OptimisticRealist

If you want something different, do something different. Evolve or die. Moving through the middle passage as gracefully as possible.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@iluminatibot It’s bc they have mutated MTHFR genes, which are the genes responsible for detoxing the body.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@library_madame @HighWireTalk From my understanding, he reported that specific GI issues occurred after mmr. The point I was making is that candida issues occurred after mmr. Candida affects the GI system. Wakefield was hammered for saying that any issues occurred after mmr.

That was obviously false.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@slimeyblime @CurtisDaly_ 😂😂😂
No modern equivalent to that.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@TomShelby1947 @warnerelliott60 @CurtisDaly_ My parents bought a house 2 blocks from the beach for 30k in the late 70s.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@slimeyblime @CurtisDaly_ That still isn’t going to buy a 1.2 mil home. Her parents probably paid 30-50k for that house in the early 90s.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@warnerelliott60 @CurtisDaly_ Her point is that her parents paid peanuts for that property 30+ years ago, just like what happened in other places in the US

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@MichaelS41029 @CurtisDaly_ No in Florida. Not even close.

[Curtis Daly @CurtisDaly_]

We were raised to be adults in a world that no longer exists

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

This is actually a terrible loss. So much for the arts and humanities, which are necessary for a well-rounded, well-educated society.

A better idea would be to cap runaway tuition rates that have increased several hundred percents in the last 25 years.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Donald Trump is making major changes that will ban colleges from the Federal Student Loan Program and all federal financial aid if the programs at that college don't pass the earnings test

“They are putting together a new earnings threshold test that says Bachelor degree program graduates have to earn more than the median high school graduate in your state 4 years after graduation.

And when it comes to grad school programs, they have to earn more than bachelor's degree graduates for that same type of field in that state within 4 years after their graduate school program.

If the school program fails this test for 2 years in a row, they will lose access to federal Fi, federal student loans. And if more than 50% of the school's programs fail this test, they lose access to all types of federal financial aid programs.”

Here’s what that really means

Colleges can no longer have programs that do not deliver positive financial outcomes for their graduates

The goal is to stop federal taxpayer subsidies via loans and grants for programs that leave graduates financially worse off or no better than if they had skipped college

This is common sense legislation and a huge win for everyone

[Sherri Unfiltered™ @FFT1776]

Animal shelter security footage captured a scared dog with a large St Bernard.

I had a St Bernard and this is exactly how loving they are❣️

I’d adopt them both!

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

At an aquarium in South Korea, after closing time, some clever little otter pups help their grandpa tidy up their toys. As a reward, he gives them ice cubes

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@nevarc @Jan6Fun @WallStreetApes 💯

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@nevarc @Jan6Fun @WallStreetApes Absolutey can affirm this. Me too. 25 years ago I had a 2/1 two blocks from the beach for $450. I worked maybe 35 hrs a week AT THE MALL. Ins & pension. In college. That same apt is I think $1800 now. I know my mall wage did not increase that much in 25 yrs.

[Oscar Patel @OscarPatel]

This Is How Parents Destroy Their Children’s Looks

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@RoshanJimmy1 @TemooTitan It’s all in the cut. That kind of neckline is always going to accentuate her upper body. A nice wide strap v-neck would look nice and feminine.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

Cannabis is detrimental to sperm: even if they can fertilize, there can be DNA damage. Many miscarriages and (in the case of IVF) “day 3 crashes” which is when paternal DNA normally kicks in, are cannabis related. Dr Natalie Crawford on the Huberman Lab podcast out now.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

The research behind this is wild. Your sperm carries a set of instructions that tell your genes when to turn on and off. A Duke University study found that THC rewrites those instructions. The more weed in your system, the bigger the changes. It goes straight for the genes your future embryo needs in its first week of life.

I had to read the "day 3 crash" part twice. For the first three days after fertilization, an embryo runs entirely on the mother's DNA. Day 3, the father's genes switch on. If those genes carry cannabis damage, the embryo just stops growing. Fertility doctors see this happen in their labs: embryos that fertilized fine and looked healthy on day 2 go completely still by day 5.

Boston University tracked 1,535 couples trying to have a baby. Men who smoked weed once a week or more doubled their partner's miscarriage risk. That number held up even when the woman herself never touched cannabis. And the miscarriages clustered in the first 8 weeks, right when the father's damaged DNA would be doing the most harm.

Duke also found that the specific genes THC alters in sperm overlap with genes linked to autism. One of those genes, called DLGAP2, helps brain cells communicate with each other. It was changed in cannabis users' sperm. When researchers bred THC-exposed male rats and checked their offspring, the same altered gene pattern showed up in the pups' brains. The damage crossed a generation.

Weed has gotten way stronger over the last 30 years. THC content was about 4% in the 1990s but nearly quadrupled to 15% by 2018, and modern dispensary strains regularly sit at 20-30%. Concentrates go up to 95%.

Quitting for about 11 weeks (one full cycle of sperm production) reverses some of the DNA changes. Not all of them. Duke's lead researcher says men should stop at least 6 months before trying for a baby. Half of your kid's genetic blueprint comes from you, and right now, THC is editing that blueprint before conception even happens.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@DonnieSEvans @PaulGoldEagle That’s who did mine.

[OptimisticRealist @_LiveLoveSimply]

@DonnieSEvans @PaulGoldEagle That’s just wrong. Quest can test for your blood type.