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[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

Genetically Modified Mayo: Hellmann's 'Real' Mayonnaise now requires a bioengineered label on its jars.

Less than 2% of each jar is egg...98% is chemicals, oils, corn starch, EDTA & thickened with gums.

This isn’t food anymore — it’s a Frankenstein experiment in a jar. GMO corn, seed oils that inflame your arteries and disrupt hormones, EDTA that leaches minerals from your body, and synthetic gums that wreck your gut lining. Every spoonful is quietly feeding chronic disease, autoimmune chaos, and the slow poisoning of America’s families.

They slapped a “bioengineered” warning on it like it’s no big deal — because they know most people won’t read it. Hellmann’s sold its soul for profit while we were busy trusting the brand our grandparents used.

STOP FEEDING THIS TO YOUR KIDS.
Boycott it. Throw it out. Make your own in 60 seconds with real ingredients. Your body will thank you.

Quick Homemade Butter Mayo (Immersion Blender – makes about 1 cup)
Ingredients:
- 1 large egg (room temperature)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (or prepared mustard)
- ¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste; use ½ tsp if butter is unsalted)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted and cooled slightly to warm (not hot)

Directions:
1. Place the egg, lemon juice, mustard, and salt in a tall narrow jar or container that just fits your immersion blender head.
2. Insert the immersion blender to the bottom and blend for a few seconds until combined.
3. With the blender running, slowly pour in the melted butter. Move the blender up and down gently as it thickens into creamy mayo (about 30-60 seconds total).
4. Taste and adjust salt or lemon if needed.

Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.

[Farm Girl Carrie 👩‍🌾 @FarmGirlCarrie]

A $3-$5 slinky and it
actually works 😂 🐿️

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Death Valley National Park is experiencing its first major superbloom in a decade as of March/April 2026, driven by record winter rainfall (1.7 – 2.5+ inches) that transformed the desert landscape with vibrant carpets of yellow, pink, and purple flowers.
https://t.co/YgaHskYSlM

[Sassy Devil Dog 🔥 @VinoNStrosGal]

I don’t know why people are so shocked when they come out of surgery and get offered Tylenol like it’s enough.

This isn’t new.

You just weren’t paying attention when it was happening to someone else.

Pain management didn’t just change for chronic pain patients.

The entire culture shifted.

Now it’s showing up everywhere.

Appendectomies.
ACL tears.
Car accidents.
Post-op recovery.

People who have never taken an opioid in their life are now being told to “tough it out” with medications that don’t even touch severe pain.

And the worst part?
They think it’s about them.

It’s not.

It’s about fear, policy pressure, and a system that overcorrected so hard it forgot what pain actually feels like.

Opioids aren’t the enemy.

Misuse is.

But when you treat the drug like the problem instead of the context, you don’t fix anything.

You just create a new kind of suffering.

And now it’s not limited to one group.

It’s reaching everyone.

If you think this doesn’t apply to you, wait until it does.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

Your smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds.

Not a guess. Not a theory.

A peer-reviewed study by researchers at UC Davis, UCL, and UC3M tested it.

Samsung TVs: every minute.
LG TVs: every 15 seconds.

Even when you're just using it as a monitor.

Here's how to turn it off for every brand:

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks.
The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and the University of Fellowship of the Ring, and stated mid-paper that the entire thing was made up. Google's Gemini told users it was caused by blue light. Perplexity cited its prevalence at one in 90,000 people.

ChatGPT advised users whether their symptoms matched. The fake research was then cited in a peer-reviewed journal that only retracted it after Nature contacted the publisher.

My Take
The researcher made the papers as obviously fake as possible on purpose. The AI systems didn't catch it. Neither did the human researchers who cited it in real journals, which means people are feeding AI-generated references into their work without reading what they're actually citing.

I've covered the FDA using AI for drug review, the NYC hospital CEO ready to replace radiologists, and ChatGPT Health launching this year. All of that is happening in the same environment where a condition funded by a Simpsons character and endorsed by the crew of the Enterprise was being presented as emerging medical consensus. The people making these deployment decisions seem to believe the pipeline from research to AI to patient is more supervised than it actually is. This experiment suggests it isn't supervised much at all.

