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Navy SEALs are the most elite warriors on earth.

How do they become that way?

By developing an unbreakable mindset.

Here’s how they do it (and how you can, too):

Last year, I spent 3 days in the wilderness training with a Navy SEAL.

A large part of training was on mindset.

• what it is
• why it matters
• how to apply it

Here’s what I learned:

In simple terms, mindset is how you view and process the world around you.

It influences how we think, feel and act in any situation.

Our mindset is impacting us (for better or worse) every moment of every day, whether we realize it or not.

5 research backed tools to lower cortisol:

#1 GABA

GABA completely stopped cortisol in clinical trial.

25-50 mg orally - it in response to physiological stress, improving:

⊙ Fatigue
⊙ Concentration
⊙ Physical discomfort

(🧵1/9)

GABA can suppress cortisol by its action in the brain.

The hypothalamus produces CRH ➞ pituitary to produce ACTH ➞ adrenals to produce cortisol.

GABA input to the hypothalamus calms these neurons, preventing CRH release and cortisol production.

(2/9)

#2 Grounding

6 weeks of grounding completely normalized the cortisol pattern throughout the day in this trial,

& improved sleep.

The difference is dramatic in my experience (+ with clients).

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@JoeBiden @vonderleyen @_FriedrichMerz @MarkJCarney @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @GiorgiaMeloni @UN @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems @DemocraticAGs @KamalaHarris @eu_eeas @kajakallas @EUCouncil @EU_Commission @NATOpress @UFCW @AFTunion @UAW @LIUNA @AmericanLegion @votevets @NationalPTA @NationalParents @CaliforniaPTA @utahpta @NEA @SEIU @NationalNurses @UFT @AAUP @APWU @AFGE @NALC @NTEU @OPEIU @twu @IAMAW @Smart_Union @usw @anneapplebaum @ruthbenghiat @HC_Richardson We know U.S. history of problems (Powell Memo, Fairness Doctrine etc) that got us here
We know mostly we need to enforce existing laws to repair damage
Now we need an opp to do it
@NJHagens @DanielSchmacht1
@Heidi_Cuda @DavidCornDC @LetmeLolo83992 @AOC
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@JoeBiden @vonderleyen @_FriedrichMerz @MarkJCarney @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @GiorgiaMeloni @UN @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems @DemocraticAGs @KamalaHarris @eu_eeas @kajakallas @EUCouncil @EU_Commission @NATOpress @UFCW @AFTunion @UAW @LIUNA @AmericanLegion @votevets @NationalPTA @NationalParents @CaliforniaPTA @utahpta @NEA @SEIU @NationalNurses @UFT @AAUP @APWU @AFGE @NALC @NTEU @OPEIU @twu @IAMAW @Smart_Union @usw @anneapplebaum How to Reverse
—Corruption & Attacks on Rights
accomplished thru policies
eg Project 2025, OBBB
—mostly enforcing existing laws
+community/health+
@RedWineBlueUSA
@Fems_for_Dems
@Soles4Souls
@IndivisibleTeam
@MoveOn
@make5calls
@commondreams
@ThisWillHold2
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@JoeBiden @vonderleyen @_FriedrichMerz @MarkJCarney @EmmanuelMacron @Keir_Starmer @GiorgiaMeloni @UN @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems @DemocraticAGs @KamalaHarris @eu_eeas @kajakallas @EUCouncil @EU_Commission @NATOpress @UFCW @AFTunion @UAW @LIUNA @AmericanLegion @votevets @NationalPTA @NationalParents @CaliforniaPTA @utahpta @NEA @SEIU @NationalNurses @UFT @AAUP @APWU @AFGE @NALC @NTEU @OPEIU @twu @IAMAW @Smart_Union @usw @anneapplebaum @RedWineBlueUSA @Fems_for_Dems @Soles4Souls @IndivisibleTeam @MoveOn @make5calls @commondreams Types of Corruption/Attacks on Rights
How to reverse
🇺🇸Democratic backslide thru
PROJECT 2025 pg#s
DOGE
ОВВВ
ОВМ
SCOTUS In/Actions/Rulings/Speed/Selection
MARALAGO ACCORDS/TARIFFS
5 GRPS+ needed when democracy slides into
autocracy
50+yr plot to overturn FDR New Deal
@polls_souls

I actually think we will have UBI in 20 years.

