AnLachaBhacach

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

We used to pay taxes for safe communities, libraries, community leisure and sports facilities, fit for purpose schools and hospitals, quick diagnosis and treatments within the NHS, unblocked road drains, clean road signs, emergency services arriving on time, roads without potholes and drains and rivers that were regularly cleared to prevent flooding.

Now we pay higher taxes yet all of the above are diminishing - yet our tax money is being spent on endless wars, MPs expenses, politicians and royalty flying around the world on private jets, whilst telling us plebs to reduce our carbon footprints, dodgy contracts given to government cronies and endless forms of digital ID and surveillance.

We are being fleeced by our own governments to be on the receiving end of diminished public services and infrastructures but at the same time, the super-rich are benefiting from the biggest transfer of wealth in history. The social contract is now an absolute piss-take.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@MasterNumber If you feel that heaviness and darkness repudiate all evil and harm.

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

🧪 The Formula

One of my close friends, Tom, was a drug addict. One morning, he woke up to find his girlfriend lying dead next to him.

Since that day 13 years ago, Tom has been clean and sober. He’s built a great life and in November, he’ll marry an amazing woman and start a family.

Three weeks ago, my sister was found dead in her bed. Nobody was surprised. It was the inevitable result of a lifetime of addiction and poor choices.

She and I grew up in the same (toxic) environment, but the outcomes were dramatically different. She’s gone, while I have the best life of anyone I know.

What made the difference?

It's a question I've spent countless hours contemplating. The conclusion I've reached is one that nobody wants to hear.

It’s not genetics or bad breaks. It’s not the economy or which President is in office. Ultimately, your life is shaped by something more fundamental and largely within your control:

Simply choosing to do the right thing. Day after day, year after year.

🧪 The formula for building a great life is deceptively simple (but far from easy):

1) Do things that make your life better.

2) More importantly, *don’t* do things that make your life worse.

Your life is the inevitable result of the choices you make.

It’s easy to justify unhealthy behavior on the margin. One drink, one white lie, one lapse in judgment.

It’s a slippery slope. Exceptions become habits and compounding is exponential, not linear.

A million seemingly insignificant choices make the difference between a great life and literal death. It’s not hyperbole… it happens every day.

But here’s the good news:

The formula works both ways.

If you consistently make good choices, the odds of having a great life are high. Your starting point doesn’t matter. It’s never too late.

Of course tragedy can strike any of us. But my point is:

We have agency. And more control over our lives than we like to admit.

Like my friend Tom, you can wake up one day and decide you want a different life. Hopefully, you do it before tragedy strikes.

It’s your choice.

P.S. If this message resonates with you, would you help me spread it by giving this post a comment, like, and repost?

[Kevin Dahlstrom @Camp4]

Today I turn 55.

I’m the fittest, sharpest, and happiest I’ve ever been.

If I’m an outlier, it’s not because I’m built different or discovered a secret formula. The truth is far less glamorous:

It’s a million tiny choices, compounded over decades.

Here are 55 of them:

1. Walk 15+ miles a week, even if you do other exercise. Humans are uniquely made to move slowly over long distances—it’s critical to longevity.

2. Develop a writing practice. It’s the single best way to sharpen your mind. And remember, you don’t have to be a good writer to write. Start with 10 minutes a day.

3. Swap out your toothpaste, deodorant, lotions, soap, shampoo, and other personal care products for natural versions. Here’s a rule of thumb: Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t safely eat.

4. If you have a positive thought about someone, don’t keep it to yourself—share it immediately. Encouragement defies the laws of physics: When you give energy, you also receive it.

5. Wear shoes with a wide forefoot (I like Topo Athletic) and wear toe spreaders around the house (search “yoga toes” on Amazon). Spine health begins with the feet.

6. Get sunlight regularly. Moderate sun exposure (without sunscreen) is hugely important for overall health.

7. Do a 3-minute deep (“ass to grass”) squat every morning. Deep squats are often called the anti-aging exercise. It’s been said that, “It’s not that you can’t do deep squats because you’re old, it’s that you’re old because you can’t do deep squats.”

8. Explore minimalism (it’s not what you think it is).

9. Set boundaries on toxic relationships. We tend to cling to relationships past their expiration date, and it takes a bigger toll on our health than we recognize.

10. Eat real food. Not too much. Don’t eat garbage. Binge occasionally. Fast occasionally. That’s the diet.

11. Learn about FIRE. It’s a great framework for financial success.

12. Don’t take antibiotics except in emergency situations. They’re massively over-prescribed and aren’t needed in most cases. Antibiotics have done untold damage to our guts, which is where health begins. Great natural alternatives are out there.

