Vicki Tuck

Catholic wife, mom and business owner

[Vicki Tuck @Tk_vicki]

@DarnelSugarfoo I moved to Georgia at 23 specifically because of REM and I am still here at 62 with my husband, our 4 sons and the business we built. Years ago I had a coworker who told me she moved here from Nebraska for the same reason. I call that a cultural footprint.

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@mkhammer I was such a big fan that my friends and I used to go to Athens just in hopes of seeing one of them on the street. And guess what - we saw each of them just once. Saw them in concert 3 times and they were superb.

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@Hot_Pepper76 Roy Clark

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@Rainmaker1973 My mom

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@softboywin Ziti

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@JoshuaLisec We love you too. Thank you Scott

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@DefiyantlyFree Yes

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@EricLDaugh Why are we required to obey this illegal order? Just ignore it.

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@saniyafatma1278 Sign him up for JROTC. That straightened out my very messy son

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@muheediva01 425 in 1988 - 2 bedroom apt in Atlanta

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@AmericanPapist Lynley - there is an old one and a new one, Morse, Lewis

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@tmr6dlr The match isnt finished yet

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@FreddyLA7 Welcome to the most inefficient business in the USA - rental cars.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

The Internet's Best Travel Content Isn't on Netflix:

1. Kara and Nate (USA) — visited 100 countries and documented all of it
2. Mark Wiens (USA) — travels the world through food
3. Lost LeBlancs (Canada) — cinematic travel videos
4. Fearless and Far (USA) — off the beaten path adventures
5. Kristin Addis (USA) — solo female travel done right
6. Gabriel Traveler (USA) — slow travel on a budget
7. Wendover Productions (USA) — explains how the world works
8. Abroad in Japan (UK) — best guide to Japanese culture
9. Wolters World (USA) — honest travel advice no filters
10. Sailing La Vagabonde (Australia) — sailing the world full time
11. Nomadic Matt (USA) — budget travel tips that actually work
12. GeoWizard (UK) — impossible straight line country journeys
13. Ben Brown (UK) — rarest places beautifully shot
14. Indigo Traveller (New Zealand) — world's most dangerous countries
15. Sorelle Amore (Australia) — travel meets self discovery
16. FunForLouis (UK) — extreme adventures across every continent
17. Eamon and Bec (Canada) — van life and world travel combined
18. The Budgeteers (USA) — travel the world spending almost nothing
19. Travellight (Germany) — minimalist travel across Europe and Asia
20. Harald Baldr (Norway) — raw unfiltered travel across Asia
21. Bald and Bankrupt (UK) — explores forgotten corners of the world
22. Shiey (Lithuania) — hidden places and urban exploration nobody else films
23. Exploring with Josh (USA) — abandoned places and forgotten history
24. Yes Theory (multinational, based Canada) — seek discomfort and travel far
25. Drew Binsky (USA) — visited every country with local stories
26. Kristen Sarah (Canada) — solo travel with a focus on wellness
27. Samuel and Audrey (Canada) — food and travel across Southeast Asia
28. Vagabrothers (USA) — smart travel guides with cultural depth
29. Rick Steves (USA) — Europe travel done properly and thoroughly
30. Peter Santenello (USA) — goes deep into cultures most tourists avoid
31. Tanvir Infinity (Bangladesh) — budget backpacking across South Asia
32. Migrationology (USA) — street food and local eating worldwide
33. High On Life (Canada) — adventure travel in the world's wildest places
34. Hopscotch the Globe (Canada) — female solo travel with practical tips
35. Johnny FD (USA) — digital nomad travel and location independence

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@saniyafatma1278 Completely bare. I used to get gel manicures but it is such a waste of time. Long nails are very limiting.

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

I'm a cardiologist. I've held dying hearts in my hands in the cath lab at 3 AM. And I need to tell you something that changes everything about how we prevent heart attacks.

