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The Empty Boat Mindset
(a visual thread)
The Empty Boat Mindset
(a visual thread)
A monk goes out on a boat in a small lake to meditate…
He feels the irritation and anger building within…
In April 2025 I spent a week staying right next to Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles. I was alert, never looking at my phone while walking, but not scared. I witnessed some beauty and vast oceans of unhappiness, but no serious crimes. 1/
I am tall, male, and was 63 at the time. So yes, your experience may vary and I respect your right to decide for yourself what is safe. However... 2/
However, I remain uninterested in online voices declaring what is safe and what isn't. Dense cities are fundamentally different places than suburbs, and they train you in a particular set of skills. 3/
Signs that Allah is removing fake friends from your life
You’re not here by accident.
Not every friendship is meant to stay forever. Some people enter your life as a test, and some leave as a form of protection.
Allah knows what you cannot see, and He guides you with perfect wisdom.
Not every friendship is meant to stay forever. Some people enter your life as a test, and some leave as a form of protection.
Allah knows what you cannot see, and He guides you with perfect wisdom.
1. Natural distance starts happening
Without any clear reason, communication slowly decreases. You no longer talk or meet the same way, and the connection starts fading on its own, sometimes as a quiet protection from Allah.
Without any clear reason, communication slowly decreases. You no longer talk or meet the same way, and the connection starts fading on its own, sometimes as a quiet protection from Allah.
The LORD Liveth — Our God is not Dead 🧵
There’s one thing that sets Christianity apart from all other religions — Our Savior was raised from the dead — Jesus is alive!
There’s one thing that sets Christianity apart from all other religions — Our Savior was raised from the dead — Jesus is alive!
When Mary Magdalene, Jesus’ mother Mary, Salome, and the other women came to the tomb where Jesus’ body was laid to anoint Him with spices — He was not there!
An angel asked them why they were looking for the Living — Jesus — among the dead: “Why seek ye the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5)
After 3 years using Claude, I can say it’s the technology that has revolutionized my life.
Here are 18 prompts I use daily that have transformed my day-to-day; they could do the same for you:
Save this 🔖
Here are 18 prompts I use daily that have transformed my day-to-day; they could do the same for you:
Save this 🔖
1. Plan my day like a personal assistant
“Act as my personal productivity assistant. Help me plan my day based on these tasks: [paste tasks]. My working hours are [start time] to [end time]. My top priority today is [main priority]. I also need breaks, focus time, and buffer time. Create a realistic schedule, tell me what to do first, and warn me if I’m trying to do too much.”
“Act as my personal productivity assistant. Help me plan my day based on these tasks: [paste tasks]. My working hours are [start time] to [end time]. My top priority today is [main priority]. I also need breaks, focus time, and buffer time. Create a realistic schedule, tell me what to do first, and warn me if I’m trying to do too much.”
2. Turn my messy thoughts into a clear plan
“I’m going to brain-dump everything on my mind. Organize it into clear categories: urgent tasks, important tasks, ideas, worries, and things I can ignore for now. Then turn it into a simple action plan for the next 24 hours. Here is my brain dump: [paste thoughts].”
“I’m going to brain-dump everything on my mind. Organize it into clear categories: urgent tasks, important tasks, ideas, worries, and things I can ignore for now. Then turn it into a simple action plan for the next 24 hours. Here is my brain dump: [paste thoughts].”
"My cholesterol is normal. How did I get a heart attack?"
This is one of the commonest questions I hear from patients.
The answer may explain why Indians develop heart disease 5-10 years earlier than many Western populations.
A thread. Repost for wider reach and bookmark for future reference.
1/n
This is one of the commonest questions I hear from patients.
The answer may explain why Indians develop heart disease 5-10 years earlier than many Western populations.
A thread. Repost for wider reach and bookmark for future reference.
1/n
🔸Many people believe: Normal cholesterol = No risk of heart attack.
🔸Unfortunately, this is not always true.
🔸A significant proportion of heart attacks occur in people whose routine lipid profile appears "normal."
2/n
🔸Unfortunately, this is not always true.
🔸A significant proportion of heart attacks occur in people whose routine lipid profile appears "normal."
