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mar_k [he/him]

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  • Why these chimps have been at war for 8 years

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  • Worth noting that you can measure more genetic variation between a few chimpanzees in the same region than all genetic variation in the human race

    Humans are a very young species with abnormally low genetic diversity. We have purely surface-level diversity in physical appearance, with natural phenotypes making up a meaningless fraction of our actual genes. And we have high cultural/behavioral diversity because we have extremely high neuroplasticity as children, allowing the brains we're born with to uniquely shapeshift to the environment we're raised in

    Chimps even have 4 subspecies in different parts of the world, while all of humanity's subspecies (neanderthals, denisovans, naledi, etc) went extinct. Our subspecies (sapien) has existed for a short 200k years, not enough time to evolve any real differences between us; or really even the most minor group differences when you consider our nonstop migration and group intermixing as an unprecedentedly social species. Chimps existed for millions of years, more than enough time to evolve major biological differences between countless numbers of groups; especially considering groups even across the same forest rarely leave their territory or intermingle with outside groups unless forced (i.e. nowadays from human deforestation). Humans are more or less born the same yet develop vast learned differences, while behavioral differences between chimps is bound to be way more innate

  • Donald Trump calls out right-wing podcasters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for criticizing him:

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  • True, but a lot of his posts are almost definitely written by staff, and I feel like it's very plausible they at least partially use AI to imitate his style. If you scroll through his recent posts, he's made dozens of long ass local election endorsements with redundant points and a very similar style, all ending in " — THEY WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!"

  • Donald Trump calls out right-wing podcasters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for criticizing him:

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  • His nickname for Thomas Massie is "Rand Paul Jr" because he thinks Paul was the og anti-Trump Republican, and so Massie is like, the new Rand Paul

    Would've made more sense if he was like "Thomas Massie (AKA Rand Paul II)"

  • Donald Trump calls out right-wing podcasters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for criticizing him:

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  • He usually posts from iphone. Probably spends hours on his golden toilet

  • Donald Trump calls out right-wing podcasters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for criticizing him:

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  • Yeah a lot of his older posts used "--" or "---"

  • Donald Trump calls out right-wing podcasters Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones for criticizing him:

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  • It's some pun about grass

  • JD Vance really kills anything he comes near

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  • He's rallied tor Alice Weidel of Germany's AfD too, hopefully that fucks their chances too

  • Huge study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD

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  • Well the bulk of these studies is in people with treatment-resistant major depression where nothing else worked, so pretty much. Also shown to help patients depressed from having severe debilitating cancer

  • Huge study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD

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  • I wasn't really talking about people will full on cannabis disorder, but even then I can't imagine it making dependency any worse. Just obviously don't be high on weed or take any other substance while tripping, and put time into creating the right set and setting for yourself. (And avoid if you have any history with schizophrenia or delusions)

    One of the main reasons it's so non-addictive is that the experience surfaces unpredictable, intense, mixed emotions, which can feel beautifully overwhelming but also definitely not something you'd go to for escape or want on a regular basis. Some people in the studies even had bad or terrifying trips that still somehow help their depression afterwards. Nobody trips on the regular, only maybe microdoses (which imo is a waste of time unless you're starting low to work your way up)

    Another reason is that unlike weed or alcohol, our neurochemistry makes it physically impossible to take psilocybin too often. Your tolerance spikes to 100% after just one dose and takes several days to a couple weeks to return to baseline. Meaning once you start tripping, any additional shroom will do absolutely nothing, and even 24 hours later will do next to nothing

  • Huge study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD

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  • Yeah I've seen a couple friends really green out which isn't fun in the moment, but they're always completely normal after. I mean overdose as in fatal/injurious

  • Huge study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD

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  • That said if you're depressed and feel somewhat dependent on weed as a temporary fix, I'd recommend looking into research from the past few years on magic mushrooms. The FDA under Biden literally recognized shrooms as a "breakthrough therapy" treatment for depression. One of the safest (and least addictive) drugs we know of, with a couple states already legalizing shroom therapy for depression. Study after study is showing that just one or two trips (psychoactive doses in a safe, clinical setting, with a tripsitter therapist, relaxing music, and an eyemask) appear far more effective than years of SSRIs and talk therapy. Literally being shown to grow new neural networks and trigger rapid neuroplasticity in the brain

