Stripe's new frontpage shows the scope of their ambition. A ticker for percent of global GDP! This is not a gimmick. Patrick and John have always thought in these terms.

They all want to make it complicated. It’s not. Change your eating habits to prioritize protein and vegetables and real food. Add resistance training. Move more outside of the gym. Those three things done consistently will lead to staggering results for most people.

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Had a pretty convincing scam call from a lady pretending to be from my mobile operator. Said there was a Jan promotion of 20% off — did I want in? And if so, I’d get a six digit code texted to me. Which immediately came (from my real operator’s SMS)… (—> cont’d)

A couple of very important studies out just in the last 24 hours confirming what we've been saying for years and years now: Covid infections affect your immune system *badly*. Here's a few things you may have missed in them.

Is this something many religious people often misunderstand about atheists?

This is explosive and deadly serious. @carolecadwalla warns the UK has embedded a Trump-aligned US surveillance company into the heart of our military. The MoD has signed a £240m “strategic partnership” with Palantir, founded by Peter Thiel - a key Trump ally. No tender.

A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fell—often by quite a bit.

This isn't a painting. This is Jupiter's South Pole, taken by Cassini Spacecraft. 🌀 Space is absolutely terrifyingly beautiful.

Jane Barrett, Head of AI Strategy at Reuters, speaks with JLR, Workday, about how artificial intelligence is being used to drive operational efficiency, improve performance and deliver growth. Produced by Reuters Plus for @IDAIRELAND https://t.co/atfSibdZQD

In case you didn't know... Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.

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Hi all My daughter school’s is doing a fundraising raffle Euro 10 for 5 tickets Draw closes today ! If you want to enter do send me cash via Revolut today Revolut link https://t.co/JuNUcKxr0z They are a charity if you can claim it Charity number 20206025

Called @ThreeIreland and they are having phone issues. Never a good sign.

Don't forget: there's room for 250,000 homes on the rail line between Heuston and Naas

TII says there's nothing it can do to fix the traffic on the M50. They could try building Metro West.

Metro West applied for a railway order in 2008 and was cancelled in 2011. It could be finished by now. If built like metrolink it could carry 20,000 passengers an HOUR each way. The M50 carries 160,000 cars a DAY, 76% of which are private cars with an average occupancy of 1.06

Winter fair. Rathnew. Wicklow democratic school. Today 2 to 4. Concert till 6

⚠️ TRAFFIC DUBLIN ⚠️ We are advising the public of expected traffic disruption in Dublin city later this afternoon as a result of planned protest activity. Delays can be expected from 4:30pm in the vicinity of: 🛣️ Dublin Airport 🛣️ Conyngham Road to Merrion St via the Northside

2 down with flu like symptoms in house. Did flu and covid test an both negative. Symptoms worse than covid. Mask up. Wash hands. Stay home if unwell. Good short podcast on it.