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Für das Jahr 2021 ist es mittlerweile gut dokumentiert, dass die Lebenserwartung in vielen Ländern gesunken ist.
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Der entscheidende Effekt für das Jahr 2021 besteht in einer hohen Impfquote, besonders bei den Älteren:
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Das widerlegt natürlich auch den alten Impfgegner-Nonsens, dass die Impfung Grund der Übersterblichkeit ist.
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I can prove to you in one word that the alleged “Pro-Palestinian” protests worldwide are:
At best, anti-Israel based on ignorance;
At worst, wildly antisemitic and/or hatefully anti-Israel; and
The one thing they are NOT is “pro-Palestinian.”
That word?
Yarmouk.
Yarmouk was, only ~12 years ago, the Syrian city with the world’s largest Palestinian community. At least ~160,000 Palestinians lived there.
Once Syrian dictator and butcher Bashar al-#Assad got his grimy hands on Yarmouk, it wasn’t long before journalists were calling the city “the worst place on earth.”
Why? Several reasons; and I’ll tell you those reasons along with the world’s reaction to them. Then, you decide what that means.
On Dec 16, 2012, the Syrian air force bombed Yarmouk killing at least “dozens” of civilians (the real number may never be known). The streets of #NewYork, #LosAngeles, #Chicago, #Toronto, #London, #Paris, #Rome, #Dublin, etc.? All quiet.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Yarmouk & were displaced without anywhere to go & without knowing if/when they may ever return.
For the Palestinians who stayed in Yarmouk, they could not possibly have imagined the #dystopian hellscape that awaited them over the next six+ years.
First, Assad enforced a brutal and complete one-year-long #siege on Yarmouk. He then continued that siege, only with a few exceptions, for another 5-6 years after that.
Were the streets of the world filled with protestors?
No.
There was no electricity in Yarmouk for a year, and very little electrictiy for the next five years.
No protests.
There was no piped water whatsoever in Yarmouk for a year, and very little drinkable water for the next five years.
No protests.
There was no access to or very minimal access to any food for a year & very little food for the next five years.
No protests.
Medical supplies were next to zero, as Assad did not want to risk them ending up in the hands of opposition fighters hiding in Yarmouk - Palestinian civilians be damned.
Even worse - after the initial fleeing of tens of thousands, the remaining Palestinians of Yarmouk were not allowed to leave the city - Assad made them stay there.
So, in the largest Palestinian city in Syria, Palestinian civilians were indiscriminately slaughtered, tens of thousands fled, and then Assad laid total siege to the remaining tens of thousands of Palestinians during which men, women, children, the elderly, the infirm, & babies were all forced to stay in Yarmouk without electricity, without water, with minimal access to food, and with little to no access to any medication or first aid of any kind.
And there were no #protests.
The number of Palestinians who died of malnutrition and the number of Palestinian women & their babies who died in childbirth during the siege is unknown to this day.
There was no worldwide outcry.
There was no push for real numbers of the dead and the suffering.
There were no protests.
There was near total silence.
Much has been made about the humanitarian corridors & humanitarian aide that Israel has allowed to flow into Gaza despite Hamas terrorists using the corridors to escape, and despite well over 50% of that aide being stolen by Hamas.
Well, in Syria, Assad refused to provide a humanitarian corridor; and he refused to allow humanitarian relief into Yarmouk.
The streets of the world?
Silent.
One Palestinian woman in Yarmouk described the scene:
“You couldn’t buy bread. At the worst point a kilo of rice cost 12,000 Syrian pounds (£41), now it is 800 pounds (£2.75) compared to 100 Syrian pounds (34p) in central Damascus. It was 900 pounds (£3.10) for a kilo of tomatoes … we used to eat wild plants. We picked and cooked them. In every family there was hepatitis because of a lack of sugar. The water was dirty. People had fevers. Your joints and bones felt stiff. My middle daughter had brucellosis and there was no medication.”
Silence. Deafening silence.
So many Palestinians in Yarmouk were dying from malnutrition that Yarmouk’s largest #mosque gave a religious decree (fatwa) that permitted the consumption of dogs, cats, and donkeys.
Shocking silence.
In 2014, testing on a random sample of Palestinians in Yarmouk showed 40% had typhoid.
Silence.
All 28 of Yarmouk’s schools were shuttered.
Silence.
Even after the initial total siege ended, the water supply was not restored. The city’s water pipes were damaged in fighting in September 2014 - leading to ~four more years during which Yarmouk’s Palestinians had to drink untreated groundwater.
Where were the protestors?
During and after the complete siege, Assad began a campaign of particularly heavy indiscriminate bombing of Yarmouk that saw civilians, including children on playgrounds, blown up. How many? We can say “thousands,” but we will probably never know how many for sure.
The world? Silent.
A #UN official anonymously admitted about Yarmouk, “Conditions are far worse than #Gaza … Palestinians always had dignity, hope, resilience. Now after four years of war I see people giving up. They find it hard to accept there are no options.”
Even the virulently anti-Israel commentator, #Mehdi Hasan, who recently lost his job for being too viciously anti-Israel even for #MSNBC (!) admitted in April of 2015:
“Let’s be honest: how different, how vocal and passionate, would our reaction be if the people besieging Yarmouk were wearing the uniforms of the IDF?”
By that point in time, Yarmouk was widely called the city with the “worst humanitarian crisis” since World War II.
But the streets of the world were not filled with protestors. There was barely a peep.
Meanwhile, many of the long-suffering Palestinians of Yarmouk started obtaining desperately needed medical assistance from what many may consider an unlikely source: Israel.
Starting in June 2016, the #IDF launched “Operation Good Neighbor” to help civilians in #Syria.
At first, #Syrians who could make it across the border were transported to #Israeli hospitals, and later Israel opened a field hospital close to the border since so many civilians started seeking Israel’s help.
