Maintaining a vibrant s*x life in a long-term marriage requires moving away from the idea that intimacy should be "spontaneous."

In the beginning, biology does the work for you; in a long-term marriage, intentionality takes over.

Here are 10 rules for maintaining s*xual intimacy over the decades.

1/ Forgive the "Off" Nights:

In a long-term marriage, there will be seasons of illness, grief, or extreme fatigue where the s*x life slows down.

The Rule: Don't let a "dry spell" become a "dead zone."

The Action: Acknowledge the phase out loud: "I know we're exhausted lately, but I still find you attractive and I miss our time together." Acknowledging the gap prevents feelings of abandonment or resentment from taking root.

2/ Address "S*xual Boredom" with Novelty:

The brain craves dopamine, which comes from newness.

The Rule: Introduce one new element every few months.

The Action: This doesn't have to be extreme. It can be a new location (the living room instead of the bed), new lingerie, a new playlist, or simply trying a different time of day.

🧵There are 14 Scottish MPs who signed the Early Day Motion (EDM 240 / 65938) to reject the EHRC guidance protecting single-sex spaces.

This guidance reflects the @ForWomenScot UK Supreme Court ruling on biological sex in the Equality Act 2010. It gives providers clarity on the law.

These MPs want to undermine women's rights and same-sex spaces.

❗️We expect better from Scottish representatives
❗️We would like to know why they want to remove guidance that reflects the law

Full list of signatories: edm.parliament.uk/early-day-moti…

The SNP @theSNP MPs who signed:
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) @KirstySNP
Chris Law (Dundee Central) @ChrisLawSNP
Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire) @PeteWishart
Graham Leadbitter (Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey) @GrahamSNP
Seamus Logan (Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) @SeamusLoganMP

Liberal Democrats @LibDems MPs who signed:
Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) @cajardineMP
Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife) @wendychambLD
Angus MacDonald (Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) @angusmacdlibdem
Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) @amcarmichaelMP

Patrick Winston taught at MIT for 50 years.

His most famous lecture was not about code or math or engineering.

It was about how to make people actually listen to you.

Here are the 10 lessons that will change how you communicate forever:

1/ Never start with a joke

Winston was direct about this in a way that made audiences uncomfortable.

Everyone starts with a joke. It is the default move for anyone who is nervous and wants the room on their side before they earn it.

The problem is that a joke in the first 60 seconds puts the audience in the wrong mental state. They are evaluating your humor before they understand why they are in the room.

Winston said start by telling people exactly what they are going to learn.

Prime the pump before you pour anything in.

Give them a reason to stay in their seats. Then earn the laugh.

2/ Make the empowerment promise

Winston called it the empowerment promise and he said it had to land within the first 60 seconds.

Not a summary of what you are about to say. Not an agenda slide. Not a title.

A specific answer to the question every person in the room is asking silently before you open your mouth.

What will I be able to do after this that I could not do before?

The moment you answer that question, the audience stops deciding whether to pay attention and starts paying it.

Everything before the empowerment promise is noise.

Claude can now break down papers like an MIT researcher.

Here are 10 insane Claude prompts that turn dense research papers into simple summaries, diagrams, limitations, experiments, and future research ideas in minutes (Save this)

1. The Feynman Breakdown

"Read this paper and explain it like you're teaching a curious 12-year-old. Use everyday analogies. No jargon. If a term is unavoidable, define it in 5 words or less. End with: what would surprise a non-expert most?"

Turns 40 pages into 4 paragraphs.

2. The 5-Layer Summary

"Give me 5 versions of this paper:
→ One sentence
→ One paragraph
→ One page
→ Technical abstract
→ Tweet thread (10 tweets)

Each version should stand alone."

Pick the depth you need. Skip the rest.

🇷🇺🇩🇪‼️🚨 RUSSIAN-MADE BMW CARS - HILARIOUS SANCTION BREACH:

Russia has started assembling its own Russian BMW cars in Kaliningrad! You can now buy a Russian BMW X7 SUV for a lower price.

These Russian-assembled BMWs are produced in the former BMW plant, which the Germans left and abandoned.

-> The Russians took over the experienced employees, leftover parts, and the assembly line to start their own production!

Now there are two BMW manufacturers in the world: one in Germany and one in Russia. 🤣

Want ti buy a Russian BMW?

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🇩🇪🇷🇺 Russian-assembled BMWs are equipped properly, even with accessories not easily available in Germany.

In the beginning the Russians started using leftover German BMW “assembly kits” to make the cars. This was an attempt to use up the stock and move on.

But it worked so well that the number of cars they assembled now exceeds the kits left in Kaliningrad, and BMW itself is wondering how it’s possible.

So how is that possible?

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🇷🇺🇩🇪‼️ The Russian BMW manufacturer already hints at the assembly of models that were never produced in Russia!

Until now the Russian BMW plant only assembled the BMW models that were produced by the Germans there before (X5, X6, X7), but now they plan to also assemble the BMW 5 Series in Kaliningrad. The BMW 5 Series was never produced in Kaliningrad, but that might change soon.

