Nicholas Chiapel

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

I have wondered about some of this, like New Customers get rewarded and you don’t. That’s crazy.

[𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 @Old_But_Gold50s]

Can you hear the difference between cheap and expensive pianos?

He started the video by playing in a cheap piano, and then in the more expensive ones. He played 5 different pianos. Can you hear any difference in sound?

Which one has the best sound?
📹Vinheteiro

[iDoser @doser_i85668]

The WORST Friend Zone 😩

[The Internet Fish @TheInternetFish]

This went unexpectedly well

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Kevin Pollak sharing stories about working with Jack Nicholson on A FEW GOOD MEN (1992) is as entertaining as you’d expect.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

The attempt to sabotage a photographer’s chances ended up creating the most memorable image of his career.

Everyone at the regional zoo photography competition knew he was the favorite. Year after year, his elephant photographs stood out, and he had earned a reputation for being one of the friendliest people there, always gracious even when others hoped someone else would finally take the top prize.

So when a zoo insider quietly helped a competing friend, they thought they had found the perfect way to stop him. He was assigned the worst elephant viewing slot of the day, a time when the elephants were usually resting and inactive. Since his winning images often showcased their strength, movement, and personality, it seemed like a guaranteed disadvantage. He realized exactly what was happening, but instead of arguing or complaining, he simply picked up his camera and headed in as if nothing had changed.

When he arrived, he found an elephant peacefully resting among a pile of old tires, completely still, with a small butterfly perched on its trunk. Rather than trying to force a dramatic shot, he patiently waited. Moments later, the elephant opened its eyes and awkwardly crossed them to look at the butterfly sitting inches from its face.

The result was one of the funniest and most unexpected wildlife photographs anyone at the event had ever seen. 😂

The image went on to win the competition and quickly spread far beyond it, becoming a reminder that sometimes the obstacle meant to hold you back ends up leading directly to your greatest opportunity.

[Disc Golf Pro Tour @DiscGolfProTour]

Happy 10th Anniversary to the one and only PHILOBATROSS! 🙌

[cem hasimi @cemhah]

New sculpture

[illuminatibot @iluminatibot]

Never Forget: When the Panama Papers came out it revealed all the richest people in the world are part of an enormous conspiracy to dodge taxes and hoard stolen wealth in offshore accounts and nothing happened except a reporter working on the story was assassinated.

[Camille Moscow 🇷🇺 🌿 ☦️ @camille_moscow]

🇷🇺 🎧 Imagine deux frères russes, Konstantin et Vitaliy, dans un salon modeste en 2008 : bras qui claquent en parfaite synchro, chest pops explosifs et flux Tecktonik ultra-rapide. Sans le savoir, ils venaient de créer l’un des premiers vrais viraux internet de l’histoire, avec plus de 137 millions de vues aujourd’hui.

[Aviation @xAviation]

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor retracts the gear just milliseconds after lifting off the runway.
📹: twincitiesaviator

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

Just days after scientists found that bee venom can kill cancer cells, the Trump administration is set to close the nation’s primary bee research laboratory.

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

this legit might be the craziest thing ive ever seen

[Paul @WomanDefiner]

Today I learned the people who make pure silicon are basically the Samurai sword makers and master blacksmiths of our era and that even if China gets Taiwan they wont be able to make chips anywhere near as good as the US can because we have the purest quartz in the world.

[Hatton, America is back @jnottah]

I thought being pulled at 60 mph on a ski was insane, but these bridge to bridge Australian water skiing races hit over 100 mph. Some say life doesn't start until you hit 7000 rpm. This is just awesome. It's sad the woke wussies at the NSW canceled all ski racing on the Hawksburry river.
I witnessed the Long Beach to Catalina, water ski racing in the early 2000s It was wild and fast.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Gabor Maté flipped the entire ADHD conversation on Joe Rogan:

He says ADHD is real, but it’s not a genetic disease like we’ve been told. It’s a coping mechanism. When a young child experiences stress (especially from parents) and can’t fight or escape, their developing brain learns to tune out. That pattern gets wired in. Years later we call it a “disorder” and reach for pills.

Maté’s take: The brain develops in relationship. Stressed, unavailable parents → stressed, distracted kids. Fix the environment and family dynamics, and the symptoms often improve dramatically.

We’ve spent decades treating ADHD as purely biological when the environment and early relationships might be playing a much bigger role than most doctors admit.

This one really made me think. I’ve seen kids (and adults) labeled with ADHD whose home life was chaotic. The idea that it could be a survival adaptation rather than just “broken wiring” feels like it explains a lot.

Do you see ADHD more as a genetic brain disease, a coping mechanism from early stress, or somewhere in between?

[Camus @newstart_2024]

This MRI study on young kids just exposed something terrifying:

They scanned the brains of 60 children aged 3–5 — including 5-year-old Rose — and found interactive screen time is causing measurable loss of white matter in their developing brains. Even just 2 hours a day is linked to impaired neural connectivity, language, and literacy development.

Professor Mike Nagel (neuroscientist and father) said his first reaction was simply: “Wow… I was not anticipating seeing anything like that.”

We’re physically changing children’s brains before they even start school — and the damage is visible on scans.

This one actually unsettled me. I’ve always suspected too much screen time was bad, but seeing real white matter loss in toddlers hits different.

Parents of little ones — has this kind of research changed how much screen time you allow?

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

This is still the greatest SNL sketch Norm MacDonald ever did 😂

[Daily Skate Clips @SkateClipsOnX]

Danny Leon

[BullsMuse @BullsMuse_]

The Chicago Bears have shown interest in 6’6 Michigan State Forward Coen Carr.

Carr reportedly has a 51.5 inch vertical.

(via @IAMATHLETEpod)