Ridley Reese

“The most common form of despair is not being who you are… To venture causes anxiety, but not to venture is to lose one’s self.”

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Mamdani and AOC laughing while names of victims of 9/11 are being read should be in every single campaign ad in every single city in America until November.

This is the Democratic Socialist Party.

They hate you. They hate America.

Blast this everywhere

[MindArch @mindarchx]

In 1986 a guy got kicked out of every casino in Vegas for counting cards. So he flew to Hong Kong with $180,000 and started betting on horses instead. He walked away with almost $900 million.

It's Bill Benter. He figured horse racing was just another counting problem. Same math, more moving parts.

He and a partner showed up with $180k and a computer. Benter spent years teaching that computer to guess one thing, the real chance each horse had to win. If his number was better than the odds the bookies gave, he bet. If not, he skipped it.

That's the whole trick. Expected value.

EV = p · b − (1 − p)

Only bet when your win chance p, at odds b, is worth more than your chance of losing.

This recording was never meant to be some hidden gem. Nobody expected Professor Tsitsiklis to hand the whole foundation away in 45 minutes, but that's exactly what happens on the board. Students in that room pay over $80,000 a year to sit through it. It's free right here. It's free right here.

Every quant, every professional bettor, every hedge fund analyst started with this exact hour. Benter just watched it and actually did the homework.

Almost nobody knows this lecture even exists. Watch it before it gets taken down.

The answer is in this video.

[Daniel Tawfik @dantawfik]

VO2 max drops 46% from age 20 to 70, but cardiac output only falls 31%. The gap between those numbers reveals something unexpected about where aging really happens.

For decades, the dominant explanation for declining aerobic capacity with age centered on the cardiovascular system. Your heart beats slower, pumps less blood per beat, and delivers less oxygen to working muscles. This narrative made intuitive sense and aligned with the most visible changes of aging.

But new research quantifies a different story. The limitation isn't just about oxygen delivery. It's increasingly about what happens after the blood arrives at muscle tissue.

VO2 max represents the maximum rate your body can consume oxygen during all-out exercise. It's one of the strongest predictors of longevity and functional independence as we age. Beginning around age 30, it drops roughly 10% per decade in sedentary people.

The Fick equation breaks down what determines VO2 max:

VO2 max = Cardiac Output × Arteriovenous Oxygen Difference

Cardiac output is how much blood your heart pumps per minute. The arteriovenous oxygen difference, or a-vO2 difference, measures how much oxygen your muscles extract from that blood.

This equation splits the aging story into two parts: central factors (heart and lungs delivering oxygen) and peripheral factors (muscles extracting and using oxygen).

Central limitation comes from declining maximal heart rate, which drops about one beat per minute per year after age 20, and reduced stroke volume as the heart stiffens and large arteries lose elasticity.

Peripheral limitation comes from changes in skeletal muscle itself: mitochondrial density and function, capillary networks that deliver blood to muscle fibers, muscle mass, and the enzymes that drive oxidative metabolism.

The new analysis reveals that by late middle age, nearly half of the limitation on VO2 max originates in the periphery, not the cardiovascular system.

In younger adults, approximately 77% of the total limitation is central and 23% peripheral. Your heart and oxygen delivery system are the primary bottleneck.

In older adults, that shifts to roughly 56% central and 44% peripheral. The muscles are catching up to the heart as a source of failure.

The most striking finding: oxygen extraction capacity falls dramatically with age. Skeletal muscle extracts roughly 80% of delivered oxygen at maximal effort in young adults. By ages 75 to 80, that figure drops to approximately 60%.

That's a 20 percentage point decline in the muscle's ability to use the oxygen the cardiovascular system is still delivering.

Four converging biological processes drive this peripheral decline:

1. Sarcopenia preferentially strips away type II muscle fibers, which are rich in mitochondria and oxidative capacity. You lose not just muscle mass, but specifically the muscle tissue most capable of using oxygen.

2. Mitochondrial density and efficiency decline. Mitochondria become fewer in number, smaller in size, and less effective at converting oxygen into usable energy through ATP production.

3. Capillary rarefaction thins the networks of small blood vessels threading through muscle tissue. Fewer capillaries mean longer distances for oxygen to diffuse from blood to muscle cells, creating a bottleneck at the delivery endpoint.

4. Interstitial changes in the space between capillaries and muscle cells further impair oxygen movement. Changes in tissue structure and composition slow the final step of oxygen's journey into working muscle.

None of these is catastrophic alone. Together, they compound into something substantial that previous research underemphasized by focusing primarily on cardiac decline.

Here's what matters for intervention:

• The peripheral factors driving VO2 max decline (mitochondria, capillaries, oxidative enzymes) remain responsive to training well into later decades of life

• Endurance training produces the most reliable capillary growth: 13.3% increase in capillary density and 15% increase in capillary-to-fiber ratio over 8-10 weeks

• High-intensity interval training (HIIT) delivers comparable mitochondrial gains to endurance training but requires substantially less total time, estimated at 1.7x more time-efficient

• Sprint interval training (SIT) generates the fastest mitochondrial signal per minute of any modality, producing 3-5x greater VO2 max improvement per hour of exercise, though it doesn't significantly increase capillary density

• Meaningful adaptation begins within two weeks. Roughly 13.7% of total mitochondrial gains from an endurance block occur in the first 14 days

• The biological machinery that aging erodes is the same machinery that training can partially rebuild, even in the seventh and eighth decades of life

The practical implication: maintaining VO2 max with age isn't just about keeping your cardiovascular system fit. You need training that specifically targets peripheral adaptations, the cellular machinery inside muscle tissue that extracts and uses oxygen.

That means prioritizing exercise intensity that creates metabolic stress sufficient to trigger mitochondrial remodeling and capillary growth. Moderate-intensity steady-state exercise improves cardiovascular fitness but generates weaker peripheral adaptation signals than high-intensity work.

The framework also explains why training becomes more important, not less, as you age. When you're 25 and 77% of your VO2 max limitation is central, peripheral decline happens quietly in the background. By 65, when peripheral factors account for nearly half the limitation, those quiet changes have accumulated into the primary driver of functional decline.

The decisions made in the fourth and fifth decades of life shape the physiological ceiling of the seventh and eighth. Aerobic aging is a slow, cumulative process affecting multiple systems simultaneously. So is the adaptive response to training.

The most important variable isn't the perfect training modality. It's consistency across the decades during which the oxygen cascade is quietly remodeling in one direction or the other.

[Clown World ™ 🤡 @ClownWorld]

This picture says it all. Two leftist women celebrating the Ayatollah Khomeini's arrival in 1979. They thought they were supporting a revolution for freedom. One was beheaded by him a decade later. The other fled to exile.

The Western left cheered for the mullahs because they hated America more than they loved freedom. Khomeini used them to get power, then slaughtered them.

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@hodgetwins I am not sure if I am more disgusted, or more disappointed in the black community at large.

[The Eagle flies free @Fa21519230]

🚨🚨 Ayuno de agua de 72 días bajo supervisión eliminó la diabetes, normalizó la presión arterial y redujo entre 55 y 60 libras (principalmente grasa visceral abdominal), con retracción de la piel en lugar de piel flácida colgante...
Su método preferido de ayuno para la grasa visceral / prediabetes / reversión:
- Inicio: 12:12 (12 horas de ayuno, 12 horas de ventana de alimentación) durante 2-3 semanas.
- Luego: 18:6 (18 h de ayuno, 6 h de alimentación)
- Para casos graves (sobrepeso severo, diabetes tipo 2): ayuno de 48 horas una vez por semana o OMAD (una comida al día) durante 9 días → ayuno de agua de 3 días cada 9 días...
Durante los ayunos con agua pura se permite: café negro, té negro, agua con electrolitos (por ejemplo, Element o ½ cucharadita de sal celta al día). ¿Antojos? 1 cucharadita de aceite MCT en agua...
Tuvo un paciente que ayunó 183 días (de 400 → a 210 libras) sin ningún problema de piel flácida, una "fisiología totalmente diferente" a la de la restricción calórica...
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas.

