Greatest hits: I surprise strangers in every language (even Ape)
(Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约) Arieh Smith spent years studying human communication (languages) and weeks secretly studying to communicate with apes in Ape: Bonobos are the closest living relatives of human beings, and he convinced them into thinking he was one of them. Bonobos have learned to use human language, but it is very rare for a human being to effectively communicate with them on their own terms (bonobo vocalizations).
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ABOUT: I'm "Xiaoma" from NYC, real name Arieh Smith. I speak near-native level Mandarin Chinese and a smattering of some other Chinese dialects, enough to be dangerous. I speak Chinese well enough to regularly confuse the native speakers, including my own in-laws. I got fluent in Spanish in my apartment during quarantine. The thing is it didn’t start this way. I was a real language idiot in high school, not failing classes, but it was in one ear, out the other. I took Hebrew, Latin, and Greek classes, but every year I felt like I was learning the same thing over and over again. I kept thinking to myself, I wonder when any of this is going to stick. More
What has gotten into the girl of today? No longer a young lady in manner or modesty, she has become an attention [gatherer], a pick me girl, someone obsessed with external validation, approval, and likes -- or trying to outdo others around her to make herself feel better.
Georgia girls want to sell themselves to the West? - The single ice princesses of Russia
Tasers and Excited Delirium: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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March 30, 2025: John Oliver discusses whether Tasers are as safe and effective as the company that makes them claims, the broader effect Tasers have had on abusive policing, and why you shouldn’t test (Axon "exposures") Tasers out on any of your family members, workers, interns, or new recruits. You’d think that goes without saying, but clearly it doesn’t.
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Moments that must be seen to be believed | Best of the Month #13
(LKO - Incredible Moments) Jan. 26, 2025: Here are unbelievable moments caught on camera. From stunning feats to mind-blowing luck, this video showcases events so extraordinary that they have to be seen to be believed that they actually happened.
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I edited my DNA on a secret island (to be able to live forever)
(Bryan Johnson) June 14, 2024: I flew to Prospera, Honduras, for gene therapy that might change the future of humanity by making me live longer than 120 years.
Thanks to our friends at Minicircle for their groundbreaking work: minicircle.clinic.
Does Bryan Johnson’s $2 million biohacking routine work? We test it | Hard Reset
Plant based vegan gives life so gets more life
(Freethink) Premiered Dec. 7, 2023: Who has ever heard about the $2 million yearly price tag Mormon and Blueprint CEO Bryan Johnson pays to reduce his biological age? His effort to wind back the clock to age 18 again includes fasting [cleansing], a plethora of supplements, and strict adherence to his workout regime and plant-based diet. But how attainable is this routine for someone who doesn’t have millions to spend? Follow along as we try to biohack our way to Bryan Johnson level fitness over the span of 30 days.
About the episode: 18-hour fast, 100 supplements, bizarre tech -- we tried Bryan Johnson’s age-reversal routine for 1 month.
I’ve invested millions of dollars building the world’s leading anti-aging protocol, becoming the most measured human in history [after all the work I did on my penis, like shocking it]. Blueprint is an algorithm, built by science, that takes better care of me than I can myself.
And it’s available to you for free.
Check out the Blueprint website for recipes, exercise, and other protocols. Become the next evolution of human: protocol.bryanjohnson.co
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The Middle with Jeremy Hobson is a weekly, live national call-in talk show aimed at elevating the voices of people in “the middle.”
[It is heard in Los Angeles on laist.com (kpcc.com, 89.3 FM, Thursdays at 10:00 pm), and tonight's show closed with an amazing segment by Johann Hari (johannhari.com) on cellphone and Internet addiction.]
Americans who are geographically, politically, or philosophically in “the middle” are crucial in our politics, yet they are often ignored.
In the US, teenagers can focus on one task for only 65 seconds at a time, and office workers average only 3 minutes. Like many of us, author Johann Hari was finding that constantly switching from device to device and tab to tab was a diminishing and depressing way to live.
He tried all sorts of self-help solutions — even abandoning his cellphone for three months — but nothing seemed to work.
So he went on an epic journey across the world to interview the leading experts on human attention. He discovered that everything we think we know about this crisis is wrong.
We think our inability to focus is a personal failure to exert enough willpower over our devices. The truth is even more disturbing: Our focus has been stolen by powerful external forces that have left us uniquely vulnerable to corporations determined to raid our attention for their profit.
