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Chuck - Black Belt Leadership
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Warrior, Teacher, Builder — I help martial artists master the business side of the dojo and the leadership side of life • Hapkido 2nd-dan, learning BJJ

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Chuck - Black Belt Leadership @chuckvtt.bsky.social · Nov 17
"On the field of the Self stand a knight and a dragon.
You are the knight.
Resistance is the dragon."

- Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

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Participatory tax return from Australia shows exactly where one's tax money goes...

(from Reddit user: u/heapsgoods)
This graphic shows Australian government spending breakdown based on where personal tax was allocated during 2018-19 budget estimates, displaying gross debt levels of $533 billion this year compared to $501 billion last year with $16.3 billion in interest payments on gross debt this year, followed by a horizontal bar chart showing spending categories with welfare receiving the largest allocation at $846 billion including aged care at $346 billion, disability at $200 billion, families at $196 billion, unemployed at $60 billion and other welfare at $44 billion, while health received $420 billion, defence $203 billion, education $183 billion, general public services $105 billion, interest on government debt $92 billion, transport and communication $50 billion, fuel and energy $41 billion, industry assistance $32 billion, foreign affairs and economic aid $30 billion, housing and community $29 billion, public order and safety $28 billion, immigration $21 billion, recreation and culture $21 billion, and other purposes $89 billion, with the total tax assessed shown as $2190 at the bottom right, along with a note that figures include transfers to state and local governments except for GST and other economic affairs, with estimates and categories based on information from the Department of Treasury, and a reference to visit www.ato.gov.au/taxreceipt for more information.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut Education and Science Research the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Imports, jobs, and turkeys disappearing. Here’s your weekly data behind the news.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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infobeautiful.bsky.social
Interesting. The evolution of conflict in literature / society

(by Instagram user: @grantdraws)
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A nine-panel cartoon grid titled "CONFLICT IN LITERATURE" depicts different types of conflict, categorized into "CLASSICAL," "MODERN," and "POSTMODERN" literary periods. Under "CLASSICAL," panels show "MAN vs. NATURE" (a person with a pitchfork against a pack of wolves), "MAN vs. MAN" (two people in a sword fight), and "MAN vs. GOD" (a person pointing a stick at a giant hand from the sky). The "MODERN" column shows "MAN vs. SOCIETY" (a person standing alone against a crowd with protest signs), "MAN vs. SELF" (a person facing a mirror image of themselves), and "MAN vs. NO GOD" (a person pointing a stick at an empty sky). The "POSTMODERN" column depicts "MAN vs. TECHNOLOGY" (a person with a baseball bat facing an array of computer screens), "MAN vs. REALITY" (a person standing in a surreal landscape of melting colors and shapes), and "MAN vs. AUTHOR" (a person standing on an open book, looking up at a giant hand holding a pen). The artist's signature, Grant Snider, is at the bottom right.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Not that anyone asked, but the country with the World's lowest life expectancy (Chad) has a higher life expectancy than the country with the highest life expectancy 120 yrs ago (Sweden).

Think Science and especially Medicine has somehow failed you? Think again.

#ScienceMatters
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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WARNING! This image may trigger PINSecurity. From an analysis of 3.4m PIN codes leaked from several data breaches informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...
A heatmap reveals the most common 4 digit PIN numbers, visualised from the data leaked from several large data breaches. The horizontal axis plots the frequency of the first two digits, the vertical axis the second two digits. Clear (and somewhat predictable) patterns emerge from the dataset. A diagonal line of ‘heat’ from bottom left to top right reveals people choosing double digits (2323, 6868 etc). A strong horizontal line at the 19 point shows people using their birth year as a PIN code (1971, 1998 etc). And a large amount of heat in the bottom left shows how people commonly use their birthdate in a MM/DD or DD/MM format. The most common code in the set is 1234.
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Santana - Smooth (Official Video) ft. Rob Thomas
YouTube video by SantanaVEVO
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November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Do have flu, COVID, RSV or just a nasty cold? source: New York Times
Comparison chart of symptoms for Cold, Flu, Covid-19, and RSV. Shows frequency (rarely, sometimes, often) of 12 symptoms including cough, breathing difficulty, fatigue, fever, headaches, muscle pain, loss of taste/smell, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, vomiting, and wheezing. Source: CDC. Shows symptoms overlap but vary in frequency across illnesses.
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Do you need to slam your knee on the mat when shooting a double leg? Let's talk about it.
bjjmentalmodels.substack.com/p/a-great-in...
🤼 A great insight on the double leg takedown
Let’s talk about the “knee pound” that often accompanies a double leg takedown, and whether it’s really needed.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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I’m not crying - you’re crying

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Hard agree
The Witcher series poster with three characters and episode ratings table for four seasons. Episode ratings range from 4.0 to 8.8 displayed in colored blocks. Episodehive logo and tagline 'View episode details at episodehive.com' at the bottom
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Once a top baby name, the name Karen has changed in popularity since the 1950’s and 1960’s.

By 2024, 1 in 10,000 female babies was named Karen.
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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How popular are America's 10 richest people?
A bar graph titled "How popular are the 10 richest Americans?" presents polling data from Reuters/Ipsos. The graph lists the ten richest Americans by net worth, including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and others. For each individual, the graph displays four horizontal bars representing the percentages of U.S. adults with a favorable view, those who have never heard of them, those who did not answer, and those with an unfavorable view. The graph provides a visual comparison of public perception of these billionaires.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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#Dataviz books everyone should read 📚 - a community sourced #charticle informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio... Created in association with @‌DataVizSociety #iibwab
A screenshot of a scrolling array of books on data-visualisation divided into several categories: creative works, curated collections, how to and theory book. Over 169 titles.
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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💼 Job hunting? Here are some roles you may want to avoid.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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📰 Shutdown history
💸 The last penny
⚖️ And a Supreme Court update

Here’s the data behind the news this week.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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China’s westernmost point is closer to Germany than to its easternmost point!

(by @amazingmap)
A satellite view of Earth centered on Asia, showing three labeled points: Fuyuan, HL (China) to the east, Akto, XJ (China) in the center, and Görlitz, SN (Germany) to the west. Lines with distance measurements in kilometers connect Akto to Fuyuan (4876km) and Akto to Görlitz (4624km). A large white arc spans across the globe connecting Fuyuan and Görlitz, passing near Akto, suggesting a great circle route.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Charting human migration over deep time

(via outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/media/2013-0...)
A map titled "A WALK THROUGH TIME" showing human migration patterns from Africa across the globe over 200,000 years. The route is color-coded in rainbow bands from red (oldest, 200-60 thousand years ago) through yellow, green, blue, to pink (most recent, 15-10 thousand years ago). A white line traces the 21,000-mile walking route from East Africa ("Start") to South America ("Finish"). The map uses Fuller projection to straighten the circumglobal route.
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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"Save You" on David Letterman, Nov. 2002.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Africa is BIG
An infographic showing the true size of Africa (30.4m km²) compared to other major countries and regions. Six maps overlay different regions on Africa's outline to demonstrate scale: Russia (17.1m km²), U.S. (9.8m km²), China (9.6m km²), Brazil (8.5m km²), Europe excluding Russia (5.9m km²), and India (3.3m km²). Each comparison is color-coded and labeled with its area.
November 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM