Steve Eckman

keto-carnivore, heathen, widower, skeptic, sun worshipper 🌞

[Steve Eckman @steveo262]

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[Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108]

Look closer.

This is what “change” looks like inside your brain:

1. Stop rehearsing disaster.

[Darlene H. @darleneh107]

@mirandadevine

[Robert Irwin @RobertIrwin]

Your legacy is forever.

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

In 1992, Ronnie James Dio quit Black Sabbath rather than open for Ozzy. “I’m not supporting a clown,” he told Iommi.

So Rob Halford stepped in on almost no notice. Here he is singing “N.I.B.” with Sabbath at Costa Mesa.

One of the rarest lineups in metal.

[JOSH DUNLAP @JDunlap1974]

This is Biden's legacy... One full blunders and racist comments

[Steve Eckman @steveo262]

@Nature

[Steve Eckman @steveo262]

@seashellcall @Kalckerofficial @Nature You have to be your own advocate. Find another one. https://t.co/mTiI3tyFzd

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Metallica’s new multimillion-dollar foundation funds trade school across the U.S.

It has let tens of thousands of people gain skills without crushing debt.

Metallica is famous for heavy metal. For several years the band has also been quietly financing training. Through its nonprofit, All Within My Hands, it has committed more than $17 million to trade programs in the United States.

A 2019 pilot at ten community colleges grew into the Metallica Scholars Initiative.

By mid-2026 the program reached students at 93 community colleges in all 50 states and Guam. It has helped tens of thousands of people learn high-demand trades without taking on debt.

The money supports hands-on programs such as welding, advanced manufacturing, health care, automotive repair, and firefighting. Besides tuition, the foundation pays for safety gear, course materials, and basics such as transportation so students can finish.

Band members, including James Hetfield, have said they take pride in raising the standing of trade work and in careers that can support a family. In 2026 the initiative made its first international grant, in the United Kingdom. The band is as serious about the workforce as it is about the stage.

[All Within My Hands. (2026). Metallica Scholars Initiative National Workforce Education Program Expands to Over 90 Schools. All Within My Hands Foundation]

[The Extreme Music Enthusiast @TheExtremeMusi1]

Chicago, “25 or 6 to 4” 1970, Tanglewood MA. If you haven’t seen this, get ready for one of the greatest live solos ever. That’s Terry Kath (RIP), called the best by Hendrix himself. Some of the finest guitarists are often found where you least expect them ᯓ★

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

Geezer Butler wrote "War Pigs." Here he is playing it himself at a charity gala honoring him, backed by an all-star cast, Corey Taylor, Nuno Bettencourt, Steve Stevens, Matt Sorum.

The footage just dropped. All to fund music education in schools.

[Physicians for Informed Consent @picphysicians]

Studies show the flu vaccine doesn’t reduce deaths from pneumonia and flu.

A 33-year government-funded study found no link between higher flu shot rates and lower death rates. Another study of 7.6 million deaths found no drop in mortality after age 65—despite more vaccinations.

Read more: https://t.co/ahxb6oD0yu

#vaccines

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

36 years without Stevie Ray Vaughan. He tragically passed away at the age of 35 back on August 27, 1990.

[Jamie Andrews @JamieAA_Again]

This was only 20 years ago when the Mainstream Media ran news segments like this. Can't imagine them doing anything similar now...

[Guitar Gods Unleashed @gguworld]

Alex Lifeson turns 73 today, and he's still out there doing it.

One of rock's most inventive guitarists, all texture, layers, and atmosphere.

Here's his "La Villa Strangiato" solo from Rush's Fifty Something tour this year. Happy birthday, Alex.

[no.mind @the_no_mind]

Shopify billionaire co-founder & CEO Tobi Lütke — one of the most analytically rigorous founders alive — uses affirmations.

His exact words:

"If you tell yourself or write down something about yourself 100 times, it writes into the neurofrontal cortex at such a deep level that your brain will start reconciling you to that. It just works."

His personal example:

He was terrified of public speaking.

For one week he sat down every day for 10 minutes and wrote: "I love public speaking."

A week later the fear was gone.

"It's not like a placebo. You just actively change your neurofrontal cortex in this moment."

Your brain starts shaping your behavior around the identity you rehearse most.

[Rusty ⚡️: Solar Powered ☀️ @ze_rusty]

280-320 nm Ultraviolet (UVB) light exposure protects against nearly ALL FORMS OF CANCER

• Bladder cancer
• Breast cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Lung cancer
• Renal cancer
• Colon cancer
• Vulvar cancer
• Gastric cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Cervical cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Endometrial cancer
• Hodgkin’s lymphoma
• Non-Hodgkins lymphoma

PMID: 22213311

[Jefferey Jaxen @JeffereyJaxen]

@RobertKennedyJr ATTN: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

🧵 THREAD: Democrats TEACH voter identification and election integrity ... just not in America

The Democratic Party has an international arm called the National Democratic Institute (NDI). It's funded by $181M/year in US tax dollars. Its board includes Stacey Abrams, Donna Brazile, and Tom Daschle.

But in regards to today's SAVE America Act debate... did you know that the NDI has taught and supervised election processes all over the world?

For 40 years, NDI has told every developing country on earth that voter ID is essential for election integrity. They've recommended biometric systems... yes, that's right, NDI recommended biometric systems, which goes way beyond SAVE America Act! They praised fingerprint verification. Tracked ID card issuance rates.

Meanwhile, Democrats call the SAVE Act "Jim Crow 2.0."

Same party. Same people. Opposite positions.

As always, patience as I pull together the thread 👇

[no.mind @the_no_mind]

Nick Lane — one of the world's leading biochemists on mitochondria and the origin of life — doesn't take supplements.

His reasoning:

"So if you're thinking about taking supplements or whatever it may be, you've got to think — what are the long-term consequences of doing this?

We don't really have any good information on how that's going to work out in the long run.

And you don't know what you're missing.

So that's why I don't do it personally."

Your biology operates as a system.

Affect one variable and you affect everything connected to it.

Take antioxidants as an example.

For decades, health advice pushed them as the fix for aging — on the assumption that free radicals are cellular garbage to be swept away.

According to Lane, that assumption is wrong.

At normal levels, free radicals act as signals.

When mitochondria run into metabolic stress, those signals alter transcription factors in the nucleus — proteins that switch genes on and off.

They tell the cell what to do next: build fresh mitochondria, activate its own antioxidant defenses, or trigger apoptosis  — programmed cell death — if the damage is beyond repair.

Flooding the system with antioxidant supplements mutes that signal.

It leaves the cell blind to its own internal state.

But there's a second problem — independent of the signaling issue.

Researcher Gustavo Barja traced most free radical leakage to one specific subunit inside Complex I — out of more than 40 subunits in that single complex.

Free radicals leak directly into the space right next to mitochondrial DNA.

There are tens of thousands of complexes per mitochondrion.

Hundreds of mitochondria per cell.

Roughly 50 trillion cells in the body.

Hitting that exact site with enough antioxidant concentration is close to impossible.

Antioxidant supplements don't fail only because they mute a signal.

They fail because the target is unreachable.

You cannot supplement your way out of a systems problem.