A LOT of MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.
The "Standard of Living" didn't naturally drop. It was traded for "Shareholder Value." We traded the ability for one person to support a family on a single income for the ability for a billionaire to have a private space program. It was a conscious swap.
400 years of Earth's magnetic North Pole wanderings 🧭
For centuries, Earth’s magnetic north pole has been slowly drifting — but in recent decades, its movement has accelerated dramatically.
Historical records dating back to the early 1600s show the pole gradually migrating from the Canadian Arctic toward Siberia. For most of that time, it moved at a modest pace of about 10 miles (16 km) per year.
Since the mid-20th century, however, the speed has surged — now racing at nearly 35 miles (56 km) per year. In 2017, it crossed the International Date Line, and it continues its rapid journey toward Russia.
What’s driving this sudden acceleration?
Deep beneath the surface, in Earth’s outer core — an immense ocean of molten iron roughly 1,800 miles (2,900 km) below our feet — swirling currents of liquid metal generate the planet’s magnetic field through dynamo action. Changes in these flows can tug the magnetic poles in new directions.
Currently, the molten iron is churning more vigorously beneath Siberia than under Canada, pulling the magnetic north pole faster toward the east.
Unlike the fixed geographic North Pole, the magnetic pole is never truly stationary — it can shift slightly from day to day. But the long-term trajectory, reconstructed from 400 years of data including old ship logs, compass readings, volcanic rocks, and modern satellite observations, reveals a clear and accelerating trend.
Why does this matter?
Compasses point to magnetic north. Rapid shifts affect:
· Airport runway designations
·Smartphone compass sensors
· GPS backup systems
· Navigation models used worldwide
· Even the migration patterns of animals like whales, birds, and sea turtles that rely on Earth’s magnetic field for orientation
As the pole races onward, global navigation databases must be frequently updated to keep pace with its unpredictable sprint.
FUN FACTS:
Around 8 out of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were immigrants born abroad.
They were still British subjects initially, but they supported the Revolution, signed key documents, and became U.S. citizens upon independence or the naturalization processes.
Even though the explicit national codification of birthright citizenship came later — 48 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence became U.S. citizens by birthright (they were born in the American colonies).
Birthright citizenship (jus soli: right of the soil) generally applied to those born in the territory. At the time of the Revolution (1776 onward), the colonies/states transitioned from British subjects to citizens of the new United States.
The 48 native-born signers were born in what became U.S. territory, so they automatically became citizens of the United States (and their respective states) upon independence.
Birthright citizenship is a common law believed in, established, upheld, and recognized EVEN BY AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS.
Yet, bcos of their racism, prejudice, and xenophobia, @realDonaldTrump and the @GOP@HouseGOP@SenateGOP want to end birthright citizenship.
I still CANNOT wrap my head around having enough money to end world hunger, homelessness and poverty then just… NOT doing it. Like, what do you want to use all that money for ?? You’re literally going to dıė ??
This is the very definition of corruption. President Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr., are tied to at least ten defense firms that have raked in $3.7 BILLION in federal contracts since his second term began. We cannot normalize this grift. America deserves better than the Pentagon serving as a Trump Family ATM.
op: @msnownews