One Palestinian from Yarmouk feared enough for her son’s life to seek help from “enemy” #doctors in Israel. When her son was treated with care and humanity and nursed back to health, she told journalists, anonymously for her own safety back home, “I used to see Israel as an occupying power, but not anymore. My whole opinion of Israel has changed.”
In total, Israel treated at least between 5,000-10,000 wounded and often starving civilians who crossed the border from Syria.
Israel even started a donation drive & collected supplies like toys, crayons, games, & candies for suffering children; and Israel got those donations across the border quietly, along with government-donated dire necessities like food, fuel, clothing, & baby care.
How many stood up to praise Israel for its humanity?
Very, very few. And outside the #Jewish world, almost none.
The worst of the dire situation in Yarmouk went on for more than six years.
In April of 2018, Yarmouk was being bombed twice every 90 seconds. By the end of that month, Al Jazeera estimated at least 60% of Yarmouk had been completely destroyed & an unknown number of Palestinian families were trapped under the rubble.
By May of 2018, journalists simplified it: “Yarmouk is gone” (see photo below).
How many pro-Palestinian protests in how many cities do you recall in April and May of 2018?
How many protests do you recall for the entirety of those six years from 2012-2018?
Sadly, for those innocent #Palestinian civilians who lived under the yoke of #dictatorship - whether #Assad or Hamas - their outrageously inhumane plight was almost entirely ignored by a disinterested world.
Yet, how many streets of how many cities across the world were already filled with protestors during the first days and weeks after the Hamas #October7Massacre of more than 1,200 #Israelis?
The streets worldwide were filled even before Israel had begun its counter-offensive to rescue the more than 240 hostages taken by #Hamas and to bring Hamas #terrorists to justice and forever end Hamas’ ability to make war on Israel.
What more evidence could anyone need?
The worldwide protests are all about being anti-Israel and/or #antisemitic.
They certainly are not about saving any Palestinians.
Sadly, when the #Palestinians have needed the world to save them from other #Arabs, nobody marched.
Only when #Jews are involved - that’s when the venom, the hate, the motivation, and the organization to protest and intimidate comes out.
#Education #Israel #Palestine
At best, anti-Israel based on ignorance;
At worst, wildly antisemitic and/or hatefully anti-Israel; and
The one thing they are NOT is “pro-Palestinian.”
That word?
Yarmouk.
Yarmouk was, only ~12 years ago, the Syrian city with the world’s largest Palestinian community. At least ~160,000 Palestinians lived there.
Once Syrian dictator and butcher Bashar al-#Assad got his grimy hands on Yarmouk, it wasn’t long before journalists were calling the city “the worst place on earth.”
Why? Several reasons; and I’ll tell you those reasons along with the world’s reaction to them. Then, you decide what that means.
On Dec 16, 2012, the Syrian air force bombed Yarmouk killing at least “dozens” of civilians (the real number may never be known). The streets of #NewYork, #LosAngeles, #Chicago, #Toronto, #London, #Paris, #Rome, #Dublin, etc.? All quiet.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians fled Yarmouk & were displaced without anywhere to go & without knowing if/when they may ever return.
For the Palestinians who stayed in Yarmouk, they could not possibly have imagined the #dystopian hellscape that awaited them over the next six+ years.
First, Assad enforced a brutal and complete one-year-long #siege on Yarmouk. He then continued that siege, only with a few exceptions, for another 5-6 years after that.
Were the streets of the world filled with protestors?
No.
There was no electricity in Yarmouk for a year, and very little electrictiy for the next five years.
No protests.
There was no piped water whatsoever in Yarmouk for a year, and very little drinkable water for the next five years.
No protests.
There was no access to or very minimal access to any food for a year & very little food for the next five years.
No protests.
Medical supplies were next to zero, as Assad did not want to risk them ending up in the hands of opposition fighters hiding in Yarmouk - Palestinian civilians be damned.
Even worse - after the initial fleeing of tens of thousands, the remaining Palestinians of Yarmouk were not allowed to leave the city - Assad made them stay there.
So, in the largest Palestinian city in Syria, Palestinian civilians were indiscriminately slaughtered, tens of thousands fled, and then Assad laid total siege to the remaining tens of thousands of Palestinians during which men, women, children, the elderly, the infirm, & babies were all forced to stay in Yarmouk without electricity, without water, with minimal access to food, and with little to no access to any medication or first aid of any kind.
And there were no #protests.
The number of Palestinians who died of malnutrition and the number of Palestinian women & their babies who died in childbirth during the siege is unknown to this day.
There was no worldwide outcry.
There was no push for real numbers of the dead and the suffering.
There were no protests.
There was near total silence.
Much has been made about the humanitarian corridors & humanitarian aide that Israel has allowed to flow into Gaza despite Hamas terrorists using the corridors to escape, and despite well over 50% of that aide being stolen by Hamas.
Well, in Syria, Assad refused to provide a humanitarian corridor; and he refused to allow humanitarian relief into Yarmouk.
The streets of the world?
Silent.
One Palestinian woman in Yarmouk described the scene:
“You couldn’t buy bread. At the worst point a kilo of rice cost 12,000 Syrian pounds (£41), now it is 800 pounds (£2.75) compared to 100 Syrian pounds (34p) in central Damascus. It was 900 pounds (£3.10) for a kilo of tomatoes … we used to eat wild plants. We picked and cooked them. In every family there was hepatitis because of a lack of sugar. The water was dirty. People had fevers. Your joints and bones felt stiff. My middle daughter had brucellosis and there was no medication.”
Silence. Deafening silence.
So many Palestinians in Yarmouk were dying from malnutrition that Yarmouk’s largest #mosque gave a religious decree (fatwa) that permitted the consumption of dogs, cats, and donkeys.
Shocking silence.
In 2014, testing on a random sample of Palestinians in Yarmouk showed 40% had typhoid.
Silence.
All 28 of Yarmouk’s schools were shuttered.
Silence.
Even after the initial total siege ended, the water supply was not restored. The city’s water pipes were damaged in fighting in September 2014 - leading to ~four more years during which Yarmouk’s Palestinians had to drink untreated groundwater.
