BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A new clinical trial from Johns Hopkins University produced results that surprised even the researchers behind it. Participants who took a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, had more than six times greater odds of being cigarette-free at the six-month mark compared to those using nicotine…
Today the Independent Media Alliance (IMA) brings you a panel discussing digital ID, its differing definitions, and how it’s one of the most important elements of the control grid agenda. We discuss why digital ID is so important to this agenda, the global nature of the digital ID roll out, and what we can do to stop…
A California State Senate committee has rejected a proposal that would have prevented registered sex offenders from running for public office, according to a report from The National Pulse. The vote was 2-1-2, with two Democrats abstaining and committee chair Sen. Scott Wiener voting against the measure. The bill, AB 2753, had previously passed the…
A pair of ICE agents walking through an airport has gone viral for their handling of a leftist activist’s whiny tantrum. The activist, clearly agitated, repeatedly demanded answers about why they chose their jobs while claiming “the majority of Americans hate your guts” and accusing the agents of “terrorizing” people and wasting taxpayer money. One…
The government relies on this crypto infrastructure for international trade, while ordinary Iranians use it as a financial lifeline during protests and economic crises. What to know: Iran has built a multibillion-dollar parallel economy using state-sponsored Bitcoin mining and stablecoins to bypass the U.S. dollar, heavily driven by the IRGC. The government relies on this…
Zen Master Hakuin lived in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries… He is said to have created the now-famous question: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Hakuin believed that the understanding arising out of practice in everyday life was deeper than the understanding that could come from practicing in the monastery,…
Not Much to Tell… After I worked my last shift at the rehabilitation last week, quite a lot has been going on in my days. If I thought I’d just be sitting cozily at my computer with a cup of coffee once I got to this point, then I clearly miscalculated the role. This all really started…
Yes, it’s another post in which I blather about how much fun I’ve had and how much I’ve learned about amateur music creation, one of my favourite hobbies, from playing with AI music tools. Before yelling at me, please see my regular AI caveat at the bottom of this post. image by AI; my prompt,…
Health care workers helping treat and control the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo are threatening to strike as the hemorrhagic disease continues to spread. Yesterday, healthcare workers in Ituri issued a 24-hour notice of an impending strike. Those working on the Ebola frontlines said that the working conditions were too poor to continue. They…
As private equity firms deepen their foothold across the American healthcare landscape, do financial incentives improve access to care or reshape medicine in ways that will disadvantage patients? The debate is increasingly relevant in autism treatment, one of the nation’s fastest-growing healthcare sectors. As private equity firms strengthen their financial hold on the American healthcare system, a…
