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[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

"Trust those who seek the truth but doubt those who say they have found it."

[Naval @naval]

The only thing really worth praying for is Truth.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@Rainmaker1973 🪰 …a similar thing is happening with Meta’s Facebook algorithm…💩

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

The best way to learn is to get uncomfortable.

"Professional musicians waste no time doing things they're comfortable doing."

[Huberman Lab Clips @HLPClips]

Cal Newport says that the best way to learn is to get uncomfortable:

"Professional musicians waste no time doing things they're comfortable doing."

"Every time they spend practicing, it's almost entirely in a state of, 'I'm not comfortable with this, but if I focus as hard as I can, maybe I'm going to pull this off.'"

"In flow, you lose track of time. When you're practicing like that professional guitar player, you know every second that passes by because it's incredibly difficult."

"It's the failures that actually trigger the plasticity, it's the discomfort that cues that conditions are different now."

"Flow is the feeling of performance. It's the performance state, not the practicing getting better state."

@hubermanlab

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@RudolfStein2026 It tests my patience when posts are broken down into long,

fragmented 1-line sentences as if it were a children’s book,

the natural flow and rhythm of words interrupted.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@MarioNawfal 🤔 A new version of the “Chinese fire drill”? 😆

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Getty Oil is the same Getty as Getty Images and Getty Center.

• Getty Oil was founded by J. Paul Getty (and built on his father George Getty’s earlier oil ventures) in the early 20th century. It became a major integrated oil company, making the family extraordinarily wealthy.

• The Getty Center (and the related J. Paul Getty Museum/Villa) stems from the J. Paul Getty Trust, funded primarily by his vast estate after his death in 1976, including proceeds tied to Getty Oil.

• Getty Images was co-founded in 1995 by Mark Getty (J. Paul Getty’s grandson, son of John Paul Getty Jr.). The Getty family later reacquired majority control.

It’s the same prominent American dynasty: oil fortune → philanthropy/art → media/images business. The businesses share the family name and origins. All connected by and through the Getty family.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Getty Images is notorious for this! I know several people who have received pre-formatted letters from Getty’s attorneys and copyright division threatening them that if they don’t pay Getty Images $500 to $1,000s of dollars for sharing even just 1 image (and per image), they will take them to court. This could be just someone naively sharing a small image like on a platform such as Facebook and X with or without the Getty Images watermark, or on a brand-new website for a very small business that only a few eyes have seen or may ever see. Getty never lost its greedy, cutthroat shark-like nature since its early days when it was first just an oil company.

The Getty family and foundation used some of these ill-gotten gains to build The Getty Center in Los Angeles at a cost of approximately $1.3 billion to build.

As a background reference and for insights, see the 2018 FX miniseries ‘Trust’ with Donald Sutherland starring as J. Paul Getty Sr., the billionaire oil tycoon. The series explores the family’s dysfunction, Getty’s extreme reluctance to pay, and the negotiations/fixer efforts involved.

Or the 2017 film ‘All the Money in the World’ that covers the same events with Christopher Plummer as Getty and Mark Wahlberg in key roles.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@JewelyMink @CoachDanGo same as it ever was…
letting the days go by, water flowing underground

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

About the comment here which states, “But do not ingest with dairy/casien proteins. They bind to the polyphenols in the blueberries and you miss out on the benefits.”

Grok: “The commenter is repeating a simplified version of the 2009-era advice, which newer mechanistic data has complicated.”

“No, the commenter is not entirely right—the claim is an oversimplification based on older research, and newer evidence suggests a more nuanced (and often less negative or even potentially positive) picture.

What Are Casein Proteins?
Casein is the main protein in cow’s milk, making up ~80% of total milk protein (the rest is whey). It’s a family of phosphoproteins (mainly αs1-, αs2-, β-, and κ-casein) that naturally form spherical “micelles” in milk, stabilized by calcium and phosphate.

Key traits:
• Slow-digesting (provides a steady release of amino acids over hours).
• Coagulates/curdles at acidic pH (like in the stomach or when making yogurt/cheese).
• Excellent at binding other molecules (including polyphenols) via hydrophobic interactions and hydrogen bonds.

Whey proteins (the fast-digesting 20%) also bind polyphenols but behave differently. [Your mix includes both from organic grass-fed yogurt, milk/kefir, and added whey protein plus collagen peptides, with the wild blueberries.]

Do Dairy/Casein Proteins Bind Blueberry Polyphenols and Reduce Benefits?

Yes, binding happens. Blueberry polyphenols—especially anthocyanins (the pigments responsible for the deep color and many benefits)—form complexes with proteins like casein. This is established food chemistry.

However, “you miss out on the benefits” is not clearly supported and is likely overstated:

• Older evidence (basis for the common warning): A 2009 human crossover study (11 volunteers) found that 200g blueberries + water increased plasma antioxidant capacity and absorption of certain phenolics (e.g., caffeic and ferulic acid). Adding 200ml whole milk eliminated the antioxidant capacity boost and reduced absorption of some compounds. Researchers attributed this partly to casein binding the polyphenols.

