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Sarah Silva retweeted
Charlie Kirk wanted blockchain technology applied to the federal government. Full transparency. Every dime of spending tracked in real time on a public ledger.
His framing was simple: "It is not the government's money. We are the sovereign. We earn the money and the government extracts it from us with our consent."
If that's the relationship, then taxpayers have a right to see where every dollar goes. Day by day. Department by department.
The technology already exists. Bitcoin proved a public, tamper-proof ledger works at global scale. Nobody can edit it after the fact. Nobody can hide a transaction.
Apply that same infrastructure to federal spending and waste doesn't survive long. Nobody overspends when the ledger has an audience.
The question was never whether we could do it. It's whether the people spending the money want you to see it.
Sarah Silva retweeted
🚨 In 1993, Steve Jobs literally predicted the future of technology decades before it happened.
Most people still haven’t seen this.
Long before the iPhone, modern Internet, or AI boom…
He was already describing it.
Watching it today feels unreal.
He talked about computers becoming personal companions not just tools, but extensions of how we think and live. Devices you carry, systems that understand you, and technology that feels almost human.
He imagined a world where everything is connected, information flows instantly, and software adapts to people not the other way around.
And his biggest insight? The future isn’t about machines.
It’s about people.
That’s why this still hits hard.
Because while most people wait for the future…
A few can see it coming years before it arrives.
Sarah Silva retweeted
This turtle behavior, often called “claw fluttering,” is a courtship ritual where a male rapidly vibrates or waves his long front claws near a female’s face to attract her
Are you on 440 headed out of Nashville right now? Just past the Nolensville exit on the Nolensville pedestrian bridge there are protesters with signage. Would love to have a photo…
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Sarah Silva retweeted
Most people see this and think “dogs are good for you.”
The actual mechanism is more interesting.
Three minutes of petting your dog triggers oxytocin release in both you and the animal. Your cortisol drops. Your heart rate decreases within an hour. This happens every single day you own a dog. Twice a day, three times a day.
The loop: physical touch → oxytocin release → HPA axis downregulation → lower cortisol → reduced neuroinflammation → preserved brain volume.
The study everyone’s referencing had only 95 participants, which is small. But it replicates. A longitudinal European study tracking adults 50+ over 18 years found pet ownership associated with slower decline in executive function and episodic memory. Baltimore Longitudinal Study data showed the same pattern across multiple cognitive tests.
Why dogs specifically? Cats showed similar effects. Fish and birds didn’t. The difference is tactile interaction frequency. Dogs demand contact. They interrupt your doom scrolling. They force you outside. Dog owners in the research showed higher physical activity levels, lower BMI, and lower incidence of hypertension.
The brain age gap in this chart isn’t about dogs being magical. It’s about dogs being a delivery mechanism for consistent nervous system regulation that most people fail to achieve on their own.
Human connection does the same thing. Most people just don’t have a human who wants to cuddle them twice a day and force them on walks.
I’m really hopeful the grocery stores from KY to the gulf are going to bonus their employees for giving 200% this week in advance of the once-in-lifetime winter storms. 👀
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State troopers are showing out right now with this @Vol_Football escort up Ellington Parkway. 10 buses, multiple motorcycle leads, police cruisers, ramp blockades, etc.
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Sarah Silva retweeted
Government can raise suspicion when it over-redacts, hurt people when it under-redacts. There is a reason investigative files are usually not opened for public consumption.
L I V I N G for this #stillwater caller parent moment. #wps #gopokes @bobbybonesshow From Ft. Smith and went to OSU for this reason!!!
Sarah Silva retweeted
This is very kind but what we really need is a lot more Thomas Massies. 534 more to be exact.
SO GOOD!!! Everything we need from the food web in one concise experience.
This is not a scarcity planet. It’s an abundance planet…
…And it’s our responsibility, to use our intellect and opposing thumbs not as conquistadors, but as intellectual healers.
-J. Salatin
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Anyone know who Nashville PD is extensively escorting down White Bridge to I-40 every Sunday at this time?
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Sarah Silva retweeted
All I want for Christmas is to END THE FED! 🇺🇸🎄🇺🇸
🏦 HOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE SECRETLY ENSLAVED THE WORLD - FULL DOCUMENTARY 🏦
What if the greatest threat to our freedom was created in secret by a handful of bankers on a remote island?
Join us as we expose the shadowy origins of the Federal Reserve - 111 years ago to this very day, and reveal how it has enslaved entire nations in debt, funded endless wars, and cemented its control over America’s future.
Perfect advice! Thank you @NashSevereWx for being our most trusted source for up to date local weather!
I think 6-7 PM may be the best bet with a rain jacket or poncho. Will see how the radar unfolds and will send regular updates.
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