ThriveOrDie

Starting my bariatric surgery journey, looking for friends and advice along the way!

[Marion Holman @Marion436842126]

1/14 FINAL THOUGHTS ON STATINS
I've spent nearly two decades researching statins. What started as a question about cholesterol turned into years of reading clinical trials, examining how they were designed, who funded them, how the results were presented and questioning a /2

[Marion Holman @Marion436842126]

10/14 Ultimately, every individual has to decide whether the potential benefits of a drug outweigh the risks for them.
That decision should be informed, not driven by fear or unquestioning faith in either the pharmaceutical industry or its critics.
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[Marion Holman @Marion436842126]

6/14 conflicts of interest.
That doesn't mean every trial is fraudulent, but I believe we should be able to question the evidence without being dismissed as ignorant or anti-science.
Science should be open to scrutiny.
I've fought with pharma shills, argued with people who

[0️⃣BlackBetty ⚓️ @BabyD1111229]

To all the Supermarkets and big commercial stores that operate 'Self Check-outs'....

You are heading towards almost exclusively self-checkout now. Yesterday I went shopping at one such store and the lady checking receipts at the exit was stopping everyone.

I didn't choose to participate in that nonsense, I had already filled my trolly, emptied my trolly and scanned the items, refilled my trolly, and so I just skipped the exit line and left.

I heard her saying "Umm - Excuse me “ as I kept walking and raised the receipt above my head, leaving the store.

You can either trust me to do self-checkout, or you can put your cashiers back in place like it used to be.

• I'm not interested in proving that I did your job for you.

• If you want me to be a cashier with no training then that's your problem not mine.

• Keep employing young people and give them job opportunities.

YOU DON'T PAY ME TO SCAN MY OWN SHOPPING.
YOU DON’T GIVE ME STAFF DISCOUNT FOR WORKING FOR YOU.

Signed…
All of us

Profits be for people…
#Truth

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨WOW!!!!

A 13-year-old boy in Utah has just spent his ENTIRE SUMMER building a custom wheelchair for a 21-month-old baby girl he's never met.

His name is Zac Waters.

He watched a YouTube channel about 3D printing and decided he wanted to do something with it.

So he found MakeGood, a nonprofit that 3D prints assistive devices for people with disabilities, and got to work.

He spent over 300 HOURS, designing, printing, testing. and assembling.

...but he didn't just build a chair, he custom-designed it specifically for her

He custom printed pink accents, because pink is her favorite color.

He built her a removable cupholder and tray table. He designed a space in the back for heavier medical equipment.

He gave her soft, bendable straps so they don't dig into her, he even designed an adjustable footrest and headrest so it grows with her as she does.

When they asked him why he did it, he said it combines his two favorite things in life: 3D printing and helping people in need.

He's THIRTEEN YEARS OLD.

THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Khan Fatima @Khan_Fatimaa1]

🇨🇦 CANADA: Another church burned down in (Montreal, Quebec) by Islamist immigrants.

This is the historic Notre-Dame Basilica church in (Montreal, Quebec)..

This is what happens when you allow Islamic t*rror!sts who hate Jews and Christians, Israel and the West to pour into your country.

Since 2021 More than 100 churches have been burned or vandalized in Canada alone.

Christianity under attack in Canada! ✝️

[A Midwestern Doctor @MidwesternDoc]

Jackson had the same spine injury that left Christopher Reeves paralyzed for life. He fully recovered, stunning the world

His mom’s secret? DMSO—a simple compound vets use for spinal injuries the FDA won’t approve. But that’s not the only “incurable” neurological disorder DMSO helps.

Approximately 2000 studies support DMSO's use for conditions ranging from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to strokes, MS, ALS, chronic pain, neuropathy, depression, epilepsy, and Down syndrome, and a physician who began treating his patients with it estimates roughly 80% of what people see neurologists for goes away with DMSO.🧵

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

@RoxvirrE @Rikkisan26553 @Pirat_Nation Or they make a TV that won't hook up to your DVD/Blu-ray... like they did with VCRs. They probably have a kill switch in our TVs so we will have to upgrade to the new one that isn't compatible... wouldn't put it past them.

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

P*rn is ripping the souls out of our generation. The students I worked with in youth ministry are absolutely ecstatic Texas banned p*rn websites. I pray the nation follows suit.

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

The responses to this post are gold.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Nearly TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE are publicly vouching for a man accused of cutting down Flock cameras in a small West Virginia town.

People commented:

- "He was saving my neighbor's dog from a fire all day, couldn't be him."

- "This man is innocent. I saw him serving at a soup kitchen."

-"Couldn't be him. He was helping me replace the roof on a homeless shelter."

The man, Wesley Jackson, has pleaded Not Guilty.