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@RRR0BYN I had to shoot a pit bull once when he tried to attack my friend's daughter. He took four 9mm rounds to the chest and still wasn't completely down. I sincerely doubt the psycho goth chic's method would work. But it is worth a try.

[Fox News @FoxNews]

Two U.S. Army pilots were pulled from the water after their Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz — and the rescue came from a completely unmanned vessel.

An autonomous drone boat built by Austin-based defense company Saronic carried out what is believed to be the first publicly known U.S. military rescue mission involving an unmanned vessel.

The Corsair operates without onboard personnel and can be designed to carry out a mission without constant remote control, allowing crews to respond in dangerous environments without putting additional service members at risk, @Brooketaylortv reports. | @AmericaNewsroom

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@RightScopee Not only am I ok with it, I support Elon Musk in the only way I can. I dumped my stock portfolio to invest almost all of it in SPCX and TSLA.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

In light of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s Birthday, we are launching his newest course, Nietzsche: Further Down the Rabbit Hole today, available now on Peterson Academy.

Here is the first lecture:

[Jota @jota_snchez]

Robert Lustig, médico de California, lleva 20 años diciendo lo que la industria no quiere que sepas:

El azúcar no engorda. ENVENENA. Lo ocultaron igual que las tabacaleras ocultaron el cáncer.

6 hábitos que destruyen tu metabolismo:

1. Tomar zumo de fruta creyendo que es sano

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@Gwaza_Victoria @grok what series is this scene from?

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@tommysotogeist That woman is fugly.

[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@Fynnderella1 Please tell me this is a joke.

[Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 @KarluskaP]

The mental illness of Democrats explained

[Sara Gonzales @SaraGonzalesTX]

The organizer of the Muslim-only waterpark event agreed to do an interview with me.

After it ended, she sent us a homemade cease-and-desist letter.

She did not want this to go to air. You’ll understand why when you watch. 👇🏼

[ℳ𝒜𝒢𝒜_𝒳_𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝒩���𝓌𝓈🇺🇸 @MAGA_X_Times]

This man demonstrates how to displace ethanol from blended gasoline using water to protect older engines.

Key effects on older engines:
⏺️ Degrades fuel system components: Ethanol attacks and swells/cracks rubber hoses, gaskets, O-rings, seals, and carburetor parts (like diaphragms and floats) made from non-compatible materials. This leads to leaks, fuel delivery problems, and eventual failures. It can also dissolve old varnish/deposits, which then clog filters, jets, and lines.
⏺️ Causes corrosion and rust: By pulling in moisture, it promotes rust in metal fuel tanks, lines, and pumps. If water mixes in, it can trigger phase separation—where the fuel splits into gasoline and an ethanol-water layer that sinks to the bottom, leading to misfires, stalling, or engine damage when that layer gets sucked in. https://t.co/HNuPHEX4cf
⏺️ Reduces performance and efficiency: Ethanol has about 30% less energy per gallon, so you get worse fuel mileage (typically 2-5% drop) and sometimes rough idling, hesitation, or slight power loss. Older engines without modern sensors may run leaner, raising combustion temperatures.
⏺️ Worse with storage or infrequent use: Fuel with ethanol degrades faster (weeks to months), exacerbating all the above issues in stored classics, seasonal equipment, or rarely driven vehicles. news.eng

[CA Betrayal Project USA @BetrayalProjCA]

From ICU Prisoner to Survivor:
Gail Seiler’s Rescue by Her Husband Huckleberry

Watch full interview here👇👇👇
https://t.co/bWpD98JrCj

In December 2021, 54-year-old Gail Seiler entered Medical City Plano in Collin County, Texas, seeking medical help. Instead, she found herself trapped in a system designed not to heal, but to harm. Like so many across the nation, Gail became a target of the government-backed COVID protocol, a rigid, profit-driven scheme that stripped patients of dignity, freedom, and choice.

