@DrHenryinvestor Well done. I guess you use the SIPP to claw back tax and all. For clinicians who have a LTD company and contribute minimally to a SIPP from there, can they still benefit from a tax return?
From the Nobel-Prize-winning authors of
"The life-saving use of intravenous Tranexamic acid in the management of carotid artery laceration"
We present:
"Peppersoup and Uziza: Locally available and affordable alternatives and complements for pharmacological uterotonics"
I’ll give you 30.
1. The seatbelt in your car can be used as a bottle opener.
2. Changing your pillowcase daily/weekly can solve your acne and skincare challenges
Exercise is an antidepressant.
A new meta-analysis of 26 randomized controlled studies found that both aerobic and resistance training significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety, often rivaling standard treatments like medication and therapy.
Although both modes were beneficial, aerobic exercise had a slightly greater impact on depression, while resistance training showed a modest edge for anxiety.
Many of the included studies didn't even meet the minimum weekly physical activity recommendations for aerobic or resistance exercise, and even then, reduced depressive and anxiety symptoms significantly.
For those with depression or anxiety, movement is powerful medicine. And the dose needed might be smaller than you think.
Karl Marx said he had discovered the scientific laws of economics.
Value came from labor.
Profit was theft.
Only central planning could build a just society.
But four Austrian economists—Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, Mises, and Hayek—tore his theory apart. 🧵
MEDICINE: Research reveals antidepressants such as SSRIs treat depression by enhancing brain region communication and promoting neuroplasticity, not by correcting a serotonin imbalance, according to a study published in Molecular Psychiatry journal.
Here's a short guide to fix your life in 3 weeks
Week 1 - Detox and Declutter
- List all your goals and priorities.
- List all the things that are keeping you from reaching those goals.
- Cut off boring toxic people who are holding you back.
- Break at least one self destructive habit - smoking, porn, doomscrolling or junk food
- Replace it with something better
like doomscrolling -> reading books
Week 2 - Rebuild yourself
- Fix your sleep schedule
- Fix your eating habits
- Daily physical activity for fitness + discipline
- Track your finances
- One small daily growth habit to build consistency read 10 pages, write 250 words, build small projects
- Build momentum with small daily wins
After two weeks, you'll already have good control over your actions and habits
Week 3 - Push yourself
- Eliminate distractions and set healthy limits
- Focus on income: learn a skill, apply to jobs or build a side hustle
- Face your insecurities and do things that make you uncomfortable (public speaking, meeting new people, cold emails, etc. )
- Maintain the momentum that you built already and keep yourself busy so you don't relapse.
Bonus - Bookmark this tweet, start your journey and post about your progress to keep yourself accountable
Blake is 100% correct, and the commenters are wrong.
The A380 was a bad idea from the start.
Airbus spent $25B developing it forecasting 1,200 sales, needing 500 to break-even.
They sold 248.
When at BCG I worked on a project on this topic (for GE), we concluded that it was doomed from the start. It didn't make any financial sense.
They misread two big trends:
- They assumed that hub-and-spoke air travel (giant airports connecting everything) would get even more dominant (requiring larger planes), but all of the data suggested the opposite.
- They underestimated how much smaller, more fuel-efficient planes (like the Boeing 787 and later A350) would change the economics of long-haul flights.
-As smaller planes had long range, you could support Nashville to London on a 787 (as BA does) rather than a connecting flight Nashville to JFK to London... point to point is obviously better for passengers.
-Even if you have enough daily traffic between 2 large airports to support 2 A380s, customers would be better off spacing them out and putting 4 787s / a350s on the route. Newark to London for example on United has 4 flights a day, but they could only do 2 a380s, making it less convenient for customers. Further, the a380 is actually less fuel efficient than 2 787s!
People will say - but the a380 enables ultrapremium stuff like showers, full bars, and lounges on a plane... that is correct but ultrapremium is not where the money is made - the money is made on business class.
Operating costs on the A380 are so high (4 engines! more landing fees! more gate space!) that filling even a fancy first-class section doesn't offset the fact that you need to fill 400–500 other seats too.
Of the ~180 A380s in service, Emirates flies 65% of them. They really hitched their wagon to it and it makes sense for them!
State-owned Emirates wanted Dubai to become the global aviation crossroads, the "hub of the world." To make it happen, they needed to funnel massive numbers of people through Dubai International. The A380 was perfect for this: huge capacity, premium brand image, exclusivity. They talk about it as a tool for soft power...
Perhaps the worst part is that they spent most of Airbus’ resources (engineering time, budget, leadership focus) during a critical window when they should have been focusing on a mid-sized, efficient aircraft - ACTUALLY the right strategy - and Boeing ate their lunch with the 787 (compared to the too-late a350).
Some of the commenters likely fly the A380 in ultrapremium and love that, but the A380 is a classic case of brilliant engineering chasing the wrong market.
It’s an incredible aircraft solving a problem that didn’t exist and ignoring trends that were shaping the future of air travel.