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[Kiwiwayne3 ex kiwiwayne1/2 @kiwiwayne3]

“I can’t match Chloe’s knowledge of drug paraphernalia”…

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[Stephen L. Miller @redsteeze]

Man what a wild few years

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

There are 4.5 million people on OnlyFans, but many creators still feel unseen. Katy Grannan photographs, among others, a contortionist from Brooklyn, a former I.C.U. nurse in Louisiana, and a trio of “Wild Boys” living in a content house in Los Angeles. https://t.co/2kY8leYuXP

[Insomniak 🐦 @insomniak_77]

Jodie Foster

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I still believe this…

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

“America’s mayor”

[Dan Poraz @PorazDan]

Nunca olvides cómo empezó esta guerra. https://t.co/hWBMHWynRO

[Yasmine Khosrowshahi @yasminekho]

In 2024, Peter Thiel debated Jordan Peterson on one of the most misunderstood ideas in human history

No thinker challenges you like Thiel:

- Sacrifice is mostly irrational
- The crowd is almost always wrong
- Isaac had more faith than Abraham ever did

13 insights on sacrifice:

[Kassy Akiva @KassyAkiva]

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper says Iran and its proxies attacked U.S. troops and diplomats roughly 350 times in just 30 months before Operation Epic Fury.

“That’s about every third day,” Cooper testified.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Another outrageous lie by the (current) Prime Minister. I never call @cristiano more than seven times a day.

[@jason @Jason]

The most SF moment ever 🤦😂

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

"This is gonna be the issue between 2026 and 2028." @friedberg

[@jason @Jason]

tldr: Ken to @ZohranKMamdani

F— Off, we out

[Alana Mastrangelo @ARmastrangelo]

They spend their precious time on earth mocking death, not realizing that they, too, will die someday. We all do.

And the only thing they’ll ever be known for is evidence of assassination culture in a sick and deranged society.

Then they themselves will be dead. Joke’s on them.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

Dumbest criminal ever.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

I started milking my eyelids.

Here's the situation.

My eyes have been dry/irritated/red for the past year or so. I started using eye drops to moisten and it didn't make a difference. So I went to see an eye doctor.

The source of the problem is that my meibomian glands, the tiny oil glands lining the eyelids, were clogged up. Without the meibum they secrete, the tear film on my eye evaporates in seconds which is bad for eye health.

We're not sure of the cause of the dysregulation. We have few theories that we're looking into.

Taking a closer look with infrared meibography, the imagery showed that my meibomian glands were congested, distorted, and partially dropped out. This is bad news because atrophied glands don't regrow!

It's situations like this that makes me wonder why we do not have a better operating manual for the human body. How could I have prevented this from happening and why didn't I catch this sooner!?

I did additional tests to assess the damage and my situation now.

The Schirmer test (paper strip measuring tear wetting over 5 minutes) came back at 6 and 6.5 mm. A borderline reading consistent with mild dry eye. A healthy reading is typically 15 mm or above.

Here's what I'm doing now to try and nurture my remaining glands back to good health:

1) Forma RF, Radiofrequency (microwave) heat applied from outside the lid, melting the obstruction.

2) LipiFlow, a device that sandwiches each eyelid: heat from the inside, pulsed pressure from the outside, squeezing the obstruction out. 12 minutes, both eyes.

3) Both capped at 41°C, not the standard 42°C, to spare eyelid collagen and elastin. No thinning skin, no premature sagging.

4) IPL around the eyes that shut down the abnormal blood vessels feeding chronic lid inflammation, the engine of MGD.

5) Manual gland milking, the doctor squeezes the lid margin between two instruments, forcing the plugs out. Hard, pasty secretions came out initially. The second and third mechanical milking the glands are returning to a normal, expected oily state.

6) Daily upkeep includes warm compresses, lid hygiene, omega-3 to keep secretions thin and glands moving.

My next check in is 3 weeks form now.

My doctor mentioned that meibomian gland dysfunction in her patients has increased since Covid, likely driven by the rise in screen time. When staring at screens for long stretches, people blink less frequently and less completely. Normal blink rate is roughly 15-20 times per minute but drops significantly during screen use. Incomplete blinks mean the meibomian glands don't get fully expressed, which over time contributes to gland dysfunction and evaporative dry eye.

It's worth you getting checked for this and a good practice generally to make sure your eyes are in good health.

[MAZE @mazemoore]

1993. Chuck Schumer visits the White House to make sure that newly elected President Bill Clinton is serious about taking on the problem of illegal immigration.

Fast forward to 2026 and Schumer is now denigrating ICE and Border Patrol

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Kamala’s soft launch for President is going well.

She’s putting the entertainment to sleep on stage 🤣

[Gilda.Kirkpatrick @Strange_G]

Where’s the Green Party?
Where are the “Islamophobia” bad crowed.

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

😂😂😂only Trump.