From the moment she was admitted, Gail was isolated and cut off from her family. She was deprived of food and water, pressured to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order, and relentlessly pushed toward the “protocol” drugs Remdesivir, diuretics, blood thinners, and other dangerous pharmaceuticals. What she and her family pleaded for, safe and effective options such as antibiotics, vitamins, Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, monoclonals, or even basic nutrition were cruelly denied. Her unvaccinated status marked her for disdain, neglect, and discriminatory treatment.

The cruelest betrayal came when Gail was told she would only be permitted last rites from her Priest if she agreed to take Remdesivir, a drug she had refused. It was spiritual blackmail using her faith against her at the most vulnerable moment of her life. To get her Priest by her bedside, she submitted to a single dose, but she knew in her heart it was not given for healing. It was coercion, a tactic seen in countless testimonies, where patients were forced into dangerous drugs through threats, deception, or outright manipulation. After her Priest was finished she told them she would not take any more Remdesivir.

Her condition rapidly declined. Gail’s family watched in horror as she was starved, dehydrated, and denied the very care that could save her. Doctors told her to prepare to die. She was not treated as a human being in need of compassion but like an animal or a number in a protocol pipeline.

But Gail’s story did not end there. When her husband, Brad “Huckleberry” Seiler, realized they were killing his wife, he took action. Brad stormed into the ICU determined to rescue her. Hospital administrators called the police. What followed was a standoff inside the very place meant to preserve life, officers threatening Brad for trying to save his own wife, siding with the institution instead of with humanity. The hospital had become a prison, guarded not by doctors but by armed enforcement of policies that were never about patient care.

Brad refused to leave without Gail. His courage, combined with their daughter’s resolve, ultimately got Gail released. Against every obstacle the hospital threw at them, Brad and their daughter took Gail home. There, away from the grip of Medical City Plano, they administered the very treatments she had been denied: budesonide, ivermectin, vitamins, supplements, real medicine, proper nutrition, hydration, and loving care. Within days, Gail began to recover. She survived, not because of the hospital, but in spite of it.

Today, Gail Seiler lives to tell this story, and she has dedicated her life to making sure no other family endures what hers did. As a volunteer and President of Betrayal Project USA, she leads a movement of survivors, widows, widowers, and bereaved families who are exposing the truth about these crimes against humanity. Together, they are documenting victim testimonies, demanding accountability, and building a national community of support and reform.

Gail’s survival is not just a personal victory, but a living testimony to the resilience of families who fought back against a system that sought to erase them. Her story reveals the darkest truths: hospitals isolated patients, starved them, coerced them into toxic drugs, pressured them to sign away their rights, and even used law enforcement to enforce death-dealing policies. These were not isolated tragedies. They were part of a coordinated, profit-driven scheme that killed hundreds of thousands under the guise of public health.

This cannot be ignored. These are egregious crimes against humanity. They must be stopped.

Betrayal Project USA was founded by victims, for victims. We exist so stories like Gail’s are heard, honored, and preserved and so the system that allowed this betrayal is held to account. If you or a loved one has been harmed by COVID hospital protocols, shots, or policies, we urge you: document your story. Visit https://t.co/fBMQxFw9gY and add your voice to the growing chorus demanding justice, reform, and an end to institutional betrayal.

Because what happened to Gail and to millions of others must never be allowed to happen again.

This Memorial Wall is dedicated to victims of Medical Betrayal, those who lost their lives due to COVID-19 hospital protocols, in hospice and nursing homes, Covid shots and through other forms of institutional harm. We reject the narrative that these lives were simply lost to illness and stand to ensure their stories are seen, heard, and remembered.👇👇👇
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[Ridley Reese @RidleyRReese]

@SydneyLWatson You ask why we put up with it. I ask what alternative we have. If you can find a doctor who hasn't bought into the system he won't do anything useful for risk of losing his license.