Where were the protestors?
During and after the complete siege, Assad began a campaign of particularly heavy indiscriminate bombing of Yarmouk that saw civilians, including children on playgrounds, blown up. How many? We can say “thousands,” but we will probably never know how many for sure.
The world? Silent.
A #UN official anonymously admitted about Yarmouk, “Conditions are far worse than #Gaza … Palestinians always had dignity, hope, resilience. Now after four years of war I see people giving up. They find it hard to accept there are no options.”
Even the virulently anti-Israel commentator, #Mehdi Hasan, who recently lost his job for being too viciously anti-Israel even for #MSNBC (!) admitted in April of 2015:
“Let’s be honest: how different, how vocal and passionate, would our reaction be if the people besieging Yarmouk were wearing the uniforms of the IDF?”
By that point in time, Yarmouk was widely called the city with the “worst humanitarian crisis” since World War II.
But the streets of the world were not filled with protestors. There was barely a peep.
Meanwhile, many of the long-suffering Palestinians of Yarmouk started obtaining desperately needed medical assistance from what many may consider an unlikely source: Israel.
Starting in June 2016, the #IDF launched “Operation Good Neighbor” to help civilians in #Syria.
At first, #Syrians who could make it across the border were transported to #Israeli hospitals, and later Israel opened a field hospital close to the border since so many civilians started seeking Israel’s help.
One Palestinian from Yarmouk feared enough for her son’s life to seek help from “enemy” #doctors in Israel. When her son was treated with care and humanity and nursed back to health, she told journalists, anonymously for her own safety back home, “I used to see Israel as an occupying power, but not anymore. My whole opinion of Israel has changed.”
In total, Israel treated at least between 5,000-10,000 wounded and often starving civilians who crossed the border from Syria.
Israel even started a donation drive & collected supplies like toys, crayons, games, & candies for suffering children; and Israel got those donations across the border quietly, along with government-donated dire necessities like food, fuel, clothing, & baby care.
How many stood up to praise Israel for its humanity?
Very, very few. And outside the #Jewish world, almost none.
The worst of the dire situation in Yarmouk went on for more than six years.
In April of 2018, Yarmouk was being bombed twice every 90 seconds. By the end of that month, Al Jazeera estimated at least 60% of Yarmouk had been completely destroyed & an unknown number of Palestinian families were trapped under the rubble.
By May of 2018, journalists simplified it: “Yarmouk is gone” (see photo below).
How many pro-Palestinian protests in how many cities do you recall in April and May of 2018?
How many protests do you recall for the entirety of those six years from 2012-2018?
Sadly, for those innocent #Palestinian civilians who lived under the yoke of #dictatorship - whether #Assad or Hamas - their outrageously inhumane plight was almost entirely ignored by a disinterested world.
Yet, how many streets of how many cities across the world were already filled with protestors during the first days and weeks after the Hamas #October7Massacre of more than 1,200 #Israelis?
The streets worldwide were filled even before Israel had begun its counter-offensive to rescue the more than 240 hostages taken by #Hamas and to bring Hamas #terrorists to justice and forever end Hamas’ ability to make war on Israel.
What more evidence could anyone need?
The worldwide protests are all about being anti-Israel and/or #antisemitic.
They certainly are not about saving any Palestinians.
Sadly, when the #Palestinians have needed the world to save them from other #Arabs, nobody marched.
Only when #Jews are involved - that’s when the venom, the hate, the motivation, and the organization to protest and intimidate comes out.
#Education #Israel #Palestine
Several responses showed interest in "Operation Good Neighbor" when Israel aided injured/starving Syrians, including #Palestinians.
@ConanOBrien did a show in Israel in 2018 & visited injured Syrians being treated by Israeli doctors (clip below).
#Education #Israel #Palestine
@ConanOBrien did a show in Israel in 2018 & visited injured Syrians being treated by Israeli doctors (clip below).
#Education #Israel #Palestine
NEW: Emails show that Peter Thiel & Jeffrey Epstein's friendship was much closer than was known - and that Epstein encouraged Thiel's growing interest in & involvement in right-wing politics, introducing him to US & foreign officials to that end, some with intel ties:🧵
After Epstein's crimes blew up in the headlines in early 2015, Thiel told him he wasn't bothered - that he hoped it would blow over soon, in fact, and suggested they use it to strategize how to weather controversies. He also told him he'd visit his island.
Epstein showered Thiel with generosity, incl. tax advice and straight up offering him $50-$100m to invest. Thiel in turn gave him investment advice, sent him his book, and pushed him to invest $10-$20m in his firm's new fund.
How Canada’s Liberal Party wrecked a once prosperous, safe. and happy country in a decade.
13 charts that tell a grim story.
A warning for America.
Courtesy of @nationalpost nationalpost.com/feature/lostde…
13 charts that tell a grim story.
A warning for America.
Courtesy of @nationalpost nationalpost.com/feature/lostde…
State-run pollster in Russia have published a noticeable drop in Putin's approval.
Last week, Russia's economy minister stood up and admitted the country's reserves are largely gone.
🧵Let's take a look at what it all could mean: [1/14]
Last week, Russia's economy minister stood up and admitted the country's reserves are largely gone.
🧵Let's take a look at what it all could mean: [1/14]
The trigger appears to be the continued economic downturn. GDP is down 1.8%, with industry and construction also weakening.
Even more strikingly, the economy minister has admitted that a large share of Russia's reserves has already been used up. Putin has demanded answers.
[2/14]finance.yahoo.com/economy/articl…
Even more strikingly, the economy minister has admitted that a large share of Russia's reserves has already been used up. Putin has demanded answers.
[2/14]finance.yahoo.com/economy/articl…
On the surface, this looks like a standard economic story. But in Russia, this is a major departure from the norm.
The country has been through far worse without public acknowledgement from the top. So when criticism appears, it usually serves a political function.
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The country has been through far worse without public acknowledgement from the top. So when criticism appears, it usually serves a political function.