This (and similar findings with tea catechins) led to the widespread advice to avoid mixing berries with dairy.

• Newer evidence (more protective or neutral):
• Rat studies (Lang et al., 2021 and 2023) showed that purified α-casein (a major milk casein) significantly increased plasma levels of blueberry anthocyanins and their metabolites—by 1.5–10 times for some compounds. The proposed mechanism: casein encapsulates/ protects the anthocyanins, improving stability in the digestive tract and enhancing absorption.
• In vitro digestion studies often show that protein-polyphenol complexes (with casein, whey, or plant proteins like pea/hemp) increase stability and bioaccessibility (how much is available for absorption) during simulated stomach/intestine conditions, even if simple lab tests of antioxidant capacity look lower (because the polyphenols are bound, not free to scavenge radicals in a test tube).
• One in vitro study suggested pea protein complexes performed better than whey for blueberry polyphenol bioaccessibility.

Bottom line on the science: Binding occurs, but it doesn’t automatically mean reduced benefits. It can protect fragile anthocyanins from degradation in the gut, potentially delivering more to where it matters (or leading to beneficial metabolites). The 2009 study used whole milk (not isolated casein), and plasma antioxidant capacity is a crude/outdated measure anyway—many polyphenol benefits (including cognitive ones) likely come from gut metabolites, vascular effects, or signaling rather than direct antioxidant action in blood.

No strong modern human trials directly contradict or fully resolve this for real-world smoothies/yogurt mixes. A human trial was planned/explored on blueberries + whey vs. plant proteins (pea/hemp) for absorption, but results aren’t widely published yet.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

And, to add additionally to my other comment, Getty Images has bots that troll the internet for any material they claim as “owned” by them, and that system automatically sends out those pre-formatted threatening letters/bills with a pay-by date or else! They will track people down.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@Rainmaker1973 🐜 Umm…it’s…a…human….ant farm 🐜

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

A managed care company president was given a ticket for a performance of Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony." Since he was unable to go, he passed the invitation to one of his managed care reviewers. The next morning, the president asked the reviewer how he had enjoyed it, and he was handed a memorandum, which read as follows:

MEMORANDUM:

1. For a considerable period, the oboe players had nothing to do. Their number should be reduced, and their work spread over the whole orchestra, thus avoiding peaks of inactivity.

2. All twelve violins were playing identical notes. This seems unnecessary duplication, and the staff in this section should be drastically cut. If a large volume of sound is required, this could be obtained through use of an amplifier.

3. Much effort was involved in playing the 16th notes. This seems an excessive refinement, and it is recommended that all notes should be rounded up to the nearest 8th note. If this were done, it would be possible to use paraprofessionals instead of experienced musicians.

4. No useful purpose is served by repeating with horns the passage that has already been handled by the strings. If all such redundant passages were eliminated, the concert could be reduced from two hours to twenty minutes.

5. This symphony has two movements. If Schubert did not achieve his musical goals by the end of the first movement, then he should have stopped there. The second movement is unnecessary and should be cut.

In light of the above, one can only conclude that had Schubert given attention to these matters, his symphony would probably have been finished by now.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Yeah, some of you cats… 🎶

The Sideman's By-Laws (A Guide To The Outside)

1. Never recommend anyone who plays better than you.

2. Always suck up (leaders, bartenders, bride and/or groom, management, etc.)

3. If you don't know it, play harmony.

4. Double book, then choose.

5. Always assume the leader knows nothing.

6. Always degrade types of music you can't play or know nothing about.

7. Always bring your own cards, and solicit during breaks.

8. Never play requests (especially if you know it)

9. Never smile.

10. Always complain.

11. Save all high notes for warming up and after the engagement.

12. Never show up sooner than 30 seconds before an engagement (1 min. if you have equipment to set up)

13. Never leave a book in order. Whenever possible, write on music in ink.

14. Always play Trane or Parker licks during foxtrots, tangos, waltzes, or anything in D minor.

15. Always open spit valves over music.

16. If the leader is not sure of a tune, always use substitution changes over his vocals or solos.

17. Always worship dead jazz greats.

18. Be negative about anything connected with the job.

19. Always bring drinks back to the band stand.

20. When a break is over, always disappear. If this is not possible, make a phone call.

21. If you're backing up an act, talk when not playing. If it's a comic, don't laugh.

22. Always bum a ride.

23. Always wait until someone else is buying before you get thirsty.

24. Never bring your own cigarettes to an engagement.

25. Avoid tipping at all cost. (waitresses, coatroom, valet, etc.)

26. Always ask, "when does the band eat," or "where's our table?"

27. Remember, it's not your gig. Mingle with guests and enjoy yourself.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Isn’t every part of this that Fauci and other bad actors were involved in and participated in personally a form of treason against the nation and its citizens, and be treated as such with all who perpetrated this grand deception, loss of life, as well as financial hardships, to be held accountable to the fullest degree by law!