He found that there are 12 deep causes of this crisis, from the decline of mind-wandering to rising pollution, all of which have robbed some of our attention.
In Stolen Focus, he introduces readers to Silicon Valley dissidents who learned to hack human attention, and veterinarians who diagnose dogs with ADHD.
He explores a favela in Rio de Janeiro where they lost their attention in a particularly surreal way, and an office in New Zealand that discovered a remarkable technique to restore workers’ productivity.
Crucially, he learned how we can reclaim our focus — as individuals and as a society — if we are determined to fight for it.
Stolen Focus will transform the debate about attention and finally show us how to get it back. More
ABOUT: The Middle is a non-partisan, non-judgmental, non-condescending space where all can feel comfortable sharing their views and being part of the conversation. Veteran public radio host Jeremy Hobson is joined by two panel guests each week along with DJ Tolliver spinning tunes. Hosted by Jeremy Hobson Thursdays 10:00-11:00 pm.
THIS WEEK (July 11, 2024): ADDICTION TO PHONE, INTERNET, CONNECTION, SOCIAL MEDIA, COMPUTER SCREEN? IF SO, WHAT ABOUT IT? CALL (844) 4MI-DDLE (themiddleshow.radio@gmail.com) to talk to Host Jeremy Hobson, public radio journalist and former host of NPR’s Here & Now and Marketplace Morning Report. He grew up in the Midwest, where people don’t spend every waking minute thinking about politics -- but do have a lot of sway in American politics.
Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; guest Johann Hari wit host Jeremy Hobson, The Middle, July 11, 2024 via laist.com
Can Trump get any grosser - SMELLS worse, more orange! (w/Adam Kinzinger) | Bulwark Podcast Clip
(The Bulwark) April 9, 2024: Republicans Adam Kinzinger and Tim Miller discuss Trump's very foul odor. [Could it be his rotten denture breath the hot feces 💩 in his adult diaper and dripping down his pant leg?] What about his cowardice of whining, complaining, and constantly playing the victim like fellow narcissists Taylor Swift and Israel's leaders? Are these signs of weakness or the way to get to the top of popularity but with a backlash?
'Man lights himself on fire' outside Donald Trump's 'hush money payments' trial in NYC
Was it this man? His self-applied makeup has gone from mango to bronze to tar. Ooh, that smell!
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(The Sun) Started streaming Friday to a British audience of gawkers. A man [being called a "conspiracy theorist" threw pamphlets into the air revealing shocking truths and then to punctuate their importance] has reportedly lit himself on fire near the courthouse where [ex-Pres. Trump's criminal trial is taking place, charging him with serious felonies that could lead to a sentence of four years in prison for each conviction]. The horrifying scene unfolded on Friday afternoon moments after jury selection wrapped up in Trump's hush money trial in downtown Manhattan. More: the-sun.com/news/11135909...#thesun #donaldtrump #usanews
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Donald Trump and Melania: Couples Therapy Ep. 1 (FUN with AI)
(scaredketchup) Feb. 2024 and May 4, 2023: As many know, SK is 90% fan-funded and very grateful for all support. Paypal is the best way to drop him a lil' cheddar: paypal.me/scaredketchup... OR buy him a Covfefe: buymeacoffee.com/scaredke... Get Scared Ketchup Merch here: etsy.com/shop/ScaredKetch... Actors Ben Campbell and Whitney Rice as Trump and Melania. Their look was enhanced using AI technology not a deepfake video.
(Spill) The jacksfilms versus SSSniperWolf saga has taken a dark turn, escalating from virtual feud to real-world criminality.
Is she really a wolf, or is it just an act?
The public is outraged, causing thousands of fans to unsubscribe amid the backlash. A petition to deplatform the creator Wolfie has almost reached its goal.
And past drama resurfaces, revealing SSSniperWolf’s questionable behavior. When a feud verges on dangerous grounds, what point is it too far? Let’s unravel the feud gone wrong.