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Having a baby physically shrinks part of a woman's brain. Having a second baby shrinks a totally different part. Scientists in Amsterdam just figured out why, and the explanation involves the same process that happens in teenage brains.
This is from a research group in Amsterdam called the Pregnancy Brain Lab. They published their findings in Nature Communications on February 19, 2026. The team scanned the brains of 110 women. 40 were about to have their first baby, 30 were about to have their second, and 40 had never been pregnant. They scanned everyone before pregnancy and again after birth.
The results were so consistent that a computer program could look at any of those brain scans and correctly tell whether the woman had been pregnant. Every single time.
When a woman has her first baby, the biggest changes happen in the part of the brain that handles thinking about yourself and other people. The same region that runs daydreaming and inner monologue. That whole area visibly shrinks. And it stays shrunk for at least six years after birth, according to a 2021 follow-up study by the same team.
When she has a second baby, that same area shifts a little more, but the biggest changes happen somewhere else. They happen in the part of the brain that controls what you focus on, and the part that controls how your body moves. Even the wiring between the brain and the muscles becomes more efficient. Lead researcher Milou Straathof said it looks like the brain rewiring itself for taking care of more than one kid at a time.
The shrinking sounds bad. The lab compares it to what happens in teenage brains during puberty. Hormones flood the brain and trigger a kind of cleanup. Weak connections between brain cells get cleared away. The strong ones stay and get stronger. The brain ends up smaller, but the connections that remain work faster. The hormonal flood of pregnancy seems to do the same thing.
Elseline Hoekzema, who runs the Pregnancy Brain Lab and has been studying this since 2017, told CNN: sometimes less is more.
The pattern is layered. The first pregnancy does the deep work on identity and how a mom thinks about her baby. The second pregnancy adds a new layer focused on attention and movement.
About one in five new mothers globally develops postpartum depression. The same brain circuits being remodeled here are the ones tied to mood and bonding with the baby. Mapping what a healthy maternal brain looks like is the first step toward catching when something goes wrong.
This is from a research group in Amsterdam called the Pregnancy Brain Lab. They published their findings in Nature Communications on February 19, 2026. The team scanned the brains of 110 women. 40 were about to have their first baby, 30 were about to have their second, and 40 had never been pregnant. They scanned everyone before pregnancy and again after birth.
The results were so consistent that a computer program could look at any of those brain scans and correctly tell whether the woman had been pregnant. Every single time.
When a woman has her first baby, the biggest changes happen in the part of the brain that handles thinking about yourself and other people. The same region that runs daydreaming and inner monologue. That whole area visibly shrinks. And it stays shrunk for at least six years after birth, according to a 2021 follow-up study by the same team.
When she has a second baby, that same area shifts a little more, but the biggest changes happen somewhere else. They happen in the part of the brain that controls what you focus on, and the part that controls how your body moves. Even the wiring between the brain and the muscles becomes more efficient. Lead researcher Milou Straathof said it looks like the brain rewiring itself for taking care of more than one kid at a time.
The shrinking sounds bad. The lab compares it to what happens in teenage brains during puberty. Hormones flood the brain and trigger a kind of cleanup. Weak connections between brain cells get cleared away. The strong ones stay and get stronger. The brain ends up smaller, but the connections that remain work faster. The hormonal flood of pregnancy seems to do the same thing.
Elseline Hoekzema, who runs the Pregnancy Brain Lab and has been studying this since 2017, told CNN: sometimes less is more.
The pattern is layered. The first pregnancy does the deep work on identity and how a mom thinks about her baby. The second pregnancy adds a new layer focused on attention and movement.
About one in five new mothers globally develops postpartum depression. The same brain circuits being remodeled here are the ones tied to mood and bonding with the baby. Mapping what a healthy maternal brain looks like is the first step toward catching when something goes wrong.
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Sources:
Straathof et al., Nature Communications, Feb 19 2026 nature.com/articles/s4146…
Amsterdam UMC announcement on second pregnancy findings medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-p…
Hoekzema et al., Nature Neuroscience, 2017 (original pregnancy brain paper) nature.com/articles/nn.44…
Carmona/Martinez-Garcia 2021 six-year follow-up, Brain Sciences mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2…
Hoekzema’s “sometimes less is more” CNN quote edition.cnn.com/2016/12/22/hea…
If it held your attention, a follow @anishmoonka keeps more coming.
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Sources:
Straathof et al., Nature Communications, Feb 19 2026 nature.com/articles/s4146…
Amsterdam UMC announcement on second pregnancy findings medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-p…
Hoekzema et al., Nature Neuroscience, 2017 (original pregnancy brain paper) nature.com/articles/nn.44…
Carmona/Martinez-Garcia 2021 six-year follow-up, Brain Sciences mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2…
Hoekzema’s “sometimes less is more” CNN quote edition.cnn.com/2016/12/22/hea…
Part 2. 40 first-time fathers had their brains scanned before their partners got pregnant and again after the baby came. None of those dads carried a pregnancy or went through pregnancy hormones. Their brains still changed.
That’s from a 2022 study in Cerebral Cortex run by labs in Spain and California. The dads lost about 1% of gray matter in the brain’s outer layer. Same kind of streamlining that happens in moms, just at a smaller scale. The regions affected were the visual processing system and the default mode network, the part of the brain that handles social thinking and reading other people.
These weren’t random regions. They’re the exact circuits a parent uses to read a baby’s face, figure out why it’s crying, anticipate what it needs.
The hormone shifts are even bigger. A long-running study in the Philippines tracked 624 men over four and a half years. The men who became new fathers saw their testosterone drop about 26% on waking and 34% in the evening. Single men in the same age range only saw drops between 12 and 15% from normal aging. And dads who spent 3+ hours a day on childcare had even lower testosterone than dads who didn’t. The biology was shifting toward caregiving without any pregnancy involved.
