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[Max Velocity @MaxVelocityWX]

BREAKING: Hurricane Hunters just measured an almost unbelievable 889 mb pressure inside Hurricane Polo.

If that reading is confirmed, Polo would become the second strongest hurricane ever recorded in the eastern Pacific, behind only Hurricane Patricia in 2015.

What makes this even more remarkable is how quickly Polo got here. The storm has intensified at an extraordinary rate, being only a tropical storm 24 hours ago.

An 889 mb pressure is an exceptionally rare number in the eastern Pacific, putting Polo into truly historic territory.

We are watching one of the strongest Pacific hurricanes ever observed unfold in real time.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

I don’t care how old you are. You still got a lot of life ahead of you. There’s something inside tugging at you. It’s calling out. Don’t ignore it. Pull that thread. Play full out. Don’t let yourself die with the music still inside of you.

[Night Sky Now @NightSkyNow]

VOYAGER 1 JUST CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD

Something thought to be broken for more than 20 years has suddenly come back to life on a spacecraft more than 15 billion miles from Earth.

NASA’s Voyager 1, launched in 1977, recently faced another problem that could have threatened its ability to communicate with us. Engineers needed backup roll thrusters to help keep the spacecraft’s antenna precisely aimed at Earth. But those thrusters had been considered unusable since 2004 after their tiny heaters stopped receiving power.

Then NASA engineers took another look at the old failure. They suspected the heaters might not actually be dead, but stuck in the wrong electrical state.

So they sent a carefully planned command into deep space.

The signal took more than 23 hours to reach Voyager 1. There was no instant response and no way to intervene if the spacecraft reacted badly. Engineers had to wait.

Then, more than a day later, the telemetry arrived.

The temperature had risen.

The heaters were working.

A system believed to be lost for two decades had been brought back to life from billions of miles away.

The timing matters. Voyager’s working thrusters are slowly becoming less reliable as fuel residue builds up inside their narrow tubes. Meanwhile, the spacecraft’s nuclear power source loses about four watts every year. NASA has already been forced to shut down instruments to conserve its shrinking supply of electricity. Only two science instruments remain operating.

And Voyager 1 is still heading farther into interstellar space.

In November 2026, it is expected to become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth — about 16.1 billion miles away.

A spacecraft built nearly half a century ago is still whispering information back to Earth from the darkness between the stars.

And somehow, every time it seems ready to fall silent, engineers find another way to keep it talking.

Source: NASA/JPL

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

The one exercise I see in people who live the longest:

Walking.

Getting 8,000 steps has been associated with up to a 50% reduced mortality rate.

It lowers stress and protects the brain through neuroplasticity.

It’s the most underrated exercise on the planet.

[Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran (Dr. DD) @md_deepesh]

Ganesh Chaturthi is colour.
It is music.
It is devotion.

But beneath the celebration sits an ancient idea.
And that idea is worth knowing.

India once measured time through the Sun and Moon.

A lunar month has 30 tithis.
Each tithi marks 12° between Sun and Moon.

Fifteen tithis form one Paksha.
Shukla Paksha is the waxing Moon.
Krishna Paksha is the waning Moon.

But our ancestors went further.
They grouped tithis into five repeating cycles or stages.

Nanda = Joy.
Bhadra = Stability.
Jaya = Effort and victory.
Rikta = Emptying and review.
Purna = Completion.

Then the cycle begins again.

Think of building a company.
First comes excitement.
Then structure.
Then struggle.
Then review.

Something must change.
Something must go.
Only then comes completion.

Modern management calls them milestones.
Ancient India placed such pauses inside time itself.

And here comes Chaturthi.
Chaturthi is the fourth tithi.

It belongs to Rikta.
Rikta means empty.

A pause.
A review.

A moment to identify what is blocking the mission.

Wrong plan.
Wrong habit.
Wrong assumption.
Wrong ego.

And who presides over Chaturthi?
Ganesha.

Sometimes the obstacle is not punishment.
It is information.

Even the Rigveda contains the famous invocation:
“Gananam tva Ganapatim havamahe.”
Means, We invoke the lord of the hosts.

Indian tradition of beginnings, order and obstacles is ancient.

Chaturthi comes twice every lunar month.
Rikta returns again and again.
Almost like a recurring question.

Still working?
Still worth pursuing?
Still moving in the right direction?
Or merely moving because stopping feels uncomfortable?

Chaturthi is Rikta.
A time to pause and review.
Review needs intelligence, patience and clarity.

That is why Ganapati matters.

He is Vighneshvara.
The Lord who helps us understand obstacles.

And Vighnaharta.
The one who helps us remove them.

I grew up with Mumbai Ganpati.

The pandals.
The drums.
The colours.
The rain.
The midnight streets.

Mumbai becomes another creature during Ganeshotsav.
Pune does too.
Nashik does too.

If you have never experienced Maharashtra during Ganpati, experience it once.

It is magnificent.

Today I am in Kerala.

Here Ganapati often feels quieter.
Temple bells.
Special pujas.
Prayer.
Reflection.

Maybe both expressions matter.
Celebrate outside.
Reflect inside.

And perhaps this is what our children should know.

