raul

work in silence. enjoy life.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The Periodic Table Symbol for lead is 'Pb,' which comes from the Latin 'plumbum,' meaning "lead."

Early pipes were made of lead, so people who worked with pipes became 'plumbers.'

[raul @TakesNoLs]

My goat

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Kevin Durant and his business partner, Rich Kleiman, invested in Hugging Face's seed & Series A fundraising rounds.

Nvidia just acquired the company for $12.9 billion, and since I'm told Durant invested $100,000 in the seed round and $150,000 in the Series A, he likely made more than $60 million on this investment alone.

That is one of the best athlete investments ever (and more money than Durant will make playing in the NBA this season).

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@Doctor_Brooks @Mike_BST_Cards Legendary collection

[Carlos @txiokatu]

We’re reaching levels of leche cake that shouldn’t be possible

[BowTiedPhys @BowTiedPhys]

Turns out not inhaling your food is the real Nature's Ozempic

Consuming 700 cal of ice cream in 30 min vs. 5 min increased endogenous GLP-1 release by 41%

[Mervin @holeliker]

who decided it was chill for gas stations to charge 9/10th of a cent

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@metacolt1 @CardPurchaser Please share their ID so I can block

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

Reminder to go touch grass

A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest strengthens your immune system for a full month

The study is incredibly fascinating:

Qing Li, an immunologist at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, took 12 men on a 3-day forest trip. These were slow walks with no breathing exercises and no set route.

Then he tested their blood and found a surge in natural killer cells -- the immune cells your body uses to fight cancer and virus-infected cells.

Remarkably, the effect didn't fade when they went home, it was still measurable 30 days later.

A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.

Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release compounds called phytoncides to defend themselves from insects and bacteria. You breathe them in, and Li believes they switch your immune cells into high gear.

He estimates one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated all year.

The best medicine might not even need a prescription -- just a walk among the trees.

[ポケカ当たり.jp @pokeka_atari_jp]

グラードンが大地を広げ、カイオーガが海を広げ、レックウザが2匹の争いを鎮めた。

[Kyle Potter @kpottermn]

Of all the absurd examples of how nonsensical airfare can be, this might just the absurd-est:

Nonstop from MSP to ATL: $459 one way

MSP to Athens (you know, the one in Greece) … via one of those same flights to ATL: $341 one way

via @PawneeParkRec

[raul @TakesNoLs]

What a time

[The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter]

BREAKING: Trump Media has officially launched its new paid data service, providing faster access to Truth Social posts from President Trump.

The new service is called "Truth API" which gives firms "a direct, licensed, real-time feed of the platform’s most market-moving Truths," the company's CEO said in a press release.

The service reportedly costs as much as $100,000/month.

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@PokemonDealsTCG Already beyond fried lmao

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@PokemonDealsTCG How many hours

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

I don’t think people realize how absurd this is. Scottish runner Josh Kerr just broke the mile world record in 3:42.66, an average speed of 16.2 mph. Most people couldn’t even briefly reach that speed, let alone sustain it for an entire mile.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Kobe telling the story (in Spanish) of when Ronaldinho visited LA with FC Barcelona in the mid-2000s.

Ronaldinho told him, “I'm going to introduce you to the guy who is going to be the greatest player of all times.”

It was a 17-year old Messi.

[FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona]

The World Cup Final goes through La Masia.

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@PokemonDealsTCG Hey look they forgot me again

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@ForgeStoreSTL Wow. Sorry to hear that you guys are dealing with that. Disappointing all around.

[raul @TakesNoLs]

@PokemonDealsTCG Admission likelihood: unlikely