Coffee withdrawal headaches are really annoying... Its been 6 days!

Squats + pushups + walk Done ✅ No coffee. 6 cups of water + oatmeal

Fun fact! It is physically impossible to clench your throat and your butt at the same time. You can test this! Go "moo!" and make it really reverberate in your chest. Be a real cow for a second... And focus on your butt. See?

Just cleaned my bathroom. I'm once again reminded of how idiotic the design of bathrooms is, and how the global use of this idiotic design proves how unimaginative humans are.

Quitting coffee means hours of extra time in the morning that I haven't yet figured out how to waste. Also time moves slower the whole day.

🤔 the war in Iran might not have been the strategic blunder it at first appeared to be. Iran was supplying shaheds to Russia, and most of the combined output of Russia and Iran was being used in Ukraine - that's somewhere in the range of 3200-3700 drones per month (combined). Ukraine recently passed a macabre milestone in that the number of Russian soldiers killed exceeded the number recruited. By forcing Iran to use its drones at home, Ukraine **_might_** be under less pressure. It could be like a force multiplier of sorts, amplifying the edge they've gained. And since Russia's tied up in Ukraine, they won't be helping much. The effect on China is where it really gets interesting. Their Belt and Road project would have made China much less dependent on water shipping, if it completed. Without having to rely on oil shipping, they would be free to attack Taiwan or anyone in the west Pacific. IF the US wins in Iran, cheap Iranian oil will not be flowing to China, via either the land route slightly to their north or via shipping. Expensive oil, sure, but not cheap. China faces a couple of choices here. It could accept the challenge this will pose and continue to wait for monetary problems in the US - some kind of perestroika event is likely, though I see a way it might be delayed. Or they could commit more resources to helping Iran (they have a frigate sitting in the gulf feeding Iran targeting info). Or they could say "F it" and attack Taiwan now, but that will require also attacking Japan. Now... Its been literally twenty years that I've been watching East Asia with frustration, wondering if they will **_ever_** get over their petty rivalries and form an East Asian Nato... What in fuck does it take for them to see the necessity and do it? Idk. At a minimum, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines need to be in a defense pact, training together, sharing satellites, etc. I've heard South Korea has restarted their nuclear program, BTW. I've also heard there's no way in hell they'll have enough enriched uranium to make any difference by next year, which is when the party is supposed to start. But anyways, this was supposed to be musings on Iran. It might've been a smart move. Not a moral one... And I absolutely can't turn a blind eye to the idiocy of "decapitation strikes" and "double taps"... Its like our leaders are children and they think it's a video game... But anyways. Finish it fast. And ffs, it doesn't matter if the grand strategy is perfect if you can't control your budget... Hungry.

😂😂 these AIs are awesome - it just gave me homework to test out a medical theory on myself, saying my current withdrawal state from caffeine is the perfect opportunity 😂 But the other part... Lol, I have no idea how to acquire a zebrafish

🤔 so... Iranians believe in a "Mahdi" that comes at the end of the world and rules the world with justice, and he can only reappear when the world is going to shit with war... And the Israelis believe literally the exact same thing, but they call him Messiah... Neither country wants peace. They both want the war to expand. There. Now it makes sense.

When I was a kid, assassinations were something only bad guys did. America does it now. Which came first - the "decapitation strike" or the "double tap" on the school? I forget. "Double tap," in case anyone still doesn't know, is when you bomb a place a second time to hit the emergency first responders. Its specifically to maximize deaths. Its a terror tactic. Israel does that shit... And America did it. When I was a kid, people prayed to God for hearts to soften and peace to reign... For mercy... People still said, "forgive our debts as we forgive others" (or a variation). Now I see Hegseth boasting about killing, and then praying. That's a mockery of God. It offends me. All this shit offends me. We're so lost. I don't think God will tolerate being mocked for long. I think Biblical shit's about to happen. I think it would be wise to get out of the way. But idk. Maybe there's a Jonah out there, or a remnant.

