Blake Thompson

Dad. Husband. Jesus follower. Nerd wanna be. I sell houses. Bulldog. I eat cookies. I run (sometimes). I read. I podcast: @chargerpodcast @theoxfordpod

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@CarterByrd13 I still remember 1998 when four SEC West teams made it to Omaha. That felt very improbable.

[Sharran Srivatsaa @sharran]

Underrated business move: become the easiest person to do business with.

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@CarterByrd13 Interesting.
I know the SEC was a leader even back in CSF’s heyday. But it was a few schools. Now it’s over half the conference.
And I believe NIL is a factor. But it seems CSF tailed off before NIL was legit.

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@CarterByrd13 Why haven’t we seen them perform as strongly recently?

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@ChaseParham Ha

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VCU stupidly uses multiple pitchers today and has to play at least one more game this weekend while Tennessee gets to save all their arms for the 2027 season. The Volunteers continue to play 3D chess at the Chapel Hill Regional.

[Darshak Rana ⚡️ @thedarshakrana]

The Woodpecker is the only proof that God really exists.

And I'm going to prove it to you right NOW:🧵

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@TheBigBroTea @Hi_Priestess22 @GeorgeMack90393 Then why didn’t Aubry take him to the F3 instead of Joe?

[Caitlin Francis @MrsCMFrancis]

I teach my kids from about age 3 to come put their hand on my arm or leg if they want to speak to me while I’m speaking to another person. I then put my hand over theirs to show them I see them and I’ll get to them soon. Manners are so important to instill young.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

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.

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@legallyminded @anishmoonka @reghud Here

[Ernest Aggrey @eaggrey98]

@turhanuludag @HerbalistChief https://t.co/SFcGtugp71

[Neel Dhingra @neelhome]

The perfect moment isn’t coming.

The project you’ve been thinking about?
START IT

The move you’ve been considering?
MAKE IT

The relationship that’s draining you?
END IT

You already know what to do. You’re just waiting for permission you’ll never get.

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@forallcurious @grok What would this mean for north Mississippi in this coming winter?

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@The_Rad_Dawg @jean_twenge https://t.co/PVZVRITIJt

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@The_Rad_Dawg @jean_twenge https://t.co/OUQEwguzPg

[Richard Cross @RichardCrossSTM]

Wow! Kinney Ferris with @VisitOxfordMS tells @MorningsCross that @DoubleDeckerArt drew 111,700 visitors last Saturday and the city of Oxford had 228,000 in town for DD, @olemissbsb, @mtradepark and @OxfordSD baseball!

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@rebelhater @davidzedelstein I think his right hand/arm got caught up underneath the turf.

https://t.co/naAzfDGanV

[Michael Borkey @MichaelBorkey]

Is this bad?

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

@ScoutSteveR Is this his longest outing?

[Mississippi State Football @HailStateFB]

The Moment.

[Blake Thompson @BlakeThompson]

In Oxford it’s not “how many square feet?” but “how many feet to the Square?” 🤔

[Stacey J. Spiehler @StaceyJSpiehler]

Oxford is verifiably insane. https://t.co/u2pImIucca

[GrrrGraphics 🇺🇸- Ben & Tina Garrison Cartoons @GrrrGraphics]

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