In 2014, neuroscientist Ruth Feldman ran a study on three groups of new parents: biological moms doing primary caregiving, fathers in secondary caregiving roles, and fathers who were the primary caregivers raising the baby without a mother in the home. The primary-caregiving fathers’ brain activations matched the biological moms’. The fathers doing less caregiving showed weaker patterns. The brain was tracking caregiving hours, regardless of who carried the pregnancy.
Pilyoung Kim at the University of Denver calls this the “two open windows” theory. The first months of a baby’s life are a sensitive window for both the baby and the parent’s brain. The brain rewires to match the job it’s actually doing.
About 1 in 10 new fathers globally develops paternal postpartum depression. Same brain regions involved, same vulnerability window, but most screening still focuses only on moms.
Pregnancy hormones drive the heaviest restructuring. But the baby itself is doing real work too. Whoever does the actual caregiving, in the actual hours, gets the brain rewire.
That’s from a 2022 study in Cerebral Cortex run by labs in Spain and California. The dads lost about 1% of gray matter in the brain’s outer layer. Same kind of streamlining that happens in moms, just at a smaller scale. The regions affected were the visual processing system and the default mode network, the part of the brain that handles social thinking and reading other people.
These weren’t random regions. They’re the exact circuits a parent uses to read a baby’s face, figure out why it’s crying, anticipate what it needs.
The hormone shifts are even bigger. A long-running study in the Philippines tracked 624 men over four and a half years. The men who became new fathers saw their testosterone drop about 26% on waking and 34% in the evening. Single men in the same age range only saw drops between 12 and 15% from normal aging. And dads who spent 3+ hours a day on childcare had even lower testosterone than dads who didn’t. The biology was shifting toward caregiving without any pregnancy involved.
In 2014, neuroscientist Ruth Feldman ran a study on three groups of new parents: biological moms doing primary caregiving, fathers in secondary caregiving roles, and fathers who were the primary caregivers raising the baby without a mother in the home. The primary-caregiving fathers’ brain activations matched the biological moms’. The fathers doing less caregiving showed weaker patterns. The brain was tracking caregiving hours, regardless of who carried the pregnancy.
Pilyoung Kim at the University of Denver calls this the “two open windows” theory. The first months of a baby’s life are a sensitive window for both the baby and the parent’s brain. The brain rewires to match the job it’s actually doing.
About 1 in 10 new fathers globally develops paternal postpartum depression. Same brain regions involved, same vulnerability window, but most screening still focuses only on moms.
Pregnancy hormones drive the heaviest restructuring. But the baby itself is doing real work too. Whoever does the actual caregiving, in the actual hours, gets the brain rewire.
Where does Australia stand?
A month ago I started doing some research, mostly to verify that fuel was still on its way to Australia, that we weren't on a 25-day countdown to zero, and that my Easter camping trip could go ahead (it did).
I released that data publicly and have been adding to it since. I've had a lot of messages asking me what I think will happen, but I decided to stay away from crystal-ball gazing and tried to let the data speak for itself.
Having now spent a month with my head in the data, I feel like I have a useful read on the situation. So I'll share where I think Australia stands right now, walking through the research that got me here.
A month ago I started doing some research, mostly to verify that fuel was still on its way to Australia, that we weren't on a 25-day countdown to zero, and that my Easter camping trip could go ahead (it did).
I released that data publicly and have been adding to it since. I've had a lot of messages asking me what I think will happen, but I decided to stay away from crystal-ball gazing and tried to let the data speak for itself.
Having now spent a month with my head in the data, I feel like I have a useful read on the situation. So I'll share where I think Australia stands right now, walking through the research that got me here.
The first question I had was: why is Australia in a fuel crisis at all?
Looking at the data with fresh eyes, the underlying problem is fuel sovereignty. We import roughly 85% of our refined fuel and have only two operating refineries left. That's a long-term issue with a long-term solution (see fuelaustralia.org/made-in-austra…).
The more immediate question was resilience. I worked through 35+ supply, demand and storage levers that could buy breathing room (fuelaustralia.org/bridge-the-gap). But I kept hitting the same wall - we don't have the storage capacity to hold extra fuel even if we secured it. Building permanent tank farms takes years.
So I published the Double the Reserve piece (fuelaustralia.org/double-the-res…), arguing that getting from a ~30-day buffer to a 60-day buffer is the most urgent structural action available - achievable in months, not years, by underwriting industry-held storage rather than building new tanks.
Today, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor announced an $800M Fuel Security Facility that would mandate exactly that: a 60-day onshore reserve plus 1 billion litres of new storage capacity (SMH, Capital Brief, Canberra Times). This is what we need, and work should start now.
But further research showed me a more immediate issue.
Looking at the data with fresh eyes, the underlying problem is fuel sovereignty. We import roughly 85% of our refined fuel and have only two operating refineries left. That's a long-term issue with a long-term solution (see fuelaustralia.org/made-in-austra…).
The more immediate question was resilience. I worked through 35+ supply, demand and storage levers that could buy breathing room (fuelaustralia.org/bridge-the-gap). But I kept hitting the same wall - we don't have the storage capacity to hold extra fuel even if we secured it. Building permanent tank farms takes years.
So I published the Double the Reserve piece (fuelaustralia.org/double-the-res…), arguing that getting from a ~30-day buffer to a 60-day buffer is the most urgent structural action available - achievable in months, not years, by underwriting industry-held storage rather than building new tanks.
Today, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor announced an $800M Fuel Security Facility that would mandate exactly that: a 60-day onshore reserve plus 1 billion litres of new storage capacity (SMH, Capital Brief, Canberra Times). This is what we need, and work should start now.
But further research showed me a more immediate issue.
After a week of tracking what was arriving in Australian ports, I realised I had no idea what was happening upstream of the refineries supplying us. So I pulled three years of IMF PortWatch data covering 111 ports - chokepoints, refinery hubs, AU import ports - and started accumulating tanker inflow/outflow data via AIS satellite.
