An mRNA vaccine doesn't actually contain the virus itself. Think of it as an email sent to your immune system that shows what the virus looks like, instructions to kill it, and then—like a Snapchat message—it disappears. Amazing technology.

Lex has my favorite podcast rn. Mostly AI and Sci/engineering based. Steers mostly clear of the political bullshit and when it does enter that space is thoughtful and respectful. Give him a listen. Or don't.

"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad." Seneca

"It is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are those least suited to do it... Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I'll try harder practice what Epictetus preaches. Especially here. Sorry to any folks i may have offended this morning.

Make sure your dog is vaccinated or boostered. Ours just beat parvo with his firsts solids in a week, but man, what a battle. 4 days of sub cutaneous fluid, 2 days where he didnt move off his side. I was never so happy to see a tail thump.

Anyone in the greater central peace have any cats they want to give away? Outside farm cats?

"If God honks for us, who can honk against us?"

youtu.be/t_gw4eTr-hM Probably one of the more important conversations I've listened to in awhile.

This is my friend and she speaks truth.

This seems pertinent right now.

This too. This place is a cesspool. Later, skaters.

New year, incrementally better me. I hope

Fancy new Kondex Corp straw claw blades. These will transform your Lexion walker machine.

Enrico Palazzo will now be singing all the US anthems in Canadian sporting venues from now on.

I see many quoting ancient authors(Thucydides,etc)when trying to find applicable passages to the Iran war. But this is to miss the forest for the trees.The ancients made a big point of condemning HUBRIS as a factor in the humbling of powerful peoples/states.We are drowning in it.

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

The “Everyone is 12 now” theory truly is foundational for our times.

🧵 1/14: Just days after Paul Ehrlich (the man whose 1968 book “The Population Bomb” predicted billions would starve) passed away, it’s the perfect moment to celebrate the scientist who proved Ehrlich and other doomsayers spectacularly wrong. Meet Norman Borlaug, the Iowa farm

Remember; its only bad when PELOSI does it.