Lee Keyes

Sunday thought: We're winning These are terrible times, to be sure. But we will triumph

Sunday thought: We’re winning
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Keep up the pressure. 3.5% of us can make them fall into the rubbish heap of history
#BlueCrew

Colonizers are small people. For some this was literally true.

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

Pain Resilience, Not Pain Itself, Predicts How Active People Stay - Neuroscience News A new study reveals that how people think about and cope with chronic pain is more important than the pain itself in determining physical activity levels.

True, but we're not done improving pain treatment.

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Five Tips for Nurturing Your Children’s Values As caregivers, we play an important role in our children's process of exploring and internalizing the values they will ultimately adopt in life.

To be who they really are, encourage the values they really have.

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Scientists Invented an Entirely New Way to Refrigerate Say hello to ionocaloric cooling.

The fridge does need a paradigm shift.

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Priorities.

Nearly 1 in 5 Urinary Tract Infections Linked to Contaminated Meat | Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University New study finds people in underserved neighborhoods face the highest risk of foodborne infections

Surprise!

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As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it's 'no way for a great nation like America to run its finances' | Fortune In just a little over two months, the national debt swelled by $1 trillion. This is twice as fast as the rate of growth since 2000, Michael Peterson says.

Let them eat cake. Again.

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"God doesn't give a damn about pomp and circumstance." ~Harry Truman

At age 13, teens’ brains stop listening to their parents—science explains why - Futura-Sciences If your 13-year-old has started tuning you out, you’re not imagining things. A new neuroscience study has found that this common teen behavior is actually rooted in brain development. Researchers at S...

Because, thankfully, teenagers are not robots.

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K-shaped economy: Why the wealthy are thriving as most Americans fall behind The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have set records more than 30 times this year and other data suggest the ...

Do we really have to wonder why?

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AI heavyweights call for end to ‘superintelligence’ research We are not ready for AI more intelligent than ourselves. Here’s why.

Maybe we should listen.

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The ‘No Kings’ rally was a good start, but a protest isn’t going to save America People of color and Black folks are under duress and exhausted. We’re about to find out if white America is willing to do what it takes to save this country.

People in power will actually have to DO something.

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Virus That Kills More Elephants Than Any Other Cause Is Finally Defeated The vaccine's successful early trials were heralded as a "landmark moment," for the protection of wild elephants and animals in conservation herds.

Finally a win for the elephants.

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Hard to believe that more is not better.

Some celebrity birthdays hit hard.

Sean Lennon is 50.

The difference between the strength of a rope and the weakness of a string is that rope is a hundred strings that have been bound together.

#UnitedWeAreStrong ❤️🤍💙
#FightForEachOther

Your brain peaks later than you think: Science finds the right age when mind works the best Recent research shows that the human brain often reaches its peak much later than commonly believed. While physical abilities peak in early adulthood, psychological functioning—including reasoning, em...

Brain peaks into the 70s and 80s in some cases.

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Plan approved to build Scotland's first broch for 2,000 years The tall, double-walled drystone towers have only been found in Scotland.

Back to the Broch.

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Humpback Whale Population Now Well Above Pre-Whaling Levels in Australia 50,000 is substantially more than other Australian whale populations, some of which seem to have even plateaued under pre-whaling levels.

Humpbacks restored in Australia.

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The U.S. Is Experiencing This Psychological Phenomenon — And It Explains Why So Many Of Us Feel Miserable Sound familiar?

Ya think?

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Happy Fechner Day! On this day in 1850 Gustav Fechner woke from a dream with the insight that perception is a function of stimulation. This is seen as the birth of experimental psychology.

X is launching a marketplace for inactive handles X is launching a Handle Marketplace where Premium subscribers will be able to search and request usernames that have been unavailable.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel.

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New study links mother's selfie habits to her teen's interest in cosmetic surgery New research reveals an indirect path from a mother's selfies to her teen's thoughts on cosmetic surgery. The study shows the influence is channeled through the adolescent’s imitation of these behavio...

The selfie can alter things.

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Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects

Skeeters in Iceland!

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Large chunk of suspected space debris found in Australian desert The Australian Space Agency said the object "is likely a propellant tank or pressure vessel from a space launch vehicle."

Maybe the aliens will rescue us.

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San Joaquin County wine grape grower forced to dump crop due to low sugar levels A San Joaquin County wine grape grower had to dump his crop after his grapes were rejected due to their low sugar levels.

Climate change?
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People on the far-right and far-left exhibit strikingly similar brain responses New research shows that people with strong political beliefs react more emotionally to political content. Brain activity patterns were similar among ideological extremists, whether liberal or conserva...

Emotion plays a big role in the brains of extremism.

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Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts experiment has given creatives a weekly payment for three years. Now, a permanent program could be on the way.

Meanwhile in Ireland...

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