One thing was immediately striking: tanker tonnage through the Strait of Malacca was down hard. Allowing for the ~12-day Persian Gulf to Singapore transit lag after the Hormuz cliff, Malacca tonnage dropped ~42% versus pre-cliff. That's the strait the tankers sail through carrying crude to Asian refineries that supply 73% of Australia's fuel.
So the immediate problem wasn't building storage. We just needed fuel arriving. I published that in the Hormuz April 2026 piece (fuelaustralia.org/research/hormu…).
I was glad to see the government work hard to top up supplies in the weeks since - 400 ML of underwritten diesel through EFA, the Singapore Protocol, WA's Rio Tinto deal. Even sustaining pre-existing flow is a win when every importing country is bidding for the same barrels. But: enough?
That depended on where the upstream pressure would reach Australia first.
One thing was immediately striking: tanker tonnage through the Strait of Malacca was down hard. Allowing for the ~12-day Persian Gulf to Singapore transit lag after the Hormuz cliff, Malacca tonnage dropped ~42% versus pre-cliff. That's the strait the tankers sail through carrying crude to Asian refineries that supply 73% of Australia's fuel.
So the immediate problem wasn't building storage. We just needed fuel arriving. I published that in the Hormuz April 2026 piece (fuelaustralia.org/research/hormu…).
I was glad to see the government work hard to top up supplies in the weeks since - 400 ML of underwritten diesel through EFA, the Singapore Protocol, WA's Rio Tinto deal. Even sustaining pre-existing flow is a win when every importing country is bidding for the same barrels. But: enough?
That depended on where the upstream pressure would reach Australia first.
WHAT IS COMING IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS WILL MAKE THE LAST 10 LOOK LIKE A REHEARSAL.
Not a prediction. A reading of what is already in motion.
Here’s what I need you to understand. 🧵
Not a prediction. A reading of what is already in motion.
Here’s what I need you to understand. 🧵
The financial system built on debt and digital illusion is approaching a threshold it cannot cross without fundamental restructuring.
Not a crash in the ordinary sense. A reset.
The transition from a system built on scarcity and control to one that can no longer sustain the pretense that infinite growth is possible on a finite planet.
Not a crash in the ordinary sense. A reset.
The transition from a system built on scarcity and control to one that can no longer sustain the pretense that infinite growth is possible on a finite planet.
The health crisis is not behind us. It is deepening.
A population fed on processed food fluoridated water electromagnetic pollution and pharmaceutical dependency is approaching a biological breaking point.
The diseases of civilization are not random. They are the predictable result of a species that has been systematically disconnected from the conditions its biology requires to function.
A population fed on processed food fluoridated water electromagnetic pollution and pharmaceutical dependency is approaching a biological breaking point.
The diseases of civilization are not random. They are the predictable result of a species that has been systematically disconnected from the conditions its biology requires to function.
1/10 🚨🧵 TEXTOR DÁ CARTADA NO TJ: O PLANO DE 7 DIAS PARA SALVAR O BOTAFOGO DO 'ESTADO PRÉ-FALIMENTAR'
Vou destrinchar em 10 partes a petição protocolada ontem (27/04) na 2ª Vara Empresarial do RJ.
Sem sensacionalismo, com a Lei na mão. Segue o fio. 👇
Vou destrinchar em 10 partes a petição protocolada ontem (27/04) na 2ª Vara Empresarial do RJ.
Sem sensacionalismo, com a Lei na mão. Segue o fio. 👇
2/10 ⚫⚪ Primeiro: "Estado Pré-Falimentar" é argumento JURÍDICO de URGÊNCIA dos advogados, não sentença do juiz.
O Botafogo NÃO está em recuperação judicial decretada.
NÃO está em falência. NÃO está caindo pra Série C.
O termo é tese de defesa pra acelerar a decisão.
O Botafogo NÃO está em recuperação judicial decretada.
NÃO está em falência. NÃO está caindo pra Série C.
O termo é tese de defesa pra acelerar a decisão.
3/10 O que existe hoje é uma TUTELA CAUTELAR ANTECEDENTE (art. 20-B, §1º, Lei 11.101/05), concedida em 22/04 pela 2ª Vara Empresarial do RJ.
Funciona como ESCUDO de 60 dias (até 21/06/2026) que suspende execuções e dá fôlego pra negociar com credores.
Funciona como ESCUDO de 60 dias (até 21/06/2026) que suspende execuções e dá fôlego pra negociar com credores.
Ich berichte seit 13 Jahren über Finanzpolitik und @BMF_Bund: So eine schlechte Haushaltsaufstellung wie diesen habe ich nicht erlebt. Union und SPD sparen bislang nirgends, sondern operieren mit lauter Luftbuchungen. Es ist einfach nur erschütternd. Ein Thread.
@larsklingbeil hatte groß angekündigt zu sparen, aber er spart bis jetzt nirgends. Niemand sollte von der absehbaren Narrativen des @BMF_Bund täuschen lassen, die Haushaltslücke für 2027 sei geschlossen und die Lücken danach kleiner geworden. Das ist, Stand jetzt, alles Quatsch.
So habe sich Union und SPD bislang auf keinerlei Einsparungen geeinigt. Deshalb operiert das Finanzministerium mit "Globalpositionen" im Haushalt, die für noch zu entscheidende Einsparungen stehen. Diese ist genauso groß wie Haushaltslücke von zuvor 20 Mrd in 2027. Gespart: 0
🧵 THREAD
1/ Online age verification is the hill to die on.
Not a fight you can sit out. Not a battle you can skip. Not a policy you can afford to ignore while you focus on something else.
This is it. This is the line. This is the infrastructure that enables every other piece of the digital control grid.
If we lose this fight, we lose everything.
1/ Online age verification is the hill to die on.
Not a fight you can sit out. Not a battle you can skip. Not a policy you can afford to ignore while you focus on something else.
This is it. This is the line. This is the infrastructure that enables every other piece of the digital control grid.
If we lose this fight, we lose everything.
2/ Age verification sounds harmless.