If that happens it would be wild. They closed off and abandoned Russia fully, so Russia just copy-pasted all BMW cars and now sells them by itself without giving a cent to the Germans.

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Old fear doesn’t feel old when cortisol floods your nervous system.

Your brain loses the timestamp.

It thinks it’s happening again.

Here are 8 ways to teach your brain: “That was then. This is now.” 👇

1. Sit with your back against a tree for 5 minutes.

Your hippocampus is the brain's context organ.

It's what tells your amygdala: that was then, this is now.

When cortisol stays chronically elevated, the hippocampus literally shrinks.

And without it working properly, your brain can't locate fear in time.

So a tone of voice, a look, a deadline — fires the same alarm as the original threat.

You're not overreacting.

Your context organ is compromised.

2. Write one true sentence about what you're actually afraid of (before coffee).

Cortisol peaks 30–45 minutes after waking.

Writing one honest sentence before caffeine hits engages your prefrontal cortex at exactly the moment your threat system is most active.

You're not processing the fear.

You're just teaching your brain that you can look at it without being destroyed by it.

That distinction is everything.

Has your MP signed Nadia Whittome’s legally & procedurally illiterate Early Day Motion against the EHRC guidance?

Does your MP understand that the LAW STAYS LAW, whether the guidance becomes statutory or not?

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https://twitter.com/WRNHerts_Cambs/status/2063155935023919504

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That all blocking the guidance will do is leave duty holders (those supplying goods & services & bound by the clarified Equality Act 2010) STILL bound by the law, but without detailed guidance how to implement it for ALL NINE of the protected characteristics?

3/- This will not only make it more likely that may unlawfully discriminate on grounds of

AGE
DISABILITY
GENDER REASSIGNMENT
MARRIAGE & CIVIL PARTNERSHIP
PREGNANCY & MATERNITY
RACE
RELIGION & BELIEF
SEX
SEXUAL ORIENTATION

and potentially face legal action.

Lockstep Scenario (2010), The Rockefeller funded report, that predicted the handling of covid ten years later (research):

The brochure of the Volvo B5LHC with the 'Son of Routemaster' (SRM) bodywork by Wrightbus, which failed to gain ground. This Euro 6 electric hybrid has opportunity charging, a 19,000kg GVW and an 87-passenger capacity, with only two used on route 37 from 2018 to 2022.

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Geoffrey Stuart’s squadron faced a deadly bottleneck at Villers-Bocage.

Their only way forward was to deliberately draw German fire to expose their positions.

This is the raw, first-hand account of a German-Jew fighting for Britain on D-Day:
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Geoffrey Stuart (Gerd Werner Stein, born August 1922) served with A Squadron of the 8th Hussars.

Born in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, some 100km from Berlin on the current German-Polish border (with a population of about 100,000), his family lived an affluent life, employing a chauffeur, cook and a nanny. Their home was fitted with central heating, an unusual luxury in those days.

Geoffrey’s father had served in the First World War and had been awarded the Iron Cross. He had a well-established fashion business which included three workshops selling clothing and underwear and making furs, men’s suits and ladies’ costumes. The shop was smashed on Kristallnacht.

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Georg Stein, Geoffrey’s father, was arrested after Kristallnacht, although his final whereabouts were unknown at the time. He was released after a time and went to live in Palestine where he started a small business.

His wife Ella did not manage to escape Germany and died in Ravensbrück concentration camp during the war.

In December 1938 Geoffrey boarded a train in Berlin with the Kindertransport. He was just sixteen years old. Once in England, Geoffrey was taken to Dovercourt holiday camp where he stayed for three months. It was a particularly harsh winter and there was no heating at the camp. He remembers being given a hot water bottle at night and in the morning it had turned to solid ice, giving an indication of the severity of the winter conditions there.

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In today’s Vatnik Soup, we introduce Vincent Bolloré, a French billionaire and media tycoon. He’s best known for building a powerful media empire and for reshaping editorial lines across French media and publishing, pushing them toward far-right and pro-Kremlin positions.

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Born in 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt to a family of industrialists, Vincent studied law at Paris Nanterre University. He took over the family business and turned it into a sprawling conglomerate spanning logistics, port infrastructure in Africa, advertising, and media.

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Bolloré’s African logistics empire also became the subject of a long-running corruption investigation in France. Legal proceedings against Vincent Bolloré personally are still ongoing, with a trial planned in December, after a judge refused to approve a plea deal.

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Proof that the 'Cockroach Protest' is not an organic GenZ protest but an extension of previous regime-change operations (Thread)

Look at woman in blue dress holding a placard "Dharmendra Pradhan istifa do".

Her name is Sudesh Goyat. She hails from Hisar, Haryana.

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She was with Sonam Wangchuk also in his Ladakh protest at Jantar Mantar

You can see her doing emotional acting in Wrestlers protest also