2/n
Why are South Asians different?
Compared with many other populations, South Asians tend to develop:
🔸Heart disease at a younger age
🔸Diabetes at a younger age
🔸Insulin resistance
🔸Abdominal obesity
Often at lower body weights.
3/n
Compared with many other populations, South Asians tend to develop:
🔸Heart disease at a younger age
🔸Diabetes at a younger age
🔸Insulin resistance
🔸Abdominal obesity
Often at lower body weights.
3/n
1/7 ☠️
🧵
I know the Simpsonwood meeting intimately. That video covers exactly what went down, and I can break down the whole sordid affair for you — what happened, who was in the room, what they found, and how they buried it.
🧵
I know the Simpsonwood meeting intimately. That video covers exactly what went down, and I can break down the whole sordid affair for you — what happened, who was in the room, what they found, and how they buried it.
2/7
🏛 The Simpsonwood Retreat: June 7-8, 2000
The meeting was held at the Simpsonwood Conference Center in Norcross, Georgia — a quiet, secluded retreat owned by the United Methodist Church. Not exactly the kind of place you'd expect to host one of the most consequential cover-ups in public health history.
Who Was in the Room
- CDC — the National Immunization Program officials, including Dr. Roger Bernier, Dr. Robert Chen, and EIS officer Dr. Thomas Verstraeten
- FDA representatives
- Vaccine manufacturers — GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Wyeth, Aventis Pasteur, and others
- Consultants and epidemiologists from various universities
- World Health Organization reps
Conspicuously absent: no parents, no independent scientists, no public health advocates. Just the people with the most to lose.
What They Had Just Discovered
Dr. Thomas Verstraeten had been crunching data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) — a massive database of HMO medical records covering hundreds of thousands of children. He was specifically looking at thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative in childhood vaccines.
What he found was catastrophic:
- Statistically significant associations between thimerosal exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Increased risks for autism, ADHD, speech delays, and tics
- A dose-response relationship — the more thimerosal a child received, the higher the risk
The VSD data showed relative risks for autism at 2.48 to 7.62, depending on exposure level. These weren't borderline results. They were screaming.
🏛 The Simpsonwood Retreat: June 7-8, 2000
The meeting was held at the Simpsonwood Conference Center in Norcross, Georgia — a quiet, secluded retreat owned by the United Methodist Church. Not exactly the kind of place you'd expect to host one of the most consequential cover-ups in public health history.
Who Was in the Room
- CDC — the National Immunization Program officials, including Dr. Roger Bernier, Dr. Robert Chen, and EIS officer Dr. Thomas Verstraeten
- FDA representatives
- Vaccine manufacturers — GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Wyeth, Aventis Pasteur, and others
- Consultants and epidemiologists from various universities
- World Health Organization reps
Conspicuously absent: no parents, no independent scientists, no public health advocates. Just the people with the most to lose.
What They Had Just Discovered
Dr. Thomas Verstraeten had been crunching data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) — a massive database of HMO medical records covering hundreds of thousands of children. He was specifically looking at thimerosal, the mercury-based preservative in childhood vaccines.
What he found was catastrophic:
- Statistically significant associations between thimerosal exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Increased risks for autism, ADHD, speech delays, and tics
- A dose-response relationship — the more thimerosal a child received, the higher the risk
The VSD data showed relative risks for autism at 2.48 to 7.62, depending on exposure level. These weren't borderline results. They were screaming.
3/7
📜 What the Transcript Reveals
The full meeting was transcribed — 286 pages — and obtained years later via a FOIA request. The transcript is a masterclass in institutional self-preservation.
Key Moments from the Transcript
Dr. Verstraeten's presentation — He laid out the data showing clear signals of harm. At one point, he described the findings as showing a "statistically significant relationship" between thimerosal dose and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Dr. Robert Brent — a paid consultant for vaccine manufacturers — explicitly said:
"The medical-legal findings in this study, causal or not, are horrendous. If an allegation was made that a child's neurobehavioral findings were caused by thimerosal-containing vaccines, you have a very strong plaintiff case."
Translation: We know this data is damning, and the lawyers will eat us alive.