It sounds reasonable. It sounds like common sense. Verify kids are old enough before they access certain content.
But age verification requires identity verification. Identity verification requires digital IDs. Digital IDs require everyone — not just children — to prove who they are before they can speak, read, watch, or post anything online.
Age verification is the Trojan horse. And once it is inside the gates, the surveillance state becomes operational.
It sounds reasonable. It sounds like common sense. Verify kids are old enough before they access certain content.
But age verification requires identity verification. Identity verification requires digital IDs. Digital IDs require everyone — not just children — to prove who they are before they can speak, read, watch, or post anything online.
Age verification is the Trojan horse. And once it is inside the gates, the surveillance state becomes operational.
3/ If you love freedom, you must stop online age verification.
If you love your family, you must stop online age verification.
If you want the best for your children, you must stop online age verification.
This is not optional. This is not someone else's fight. This is yours. And the window to stop it is closing fast.
If you love your family, you must stop online age verification.
If you want the best for your children, you must stop online age verification.
This is not optional. This is not someone else's fight. This is yours. And the window to stop it is closing fast.
Refined Hive-Dam 8-Tower Campus
Startup Cost Draft and Profitability Estimates
(6 Energy Towers + 2 Desalination Towers + Central Brine Processing + Treatment & Top-Off Reservoir)
Updated Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
Total Estimated Cost: $320 – $420 million
Breakdown (mid-range):
-Civil & structural works (towers, foundations, reservoirs, shafts): $130 – $160 million
-Cascade-Link Loop™ mechanical systems (panels, tracks, levers, ratchets, enclosed shafts): $55 – $70 million
-Turbines, generators & electrical systems: $40 – $50 million
-Desalination equipment (RO membranes, parallel penstocks, PX units, basement skids): $35 – $45 million
-Solar arrays (vertical cladding + tower canopies + central roof): $22 – $28 million
-Brine processing facility (concentration, crystallization, ZLD systems): $22 – $30 million
-Treatment & Top-Off Reservoir + filtration: $15 – $20 million
-Engineering, permitting, contingencies & site development: $20 – $35 million
The refined design (sealed penstocks, parallel lines, surge protection, and increased pull stations every 5 floors) adds some cost compared to earlier estimates but improves long-term reliability, maintainability, and job creation.
Revenue & Profitability Projections
(Using mid-range utilization: 35 energy cycles + 14 desalination cycles per day across the campus, plus solar contribution)
Daily Performance
-Electricity output (gravity + solar): 620 – 680 MWh/day.
-Fresh water production: 126,000 – 140,000 m³/day
-Daily revenue: $165,000 – $185,000.
(Electricity arbitrage/grid services + fresh water sales at $1.10/m³ average + minor brine minerals.)
Monthly (30 days)
Electricity: 18,600 – 20,400 MWh.
Fresh water: 3.78 – 4.2 million m³.
Net profit: $2.6 – $3.1 million (after all costs including labor, maintenance, and seawater top-offs.)
Annual
Electricity: 226,000 – 248,000 MWh.
Fresh water: 46 – 51 million m³.
Net profit: $32 – $38 million (base case.)
High-Utilization Scenario (45 energy + 18–20 desalination cycles/day + strong solar performance.)
Annual electricity: ~310,000 – 340,000 MWh.
Annual fresh water: 60 – 66 million m³.
Annual net profit: $68 – $82 million.
Key Assumptions
-Electricity net margin: $0.08/kWh (conservative after charging costs)
-Fresh water price: $1.10/m³ average (realistic for many coastal/water-stressed markets)
-Labor: Higher due to stations every 5 floors (~650–950 total operations jobs), but still manageable within the $32–38 million base profit range.
-Seawater top-offs: Fully offset by water revenue.
-Brine minerals: Treated as upside (not fully included in base profit).
Payback Period: 6 – 8 years at base case; 4 – 6 years at high utilization. Positive cash flow expected within 18–24 months of full commercial operation.
The refined design (parallel sealed penstocks, robust surge protection, increased human stations for job creation, and integrated solar) makes the Hive-Dam more resilient, serviceable, and community-oriented while keeping the economics attractive. Desalination continues to provide stable daily revenue, gravity + solar delivers dispatchable power, and the human-powered core creates meaningful local employment.
These are hypothetical estimates based on current industry benchmarks. A full feasibility study with site-specific data would be required for investment decisions.
Startup Cost Draft and Profitability Estimates
(6 Energy Towers + 2 Desalination Towers + Central Brine Processing + Treatment & Top-Off Reservoir)
Updated Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
Total Estimated Cost: $320 – $420 million
Breakdown (mid-range):
-Civil & structural works (towers, foundations, reservoirs, shafts): $130 – $160 million
-Cascade-Link Loop™ mechanical systems (panels, tracks, levers, ratchets, enclosed shafts): $55 – $70 million
-Turbines, generators & electrical systems: $40 – $50 million
-Desalination equipment (RO membranes, parallel penstocks, PX units, basement skids): $35 – $45 million
-Solar arrays (vertical cladding + tower canopies + central roof): $22 – $28 million
-Brine processing facility (concentration, crystallization, ZLD systems): $22 – $30 million
-Treatment & Top-Off Reservoir + filtration: $15 – $20 million
-Engineering, permitting, contingencies & site development: $20 – $35 million
The refined design (sealed penstocks, parallel lines, surge protection, and increased pull stations every 5 floors) adds some cost compared to earlier estimates but improves long-term reliability, maintainability, and job creation.
Revenue & Profitability Projections
(Using mid-range utilization: 35 energy cycles + 14 desalination cycles per day across the campus, plus solar contribution)
Daily Performance
-Electricity output (gravity + solar): 620 – 680 MWh/day.
-Fresh water production: 126,000 – 140,000 m³/day
-Daily revenue: $165,000 – $185,000.
(Electricity arbitrage/grid services + fresh water sales at $1.10/m³ average + minor brine minerals.)