The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that the age of aircraft carriers is at its end, because of drones/cheap missiles. These things are only going to get cheaper. A lot cheaper... radically cheaper, compared with their current cheapness already. When I watch an interception, I see two problems with defense. First is the cost - I can see that the experience we're gaining here is telling us that expensive defense is a dumb against cheap offense. So, interception will be bullets or drones, and if you watched the defense of that embassy last night, maybe you'll agree - i think bullets are the way. There's also that company with the lasers, which seem very impressive, but that won't work in the near future, despite working quite well, because of the second problem... All the interception video I've seen shows only one or two missiles at a time, and I've only seen one drone at a time. In the case of that embassy, the drones were coming in fairly quickly, but were still one at a time. That won't continue. If you can shoot down one, they'll send two. If you can shoot down two, they'll send three. Etc. As long as attack is cheap - not necessarily cheapER, just cheap - then the attacker always has the option to just send more simultaneously. This has been my main criticism of Iran's tactics so far - everything makes sense except this one thing : they could have saturated every target, but didn't. I'm not rooting for them, just to be clear. If an cutting edge system like lasers can defend an area effectively, then you just send a dozen of the flying lawnmowers at the same time at that one target, and then everything behind it is freebies. Or two dozen. Is that really how 'dozen' is spelled? Anyways. Or you send in a combo - that nifty Sejjil is surely the most advanced system in this fight, and all the moreso if it slams down immediately after defenses engage a bunch of the cheap drones. And, as I said initially, these things are going to get even cheaper. And smaller, and faster, and more precise, all at once. Its hard for me to imagine us pouring billions into carriers in the age of drones. Similarly, **_any_** large and relatively immobile target - like bases - is too vulnerable. All force will have to be mobile or stealthy, and all will have to be hyper reactive to changing environments. Slow convoys from point A to point B are not going to work. Well anyways. This is just my current favorite thing. I'm no expert.

I don't think I've sufficiently gushed about how awesome the olive oil trick is. Or rather, I've gushed but not told anyone... It really is remarkable. I've stopped using it and the change is continuing.

Does Trump really not know that amphibious assaults only work when they're a surprise? Why on earth would I be seeing this in the news?

🤔 the fact that the Iranians offered to give up all of their enriched uranium during negotiations before the US and Israel attacked proves that Israel doesn't want a peaceful Iran. It proves that this war is about destroying the country - balkanization. It makes a lot more sense now. Iran's fighting more effectively than they ever have before - a war for survival is a different thing than a typical war - and Israel's hegemonic ambitions. The US truly can't win this. Even "winning" the war is losing. Preventing Iran from becoming the regional hegemon is pointless if it means Israel becomes the regional hegemon. The US gains nothing by doing this. This needs to end asap. The alliance with Israel needs to end asap, too.

I asked an AI about taxes in Iran and before answering, it asked for my location. I wish I had screenshotted it... I tried repeating it and it didn't ask again. Still concerning.

Learned a lot about the "gut-kidney axis" today, so called for how positively reinforcing they are. Basically, an inflamed gut will fail to contain proteins, which then your kidneys have to filter, which increases oxidative stress, which scars the nephrons, which reduces filtration and excess is routed back to the gut, which raises the pH and further inflames it, thus making a downward spiral. Or an upward spiral - reducing inflammation is a matter of sealing off damaged epithelial gut lining, which you do with short chain fatty acids and/or soluble fiber goo - that soluble fiber becomes the SCFAs, so that's helpful. And in doing so, you reduce the load on your kidneys, which causes a reduction in albumenurea, if I spelled that right. You can check to see if your diet is improving kidney function by observing the time it takes for pee bubbles to pop. Yes, I'm my own patient, and I'm observing this... Bubbles will last longer if they contain more protein, which shouldn't be there, so if they pop quickly then the diet is working. When my research began 4 days ago, they weren't popping at all ; now they pop instantly, meaning I've eliminated protein leakage, which in turn means I've eliminated kidney disease (as long as I keep the gut-kidney axis happy). Interesting factoid : the cells in your gut are completely replaced every 3-5 days. The gut is the fastest regrowing part of your body, so theoretically any gut issues should be entirely healable, and quickly.