  • Huge study finds no evidence cannabis helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD

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  • It's not a solution to the underlying problem, it's a temporary reprieve from the symptoms. But escaping your depression for even just a few hours with no real catch (for most) can feel pretty liberating and allow you to process/ catch your breath. And unlike alcohol:

    • No hangover or worsening aftermath
    • Relatively low potential for addiction
    • Doesn't cause mental issues, rarely worsens them
    • No organ damage (except lungs if you smoke instead of edibles)
    • No risk of overdose
    • No increased risk of self-harm or harm to others
    • Can increase empathy & introspection
    • And no brain damage, despite popular myths

    Studies have found adult cognitive issues from weed are 1) from extreme, daily use and 2) completely go away after quitting for a month or less. Compared to alcohol, where any amount does a small-to-moderate amount of permanent brain & organ damage that builds over time

    I don't think weed is particularly healthy or unhealthy, but if weed culture gets a bunch of depressed people to become stoners who'd otherwise become alcoholics, I see that as a huge win. Alcohol is genuinely as bad if not worse than half the illegal drugs out there. E.g. despite having higher risk of overdose, cocaine actually isn't as harmful as alcohol to your long-term health

  • Poll puts Green Party in joint first with Reform

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  • This looks like an outlier poll, Reform still has a ~7% average lead, but the Greens are growing pretty fast

  • American soldiers when they find out how they will be tortured by Iran

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  • The west also frames a Schrödinger's Iran, where the general population are successfully brainwashed into religious extremism, yet simultaneously hate their government and wish to return to the 70's US puppet monarchy

    There's actually credible evidence 80-90% of Iranians privately support a secular government! But that doesn't at all mean they oppose their government's views on the US & Israel. Iranians have a wide range of beliefs, but the majority seem to be anti-imperialist, secularist, and/or socialist. Iran would very obviously have a Marxist government if it weren't for US interference

  • American soldiers when they find out how they will be tortured by Iran

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  • Iran is still a largely right-wing theocracy, but most of the assumptions westerners hold true about it are honestly laughable. Iranians are highly literate and university-educated. Iranian officials are PHD educated and far more educated than American politicians.

    Despite mandatory religious schooling, they simultaneously teach evolution with greater detail and accuracy than in the US. And I definitely don't think religion belongs in schools, but at least Iran teaches kids deep abstract literary skills needed to understand symbolism & poetry in the Quran. Compare that to US Christian schools that focus on surface-level interpretation from more easily understandable parts of the Bible, rarely pushing complex analysis of metaphors, rhythm, layered meaning, etc.

    Most Americans also seem to assume Iran has the same stance as the Taliban on women's education. Meanwhile women are highly encouraged into education, with Iranian universities having the highest female-to-male ratio in the world, and 70% of STEM graduates being women. Ofc there's still egregious patriarchy in many other ways (e.g. compulsory hijab and remnants of male guardianship "for protection"), but the lies and hyperbole at most levels is frankly just racist

  • Real post from this Easter morning

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  • Real post from this Easter morning

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  • This is killing me, all the boomer punctuation/ random capitalization/ all caps genuinely make it 10x less intimidating

    Like has he ever considered a single period would be scarier than "!!!", or writing "The Fuckin' Strait" like a Bob Dylan release title is a little corny in this context?

  • French ship crosses Strait of Hormuz after Macron backs Iran's sovereignty

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  • "I call up France, Macron - whose wife treats him extremely badly. Still recovering from the right to the jaw," Trump joked, referring to the viral footage of the French First Lady caught slapping her husband.

    "And I said, 'Emmanuel, we'd love to have some help in the Gulf even though we're setting records on knocking out bad people and knocking out ballistic missiles. We'd love to have some help. If you could, could you please send ships immediately!"

    Trump then mimicked a French accent as he recalled Macron's answer, saying: '''No no no, we cannot do that, Donald. We can do that after the war is won!"

    Trump said this on wednesday lmao

  • NYT: Newsom’s New Attack on Political Enemies: You’re Gay

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  • These mfs really think being too politically correct is why they lost in 24. Zero chance he apologizes because he'll think it makes him look weak

  • Vance says he’s ‘obsessed’ with UFO files, calls aliens ‘demons’

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  • Genuinely hopeful we'll be able to decode their languages and maybe even talk to each other within the next few decades