Monthly (30 days)
Electricity: 18,600 – 20,400 MWh.
Fresh water: 3.78 – 4.2 million m³.
Net profit: $2.6 – $3.1 million (after all costs including labor, maintenance, and seawater top-offs.)
Annual
Electricity: 226,000 – 248,000 MWh.
Fresh water: 46 – 51 million m³.
Net profit: $32 – $38 million (base case.)
High-Utilization Scenario (45 energy + 18–20 desalination cycles/day + strong solar performance.)
Annual electricity: ~310,000 – 340,000 MWh.
Annual fresh water: 60 – 66 million m³.
Annual net profit: $68 – $82 million.
Key Assumptions
-Electricity net margin: $0.08/kWh (conservative after charging costs)
-Fresh water price: $1.10/m³ average (realistic for many coastal/water-stressed markets)
-Labor: Higher due to stations every 5 floors (~650–950 total operations jobs), but still manageable within the $32–38 million base profit range.
-Seawater top-offs: Fully offset by water revenue.
-Brine minerals: Treated as upside (not fully included in base profit).
Payback Period: 6 – 8 years at base case; 4 – 6 years at high utilization. Positive cash flow expected within 18–24 months of full commercial operation.
The refined design (parallel sealed penstocks, robust surge protection, increased human stations for job creation, and integrated solar) makes the Hive-Dam more resilient, serviceable, and community-oriented while keeping the economics attractive. Desalination continues to provide stable daily revenue, gravity + solar delivers dispatchable power, and the human-powered core creates meaningful local employment.
These are hypothetical estimates based on current industry benchmarks. A full feasibility study with site-specific data would be required for investment decisions.
@threadreaderapp unroll
کسی کی بیٹی کو گھر لا کر
اُس پر طعنہ زنی کرنا
بات بات پر ماں باپ کو کوسنا
گالی دینا
اور
پھر امید رکھنا وہ آپ کی دِل و جان سے خدمت کرے گی
سوچنا بھی نا
کسی مجبوری میں وہ آپ کے کام کر دے گی مگر وہ کام بس مجبوری سے ہوگا دِل سے نہیں
بے شک عورت پر فرض نہیں
ساس سسر
جیٹھ
دیور
جاری ہے 👇
اُس پر طعنہ زنی کرنا
بات بات پر ماں باپ کو کوسنا
گالی دینا
اور
پھر امید رکھنا وہ آپ کی دِل و جان سے خدمت کرے گی
سوچنا بھی نا
کسی مجبوری میں وہ آپ کے کام کر دے گی مگر وہ کام بس مجبوری سے ہوگا دِل سے نہیں
بے شک عورت پر فرض نہیں
ساس سسر
جیٹھ
دیور
جاری ہے 👇
وغیرہ کی خدمت کرنا
مگر ہمارا معاشرہ شروع سے ایسا ہے
جہاں بہو ہی آکر گھر کے معاملات سنبھالتی آئ ہیں
مگر
تب لوگ بھی ایسے تھے جو بہو کو بیٹی بنا کر رکھتے تھے تو وہ خوشی خوشی ہر وہ کام کرتی جو اُس پر فرض نہیں
پھر یہی تعلیم وہ آگے بیٹی کو دیتی
ہے کہ ساس سسر کی خدمت کرنا
جاری ہے 👇
مگر ہمارا معاشرہ شروع سے ایسا ہے
جہاں بہو ہی آکر گھر کے معاملات سنبھالتی آئ ہیں
مگر
تب لوگ بھی ایسے تھے جو بہو کو بیٹی بنا کر رکھتے تھے تو وہ خوشی خوشی ہر وہ کام کرتی جو اُس پر فرض نہیں
پھر یہی تعلیم وہ آگے بیٹی کو دیتی
ہے کہ ساس سسر کی خدمت کرنا
جاری ہے 👇
گھر کا نظام سنمبھالنا
شکائیت نہ آئے میری پرورش پر بات نہ آئے
پھر زمانے نے پلٹا کھایا
کنجر گھرانے شریف گھرانوں میں مکس ہو گیئے
نہ وہ ساس سسر رہے
اور نہ ہی وہ بہوئیں
سب ایک دوسرے پر حکم چلانے لگ گیئے ہر چھوٹی بات آنا بنا لی گئ
پرورش کا اثر ختم ہوتے ہوتے ختم ہو گیا
جاری ہے 👇
شکائیت نہ آئے میری پرورش پر بات نہ آئے
پھر زمانے نے پلٹا کھایا
کنجر گھرانے شریف گھرانوں میں مکس ہو گیئے
نہ وہ ساس سسر رہے
اور نہ ہی وہ بہوئیں
سب ایک دوسرے پر حکم چلانے لگ گیئے ہر چھوٹی بات آنا بنا لی گئ
پرورش کا اثر ختم ہوتے ہوتے ختم ہو گیا
جاری ہے 👇
The most dangerous place for fat to build up isn’t your belly.
It’s your arteries.
Here are 4 foods that can help keep them clean and protect your heart: 🧵
It’s your arteries.
Here are 4 foods that can help keep them clean and protect your heart: 🧵
Plaque in arteries isn’t just cholesterol.
It’s a mix of:
• Calcium
• Protein
• Cholesterol
Inside plaque, researchers often find biofilms: colonies of harmful microbes protected by calcium.
So why does plaque form?
It’s a mix of:
• Calcium
• Protein
• Cholesterol
Inside plaque, researchers often find biofilms: colonies of harmful microbes protected by calcium.
So why does plaque form?
Plaque forms where arteries are damaged or inflamed.
This damage usually comes from:
• Sugar and refined carbs
• Seed oils (omega-6)
• Alcohol and junk food
• Diabetes and insulin resistance
That’s what allows calcium and LDL to harden inside arteries.
This damage usually comes from:
• Sugar and refined carbs
• Seed oils (omega-6)
• Alcohol and junk food
• Diabetes and insulin resistance
That’s what allows calcium and LDL to harden inside arteries.