13. Get 8 hours of quality sleep each night. To optimize sleep:
—Don’t eat after 6pm
—Get blackout shades and cover LEDs with black tape
—No screens 2 hours before bed
—Try ashwagandha (an herb) to calm the nervous system

14. Stop drinking, even in moderation. People find all sorts of ways to justify drinking, but there’s no escaping the simple fact that alcohol is a toxin and it limits your potential.

15. Travel as much as possible. Nothing expands the mind like seeing the world. And travel doesn’t have to be expensive—the best experiences happen outside of fancy resorts, when you live like a local.

16. Let go of resentment. When you forgive someone, you release the prisoner, and the prisoner isn’t them… it’s you.

17. Show up on time, every time. Poor time management limits success more than most people realize. If you struggle with punctuality, stop everything else and fix that first.

18. Spend lots of time in nature and touch the earth. Humans evolved over 300k years to live in harmony with nature, and only recently have we retreated indoors. If you don’t spend time outside, you’re fighting biology (hint: You won’t win.)

19. Stop doing dumb things. As Leo Tolstoy said, “People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.”

20. Find your happy place and (eventually) move there. Most people live where they live because... that's where they live. We are products of our environment—choose yours carefully.

21. Find a hobby and pursue mastery. You can’t have a happy life without a passionate pursuit that isn’t your vocation. Your work—even if you enjoy it—isn’t enough.

22. Avoid mainstream medicine except as a last resort. The results are in—our healthcare (or more appropriately, sick care) system is badly broken and only makes people sicker.

23. Have a mindset of abundance. There is no advantage to being a pessimist—even if you’re right, it’s a miserable way to live. In a very real way… whatever you believe, you’re right!

24. Do hard things. Choose courage over comfort. Everything you want is on the other side of fear and hard work. As Jerzy Gregorik said, “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.”

25. Ignore haters. Hurt people hurt people. Negative/toxic people live in a prison of their own design. Don’t join them!

26. Say no. Protect your time and energy like it’s your most precious asset… because it is.

27. Become a water snob. As an alien said on Star Trek, humans are “ugly bags of mostly water.” You are what you drink—literally! We have Mountain Valley Spring water delivered in glass 5-gallon jugs and also have whole-house water filter (Aquasana Rhino).

28. Stop drinking sodas and sugary energy drinks. After a few weeks you won’t miss them, and a few months later they’ll seem disgusting. Refined sugar causes inflammation, which is the root of most disease.

29. If you’re over 35, find a good functional/longevity medicine doctor and start tracking your hormones. Modern life is hell on the endocrine system and restoring healthy hormone levels can change your life. As we get older, we either accept a slow decline in performance or we do something about it—choose the latter!

30. Develop a morning routine and follow it faithfully. Win the morning, win the day!

31. Invest in experiences, not things. People frequently regret buying things, but rarely regret investing in great experiences (especially when shared with loved ones). Remember, there’s nothing you can buy in a mall that you’ll remember in ten years.

32. Explore spirituality. It’s arrogant and small-minded to believe there’s nothing going on in our universe that is beyond our comprehension. We know less about our universe than an ant meandering on a sidewalk understands about this planet.

33. Have a strong bias toward action—doing rather than talking. If you ask a bunch of old people about their regrets, they’ll talk about the things they *didn't* do—the shots they didn’t take—more than the things they did do (even if it went wrong). As Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Most people don’t take enough shots.

34. Stay lean. Men in particular are obsessed with muscle mass these days, but bulk doesn’t age well. The goal is to be strong but lean. The fittest guys in their 50s and beyond aren’t meatheads, they’re lean guys who are serious about a sport.

35. Curate your inner circle carefully. Surround yourself with people you admire and who challenge you to grow. Remember, we’re the average of our 5 closest relationships.

36. Be the fittest version of yourself. Your body is your only vessel for experiencing life—so treat it as such. Fitness isn’t working out a few times a week, it’s a lifestyle. The older you get, the more time you need to devote to your health.

37. Take the time to appreciate art and beauty in all its forms.

38. Think globally, but act locally. Too many people put their energy into far-away problems they don’t understand and can’t impact, while ignoring problems right under their nose. Want to change the world? Start at home.

39. Try psychedelics. It’s one of those things everyone should do at least once, and it might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for.

