Trading stocks is probably the worst investment strategy any normal person with a market-unrelated job and life responsibilities could pursue, with almost guaranteed losses in the long term. Good on you for identifying the high risk early in life- never forget it. That being said, there’s very strong arguments for investing in stocks, but do it the boring way: large blended ETFs with a low expense ratio (like VTI, VTV, VOO, VXUS, or the Boglehead favorite: VT) or mutual funds. Don’t “trade,” buy and hold and try to forget you even have a brokerage account housing those blended, diversified funds. Try to use tax-advantaged vehicles as much as possible, like a Roth IRA or a Roth option in a 401k. Your mortgage APR is what? 4-7%? The market should definitely outperform that in the long term, and you can reduce your exposure to acute transient shifts even more by dollar cost averaging into your savings. I’m all for paying off debt as quickly as possible, for the psychological benefit, but there’s also the rate race of your investment’s probable APY vs your debt’s APR.

No shame in that. Diabetes maybe. But definitely no shame.

Bringing new meaning to Minute Maid.

Only if astrophage shows up to ruin/save the day.

Maybe Andromeda is coming to save us. Isn’t that what The Andromeda Strain was all about?

Geez that’s unprofessional. What an absolute assault on any remaining credibility government agencies may have still had. I have a friend in a different government agency, part of which is charged with LE. If any of those officers/agents ever did anything like that or displayed something as grotesque as a skull/ace on their LE uniform, they’d definitely be disciplined. At least, I hope she’s right when she tells me they would.

CGPGrey explains why

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I’m skeptical of most white supremacists having the academic wherewithal to actually sit and read a 700-page book…

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Wasn’t this the plot of Wag the Dog?

Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker.

Fascinating book all about what sleep is and the reasons every living thing on earth does/needs it in some way or another.

Gut by Guilia Enders.

Intriguing journey from mouth to anus, showcasing the functions performed to sustain life by some of the body’s most underrated organs. Also discusses some of the most common ailments and their effects (but also causes, and in some cases their treatments/cures).

Immune by Philipp Dettmer.

A wonderful introduction to how the body’s immune system performs its job…or doesn’t, in some unfortunate circumstances.

All three books are written for the lay person who wants/needs an accessible introduction to these complex systems affecting health and well-being.

Hey, at least they’ve got evangelism down to a science. I’m sure militant devotion to [the parts they like from] the Bible will pay back dividends down the road. Who needs the disciplined and organized pursuit of modern science in earnest when some old book written by long-dead humans claiming to speak for a supreme being says it has all the answers (many of which involve smite-based solutions)?

I can’t see how wholesale exploitative pillaging of a resource beyond its regenerative capacity could cause any long term problems for the environment or the humans who depend on it.

This sums it up nicely: https://youtube.com/shorts/hQN98kIwgAk

Well I’m glad they Finnished that maritime vandalism case once and for all.

Don’t worry protoserf, feudal times are making a comeback.

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And pathogenic prions are our own, hardier, DIY version.

Wonder what they’ll burn when all the coal is used up.