#health

A large study done on a large dataset including the Nurses Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up study found that eating fast foods and fried foods away from home was POSITIVELY coorelated with surviving to and beyond 70 years of age, being free of chronic disease, intact mental health, intact physical function, and intact cognitive function.

Now I'm sure you've always believed that eating fast foods and fried foods was bad for you.

So, presuming the study was done correctly, and presuming that fast foods and fried foods are indeed bad for you as we have always believed, can anybody explain the result?

I can think of at least two possible explanations (confounders), but I'd like to hear what other people think first.

As for me, I now like the stock.

What’s zeroed lol

It’s the best placement

We are here!

wtf is with these retarded fags

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Apes strong together.

Apes strong together.

Have you zapped anyone today?

#asknostr

Ok I'm starting to figure this out. I followed #asknostr so my feeds not empty.

What are good tags to follow to find people on this? There's no list of tags I can see.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - 'Bitcoin Rights' bill HB701 has been signed into law.

Kentucky law now protects custody rights, exempts nodes from money transmitter rules, and bans new taxes on payments.

𝙸𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 #cyberspace 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚜, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚢𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜.

𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 #Nostr — 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 #free 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 — 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚖 𝚘𝚏 #freedom 𝚊𝚗𝚍 #autonomy.

𝚆𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕, 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 #BUIDL 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚝𝚢, 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢.

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚛 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

𝙻𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 — 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚜, 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚟𝚒𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝙽𝙾𝚆, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝙽𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚛, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠.

𝚁𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚢𝚝𝚎, 𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚢𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

#WEARETHEWORDL 🫂✨

#growNOSTR 💜

New people don’t get much engagement because established users don’t follow new people so they leave. They feel like they are talking into the void (because they do). Even commenting on notes doesn’t get you that many followers.

This is why it’s so critical for Nostr to grow or it may very well die. Without new people, the number of users will shrink over time. You need relatively new folks to engage with other relatively new folks because they’re more likely to follow each other and stick around.

My first introduction to Bitcoin was in 2014. I was driving from California to New York, picking up hitchhikers on Craigslist Rideshare along the way. One of the most memorable passengers I had was a guy I affectionately call 'Ginger Jesus', who I met in Sturgis, SD. We spent hours hypermiling my Honda Civic to Chicago, taking turns pushing the limits of fuel efficiency.

What stuck with me about Ginger Jesus was his enthusiasm for Bitcoin. He had made a small fortune as an early adopter and was fresh back from a trip to Brazil.

Despite his best efforts to educate me on the merits of cryptocurrency, I was too distracted by my own interests at the time - namely, binge drinking, experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs, and trying (unsuccessfully) to woo smart college girls who were way out of my league.

To be honest, I was also going through a bit of a faith crisis, having grown up Mormon and starting to question the teachings of all that I had been told to believe.

So when Ginger Jesus started preaching about the gospel of Bitcoin, I was skeptical - not just of the cryptocurrency itself, but of anything that seemed too good (or too cult-like) to be true.

Looking back, I wish I had listened more closely to what he had to say... but at the time, I was too caught up in my own world to care. Ah, good times.

Fast forward to today, and I'm amused by the irony of my own transformation. I used to be a missionary for the Mormon church, spreading the good word to anyone who would listen. But now, I find myself preaching a different kind of gospel - the gospel of Ginger Jesus, and the revolutionary power of bitcoin.

As I look back on my own journey, I think I finally understand how he felt - like a visionary, a trailblazer, and a true believer in something that has the potential to change the world. Who knew that a chance encounter with an awkward stranger from Craigslist would set me on a path to becoming a disciple of the almighty blockchain?

In the name of Satoshi Nakamoto

GM and Amen

How to Truly Respect Yourself

Respecting yourself begins with recognizing your worth and refusing to chase after those who fail to see it. Stop seeking approval from others, begging for attention, or needing validation. You are enough as you are. When you understand your own value, others will begin to see it, too.

Speak less, but make every word you utter carry the weight of your wisdom and conviction. Every time you open your mouth, let your words reflect your integrity, your strength, and your deep self-respect. Don’t be afraid to assert yourself when disrespect shows its face—stand up for yourself without hesitation, as your dignity deserves to be defended.

Guard your energy carefully. Don’t overindulge in the generosity of others if it’s not reciprocated, and never allow yourself to become someone's emotional crutch if it’s not mutual. Similarly, limit your time with those who don’t appreciate you. Life is too short to spend it in the company of people who don’t honor your presence. Surround yourself with those who uplift you and remind you of your worth.

Invest in your own happiness and growth. Prioritize your own well-being because when you care for yourself, you become stronger and more capable of showing up for others. Avoid the temptation to fall into negativity and gossip—it’s an energy drain that takes away from your own personal power. Keep your thoughts and conversations rooted in positivity, and always remember that your words shape the world around you.

Before you speak, think carefully. Your words define you and hold the power to uplift or tear down. Choose them wisely, for they are a reflection of how you see yourself. Likewise, how you present yourself to the world matters. Dress in a way that makes you feel powerful and confident—let your outward appearance reflect the strength you carry within.

Focus on your goals, stay productive, and keep pushing forward. Your dreams and aspirations deserve your undivided attention. Protect your time—it is your most precious resource. How you spend it speaks volumes about how much you respect yourself. Don’t waste it on people or situations that drain you.

In relationships, don’t be afraid to walk away from those that no longer serve you. You deserve to be valued, and if someone doesn’t recognize your worth, it’s time to leave. Don’t be afraid to invest in yourself. Whether it’s time, money, or energy, treat yourself to what you deserve. This teaches the world to respect your value as well.

Sometimes, be unavailable. Your presence should not be taken for granted, and stepping away can create the space for others to appreciate you more deeply. Always strive to give more than you take, and let your generosity be a reflection of your character. Life isn’t about taking as much as you can—it’s about creating a balance of give and take that nourishes both you and those around you.

Be mindful of where you spend your time. Only go where you’re invited, and when you’re there, know when to leave. Don’t overstay your welcome. Show respect for the space you occupy and for the people you share it with. In your interactions, treat others with the same kindness and respect that you expect in return. You know what it feels like to be treated with dignity, so extend that same courtesy to others.

Lastly, don’t chase after missed calls. Two missed calls are enough—if they care, they’ll call back. Your time and energy are precious, and it’s up to you to decide who is worthy of them. Strive for excellence in everything you do, not for the approval of others, but because you know you are capable of greatness. Pursue your best self with relentless determination and unapologetic pride.

Your journey toward self-respect is an ongoing process, but know this: you are worthy of love, happiness, and success. Start respecting yourself today, and the world will begin to mirror that respect back to you in ways you never imagined.