40. Limit bad habits, including unhealthy thought patterns. We all have them—practice avoidance and find substitutes. Get professional help if needed.

41. Be a lifelong learner. Your brain is just like a muscle—if you don’t feed and flex it regularly, it will atrophy.

42. Find your purpose. People with a strong sense of purpose are happier and live longer. Lack of purpose sucks energy and magnifies depression.

43. Only take advice from people who embody the traits you want to have. Talk is cheap—emulate those who have DONE it.

44. The goal is not to retire and do nothing, it’s to build a great day-to-day life that you don’t need to escape. A life of leisure is a slow death. Happiness isn’t possible without a little struggle, uncertainty, and skin in the game.

45. Have fun! Do frivolous and silly things that make you smile. As George Bernard Shaw famously said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

46. Whatever you want to do or achieve in life, start NOW. Don’t fall victim to “someday thinking” because someday never comes.

47. Accumulate assets—things that grow in value over time. It’s the #1 habit of rich people, and it can be done in tiny chunks. Instead of spending $100 on an impulse purchase that has no lasting value, put that money into an index fund or Bitcoin. It becomes addictive (in a good way).

48. Don’t ignore the big 3 canaries in the coal mine for health:
—Low libido (and ED)
—Frequent sinus & respiratory issues
—Depression
These usually aren’t medical conditions in themselves, they’re symptoms of an underlying problem. Find a good doc (outside of the mainstream) and figure out the root cause.

49. Have a clear vision for your future. How can you decide which direction to go if you haven’t clearly defined the destination? It sounds obvious, but 95% of people haven’t defined their “Ideal End State” in detail and in writing. (Check out my thread on this topic.)

50. Make your own decisions. We live in an era where most of what society tells us is wrong. Don’t be afraid to break from societal norms—if people say you’re crazy, it’s a sign that you’re doing something right.

51. Get hardcore about mobility exercise. As you age, it’s usually the knees, hips, and lower back that limit physical performance. 30 min a couple times a week can spare you a lifetime of pain. YouTube is a great resource.

52. Go all in on family. Get married, stay married, have kids. Burn the boats. In the end, family is all that matters.

53. Be ruthless with your time. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. Audit your calendar ruthlessly—cut the trivial, double down on the meaningful, and spend your hours like your life depends on it. (Because it does.)

54. Have a strong bias toward action. Be curious, try things, meet people—it’s how you increase your surface area for serendipity, the most powerful unseen force in our lives.

55. Reinvent yourself every decade. Over time, we slowly drift off course from our priorities, values, and true identity. Take stock and don’t be afraid to hit the reset button. Bold, calculated moves made for the right reasons almost always pay off—usually even more than you can imagine.

🎁 P.S. If you enjoyed this post, would you give me a birthday gift? Repost or comment with the item number(s) you liked best?

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@j00ny369T ....aaand that's why they call it a slipway! 😁

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@DavQuinn Hope you got priority boarding!

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@kingkapoor72 @mdmak33 You should've said you were running a backroom abortion operation on the premises and those fuckers were praying silently outside it deterring clients. Then he could've had an acceptable reason for his masters to move them on.

[Dr. Eoin Lenihan @EoinLenihan]

Been great craic annoying the Shinners for the past 24 hours. They're very angry because Loyalists are out defending their communities while Shinners sit impotently online trying to sound tough to cover for the fact that their party is the party of beheaders in the North. 🤷‍♂️

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

Re-Turn is the scam that keeps on scamming.

Fine Gael councillor was hired by Re-Turn to lobby a Fine Gael Minister to remove 23% VAT on the unclaimed bottles!!

The councillor previously worked for the PR company Teneo whose client is ReTurn.

ReTurn is sitting on €100m after just one year but they’re still not happy. They wanted tax exemptions on top.

A humiliation gravy train.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@simonmaechling Let me stop you at 'you put others in danger ' - your reason to take a vaccine is to protect you. You take the risk with the medical intervention you opted for. You don't take medical interventions and associated risks on behalf of others. It's personal.

[Michael McConville @reasonoverfear]

I will attend the Fitness to Practice Committee of the Irish Medical Council on Tuesday, May 26, at the Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin. At 10 AM. After 41 years of practice without a single complaint, I retired over 2 years ago, but they still seek to tarnish my good name by the exercise of free speech.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

In 1850, the average Dutch man was 5'4". He was shorter than the average French, German, English, and American man. By European standards, an unimpressive specimen.

He was also fed primarily on grain.