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Isn’t every part of this that Fauci and other bad actors were involved in and participated in personally a form of treason against the nation and its citizens, and be treated as such with all who perpetrated this grand deception, loss of life, as well as financial hardships, to be held accountable to the fullest degree by law!

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@themarketear @zerohedge Consider the data. The Compound

[Matt Cerminaro @mattcerminaro]

Tech price and forward PE leading into today vs the tech bubble.

Two very different pictures.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

Decidedly so… Since the complete series was originally aired, now all these many years past, I just began re-watching them just this past week right after having rewatched the complete Poirot series with the inimitable David Suchet.

The Granada Television series (1984–1994) starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes - (available to watch free on Tubi)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Series 1: 1984; Series 2: 1985)

13 episodes, aired 24 April 1984 – 29 September 1985. Focuses on early cases with David Burke as Watson.
Key episodes with brief synopses (based on Doyle stories):

• A Scandal in Bohemia (24 Apr 1984): Holmes is hired by a king to retrieve a compromising photo from Irene Adler, who outwits him.

• The Dancing Men (1 May 1984): Cryptic stick-figure messages terrorize an American woman and lead to murder.

• The Naval Treaty (8 May 1984): A stolen secret diplomatic document threatens international relations.

• The Solitary Cyclist (15 May 1984): A music teacher is stalked by a mysterious cyclist in a plot involving inheritance.

• The Crooked Man (22 May 1984): A colonel’s murder links to a vengeful deformed man from his past in India.

• The Speckled Band (29 May 1984): A woman fears her stepfather and a deadly “speckled band” in a classic locked-room mystery.

• The Blue Carbuncle (Christmas episode, 1984): A stolen gem is found in a goose, leading to a holiday theft investigation.

• The Copper Beeches (1985): A governess is hired under strange conditions at a remote house.

• Others include The Red-Headed League, The Greek Interpreter, etc.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Series 3–4: 1986–1988)
13 episodes, aired 9 July 1986 – 31 August 1988. Holmes returns after Reichenbach Falls; Edward Hardwicke debuts as Watson.

Notable episodes:

• The Empty House (9 Jul 1986): Holmes reveals he survived Reichenbach and solves a murder with an air-gun.

• The Priory School (16 Jul 1986): A duke’s son is kidnapped from an elite school.

• The Second Stain (23 Jul 1986): A missing diplomatic letter risks war.

• The Musgrave Ritual (1986): An ancient family ritual leads to hidden treasure and murder.

• Later series include The Abbey Grange, The Devil’s Foot, Silver Blaze, Wisteria Lodge.

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991–1993)
9 episodes (including some feature-length), aired 21 February 1991 – 3 February 1993.

Examples:
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (21 Feb 1991): A suffragette vanishes amid a bearded stranger’s pursuit.

• The Problem of Thor Bridge (1991): A wife’s apparent suicide involves a gold tycoon and a governess.

• The Boscombe Valley Mystery (1991): A murder in Australia’s past ties to a Gloucestershire killing.

• Others: Shoscombe Old Place, The Illustrious Client, The Creeping Man.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994)

6 episodes, aired 7 March – 11 April 1994. The final series.

Key episodes:

• The Three Gables (7 Mar 1994): An old woman’s house and her grandson’s papers attract suspicious buyers.

• The Dying Detective (14 Mar 1994): Holmes feigns illness to trap a murderer using a rare disease.

• The Golden Pince-Nez (1994): A murdered secretary and missing spectacles point to a political fugitive.

• The Red Circle, The Mazarin Stone, The Cardboard Box.

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

@PsychToday “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
— Ernest Hemingway

[⟁ ɹǝʇʇod ƃᴉɐɹɔ ⟁ @CraigTPotter]

The payroll taxes we contribute to Social Security over our working years are invested solely in special U.S. Treasury securities, which currently yield modest returns—around 2-4% in recent years—with limited compounding effects for individual accounts. Those funds should instead be directed into diversified, market-based investments with stronger long-term growth potential, similar to the structure of the new Invest America (Trump Accounts) program. Over the course of a working lifetime, this approach could generate substantially higher retirement savings through compound growth while maintaining appropriate safeguards.

By channeling Social Security payroll taxes into diversified U.S. market investments—like the Trump Accounts model, which focuses on broad U.S. equity indices—you create a self-reinforcing loop: capital flows into American businesses, spurring innovation, job creation, and economic growth, which boosts wages, tax revenues, and ultimately higher returns for retirees.

Historically, effective annual returns on the trust funds’ Treasury holdings have often been in the low-single digits for decades—frequently 2-3% in many periods, dipping near or below 2% in the 1940s-50s and post-2008 low-rate era.