A recent study found that video games, especially open-world games, can help people feel less lonely and improve their emotional well-being.
Researchers found that games allowing free exploration and player choice provide comfort and a sense of control.
These virtual worlds offer a place to relax and escape daily stress,.
The study suggests that a world where “you can go anywhere and do anything” can be deeply therapeutic.
For many adults, open-world games help reduce loneliness, lower stress, and build emotional resilience.
🚨 SHOCKING DISCOVERY THEY BURIED:
Hydroxychloroquine doesn’t just fight viruses — it turns viruses into precision-guided cancer killers. It allows viruses to attack cancer cells while leaving healthy cells completely untouched.
This comes straight from Dr. Richard Urso (ophthalmologist and member of America’s Frontline Doctors) in a powerful presentation. Why was this information suppressed and the data obscured?
Because a cheap, decades-old drug that could selectively destroy cancer would be catastrophic for the multi-trillion-dollar cancer industry.
They don’t want you to know this. They want you dependent on expensive treatments forever.
The truth is out. Share it before it gets buried again.
#Putin parla per 12 minuti.
12 minuti in cui Vladimir Putin si è messo davanti ai vertici militari russi e ha sparato cinque avvertimenti diretti alla #NATO.
#Russia#Ucraina#Europa
Non discorsi diplomatici, non giri di parole. Un briefing operativo. E mentre i media occidentali lo dipingono come l'ennesima minaccia di un pazzo isolato, la verità è un'altra.
Mosca sta mettendo nero su bianco quello che accadrà se l'Occidente continua a fingere che l'Ucraina sia una guerra per procura e non un confronto diretto.
PRIMO AVVERTIMENTO: NESSUN COMPROMESSO
Putin non negozia sugli obiettivi. Gli scopi dell'operazione speciale verranno raggiunti, che vi piaccia o no. Preferibilmente con la diplomazia, ma se Kiev e i suoi padroni stranieri continuano a rifiutare colloqui sostanziali, allora sarà guerra fino alla liberazione completa di quelle che Mosca chiama "terre storiche russe".
E qui casca il primo pezzo: niente conflitto congelato, niente linee di cessate il fuoco provvisorie. Controllo territoriale permanente, zone cuscinetto di sicurezza che verranno ampliate finché non si sentono al sicuro.
Per la NATO, questo significa che qualsiasi futuro accordo di sicurezza per l'Ucraina dovrà fare i conti con mappe completamente ridisegnate. E indovinate chi ha in mano le matite?
Ma facciamo un passo indietro. Perché arriviamo a questo punto? Putin lo dice chiaramente: dietro il regime di Kiev c'è la potenza della più grande alleanza militare del mondo. Assistenza militare su larga scala che non si ferma mai: consiglieri, istruttori, mercenari, dati di intelligence in tempo reale.
La Russia guarda l'Ucraina e non vede Zelensky; vede i server della NATO, i satelliti americani, i contractor britannici. Vede un proxy armato fino ai denti per fare quello che l'Occidente non ha il coraggio di fare direttamente: mettere i missili a pochi minuti di volo da Mosca.
E quando ti senti accerchiato, quando per trent'anni ti hanno promesso che la NATO non si sarebbe espansa di un centimetro a est e poi ti ritrovi basi missilistiche ai confini, cosa fai? Aspetti che ti colpiscano per primi? No, reagisci. E Putin sta reagendo.
SECONDO AVVERTIMENTO: LA DETERRENZA NUCLEARE INARRESTABILE
Deterrenza nucleare. E qui la faccenda si fa seria davvero. Putin annuncia test riusciti di due sistemi che hanno un nome che suona già come un incubo: Burevestnik, il missile da crociera a raggio illimitato, e Poseidon, il veicolo subacqueo senza pilota. Entrambi alimentati da reattori nucleari.
Sentite bene: illimitato. Significa che possono girare per giorni, settimane, aggirare qualsiasi sistema di difesa missilistica, colpire da angolazioni impossibili.
La NATO ha speso miliardi per costruire scudi antimissile in Polonia, Romania, Alaska. Putin gli sta dicendo: inutili. I vostri sistemi sono progettati per intercettare traiettorie balistiche prevedibili; questi arrivano da sotto, da sopra, da dove non ve lo aspettate, e garantiscono a Mosca la parità strategica per i primi decenni.
Non è una minaccia vuota, è ingegneria operativa. E mentre l'Occidente continua a vendere la storia della Russia isolata e in ginocchio per le sanzioni, Putin sta dispiegando sistemi d'arma che gli Stati Uniti non hanno.
Pensateci: chi è davvero isolato qui? Un paese che testa armi nucleari a propulsione infinita, o uno che deve convincere gli alleati europei a comprare gas americano a prezzi triplicati per punire Mosca?
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A groundbreaking study has pinpointed a microscopic culprit behind the debilitating fatigue, brain fog, and other persistent symptoms of long COVID: abnormal, sticky microclots embedded with neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in patients' blood.
These microclots—tiny aggregates of clotting proteins—are small enough to obstruct the body's tiniest blood vessels (capillaries), restricting oxygen delivery to tissues and organs without triggering obvious large-scale clotting events. In long COVID patients, researchers observed a dramatic ~20-fold increase (median 19.7 times higher) in the number of these microclots compared to healthy controls, with the clots also tending to be larger.
What sets this finding apart is the discovery that these microclots are structurally intertwined with NETs—web-like structures of DNA, enzymes (such as myeloperoxidase and neutrophil elastase), and proteins released by neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) to ensnare pathogens. Normally, NETs form temporarily and then dissolve, but in long COVID, they persist and become physically embedded within the microclots, creating highly resistant, "gummy" structures that evade the body's natural clot-breaking processes (fibrinolysis). This creates a chronic thromboinflammatory state, where blocked microcirculation and ongoing low-grade inflammation may sustain symptoms like exhaustion and cognitive impairment.
