"Being gay is still illegal in 67 countries, including here in Kenya and in my homeland of Uganda. More than 115 countries criminalise drug use. These laws drive people underground. We have the evidence: when these laws are removed, the risk of HIV comes down."
This is an outstanding episode. Much needed broadening of perspective on this chilly Wednesday morning. Have a listen 🎧🌍🔥☄️👏🏼 It's impossible to have healthy people on a sick planet | Shweta Narayan https://t.co/aFr9mPveWH
12 "If, then" algorithms that will change your life:
1. If you're pursuing a goal, then avoid telling people. It releases cheap dopamine and tricks your brain into thinking you've already achieved it (lowering motivation). Move in silence.
Must read Nature article here 🌊 🌍I suspect this could also be a glimpse into our future. “What caused Earth's biggest mass extinction?” https://t.co/G9EUcrmVpS
🔬 There is growing scientific engagement with the health dimensions of climate change.
📊 The number of scientific papers investigating health and climate change increased by 22% from 2020 to 2021.
Explore our data: https://t.co/iwFlRveVd2
For clinically & research tested hypnosis see https://t.co/vuQp2H2tyC. The ideal breathwork to reduce stress is 5 min of cyclic sighing (double nasal inhale, followed by exhale to lungs empty via the mouth; repeat for 5min). NSDR: search NSDR/Huberman on YTube (it’s zero cost).
This remarkable poem by Warsan Shire was shared with me in a response to one of my recent Tweets.
https://t.co/Bh6gvnNgmz
The last few lines are a concise summary of life everywhere on planet Earth at this very sad moment. Everything hurts.
Learned about a fascinating novel explanation for the moon’s origin at the Adler planetarium this weekend - the model has it forming inside the Earth when our planet was a seething, spinning cloud of vaporized rock, called a synestia 🌑🌚🌕🌝 https://t.co/0JVZklGByB
‘… from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.’ - Darwin (seen with @dlbyker@jdormz & Ryan at the Field in Chicago this weekend) Happy 2o23 or something like that.
In case you were wondering, for Santa, in a single 24-hr Earth-night, to deliver presents to all those who celebrate Christmas, he must visit 25,000 homes per second.