Another weekend begins and another dreadful news cycle ends and IST picks up the baton for news that has been missed by the MSM….
First, the Old Professor did it this time…..while going thru my ‘honey do’ list I tripped over the dog and hit a very strong wooden chair arm and dicked up my ribs….so I will be taking it easy for awhile the pain is tear generating. (The dog was not hurt)…it hurts to sit, it hurts to stand, it hurts to lay down, it hurts to walk and do not get me started on the amount of pain a sneeze will inflict.
Enough of the pity party…..
I will start with the weather….
Dramatic changes in Pacific ocean temperatures threaten one of America’s ‘hottest summers on record’.
A near-nationwide heatwave could begin as soon as next month, as meteorologists sound alarm bells for weeks of extreme weather.
They blame a weakening El Nino in the eastern Pacific and a growing risk of it pendulum swinging into La Nina.
El Nino–abnormally high sea temperatures off the coast of Peru– set in last summer and grew to one of the strongest on record.
https://www.gbnews.com/weather/us-weather-heatwave-threatening-america-hottest-summer
Oh goody….we have a terrible Summer last year….66 days no rain and extreme temps as high as 123….so any thereat of beating those numbers is terrible news for us.
Food stories….the news is full of news about microplastics and here are the foods that have the most….
“How much plastic will you have for dinner, sir? And you, ma’am?” While that may seem like a line from a satirical skit on Saturday Night Live, research is showing it’s much too close to reality.
Ninety percent of animal and vegetable protein samples tested positive for microplastics, teeny polymer fragments that can range from less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) down to 1/25,000th of an inch (1 micrometer), according to a February 2024 study. Anything smaller than 1 micrometer is a nanoplastic that must be measured in billionths of a meter.
Even vegetarians can’t escape, according to a 2021 study. If the plastic is small enough, fruits and vegetables can absorb microplastics through their root systems and transfer those chemical bits to the plant’s stems, leaves, seeds and fruit.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/plastics-food-wellness-scn/index.html
A food giant has been accused of adding unneeded sugar to some products…..
The Nestle brand may be associated with comfort food and drink, but its infant eats are getting an uncomfortable amount of scrutiny over sugar content. Per a new report from the nonprofit Public Eye and the International Baby Food Action Network, the Swiss food conglomerate adds more sugar to its baby products sold in lower- to middle-income nations than in products sold in more affluent ones—up to 7.3 grams of added sugar per serving, while the same products in Europe have no added sugar.
Findings: The report looked most closely at sugar content in Cerelac instant cereal and Nido powdered milk, two big sellers that brought in more than $2.5 billion in sales in 2022 in poorer countries. Public Eye found Cerelac in Thailand, Ethiopia, South Africa, Pakistan, and India had up to 6 grams of added sugar, while the same brand sold in the UK and Germany had zero. In some nations, including Nigeria, Senegal, and the Philippines, added sugar content wasn’t listed at all. Nido products also had added sugar in poorer nations, though to a “lesser degree,” per the Post.
Probes: After Public Eye’s report, both Bangladesh and India announced they’d launch investigations, per the Business Standard and Economic Times. A spokesperson for Nestle India adds that the company has reduced added sugar in its products there by up to 30% over the past five years, “depending on the variant.” The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India says it will take “stringent action” against Nestle if the accusations are found to be true.
You just cannot trust corporations….PERIOD!
Did you know that here is a doctor that claims we men are urinating all wrong?
A survey conducted last year analysed the way different men from across the globe position themselves when they relieve their bladders.
However, it found that many men in the US aren’t peeing in the most effective or most health-conscious way.
The survey conducted last year by YouGov investigated ‘where in the world […] men sit down to wee’.A survey has revealed the position that many US men wee in and a urology doctor has weighed in.
A survey conducted last year analysed the way different men from across the globe position themselves when they relieve their bladders.
However, it found that many men in the US aren’t peeing in the most effective or most health-conscious way.
The survey conducted last year by YouGov investigated ‘where in the world […] men sit down to wee’.
“Thinking about times where you go to the toilet to ONLY urinate (i.e. only having a pee, not also having a poo), how often do you sit down in order to do so? percent of men in each country,” it explains.
https://www.unilad.com/news/health/peeing-sitting-down-as-a-man-better-806567-20240415
Did you see the Matrix trilogy?
Could that sort of thing be true?
What if everything we know to be true is a lie? What if our thoughts and decisions are not in our control, much less the things happening around us? This fascinating possibility, known as “simulation theory”, states that all of us are living in a powerful computer program created and run by someone or something outside of this realm of reality, per BuiltIn. Recently, simulation theory has gotten even more credence. In a recently published study, physicist Melvin Vopson, from the University of Portsmouth, UK, offered a proof of how the theory could be real.
As per Vopson, a new law of physics might support the fact that the world is indeed a physical simulation. “Any normal person will think, could it be that maybe we already are in some kind of digital virtual reality world?” Vopson explains in a YouTube video posted about the theory on the university’s channel. “It’s not farfetched to assume that an advanced civilization or maybe ourselves in the future, we reach the technological level where we can simulate our world or the whole universe and it’s indistinguishable from the reality.”
There is a video attached to the link that explains his guy thoughts on his assumption.
Finally, did you know that some of our most common phrases have racist origins?
Even the most nonsensical idioms in the English language originated somewhere. Some terms, like silver lining and tomfoolery, have innocuous roots, while other sayings date back to the darkest chapters in U.S. history. While these common phrases are rarely used in their original contexts today, knowing their racist origins casts them in a different light.
1. Tipping Point
This common phrase describes the critical point when a change that had been a possibility becomes inevitable. When it was popularized, according to Merriam-Webster, it was applied to one phenomenon in particular: white flight. In the 1950s, as white people abandoned urban areas for the suburbs in huge numbers, journalists began using the phrase tipping point in relation to the percentage of non-white neighbors it took to trigger this reaction in white city residents. Tipping point wasn’t coined in the 1950s (it first appeared in print in the 19th century), but it did enter everyday speech during the decade thanks to this topic.
There are more….read on….
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-racist-origins-of-7-common-phrases
In Saner Thought 
Believe nothing – Trust No One (John Liming) —by the way — I am sending healing light your way to ease the pain of the injury–so in the future, let us remember that our reactions are not what they once were and take extra care to preserve what you can of yourself.
It was my fault I was not paying attention…..learned a painful lesson….LOL chuq
Sorry to hear about your ribs, I know how bad that can be.
I sit down to pee at night, as I cannot trust my aim when I am drowsy!
As for microplastics, it is already too late to do anything about those, they are inside all of us.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanx it is a bit aggravating….plastics thing just keeps getting worse…..chuq
Best wishes for a quick heal!
Thank you for the kind words…..chuq