Even “diet” soda may be quietly damaging your liver, scientists warn "Both regular and “diet” soft drinks may be far worse for liver health than believed. A massive study of over 120,000 participants found that consuming more than one can a day of either sugar-sweetened or low/no-sugar beverages sh...

I've got my toothbrush on the other side of the sink from the toilet, but it is still not that far away. I'm from the school of "whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" when it comes to bacteria and related hygiene so I am not too fussed. My kitchen cleanliness level would appall most folks (c...

50 Reasons Why The Human Race Is Too Stupid To Survive https://auxiliarymemory.com/2014/11/25/50-reasons-why-the-human-race-is-too-stupid-to-survive/ You come up with few gems now and again. This is one of them. Lots of interesting reading in the 50 articles he links even though some are quite date...

At first I thought you had inadvertently created an optical illusion that made the lower line look longer when they are the same length, but on closer inspection I believe the lower line is actually longer. I prefer the lower one personally. Better symmetry around the line-arrow intersection althoug...

My impression is that air drops are too hard to control. The hungry mob will just grab what they can when the crates hit the ground. So whatever aid agencies are still operating can't really control who gets it, so fighters and black marketeers are as likely to get it as anybody. Although I am sure ...

There must be a theory brewing somewhere that Trump supporters killed Epstein. A few years ago I saw an interview with someone from the Watergate era who said that Nixon told someone "he needs to be taken care of" or words to that effect. Forgot who needed to be taken care of, but it's feasible tha...

OK, so more the latter. You did actually get to know him once you found out about him. I would have been a bit puzzled if you had not had any interest at all. But I can see that just having a DNA connection does not imply a free ticket to an interpersonal relationship.

I closed my 23andMe account and blocked my half brother on my phone. Just wanted to know, not to deal. 23andMe has pretty much closed itself. Well, I guess not really, companies can come back from Chapter 11 filings. Out of curiosity re: your half brother, why did you want to know? From the perspec...

I'll give him credit for keeping the lights on around here. I have no problem with his posts, but sometimes I find they are a bit of an overload. There's a big mixed bag of subjects he gets into. I often wonder how in the world he finds the time to even watch parts of all the videos he posts. Howeve...

I guess Trump just deployed the Marine Corps to Los Angeles to suppress protests against mass deportation. https://www.latimes.com/california/live/los-angeles-protests-immigration-raid-updates Wild. It feels increasingly like the world has become a sci-fi dystopia. I always compared Orwell and Huxl...