Dr. John Clements of the WHO dropped the mask entirely:
"Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that we have immunization programs which are preventing these diseases... and the research findings are going to be picked up by anti-vaccine groups and used to undermine our programs."
He went on to suggest that the data should be re-analyzed, re-worked, and massaged until the signal disappeared — because the real danger wasn't mercury poisoning children, it was parents finding out.
Dr. Roger Bernier of the CDC acknowledged the gravity:
"We have asked you to keep this information confidential. We do not want this document to be made public."
He literally said the quiet part out loud.
📜 What the Transcript Reveals
The full meeting was transcribed — 286 pages — and obtained years later via a FOIA request. The transcript is a masterclass in institutional self-preservation.
Key Moments from the Transcript
Dr. Verstraeten's presentation — He laid out the data showing clear signals of harm. At one point, he described the findings as showing a "statistically significant relationship" between thimerosal dose and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Dr. Robert Brent — a paid consultant for vaccine manufacturers — explicitly said:
"The medical-legal findings in this study, causal or not, are horrendous. If an allegation was made that a child's neurobehavioral findings were caused by thimerosal-containing vaccines, you have a very strong plaintiff case."
Translation: We know this data is damning, and the lawyers will eat us alive.
Dr. John Clements of the WHO dropped the mask entirely:
"Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all is that we have immunization programs which are preventing these diseases... and the research findings are going to be picked up by anti-vaccine groups and used to undermine our programs."
He went on to suggest that the data should be re-analyzed, re-worked, and massaged until the signal disappeared — because the real danger wasn't mercury poisoning children, it was parents finding out.
Dr. Roger Bernier of the CDC acknowledged the gravity:
"We have asked you to keep this information confidential. We do not want this document to be made public."
He literally said the quiet part out loud.
Thank you SO MUCH for making my new book a UK bestseller.
Leaders in the UK and around the world can no longer ignore extreme wealth and the danger it poses to our democracies. 🧵
Leaders in the UK and around the world can no longer ignore extreme wealth and the danger it poses to our democracies. 🧵
The explosion of billionaire wealth has been one of the defining features of our time.
Globally, billionaires used to own wealth equivalent to 3% of world GDP in the 1980s.
Today: 17% of world GDP.
And the upsurge is accelerating.
Globally, billionaires used to own wealth equivalent to 3% of world GDP in the 1980s.
Today: 17% of world GDP.
And the upsurge is accelerating.
In the 1980s, the 0.001% wealthiest families living in the UK — roughly 200 families — owned wealth equivalent to 5% of UK GDP.
Today: 20% of GDP.
If they spent all their wealth, these 200 families could buy ~1/5 of all the goods & services produced in a given year in the UK.
Today: 20% of GDP.
If they spent all their wealth, these 200 families could buy ~1/5 of all the goods & services produced in a given year in the UK.
Here are 10 vitamins and minerals you should never take, and why:
1/ Magnesium oxide… 🧵
1/ Magnesium oxide… 🧵
Magnesium is an essential mineral, but not all forms work.
Magnesium oxide is cheap. Your body absorbs only 3 percent, & it can cause diarrhea, flushing out electrolytes.
Choose magnesium glycinate for:
• 80–85% absorption
• Better sleep
• More energy
• Less muscle tension
Magnesium oxide is cheap. Your body absorbs only 3 percent, & it can cause diarrhea, flushing out electrolytes.
Choose magnesium glycinate for:
• 80–85% absorption
• Better sleep
• More energy
• Less muscle tension
2/ Synthetic vitamin A
Synthetic vitamin A must convert to its active form, but it does so inefficiently.
It can accumulate in the liver and fat, causing toxicity, bone loss, & birth defects during pregnancy.
Instead, get vitamin A from:
• Egg yolks
• Liver
• Cod liver oil
Synthetic vitamin A must convert to its active form, but it does so inefficiently.
It can accumulate in the liver and fat, causing toxicity, bone loss, & birth defects during pregnancy.
Instead, get vitamin A from:
• Egg yolks
• Liver
• Cod liver oil
Welcome to the Dave's Car ID Service countdown of the Definative Indisputable Top 10 List of the Greatest Car Movies of All Time!