Going to be very interesting to watch the cognitive bottom 50% spend their money on weed, motor toys, and gambling, next 40% on cruises and theme parks, and the rest on art, tools, gardening, books.

Real H.G. Wells / Huxley stuff.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/2044990537145753894

2/

much truth here, but I think we'll make do

HOAs / zoning / etc to deal with externalities

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> Not the Federation

LOL, dude, I was literally referencing Brave New World and The Time Machine

(though Nancy Kress' "Beggars in Spain" is also apropos)

https://x.com/OTheologicum/status/2045101243345846549

I just realized there's a silkworm enzyme that has been clearing arterial plaque in European and Japanese clinics for 30 years, and nobody in the US seems to know it exists.

I call it the nattokinase's cousin.

Serrapeptase, explained: (1/14)

The enzyme is serrapeptase. Bacteria in the silkworm gut make it so the moth can get out of its silk cocoon.

It dissolves a protein matrix strong enough to protect an insect during metamorphosis in just a few minutes.

If it can break down the fibrous protein in a cocoon, it can do the same to fibrin deposits in your arteries.

This is what the enzyme is meant to do: break down tough, non-living protein tissue while leaving living cells alone.

1/ Russian soldiers are being sent to their deaths by the military police for infractions as trivial as not wearing a seatbelt. Many avoid doing so in order to jump out quickly if their vehicle is attacked by a drone, but they are finding that they face death either way. ⬇️

2/ The Military Police (VPs) are the target of widespread hatred from ordinary Russian soldiers for their corruption and zealous enforcement of arbitrary rules. They are also helping to meet the army replenish depleted assault units by sending arrested individuals to them.

3/ Russian warblogger Alexander Zhuchkovsky writes:

"In colloquial speech among soldiers, enemies are often referred to as "faggots" or "roosters." This is a simpler and more common derogatory term among soldiers than "khokhols."

BREAKING: I asked Claude to upgrade my LinkedIn profile.

It didn’t just “upgrade” it. It turned it into a recruiter magnet.

Here are the exact 7 prompts I used:

1. Authority Content Ideas

"Give me 15 LinkedIn post ideas that position me as an expert in [your niche] and attract inbound leads."

2. Profile Strategy Audit

"Act as a LinkedIn personal branding strategist. Audit my current profile and identify why it's not attracting inbound leads. Be brutally honest."

Here's my reading list on Iran by era. Limiting to 53 titles, excluding most adjacent-topic books, which cover Iran but aren't the focus, marked by *. Interests are more geared towards pre-Islamic Persia, including the ~500 years it was under foreign Macedonian/Parthian rule.🧵

https://twitter.com/Peter_Nimitz/status/2038433955683107051

Not yet read a dedicated monograph on the pre-IE Elamites of Iran, but Roux's book gives a broad overview of that civilisation in the Mesopotamian cultural world it was in. Drew's book has a vivid chapter on the static siege-based pre-chariot warfare of the Ancient Near-East.

Works on the Achaemenids. Briant's is a huge tome which bravely tries to minimise Greeks & focus on how the empire was run day-to-day. Olmstead suggests Greek written history began due to Persian supression of Ionian oral epic histories. Last illustrated army reconstructions.

Key Facts Everyone is Missing on 131st Amendment

FACT 1: The freeze ushered in on the Lok Sabha seats through the 42nd Amendment and 84th Amendment, lasting 50 years (25 and 25), ends in 2026. A new freeze for whatever number of years will also need a constitutional amendment.

FACT 2: The BJP is in no mood to extend the freeze. Amit Shah, citing the Vajpayee Government's 84th amendment, made it clear last evening. Therefore, those assuming that BJP will go for an extension of freeze after the fall of the 131st in the Lok Sabha are fooling themselves.

FACT 3: To increase the seats from 543 to 816, a constitutional amendment is necessary. Even after the freeze is over, as it will require amending Article 81, and that is where the opposition believes it has the BJP on the back foot. However, that's only one side of the coin.

If you died tomorrow, nobody could access your:

- Bank accounts
- Crypto wallets
- Cloud storage
- Password manager

Your digital life dies with you.

Here's the 30-minute setup that prevents this ↓

Step 1: Set up Apple Legacy Contact (5 minutes)

If you use an iPhone:

Settings → tap your name → Sign-In & Security → Legacy Contact → Add Legacy Contact

Pick someone you trust. Apple gives them a special access key.