Hypocrisy with Florida GOP leader amid sex scandal
(MSNBC) Dec. 9, 2023: Presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, hold on to your hypocritical hat: Katie Phang weighs in on the hypocrisy surrounding the bisexual sex scandal involving conservative Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler and his far-right "Moms for Liberty" co-founder and bisexual Christian wife Bridget Ziegler. The couple both admit to having at least one threesome with a woman now accusing Mr. Ziegler of rape as calls grow for him to resign from his powerful Republican Party post. Subscribe to NBC News: nbcnews. #Republicans #Florida
Pressure increases for Bridget Ziegler to resign from school board amid sex scandal
(ABC Action News) Dec. 12, 2023: The attention surrounding the personal sex life of Sarasota County School Board member and "Moms for Liberty" co-founder Bridget Ziegler is now the basis of mounting pressure for her to quit her public life with the board.
“I am not concerned with the salacious details of the Ziegler’s’ sexcapades,” said Tom Edwards, one of two Sarasota County School Board members calling for Ziegler to step down from the role with the board.
[I don't care that she's a Christian lesbian hypocrite.] “My focus as an elected official overseeing student outcomes and academic achievement is to remove the distraction as quickly as possible and get back to the business at hand,” he said.
Florida school board calling for resignation of Moms for Liberty co-founder over sex scandal
(NBC News) Dec. 13, 2023: A Sarasota County school board is calling for the resignation of board member and co-founder of conservative group "Moms for Liberty" Bridget Ziegler. This comes after rape allegations involving her husband, Christian Ziegler, with their bisexual threesome partner and the couple’s admissions about having a three-way sexual encounter previously with the accuser. #Crime #Florida #Assault
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The Most Shocking Fails of The Year
(FailArmy) 16.5 million+ views since Dec. 14, 2022: Viewers will not believe the crazy fails seen this year. Though, I'dunno, seeing is believing. All will be shocked, repeatedly. The Black couple planning to have relations in the bathtub is not to be believed. The doofus who slips at the wedding and throws the bride and pastor into the water. Only kids should hold the ring...unless that's the groom?!
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Authorities with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) are investigating a wild crash that sent a car [Kia SUV] and its 29-year-old driver careening into a midair spin before crashing onto the road.
The crash, which was captured on video by a Tesla’s dashboard camera, occurred on March 23 in [the San Fernando Valley on] the eastbound lanes of the 118 Freeway near De Soto Avenue in Chatsworth.
The video shows a dark-colored Kia approaching a Chevrolet pickup that had just transitioned into the middle lane. Moments later, the front driver’s side tire of the truck pops off in front of the Kia, sending the Kia into a midair spin before crashing onto the freeway...
What goes around comes around. It's like an inexplicable "act of God" if God were impersonal.
No one was hurt in the incident. Miraculously, the driver who lost the tire and the car that flipped on account of that lost tire survived without injury -- except for possible life-long psychological damage.
Why the tire remained so intent on hitting the Kia is not explained, but it can be seen returning to the scene and hitting the Kia again once it is a smoking heap of metal that has come to a complete stop, suggesting that karma is at play here. It's like a game of pool: one ball hits another hits another hits another...
Most karma is not "instant karma" like the Beatles sang about. Most of it playing out from intentional actions committed long, long ago, rebounding on us now and therefore seeming to make no sense. But that is how karma (an intentional action or deed) plays out. The results of karma are called phala (fruit) and vipaka (resultant).
The action is not the result, though we commonly and unthinkingly use the same word for both. And the result is not at all the only result from that one action. It bears fruit again and again, life after life. This is because in the forming of an action (thought, word, or deed), there are many cittas or mind moments, many impulsions, each like a seed, bearing its fruit in the future. This is good news when it's good karma because it means it will "reward" us again and again.
But when it's bad karma, it's bad news because it will come back to ("punish") us again and again, seemingly without explanation. For this reason alone, abstain from unskillful actions and repeatedly engage in skillful ones. You will be happy for a long time to come following this simple advice.
But wait, What is "good" and what is "bad," what is skillful (wholesome, kusala) and unskillful (unwholesome, akusala)? Anything motivated by greed, hatred, and delusion (attraction, aversion, and ignorance) is rooted in the bad and will bear bad (unwelcome) results.
Namely, there are Five Precepts to live by to be a human again, and these are the reason we are human now, which are abstaining from: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, bearing false witness, and consuming intoxicants that occasion heedlessness.
Anything motivated by nongreed, nonhatred, or nondelusion (letting go, friendliness, or wisdom) is rooted in the good and will bear good (welcome) results.
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It's no wonder the surf in Japan is so epic. It's the shape of the bay coming in.
3/11 — The Tsunami: The First 3 Days
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