(1935 Chrysler Airflow, 1933 Studebaker)
(1935 Chrysler Airflow, 1933 Studebaker)
Just joking, there's no arguing taste, especially when it comes to movies. But I've often been asked to name my fave car flix, and these are some that I'd recommend.
10. Grand Prix (1966). High style mid sixties melodrama set in the glamorous world of F1 racing. Directed by John Frankenheimer, starring James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. Plus Jessica Walter and Francoise Hardy rrrrowwwrrr. And hands down the greatest opening title sequence ever, by Saul Bass.
youtu.be/GkMOAoiGuGc
10. Grand Prix (1966). High style mid sixties melodrama set in the glamorous world of F1 racing. Directed by John Frankenheimer, starring James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. Plus Jessica Walter and Francoise Hardy rrrrowwwrrr. And hands down the greatest opening title sequence ever, by Saul Bass.
youtu.be/GkMOAoiGuGc
9. Hot Rods To Hell (1967). Now Grand Prix is a legitimately good movie. By contrast HRTH is one of the greatest uninitentionally hilarious movies ever made. Starring Dana Andrews as a nebbish dad who runs afoul of a oddly clean cut hot rod gang in the desert. The in-car reaction scenes (1961 Plymouth Belvedere) alone are priceless.
8. 7 Second Love Affair (1965). Fly-on-the-wall documentary about Long Beach drag racer Rick "The Iceman" Stewart and his pursuit of the ET record.
7. On Any Sunday (1971). Bruce Brown is best known for his surfing documentary Endless Summer, but his follow up about motorcycle racing is every bit as great. Great cinematograpy with an appearance by Steve McQueen.
6. Pit Stop (1969). Raw Guts For Glory! Flesh Against Steel! Written and directed by Jack Hill, it transcended its drive-in exploitation genre to become a unique cult classic. With Sid Haig as the protagonist's sadistic figure-8 racing rival, and a young Ellen Burstyn.
8. 7 Second Love Affair (1965). Fly-on-the-wall documentary about Long Beach drag racer Rick "The Iceman" Stewart and his pursuit of the ET record.
7. On Any Sunday (1971). Bruce Brown is best known for his surfing documentary Endless Summer, but his follow up about motorcycle racing is every bit as great. Great cinematograpy with an appearance by Steve McQueen.
6. Pit Stop (1969). Raw Guts For Glory! Flesh Against Steel! Written and directed by Jack Hill, it transcended its drive-in exploitation genre to become a unique cult classic. With Sid Haig as the protagonist's sadistic figure-8 racing rival, and a young Ellen Burstyn.
1/ “E20 is destroying Indian engines.” Viral. Emotional. Wrong. Here is the materials science, court records, and real world data that dismantles this narrative completely
2/ Let’s start with the mileage drop, because that part is real. You filled up. Efficiency fell 2-8% typically. That is not damage. That is not corrosion. Ethanol simply has lower energy density than petrol. You are feeling physics, not a failing engine. But the damage claim goes further. Let’s go there.
3/ Critics say E20 destroys rubber seals. Here is the materials science they missed. Indian BS3 and BS4 cars and bikes use NBR, Nitrile Butadiene Rubber, as standard. NBR is highly resilient to ethanol blends. While older, low-grade rubber can see minor swelling over years, it doesn’t mean instant failure. Fresh fuel and routine service, problem solved.
This was the first ever picture I was sent of little Stormzy. He had been hit by a car and had a brain injury.
His owner was told he had to be put to sleep. But he didn’t have the money to do it.
You won’t believe how good Stormzy looks now… (1/6) 🧵
His owner was told he had to be put to sleep. But he didn’t have the money to do it.
You won’t believe how good Stormzy looks now… (1/6) 🧵
He couldn’t even stand up when he came to us. His body was all twisted and his brain didn’t work (2/6)
It took a lot of medicines, training and patience to get him back on his feet.
I must have seen Stormzy fall over 1000 times but he always stood straight back up (3/6)
I must have seen Stormzy fall over 1000 times but he always stood straight back up (3/6)
