The official story of alpha-gal syndrome is tidy. A lone star tick bites you, and months later you can no longer eat red meat. Tidy stories should make you suspicious. Here is what the tidy version leaves out. 🧵
It is very hard to capture the past. Its essence. It’s emotional flavor. It is vital to somehow catalog a time that existed before our devices. This is what I endeavor to do. Even if AI is the reminder….
Arizona has the third worst housing market in the country, only doing better than Florida and Texas.
Median days on market: 65.8
Listings with price drops: 29.2%
127 medium-sized cities, Glendale, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Peoria, Surprise, Tempe and Chandler all finished in the bottom 25
Gilbert, Peoria, Surprise and Tempe are the worst performing cities
Tears For Fears legend Curt Smith and his daughter, Diva, singing an acoustic version of his band’s classic track ‘Mad World’. Now that’s Daddy Daughter connection!
I need to fill everybody in on a Texas band nobody really knows about.
I've seen this band live twice, and it's pure mayhem non-stop. They do pro wrestling off of tables. They hand out noisemakers and pots for you to bang on.
They will even pull you out of the audience and make you play their instruments while they do human bowling. It's awesome.
Enjoy Peelander-Z from Austin, Texas
This guy’s vow after learning about polyester is spreading fast for good reason:
“I will never let my little girl wear polyester again — and after hearing why, you might not either.”
In 65 seconds he explains the process:
Polyester is plastic — made from crude oil or recycled bottles, melted at high heat, extruded into threads through spinnerets, stretched, and coated with synthetic dyes, phthalates, BPA, antimony, and chemical treatments.
The problem:
Plastic fibers shed microplastics and nanoplastics that absorb through your skin — especially when you sweat (sports bras, activewear, leggings).
These carry endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to hormone imbalance, fertility issues, and long-term accumulation in organs, blood, and brain.
His wake-up call:
What you wear against your skin is absorbed by your body.
Polyester clothing = wearing plastic all day.
How much of your current wardrobe is polyester?
Drop the percentage below — are you planning to make a change after this?