Hedgie🤗
https://t.co/8Kg8FOrgHW

[The HighWire @HighWireTalk]

The House Farm Bill just cleared committee with two provisions that demand your attention. 🚨

Section 10205 establishes a uniformity of pesticide labeling requirement that functions as de facto immunity for pesticide manufacturers. If the EPA is not requiring label updates, no state lawsuits can move forward. The litigation pipeline gets shut down entirely.

Section 10204 ensures that a safety review of glyphosate does not have to happen until 2031. Complete immunity, bought and paid for with time.

This is why there is a massive grassroots mobilization to kill these amendments right now. The rest of the world has largely moved away from this product. Instead of following suit, this Farm Bill goes out of its way to protect it, shield its manufacturer from accountability, and delay any honest safety assessment for another six years.

These are exactly the kinds of provisions that get slipped into legislation without public notice and without debate.

The People vs. Poison march on April 27th at the Supreme Court steps in Washington, D.C. exists precisely for moments like this one.

We stopped things before. We can stop this. 👇

[Oscar Arias @OACerebro]

Si bien la literatura biomédica ha avanzado enormemente en la recolección, modelización y análisis de datos —desde estudios clínicos hasta grandes cohortes epidemiológicas—, la interpretación estadística sigue siendo un punto débil que puede malograr conclusiones incluso cuando los datos son perfectos. Un valor p por sí solo, sin consideración del contexto biológico, del diseño del estudio o de las magnitudes de efecto, puede ser engañoso. Está editorial pone el acento en que la estadística descriptiva y de inferencia debe ser interpretada como herramienta al servicio de la comprensión científica, y no como un ritual formalista que determina qué resultados “son” o “no son” significativos.

https://t.co/2KcDkhEFJg

[Claudia A. Merandi @CMerandi]

“I am a board certified anesthesiologist pain management physician on Long Island”

MDs need to organize

It’s time

[Sassy Devil Dog 🔥 @VinoNStrosGal]

Outside of local infusions, appointments and ER trips, I’m a housebound veteran with Long COVID, POTS, MCAS, small fiber neuropathy, vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and chronic pain.

I can barely get out of bed and move around pain free most days.

I asked the VA for in-home care, what they gave me was this letter.

They said my needs “exceed the level of care” they can provide.

Their answer?

Ship me off to a rehab facility and suggest physical therapy that could literally damage my connective tissue.

This isn’t care. It’s a way of pushing the sickest veterans out of sight. And it’s happening right now!

#LongCOVID #ChronicPain #DisabilityRights #VeteransHealth #VAFail #PatientAdvocacy

[Susan @emma6USA]

Enjoy this rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody “ Mama” by Freddy Mercury. 💥💥💥

[Headache & Migraine @migraine_blog]

A New Understanding of the #Migraine ⛓️ Chain Reaction https://t.co/1VV52eOtJN

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A single bee can produce 1 tablespoon of honey in its lifetime.

683 bees fly roughly 32,550 miles to gather 5.93 lbs of nectar from about 1,185,000 flowers in order to make one 9.5 oz. jar of honey.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion.

Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare.

Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

—Muhammad Ali dodges 21 punches in 10 seconds, 1977

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Right above the produce at Publix they are now telling you they are coating fruits and vegetables with a ‘petroleum based’ coating

“Petroleum, hormone disrupt. It's made from oil. It shouldn't even be consumed. It's remarkable — all these things there have this petroleum based food grade stuff on it”

[ᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴘʜʏꜱɪQᴜᴇ @Artofphysique_]

Tired of complicated gardening tips?

These simple hacks will transform your garden—fast.

Just plant, water… and watch the magic happen. 🌿✨

[Migraine Again @MigraineAgain]

Researchers aren't sure exactly what links migraine and heart disease, but there are a few theories, one of which has to do with blood vessels. Find out more here. https://t.co/PQTR3wEgxC

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Hummingbirds seeking shelter in rain

[🎞️ AI]

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If your Lp(a) is normal, then the ApoB target is not the "recommended" target --simple base rate fallacy.

https://t.co/1Q1TXRe6uU

[Toni @ToniLL22]

The month of June is not just MILITARY Month but also PTSD AWARENESS MONTH.
Not All Wounds Are Visible🇺🇸♥️