Ralph
@ralphtegtmeier.bsky.social
In SEO country, people tend to know me as the fantomaster.
In the esoteric field, it’s Frater U.D. – making magic work for you!
In the esoteric field, it’s Frater U.D. – making magic work for you!
The elite few who run Big Tech exercise the same level of influence that feudal overlords once did. Except now, they not only threaten democracy but wish to rewrite the rules of global power themselves.
The rise of technofeudalism
Capitalism’s dominance may have run its course. A new system of control has taken its place, one Yanis Varoufakis calls technofeudalism. For Varoufakis, former Minister of Finance for Greece and numbe...
iai.tv
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The elite few who run Big Tech exercise the same level of influence that feudal overlords once did. Except now, they not only threaten democracy but wish to rewrite the rules of global power themselves.
Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on how cells recycle and renew their content, a process called autophagy. Fasting activates autophagy, which helps slow down the aging process and has a positive impact on cell renewal.
Fasting for Health and Longevity: Nobel Prize Winning Research on Cell Aging
Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on how cells recycle and renew their content, a
www.bluezones.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2016 for his research on how cells recycle and renew their content, a process called autophagy. Fasting activates autophagy, which helps slow down the aging process and has a positive impact on cell renewal.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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UK scientists tested more than 1,000 chemicals on gut bacteria samples in a lab, and identified 168 that appear harmful.
Scientists identify 168 chemicals that could be toxic for gut health
UK scientists tested more than 1,000 chemicals on gut bacteria samples in a lab, and identified 168 that appear harmful.
l.euronews.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
UK scientists tested more than 1,000 chemicals on gut bacteria samples in a lab, and identified 168 that appear harmful.
Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.
Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime
Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.
www.cam.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan.
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We have very few eel-related metaphors English now. But there used to be many more.
One of my favorites is from William Lisle’s 1631 play "The Faire Ætheopian" where he describes a procession of haughty maids as being “smug as Eeles."
Have you ever been that smug? Has anyone?
🗃️🧪
One of my favorites is from William Lisle’s 1631 play "The Faire Ætheopian" where he describes a procession of haughty maids as being “smug as Eeles."
Have you ever been that smug? Has anyone?
🗃️🧪
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We have very few eel-related metaphors English now. But there used to be many more.
One of my favorites is from William Lisle’s 1631 play "The Faire Ætheopian" where he describes a procession of haughty maids as being “smug as Eeles."
Have you ever been that smug? Has anyone?
🗃️🧪
One of my favorites is from William Lisle’s 1631 play "The Faire Ætheopian" where he describes a procession of haughty maids as being “smug as Eeles."
Have you ever been that smug? Has anyone?
🗃️🧪
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
Nerds’ Classic
Warning: This site contains adult themes, violence, profanities, and other such fun stuff.
Warning: This site contains adult themes, violence, profanities, and other such fun stuff.
The Bastard Operator From Hell Complete
bofh.bjash.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nerds’ Classic
Warning: This site contains adult themes, violence, profanities, and other such fun stuff.
Warning: This site contains adult themes, violence, profanities, and other such fun stuff.
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I’m still enjoying how MAGA Twitter will never live down that they’re all troll farms from Russia and Bangladesh. The whole MAGA ‘movement’ has been fake bullshit from top to bottom from the very beginning.
Musk Accidentally Proves Most MAGA Accounts On Twitter Live In Russia
Whoops!
www.thegodpodcast.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’m still enjoying how MAGA Twitter will never live down that they’re all troll farms from Russia and Bangladesh. The whole MAGA ‘movement’ has been fake bullshit from top to bottom from the very beginning.
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Things online are often not as they appear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Things online are often not as they appear.
These were Neanderthals preying on each other
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
These were Neanderthals preying on each other
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Self-avowed socialist who has called Trump a ‘despot’ and ‘fascist’ and president who has called Mamdani ‘communist’ were all smiles after meeting for the first time
Trump predicts Mamdani will be ‘really great mayor’ for NYC in White House love-fest
Self-avowed socialist who has called Trump a ‘despot’ and ‘fascist’ and president who has called Mamdani ‘communist’ were all smiles after meeting for the first time
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Self-avowed socialist who has called Trump a ‘despot’ and ‘fascist’ and president who has called Mamdani ‘communist’ were all smiles after meeting for the first time
US 'peace proposal' includes Russianisms prompting questions about authorship of text - analysis
Some of the phrases in the US’s “peace proposal” for Ukraine appear to have been originally written in Russian. In several places the language would work in Russian but seems distinctly odd in English.
Some of the phrases in the US’s “peace proposal” for Ukraine appear to have been originally written in Russian. In several places the language would work in Russian but seems distinctly odd in English.
Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy, as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal – as it happened
US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposal
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
US 'peace proposal' includes Russianisms prompting questions about authorship of text - analysis
Some of the phrases in the US’s “peace proposal” for Ukraine appear to have been originally written in Russian. In several places the language would work in Russian but seems distinctly odd in English.
Some of the phrases in the US’s “peace proposal” for Ukraine appear to have been originally written in Russian. In several places the language would work in Russian but seems distinctly odd in English.
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A new study has found that Pollock’s style is hard for adults to replicate, whereas children find it… child’s play.
Children are better at creating Jackson Pollock paintings, study finds
A new study has found that Pollock’s style is hard for adults to replicate, whereas children find it… child’s play.
l.euronews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new study has found that Pollock’s style is hard for adults to replicate, whereas children find it… child’s play.
“On the highway toward human-level AI, a large language model is basically an off-ramp — a distraction, a dead end.”
Meta's most famous AI researcher Yann LeCun now says that everything, everyone knew and believed about AI chatbots is 'WRONG' - The Times of India
Tech News News: Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, a Turing Award winner and one of the godfathers of AI, says large language models powering ChatGPT and similar c
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“On the highway toward human-level AI, a large language model is basically an off-ramp — a distraction, a dead end.”
