?

Hats off to her.

[Azra'ee@70yrsold 🇲🇾 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇸🔺 @Azraee70yrsold]

@edgaralandough @threadreaderapp unroll

[Mark Minervini @markminervini]

Everyone seems to have all the answers, but few have the money and success. Many years ago, I woke up one morning; I looked into the mirror and I ask myself a very important question: if you're so smart, why aren't you rich? That was the day I started shutting my mouth and listening carefully to those who had more success than me. Because the truth was - at that point - I wasn't that smart yet. But I had to get my ego out of the equation. Then my life changed profoundly.

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

I'm a cardiologist. After 40, stop guessing about your health. These numbers tell you whether you're building a long, vibrant life — or quietly declining without knowing it.

I run these on myself. I run them on every patient I care about. Most are cheap bloodwork. All are available now. And together, they paint a picture no standard annual physical will ever give you. Print this. Bring it to your next appointment. Your 60-year-old self will thank you.
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𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗻
Target: below 5 μIU/mL. Ideal: 3-4.
This is the 10-year warning bell your standard panel completely misses. Your glucose and A1c can look "normal" for a decade while your pancreas is working overtime to keep them there. Fasting insulin catches insulin resistance 5-10 years before your A1c moves. By the time A1c rises, the damage is already extensive.

𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗔-𝗜𝗥
Target: below 1.0.
Calculated from fasting insulin and fasting glucose. The single best measure of insulin sensitivity. Above 1.0 and your metabolism is already under strain. Above 2.5 and you're insulin resistant — even if every other number looks fine.

𝗛𝗯𝗔𝟭𝗰
Target: below 5.4%.
Not below 5.7% — that's the threshold where medicine calls you "prediabetic." By then you've been metabolically compromised for years. Optimal is below 5.4%. Blood sugar mastery is longevity mastery.

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗹𝘆𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 : 𝗛𝗗𝗟 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼
Target: below 2. Ideal: below 1.
Your metabolic health crystal ball. This ratio predicts insulin resistance, cardiovascular risk, and metabolic syndrome better than any single lipid number alone. A ratio above 3.5 is a red flag regardless of what your total cholesterol says.

𝗔𝗽𝗼𝗕
Target: below 80 mg/dL for moderate risk. Below 60 for high risk.
I've written about this extensively. ApoB counts every atherogenic particle hitting your artery walls. A 2024 analysis found 54% of patients had dangerous levels that standard LDL testing completely missed. If you only know your LDL, you're driving with one eye closed.

𝗟𝗽(𝗮)
Test once in your lifetime.
100% genetic. 1 in 5 Americans are elevated. Triples heart attack risk independently of everything else on this list. Diet and exercise cannot lower it. The 2026 ACC/AHA guidelines now recommend everyone be tested. Most never have been.

𝗵𝘀-𝗖𝗥𝗣
Target: below 1.0 mg/L.
You can have perfect cholesterol and inflamed arteries silently preparing to rupture. hs-CRP measures the fire behind the plaque. The JUPITER trial proved that finding and treating inflammation saves lives — even when lipids look fine. If this number is elevated, your mouth, your gut, your metabolic health, and your visceral fat are the first places to investigate.

𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗗
Target: 50-80 ng/mL.
Not the bare minimum of 30 your doctor accepts. Suboptimal vitamin D is linked to higher inflammation, weaker immunity, increased cardiovascular events, worse mood, and poorer outcomes across nearly every disease I treat. Supplement D3 with K2 — without K2, calcium deposits in your arteries instead of your bones.

𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 (𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 + 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲)
Men: optimal range 600-1000+ ng/dL total.
Declining testosterone is an independent predictor of cardiovascular death in men. It's tied to insulin resistance, arterial stiffness, visceral fat accumulation, and systemic inflammation. DHEA-S drops 10-20% every decade after 30. Tracking these isn't about vanity — it's evaluating your body's systemic resilience.

𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲
Target: below 120/80. Aim closer to 110/70.
Every point above optimal is cumulative arterial damage. Buy a home cuff. Measure morning and evening, seated quietly for five minutes, arm at heart level. White-coat readings in the office miss what's really happening. The smartest $40 investment in cardiac self-care.

𝗩𝗢𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘅
Men over 40: above 40 mL/kg/min. Women over 40: above 35.
Cardiorespiratory fitness is the single strongest predictor of all-cause mortality — stronger than smoking, diabetes, or heart disease as individual risk factors. A landmark study in JAMA found that extreme fitness was associated with the lowest mortality with no upper limit of benefit. You can estimate VO2 max with a timed mile, a rower test, or a wearable. Get faster every year.

𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Target: as few as possible.
Every medication you're on should be earning its place. I just wrote about five commonly prescribed drugs that do more harm than good with long-term use. Bring your full medication list to every appointment. Ask: "Do I still need this?" Deprescribing is one of the most powerful and underused tools in medicine.
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Thirteen numbers. Most available through cheap bloodwork and simple tests. Get them once or twice a year. Here's what I want you to understand: these numbers don't just tell you where you are. They tell you where you're heading. A fasting insulin of 8 today becomes diabetes in five years. An ApoB of 120 today becomes a heart attack in ten. An hs-CRP of 3 today means your arteries are inflamed right now — regardless of how healthy you feel. The standard annual physical checks a fraction of these. It was designed to find disease that's already there. This panel finds the disease that's coming — years before it arrives.

What gets measured gets improved. Optimize with the foundation I write about every week on this platform:
Zone 2 cardio plus resistance training 3-4 times per week. High-protein whole-food nutrition. Sleep 7-9 hours — non-negotiable. Morning sunlight. Stress management. And the targeted supplements I've covered in detail — creatine, magnesium, CoQ10, D3+K2, glycine, omega-3, psyllium husk.
The breakthroughs coming in the next decade — gene editing for cholesterol, cellular reprogramming, senolytics that clear senescent "zombie" cells driving inflammation and aging, GLP-1 drugs rewriting metabolic medicine — will be most powerful for people who've already built the metabolic foundation to receive them.

The future of medicine is personalized. But it starts with knowing your numbers today. Print this list. Book the bloodwork. Own the data. Prevention isn't passive. It's the most aggressive thing you can do for the decades ahead.

[ElBuni @therealbuni]

En venezuela, un tipo estaba escapando de su departamento por el terremoto
Y a cada piso que bajaba el edificio se hacia mas y mas mierda

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Israel: We need $80 billion to bomb Iran
Trump: Approved

Iran: We need $300 billion
Trump: Approved

Saudi Arabia: We need more F-35s
Trump: Approved

Musk: SpaceX needs $12.5 billion
Trump: Approved

Average Joe: I lost my job. My wife got cancer. Can we get Medicaid?
Trump: No

[MYNEWSHUB @mynewshub]

Kreatif eh dik, nasib tak kena sita dekat abamm pulis😂

Exzos tu yang mahal tuuu, haha comell dik.

InshaAllah, nanti adik boleh pakai motor real tau🫶🏻

[Azra'ee@70yrsold 🇲🇾 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇵🇸🔺 @Azraee70yrsold]

True

[Ahava Abramowitz @AhavaAbramowitz]

@Parodyjeffx @strikesatchii Killing babies & toddlers have made them think they’re tough or something 😩 in reality, they’re the weakest & most cowardly group of people on earth

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

There is an old laptop in your closet.

Gathering dust. Dead battery. Slow processor. You keep it because you feel guilty throwing it away.

That laptop can replace every cloud subscription you pay for.

- Netflix
- Google
- Dropbox
- 1Password

That is $42 a month. $504 a year. To rent things you used to own.

The old laptop in your closet could do all of it.

Now meet CasaOS.

A free and open source system that turns any old laptop, Raspberry Pi, or mini PC into your own personal cloud.

You run one command. In 30 minutes, the laptop becomes a server. You open it from your phone, your TV, your work computer, anywhere in the world.

Then you pick the apps you want from a built-in store. One click each.

- Jellyfin to replace Netflix. Stream every movie and show you own.
- Immich to replace Google Photos. Faces and search included.
- Nextcloud to replace Dropbox. Sync every file across every device.
- Vaultwarden to replace 1Password. All your passwords, your keys.
- Syncthing to keep files in sync across every device, no cloud.
- Home Assistant to control every smart device in your home.
- AdGuard to block ads on every device on your wifi.

Setting up a home server the old way took an entire weekend. Install Linux. Learn Docker. Write config files. Set up storage. Fix errors. Look up every app one by one.

CasaOS does all of that for you. No code. No config files. No Linux skills. You see icons on a screen. You click them.

34,116 stars on GitHub. Apache 2.0. Free forever.

Built by a small team starting September 2021. Runs on Raspberry Pi, Intel NUC, old laptops, and most home servers. Over 100,000 Docker apps can be installed.

A new Raspberry Pi costs $50. The old laptop in your closet costs $0. It already works. It is already in your house.

Netflix charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Google charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
Dropbox charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.
1Password charges every month. CasaOS doesn't.

Here is the wild part.

The laptop you forgot about is more powerful than the web server that ran most websites in 2008.

It is sitting in a drawer. It costs you nothing. It already works.

One command. Thirty minutes. Five hundred dollars a year back in your pocket.

Your files. Your photos. Your movies. Your home.

Your closet just became a data center.

[𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 @Be_like_legend]

THINGS ADHD PEOPLE ARE WEIRDLY GOOD AT

(for unexpected reasons)

[Aman Negi @Aman1211046]

@thaichinalove That was literally a financial trap which thailand smartly avoided. 👏