For decades, the entire field was built on one target: lower LDL cholesterol. Statins save lives — that's settled science. But too many of my patients did everything right — took their statins, hit their numbers, lived clean — and still ended up on my table with a ruptured artery.

We were treating the smoke while the fire kept burning.
The fire is inflammation. And the evidence is now overwhelming.

The CANTOS trial proved it first — lowering inflammation independent of cholesterol reduced cardiac events. But the newer data is what keeps me up at night.

AI-enhanced CT angiography can now detect inflamed arteries by measuring changes in the fat surrounding your coronary vessels — the perivascular fat attenuation index. Higher inflammation in the fat around even one artery independently predicts cardiac death. When multiple arteries show inflammation, the risk multiplies dramatically — even in patients whose cholesterol looks perfect.

This isn't theoretical. This is measurable. Right now. On a scan you can get this month.

Low-dose colchicine — a drug that's been around for centuries for gout — is now FDA-approved specifically for reducing cardiovascular events. It works by quieting the inflammatory cascade that destabilizes the plaque sitting in your arteries. A pill that costs pennies is saving lives the statins couldn't reach.

And the next wave is already in Phase 3 trials. Ziltivekimab — an IL-6 inhibitor — targets the central inflammatory pathway driving atherosclerosis. Phase 2 data showed a 90% reduction in hsCRP. The ZEUS cardiovascular outcomes trial is enrolling now, with results expected late 2026 into 2027. If positive, anti-inflammatory therapy will become standard in managing heart disease alongside lipid-lowering. The era of inflammation-targeted cardiology is arriving.
But it goes deeper than drugs. AI is now predicting heart failure and cardiac events 5+ years before symptoms — integrating CT imaging, electronic health records, and genetic data with accuracy that jumps far beyond traditional risk calculators.

And polygenic risk scores — a simple genetic test that flags inherited cardiovascular risk — are now formally recognized as a risk-enhancing factor in the 2026 ACC/AHA guidelines. A single blood draw can reveal risk that's been silently building since birth. Decades before the first chest pain.

Here's what this means for you right now — today:
Ask your doctor for a high-sensitivity CRP test. It's cheap, routine, and measures the systemic inflammation that standard cholesterol panels completely miss. You can have perfect LDL and inflamed arteries that are quietly preparing to rupture.
If your hsCRP is elevated, discuss low-dose colchicine with your physician. It's FDA-approved for exactly this.
Push for a coronary CT angiography with AI plaque and inflammation analysis if you have risk factors. This isn't the stress test your parents got. This is 3D visualization of your actual arteries — with AI quantifying not just how much plaque you have, but what kind it is and whether the surrounding tissue is inflamed.
Consider polygenic risk score testing — especially with a family history of early heart disease. It's now guideline-supported.

And the foundation that never changes: move daily, eat real food, sleep 7-9 hours, manage stress, and know your numbers — ApoB, Lp(a), hsCRP, fasting insulin.
I left Iran as a child with nothing. I rebuilt everything in a country that gave me the freedom to become a physician. I've spent twenty years watching patients get second chances.

The ones who haunt me aren't the ones who died on my table. They're the ones who survived but never acted on what the science was telling them — years before the event that didn't have to happen.

You can have perfect cholesterol and still have a heart attack. Inflammation plus genetics can drive plaque rupture in arteries that look "fine" on a standard panel.
The myth that normal cholesterol means you're safe has cost more lives than I can count.

We now have the tools to detect the fire — not just the smoke. AI to see it. Genetics to predict it. Drugs to quiet it. And the ancient basics — movement, real food, sleep, purpose — to prevent it from starting.

Prevention is the new cure. And the science to make it real is no longer coming.
It's here.

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@Cernovich My 23 year old and 26 year old sons were homeschooled with a Catholic curriculum and raised in a house with a small business have turned anti-Israel all of a sudden - maybe a year or so ago. I tell them they are being brainwashed and they told me I was brainwashed. It is crazy.