Dan Caiola

Fatally curious.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Thomas Massie is sounding the alarm.

Congress is about to pass a liability shield for Bayer — a foreign corporation — that would strip Americans of the right to sue when glyphosate gives them cancer.

Massie: “This is not to grant farmers immunity. This is to grant corporations immunity. If you contract non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from this chemical — you won’t be able to sue.”

Bayer has already paid billions settling cancer lawsuits.

This bill ends future lawsuits permanently.
RFK Jr. built his brand on MAHA.

Trump is urging Republicans to pass it anyway.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The market for telling people what they want to hear is much larger than the market for telling people what they need to hear. This fact explains a lot about the world.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

In Iceland, Christmas does not begin with noise or excess. It begins quietly, with books. Long before gifts are unwrapped or meals are finished, families exchange books on Christmas Eve in a tradition called Jólabókaflóð, which translates to Christmas Book Flood. Once the books are opened, the evening slows down. People settle in, turn the lights low, and read.

The tradition took shape during World War II. Imported goods were scarce, but paper was still available, and books were affordable. Publishers leaned into it, releasing most new titles just before Christmas. Over time, giving books became expected, then cherished. It was not about luxury. It was about time, silence, and stories shared under one roof.

Today, the tradition is still going strong. Iceland has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, and this custom plays a role in that. On Christmas Eve, homes grow quiet as pages turn, often with a cup of hot chocolate nearby. No rush, no spectacle. Just a country agreeing that the best way to spend the night is with a good book.

#archaeohistories

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

@TestoConsultant Leg

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Good morning! Today would be a great day to tell your representative to cosponsor my Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act (HR 2356).

If dual citizens run for office, they should disclose ALL countries in which they hold citizenship. Don’t you agree?

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

We are very good at predicting the future, except for the surprises - which tend to be all that matter.
- Morgan Housel

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

@Schneebly1993 @vzmercogliano Is this historically? This season? Certainly not refuting it.

[DAN KOE @thedankoe]

You can't improve what doesn't exist.

The ideas in your head. The business you dream of building. The plans you keep putting off. All are worthless until you test them against reality.

You're afraid of failure and glorify perfection when the opposite is what determines success.

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: Brazilian UFC star fighter Renato Moicano says he loves America and the First Amendment.

“I love America. I love the First Amendment. I love the Constitution.”

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

until I feel nothing at all.

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

Meanwhile the sun is shining on this corner of a doubting world, in the middle of an afternoon between winter and spring. It’s cold still and the shadows bite, and today we’re told a tale of the one who came back.
Between two worlds myself...

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

I consider the body of letters I’ve written - and the legions of man who have gone before me: poets and scoundrels, lovers and liars – that will never be returned.

And so I must celebrate what is, and assent to my terminal condition - that I might never not feel this way...

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

life (and luck) is a contact sport, and there are no guarantees in terms of the outcome. But we can provide for variables, and maximize our experiences, which, just might be the real trick to an amazing life anyway.

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

It seems like the origin stories of the ultra-successful always come down to some chance encounter that changed everything for the protagonist. A fateful day, a stroke of good (or bad) luck, a life-changing experience.

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

trying a different tactic or conversation pattern with the people you interact with most often. Now of course this could lead to some terrible, unforeseen, outcome - you get cursed by a bridge troll as you cross over the forbidden swamp byway - but the reality is...

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

Raise your awareness, and become a mindful consumer of the things that are being fed to you.

https://t.co/uGytJHpvqd

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

These three things have your brain on autopilot, making decisions for you every day without you even realizing it:

1. Anchor Effect: See a super expensive phone first? Suddenly the next one seems like a steal. That's anchoring - the 1st price you see sets the standard.

[Dan Caiola @Card042]

3. Loss Aversion: That meme stock's dropping like a fly but you hold on? 😔 It's because we hate losing more than we love winning.

So what to do about it?