The differences were so pronounced that machine learning models analyzing anonymized blood samples (via fluorescence microscopy for markers like ThT for amyloid-like structures, DNA stains, and MPO for NETs) could distinguish long COVID patients from healthy individuals with 91% accuracy—offering a potential objective biomarker for a condition that has long evaded reliable diagnosis through standard tests (e.g., normal D-dimer, PT/INR, or aPTT levels despite significant microclot burden).
This work, led by teams including Prof. Etheresia Pretorius (Stellenbosch University) and Dr. Alain Thierry (Montpellier University), reframes long COVID as a tangible, blood-based disorder driven by dysregulated coagulation and innate immunity rather than vague "post-viral malaise." Targeting NETs or microclots—perhaps with therapies to degrade NETs or prevent their stabilization—could open doors to treating root causes instead of merely alleviating symptoms.
[Thierry, A. R., Usher, T., Sanchez, C., Turner, S., Venter, C., Pastor, B., Waters, M., Thompson, A., Mirandola, A., Pisareva, E., Prevostel, C., Laubscher, G. J., Kell, D. B., & Pretorius, E. (2025). Circulating Microclots Are Structurally Associated With Neutrophil Extracellular Traps and Their Amounts Are Elevated in Long COVID Patients. Journal of Medical Virology, 97(10), e70613. DOI: 10.1002/jmv.70613]
Good news for Ryzen 9000 users. AMD has confirmed that memory encryption support is returning via a BIOS update expected in July after huge community backlash.
The feature, called Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME), protects data stored in RAM from physical attacks. It works in the background and needs no extra software.
AMD had removed the feature in newer firmware, which led to concerns from users and security enthusiasts. After listening to “community feedback” the company decided to bring it back.
Complaining works
BREAKING STUDY: COVID-19 VACCINATION DURING EARLY PREGNANCY LINKED TO MAJOR BIRTH DEFECTS, INCLUDING HOLES IN THE HEART
Babies born to mothers vaccinated during the first trimester suffered higher rates of:
ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS:
- 2.3% among babies of vaccinated mothers
- 0% among babies of unvaccinated mothers
CLEFT PALATE:
- 0.8% among babies of vaccinated mothers
- 0% among babies of unvaccinated mothers
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AMD has quietly removed the security feature called Transparent Secure Memory Encryption (TSME) from consumer Ryzen processors via newer BIOS firmware updates.
This encrypts data stored in RAM, making it harder for someone with physical access to steal information
The hardware remains capable of supporting the feature, which is still available on Ryzen Pro and EPYC processors. Users discovered the change only after updating their BIOS and noticing that memory encryption was no longer available.
Many users feel AMD should have clearly explained the change, especially since some systems lost the feature after firmware updates.
AMD has not provided a public explanation for removing memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs.
@benjamincowen It is baffling to me that people still watch it after all the FIFA corruption evidence in plain sight. 2022 Qatar was an awful tournament.
The World Cup has left its best years behind. Qualifying for the final tournament was a huge achievement. Now we have Scotland vs Haiti 😂
The key to saving the environment is not looking backward, it’s moving forward.
I realized this the first time I visited Italy twenty years ago. Everything was clean and green. The rivers sparkled. The lesson for me was obvious: the answer is not underdevelopment. The answer is progress.
When China was poor, the air was so polluted that people could barely see the blue sky. Today, blue skies have returned to their cities. Development does not only create wealth, it also provides the resources needed to restore and protect the environment.
Some environmentalists want us to preserve every aspect of our biodiversity, including the mosquitoes for example, so that researchers can fly in once every ten years from their universities (which build particle accelerators and billion-dollar laboratories with their pocket money), study our ecosystems, and count how many people died from dengue outbreaks.
They want to buy our air through carbon credits. If carbon credits were such a great deal, they would be selling them to us, not the other way around.
Cleaning every river, lake, and water source in El Salvador, and ensuring they remain clean and sparkling, would cost roughly $12 billion. Where is that money supposed to come from without economic development? Carbon credits?
The path forward for our country is the path of Japan and Singapore, not the path of the Congo.
I have heart surgery coming up next week and now understand why I’ve been so physically exhausted and out-of-sorts these past few months. The docs tell me my condition is called “atrial functional tricuspid regurgitation” and that it is “mainly due to long standing atrial fibrillation… The tricuspid valve is leaking severely, causing a back pressure on all the internal organs and a high jugular venous pressure.” The procedure aims to get this old body back on the road again quickly and efficiently. It is VERY LOW RISK but of course I’m grateful for any good wishes sent my way. I’m in the midst of writing a new book, the best work I’ve ever done, and I’m not going to let this stop me! I said yes to the linked podcast now, rather than after my procedure, for reasons that I explain during the interview:
https://t.co/Bec8caT7a1
When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’
Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.
So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.
@BladeoftheS It has been a long time since I last enjoyed watching football or any sport tbh. FIFA had a good run until 2018, Qatar was just a nail in the coffin, so much corruption. FIFA needs to disappear, we need decentralized institutions.
Infantino claims he can't do anything about Referees, players, journalists and fans being banned from the World Cup because in every country there are Governments.
In 2023 Indonesia refused to let the Israeli U23 squad have visas
FIFA instantly moved the tournament to Argentina
Remember how Russia shone during the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
Now the World Cup is defined by visa bans, ticket chaos, and political tension; while FIFA tells everyone to “chill and relax.”
The hypocrisy goes beyond politics and into sport.