Over the next 150 years, the Dutch did something no other population in human history has matched. They added roughly 20 centimetres to the male average and 18 to the female.

By 2000, the average Dutch man stood 6 feet tall. The tallest national average on the planet, and the title still holds.

What happened in the Netherlands between 1850 and 2000:

- The dairy industry expanded until, by 1950, the country had more cattle per square mile than anywhere in Europe.
- Per-capita dairy consumption became the highest in the world.
- Cheese, butter, full-cream milk, and yoghurt became central to every meal in every household, every day.
- Meat consumption rose alongside the dairy.
- The Dutch child of 1950 was eating, in protein terms, a transformed diet compared to his great-grandfather.

The genetics didn't change. They couldn't have. 150 years is six generations. No selection pressure on Earth adds 20 centimetres in six generations.

What changed was the food.

The food was milk.

The Netherlands looked at the result on twenty million subjects across a century and a half, and decided the result was the result. The dairy industry was protected. The cheese was celebrated. The butter stayed on the table.

The Dutch in 2026 are still six feet tall on average. They are still drinking the milk.

Current British advice to children is to switch to plant-based milks, on the grounds that dairy is "associated with environmental harm."

The Dutch children, on the dairy, are taller, stronger-boned, and lower in deficiency markers than the British children currently being switched off it.

Somebody on the advisory committee has noticed.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@patricej36 Rules not specifying Irish ethnicity left an open goal in the current environment. They must've known what they were doing

[Laoise de Brún | Barrister | Seanad Candidate @laoisedebrun]

How to completely destroy a cohesive, high trust society and a social contract whereby if you work hard and pay your taxes you can buy a house and start a family.
A society built on a shared set of values and heritage as a cultural substrate.
We are at below replacement level birth rate at only 1.47 whereas as recently as the late 70s early 80s it was at 4.
The main driver is not “feminism”
It is family formation being pushed out by the inability to buy a house and therefore feel secure enough to start a family.
In addition, the individualisation of taxes brought in by Charlie McCreevy with the stated objective of forcing women into the workplace led immediately to the hike in house prices and the necessity of two full time incomes to get a mortgage.

The Grind.
The commute.
The Creche full time from six months.
Most women want to be mothers but we are making is so hard for them.

A toxic cocktail of neoliberalism and ideology is wrecking our society in real time.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@JacquiDeevoy1 The jumper again 😭 😭 😭

[Lawyers For Justice Ireland @LFJIreland]

The Medical Director of Safetynet Primary Care, who reportedly receives an annual six figure salary, believes that Tusla has been "caring" and "pragmatic" in placing young adult males who have been afforded International Protection in care facilities for children. She says that "it doesn't matter what your date of birth is".

This "charitable" medical practice of which she is 'Medical Director' receives significant funding from the HSE and heavily influenced, using their so-called "evidence-based recommendations", the International Protection Bill scrutiny, boasting that all of them were adopted "in full" by Oireachtas Justice Committee.

"High-profile doctors associated with the practice have also received massive sums in State funds through the HSE Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) for treating medical card holders. One of Safetynet's founders, Dr. Austin O'Carroll, was reported in 2017 as receiving €789,115 in gross fees and allowances from the HSE. In 2020, he was reported as one of the highest-paid GMS GPs in the State, receiving around €974,000, which included practice support payments.
Dr Kieran Harkin, another Safetynet Doctor and co-founder of GMQ Medical, has also been scrutinised over high-value medical card registrations, specifically a "generic" medical card that faced scrutiny for significant historical charges.
https://t.co/482Fa5R6Wx

It would appear that while medical personnel like this have been raking in the cash, amidst HSE scrutiny of the organisation, they have lost their ability to safeguard children.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@EoinLenihan @OdohertyI64991 They're paid shills working for either an intelligence agency or an NGO grifting globalist €. Irritating for sure. But don't lose sight of who they are. Put it in context. The good news is that when you're over the target you take flak and that's the way to look at it. Chin up!

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@MaryLouMcDonald Mariam Loser McBurka - you're toast. Stop pretending you stand with the people. You don't. You're a globalist of the highest order.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@CorkTruckDriver @NemoRangersGAA Have you no humanity? Have you no humanity for your own people? Your own young people can't move out if home and start a family. We will have no nation left if a stop isn't put to this. It's an absolute crisis at this point.

[AnLachaBhacach @an_lacha]

@CorkTruckDriver @NemoRangersGAA They're trying to send the Ukrainians home now. They're too white and too skilled. They need to make way for the brown hoardes