A degree is a mission.
A career is a mission.
A company is a mission.
Building a life is a mission.

None of them moves in a straight line.

There is no final “settled.”
You review.
You remove.
You rebuild.
You begin again.

That is how we grow.
That is how we contribute.
To ourselves.
And eventually to humanity.

Our traditions have been teaching this for centuries.
May we not lose that wisdom inside modern noise.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!

[SNELLY (TONY SNELL) @snellyradio]

Central Park. It's a day to stop for a just a moment. #NYC

[The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @LorenzoTheCat]

On this eve of 9/11, a reminder that some of the heroes of that tragedy had four legs.

[ABC News @ABC]

Today, the nation mourns the deaths of the nearly 3,000 victims of the terrorist attacks on America 25 years ago.

At nightfall, the Tribute in Light will light up the New York City skyline in memory of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

The tragedy of being highly intelligent is you sit in indecision for years because you’re terrified of making a bad decision. This leads to overthinking and so you essentially do nothing.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

She didn’t bark. She didn’t panic.

She just led him to life, step by step. Roselle, the guide dog who saved her blind owner from the 78th floor on 9/11.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Drones recreated the Twin Towers above New York Harbor on Wednesday to honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The display used 2,977 lights, one for each person killed in the attacks 25 years ago, organizers said.

[Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar @Gurudev]

The name “Krishna” signifies absolute attraction. To overcome the illusions of the material world, one must find something far more captivating to focus on. Krishna is that ultimate attraction at every stage of life: a mischievous companion for children, a talented friend for the youth, a valiant hero for the courageous, “Yogeshwar” for seekers, a master strategist for leaders, and the source of ultimate wisdom for elders.

#HappyJanmashatami

[Dr. Deepessh Divaakaran (Dr. DD) @md_deepesh]

The biggest injustice done to Krishna was not forgetting him.
It was reducing him.

We kept the flute.
The butter.
The romance.

We forgot the mind.

The Gita is not about conquest.
It is about inner command.

Krishna did not climb a mountain to return with commandments.

He spoke on a battlefield.

Because life is the laboratory.
Conflict is the test.
“Dharma” is the response.

The Gita has 700 verses.

A few hours to recite.
A lifetime to absorb.

And inside those verses are almost every human crisis.

Collapse.
Identity.
Death.
Duty.
Action.
Desire.
Attachment.
Love.
Ego.
Fear.
Faith.
Consciousness.
Choice.
Freedom.

The Gita begins with a human breaking down.
And ends with that human standing up.

That is the journey.

From confusion to clarity.
From paralysis to action.
From ego to awareness.
From attachment to freedom.

And then Krishna does something extraordinary.

After 18 chapters, he does not threaten Arjuna.
He does not demand obedience.

He does not say:
“Believe me or suffer.”

He says:

“Reflect on this fully. Then do as you wish.”
- Gita 18.63

Think about that.

Krishna did not demand belief.
He demanded understanding.

Knowledge first.
Freedom after.

That is Krishna.

Perhaps Krishna Consciousness is not something to acquire.

Perhaps it is something we were taught to forget.

We put Krishna in temples.

We decorated him.
Prayed to him.
Celebrated his birth.

Politicians did it.
Society did it.
Families did it too.

We taught children his miracles.
But rarely his mind.

His philosophy became religion.
His questions left the classroom.

His Gita became something to worship.

Not something to interrogate.
Study.
Debate.
Live.

Perhaps that was the real reduction of Krishna.
We made him merely “The God.”

When he could have remained “The Guru” of civilization.

So this Janmashtami, do not only ask:
“Where is Krishna?”

Ask something more uncomfortable:
“Why did we put Krishna inside a temple… and leave his mind outside?”

Happy Shri Krishna Janmashtami.

[bhatnaturally  🇮🇳 @bhatnaturally]

I rarely open Facebook but was told about this post. Nicely written

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Major cheat code for life: Every pattern in your life repeats until you learn the lesson. The moment you choose differently, the loop ends and growth begins.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My life improved dramatically when I stopped trying to squeeze value out of every minute. Some of the best parts of life are inefficient. Wandering walks. Long dinners. Sitting around with people you love. Not every hour needs an outcome. Don’t optimize the life out of your life.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

One of the greatest cheat codes in life is to never get offended. Train yourself to have thick skin. Don't take things personally. Let others disagree with you. Being easily offended means you're easily manipulated. If you value peace of mind, avoid getting offended.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The most challenging thing to do is stay patient during the "identity gap" on your journey. The uncomfortable between phase. You've outgrown who you were, but you're not yet who you want to become. It's lonely. Confusing. Maddening at times. Those feelings are natural. The old version fighting for survival. Just stay the course. Stay in it. It's supposed to feel uncomfortable. The discomfort is proof of change.

[CooperBaggs 💰🍞 @edgaralandough]

Underrated truth: your life gets better when you stop needing every decision to be optimal. Pick the restaurant. Buy the decent pair of shoes. Choose a book and start reading it. We waste an absurd amount of life comparing versions of experiences instead of having one. A good choice made quickly is often more valuable than the perfect choice you spent three weeks researching.