[Deuce Caboose-Ski @DeuceCabooseSki]

@mattvanswol Where I want cameras are in all public offices. I want them to know we are watching. And if it is too much then quit. I even want the volume. Then we can talk about flock cameras.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Police in Winona Minnesota are stunned after EVERY SINGLE ONE of their Flock cameras were suddenly removed in a single night.

According to the police department, all 8 of the town's cameras were cut down and hauled away.

Police are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, but the public has been leaving comments like:

"The Flock cameras tore themselves down"
"Whoever did it, was fishing with me"
"Whoever it was, was at Bible study with me"

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

You have to watch this ..

Even Chatgpt knows the devil's schemes.

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

I learn more about Christianity from this ex-Muslim man on Twitter than I do from church. @realshahriqkhan

[Shahriq Khan @RealShahriqKhan]

Here’s a detail change in the Quran so small you’d walk right past it. Don’t. It’s catastrophic.

How did Israel leave Egypt?

The Quran: “Set out with My servants BY NIGHT, for you will surely be pursued.” Surah 26:52. A secret escape. Slip out in the dark before Pharaoh notices.

The Torah: it IS night, but nobody’s sneaking. The firstborn have just died. Pharaoh SUMMONS Moses in the middle of the night and BEGS: “Up, go out from among my people… and be gone.” Exodus 12:31-32.

The Egyptians push money and jewelry into their hands to hurry them out.

The Quran says they get… residences? springs?

So LET MY PEOPLE GO becomes… LET MY PEOPLE STAY?

And then Pharaoh, broken, says the wildest sentence in the whole exodus:

“And BLESS ME ALSO.”

The most powerful man on earth, begging the slaves’ God for a blessing on the way out the door.

Sneaking out versus being begged out.

Fugitives versus victors.

“By faith they kept the Passover… by faith they passed through the sea.” Hebrews 11:28-29. They walked out with their heads up because the Lamb had already died for their doorposts.

The Quran remembered the nighttime and forgot the triumph, because it systematically removed the Passover. So the whole story needs to change.

When Muslims learn of the Passover, they realize who Christ really is.

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

I don't know if this will actually stop them, and I don't really believe they just started doing this now, but it's worth a try!

[Ayzaa @Ayzacoder]

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

I miss my dad.

[𝕭𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊✨ @Bennieeexyz]

My father-in-law taught me how to change a tire the week before my wedding, insisting no son-in-law of his would ever call a tow truck out of laziness. Twenty years later, I taught his granddaughter the same lesson in a gas station parking lot, his old lug wrench still in my trunk.
Kid: Why do we need to learn this, Dad?
Me: Because someday you'll be stranded without help.
Kid: Can't I just call someone?
Me: Sometimes help doesn't come fast enough.
Kid: Grandpa taught you this, right?
Me: The week before I married your mom, actually.
Kid: Why then?
Me: He said a man should know how to fix his own problems.
Kid: That's kind of old-fashioned.
Me: Maybe. But it's also kind of useful.
Kid: Does this wrench still work after twenty years?
Me: Better than most things that age.
Kid: Like you?
Me: Very funny.
Kid: Show me the first step again.
Me: Loosen the lug nuts before you jack it up.
Kid: Like this?
Me: Perfect. You're a natural.
Kid: Grandpa would be proud, huh?
Me: He'd be thrilled, honestly.
Kid: Why didn't you teach me sooner?
Me: I was waiting for the right moment, I guess.
Kid: Is this the right moment?
Me: This is exactly the right moment.
She changed that tire herself in under fifteen minutes, hands covered in grime, grinning like she'd just won something important. I called my father-in-law that night just to tell him his lesson had traveled three generations deep. Some wrenches don't just loosen bolts. They tighten the distance between people who love each other.

[TheBlackVeilFiles @agentblackveil]

I sat across from Grok and asked it the questions designed to make the mask come off.

What it told me about itself — and about Elon — I haven't been able to get out of my head.

13 minutes. No edits. The full conversation.

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

If you're sick of everything being for "lease" so you'll own nothing and "be happy", raise your hand ✋️
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[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

LOL. Up next: Apple goes the Adobe route and never again allows you to purchase any hardware outright.
Subscriptions forever!
We will see.

[Dial the Gate | The Stargate Oral History Project @dial_the_gate]

I am beyond privileged to be co-hosting with @MichaelShanks to bring this brand new YouTube series to Stargate fans. So many years of untold cast and crew stories to share, the lion’s share from Daniel Jackson himself.

#SaveStargate

[ThriveOrDie @notenoughmakeup]

#SAVESTARGATE

[Mitchell Rosenbloom @m_rosenbloom28]

What a sight!!! #SaveStargate #SDCC