Tana Colburn

DramaMama, college professor, actress, writer, Christian

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

BREAKING: The House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-a-year clock changes by a 308-117 vote. Backed by President Trump, the bill now heads to the Senate. If approved and signed into law, Americans would no longer have to change their clocks.

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 1982, Robin Williams did a routine as the American Flag for the Norman Lear produced tv special "I Love Liberty" created to bridge political divides - and it's one of the greatest pieces you'll see 🇺🇸

[Stock Mom™ @stockmom]

I can't stop listening to this song. Best thing that came out of the World cup being in the United States this year. 🇺🇸

Watching this compilation of fans from all over the world at the 2026 World Cup in America is so heartwarming.

USA USA USA 🇺�

[Dana Scully Fella 🇺🇦 @danascully1984]

Ukraine vs Ruzzia

[Tehxi @yajnshri]

Hoping our girls never need it, but self-protection skills are still so important for them to have!

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@MrDavX 56

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@Babywwir Of course I’ve done all 20.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Chevron is letting customers know in California that it’s not Donald Trump causing the insane gas prices in the state, it’s California Democrats

Chevron just added these new signs to their pumps educating customers, “Sacramento policies did this. Now you pay more”

“California politicians are choosing foreign oil and fuels over local jobs and lower costs”

This is what we need. Huge companies willing to educate the public and tell the truth

It’s Gavin Newsom and Democrat policies causing $6.30+ average cost per gallon in California

[ABC30 Fresno @ABC30]

Sigourney Weaver, star of the upcoming "The Mandalorian and Grogu" film, was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre. https://t.co/hAVwe3g1Qs

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Always remember: it’s not officially Mother’s Day until Mr. T has blessed us with song.

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@lady_valor_07 In California, fast food employees make $20 an hour. Restaurant servers get cheated by still getting minimum wage. So here, an expected minimum tip is 15%, good service gets 20%, and exceptional service more than that. So some of it depends on what part of the country you’re in.

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@cecewinans Are you going to have a concert California? We’re in Sacramento!

[Mike Netter @nettermike]

NO KINGS Financials Released!

The Financers:
- Arabella: $79M
- Warren Buffet: $16M
- Ford: $51M
- Rockefeller: $26M
- Soros: $72M
- Tides: $45M

$294,487,641 MILLION

Source realannapaulina

[FOX26 News @KMPHFOX26]

A pilot and copilot were killed late Sunday when an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport, officials said.

https://t.co/9OpYwBuB8s

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@deancain The problem is not politics; it’s morality. The desire to care more for fellow human beings than for money and power can not (unfortunately) be legislated. It must be taught and nurtured.

[Ming-Na Wen @MingNa]

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[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

The Theological Ignorance of the Religious Right https://t.co/UUTnmZjWY4 via @faithonview

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

The importance of knowing and understanding scripture. https://t.co/UUTnmZjWY4 via @faithonview

[Tana Colburn @Prof4Drama]

@otokyo All 20.

[GP Q @argosaki]

BREASTMILK
She thought she was studying milk.
What she uncovered was a conversation.

In 2008, evolutionary anthropologist Katie Hinde was working in a primate research lab in California, analyzing breast milk from rhesus macaque mothers. She had hundreds of samples and thousands of data points. Everything looked ordinary—until one pattern refused to go away.

Mothers raising sons produced milk richer in fat and protein.
Mothers raising daughters produced a larger volume with different nutrient balances.

It was consistent. Repeatable. And deeply uncomfortable for the scientific consensus.

Colleagues suggested error. Noise. Statistical coincidence.
But Katie trusted the data.

And the data pointed to a radical idea.

Milk is not just nutrition.
It is information.

For decades, biology treated breast milk as simple fuel. Calories in. Growth out. But if milk were only calories, why would it change depending on the sex of the baby?

Katie kept digging.

Across more than 250 mothers and over 700 sampling events, the story grew more complex. Younger, first-time mothers produced milk with fewer calories but significantly higher levels of cortisol—the stress hormone.

The babies who drank it grew faster.
They were also more alert, more cautious, more anxious.

Milk wasn’t just building bodies.
It was shaping behavior.

Then came the discovery that changed everything.

When a baby nurses, microscopic amounts of saliva flow back into the breast. That saliva carries biological signals about the infant’s immune system. If the baby is getting sick, the mother’s body detects it.

Within hours, the milk changes.

White blood cells surge.
Macrophages multiply.
Targeted antibodies appear.

When the baby recovers, the milk returns to baseline.

This was not coincidence.
It was call and response.

A biological dialogue refined over millions of years. Invisible—until someone thought to listen.

As Katie reviewed existing research, she noticed something unsettling. There were twice as many scientific studies on erectile dysfunction as on breast milk composition.

The first food every human consumes.
The substance that shaped our species.
Largely ignored.

So she did something bold.

She launched a blog with a deliberately provocative name: Mammals Suck Milk.
It exploded. Over a million readers in its first year. Parents. Doctors. Scientists. People asking questions research had skipped.

The discoveries kept coming.

Milk changes by time of day.
Foremilk differs from hindmilk.
Human milk contains over 200 oligosaccharides babies can’t digest—because they exist to feed beneficial gut bacteria.
Every mother’s milk is biologically unique.

In 2017, Katie brought this work to a TED stage. In 2020, it reached a global audience through Netflix’s Babies. Today, at Arizona State University’s Comparative Lactation Lab, she continues reshaping how medicine understands infant development, neonatal care, formula design, and public health.

The implications are staggering.

Milk has been evolving for more than 200 million years—longer than dinosaurs walked the Earth. What we once dismissed as simple nourishment is one of the most sophisticated communication systems biology has ever produced.

Katie Hinde didn’t just study milk.
She revealed that nourishment is intelligence.
A living, responsive system shaping who we become before we ever speak.

All because one scientist refused to accept that half the story was “measurement error.”

Sometimes the biggest revolutions begin by listening to what everyone else ignores.