When they present that key + a death certificate, Apple unlocks your iCloud data photos, notes, emails, files.

Without this? Your family fills out forms and waits weeks. Maybe months. Maybe never.

Step 2: Set up Google Inactive Account Manager (5 minutes)

Go to: myaccount.google.com/inactive

Choose how long Google waits before treating your account as inactive. Options: 3, 6, 12, or 18 months.

Add up to 10 trusted contacts.

Pick which data each person can access Gmail, Drive, Photos, YouTube, Calendar.

Google sends you warnings first. If you don't respond, your contacts get access.

🚨 BREAKING: People are using Claude to make $10,000/month in crypto.

No chart addiction.
No random coin gambling.
No 24/7 stress.

Just prompts → strategy → execution.

Here are 7 you can copy 👇🧵

1. Find strong crypto narratives

“Act as a crypto analyst. Identify 5 crypto sectors with strong momentum this month (AI, DeFi, gaming, infrastructure, etc.) and explain why.”

2. Build a smart watchlist

“Give me 10 crypto projects with strong fundamentals, growing ecosystems, and upside potential.”

Cómo ya dije hace días la estrategia de EEUU, vista su INCAPACIDAD de abrir el Estrecho de Ormuz, es que TAMBIÉN esté cerrado para el enemigo iraní.
La "apertura" se ha convertido en doble cierre.

https://twitter.com/Megatron_ron/status/2045450442293813705

EEUU es incapaz de obligar a Irán a levantar "su" cierre de Ormuz.
Irán es incapaz de obligar a EEUU a levantar "su" cierre de Ormuz.
¿Quién gana y quien pierde con el "doble cierre"?

EEUU cree que impidiendo a Irán exportar su petróleo ahogará al campo adversario, pero...
- Rusia ya ha prometido a China petróleo si deja de llegar de Irán
- ¿China compensará a Irán por su falta de ingresos a fin de sostener la guerra?

Durante décadas España pudo llegar a Asia por el Pacífico, pero nadie sabía cómo volver, y sin ruta de regreso no había imperio global posible. Sería Andrés de Urdaneta quien resolvió ese problema, y con ello transformó el Pacífico en un océano navegable. Esto merece un hilo:

La expedición de Magallanes y Elcano había demostrado que la llegada a Asia por occidente era posible. Pero eso no bastaba. El gran problema era el tornaviaje, o sea, regresar desde Filipinas a América sin usar la ruta portuguesa por África, imposible dada la rivalidad imperial.

El problema, pues, no era menor. Porque sin el tornaviaje no había continuidad posible, ni comercio estable, ni presencia duradera. La cuestión no era meramente exploratoria, sino estratégica. Y es que resolverla significaba integrar Asia en la red imperial hispánica.

8 anos de Faria Lima Elevator

Há 8 anos, surgiu uma página para fazer uma observação simples sobre a vida no mercado: por trás de todo discurso sofisticado sobre macro, valuation, duration, carrego, convexidade e cenário global, existia apenas um sujeito de coletinho, ligeiramente ansioso, andando rápido na calçada do Itaim, fingindo que tinha controle da própria vida.

O resto veio naturalmente.

O Faria Lima Elevator não criou só uma página de humor.

Criou um idioma. Antes havia uma avenida. Depois passou a existir o Condado.

Antes havia gente que trabalhava na região. Depois passaram a existir os Faria Limers. Antes havia um bar, uma esquina, uma rua, um fluxo de gente mal dormida e bem remunerada.

Depois vieram Pitico, Península, Potato Square, FLAM, manteu e toda uma geografia moral de um Brasil muito específico: aquele em que o sujeito fala de juros americanos no almoço e de beach tennis no jantar, como se tudo fizesse parte de uma estratégia coerente de alocação de capital e existência.

Talvez esse tenha sido o grande feito da página.

O FLE ajudou a criar a própria cultura faria limer.

Não apenas retratou um ambiente, mas deu nome às suas castas, aos seus rituais, às suas manias, à sua estética e, principalmente, às suas pequenas humilhações diárias.

Pegou aquele ecossistema de banco, asset, boutique, mesa, consultoria, planilha, PowerPoint, ego, café ruim e convicção excessiva, e transformou tudo isso em personagem.

O mercado brasileiro, que sempre se levou muito a sério, ganhou pela primeira vez um espelho. E, como costuma acontecer nesses casos, não gostou muito do que viu, o que sempre foi um ótimo sinal.