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@IterIntellectus

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Last month <b><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/2028533432641343685?s=20" color="blue">I shared</a></b><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/2028533432641343685?s=20" color="blue"></a> what my wife and I found to work for her to avoid the first tri...

@jaynitx

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Charlie Munger spent 50 years studying why intelligent people make catastrophically stupid decisions. It is the most useful thing I have ever watched: 1. Incentives are more powerful than anyone thinks. Munger says he has been in the top 5% of his age cohort his entire life in understanding the po...

@heynavtoor

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Your smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds. Not a guess. Not a theory. A peer-reviewed study by researchers at UC Davis, UCL, and UC3M tested it. Samsung TVs: every minute. LG TVs: every 15 seconds. Even when you're just using it as a monitor. Here's how to turn it off ...

@KontrRevolucija

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The "Perfectly Preserved" Qur'an is a myth. The modern Qur'an (1924 Cairo Edition) used by 93% of Muslims worldwide was NOT based on early manuscripts. It was reconstructed from **secondary literature** written CENTURIES after Muhammad. Thread exposing the misinformation 🧵👇 ...

@UBERSOY1

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I have decided to do an overview of German influence in the Russian Empire ever since stumbling on this powerful AI generated table suggesting significant German overrepresentation in the Russian Empire that goes beyond the ruling dynasty itself....

@bryan_johnson

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Genetically, I should be bald. I started to lose my hair and go gray in my late 20s. Now, at 47, I’ve got a full head of hair and ~70% of my gray is gone. Here how I did it.. 🧵 ...

@CouleDaddy

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"My life as a dog." There was nothing suspicious about the book your big sister gave you for your birthday. A cheerful motley cover with a smiling pup, enthusiastic blurbs about how influential the author was....