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  1. Comment on Ask Tildes: are any of you living kidney donors? in ~health

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    Are you working with a hospital? They usually work with you and orgs to handle everything. I was supposed to donate a kidney to a family member, and went through all the testing. The hospital...

    Are you working with a hospital? They usually work with you and orgs to handle everything.

    I was supposed to donate a kidney to a family member, and went through all the testing. The hospital assigned a team to me and they handled everything.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society

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    Both WIRED and the hacker who broke the story confirmed the list. These people all signed up for accounts. These people are all social elites, many of who are at the top of their field. They all...

    Both WIRED and the hacker who broke the story confirmed the list. These people all signed up for accounts. These people are all social elites, many of who are at the top of their field. They all wield considerable power and influence.

    It’s literally a secret cadre of elites who control the globe. Sorry it sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it’s factual.

    We don’t know all the details behind why they’re registered, but it’s clear that public people are private conversations out of the public eye.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society

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    Mostly white too. It’s wild learning that there’s a secret cadre of elites who control the globe. It’s even wilder to know that none of them look like me

    Mostly white too.

    It’s wild learning that there’s a secret cadre of elites who control the globe.

    It’s even wilder to know that none of them look like me

    2 votes

  4. Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society

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    Ezra Klein and Cory Booker really threw me for a loop. I thought that these were good men, but they’re in group chats with whole Nazis

    Ezra Klein and Cory Booker really threw me for a loop. I thought that these were good men, but they’re in group chats with whole Nazis

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society

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    Hackers discover a member list from a secret cabal of elites founded by Peter Thiel. Here’s the list according the hacker —- Immad Akhund, Founder & CEO, Mercury. Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Founder,...
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    Hackers discover a member list from a secret cabal of elites founded by Peter Thiel.

    Here’s the list according the hacker

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    Immad Akhund, Founder & CEO, Mercury.
    Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Founder, King Faisal Foundation. Fmr. Minister of Intelligence, Saudi Arabia.
    Reema Al-Saud, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the U.S.
    John Arnold, Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures. Fmr. Founder, Centaurus Advisors.
    Susan Athey, Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Fmr. Chief Economist, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
    Peter Attia, Physician, Attia Medical, Author, Outlive.
    Scott Belsky, Partner, A24 Films. Fmr. Chief Strategy Officer & Chief Product Officer, Adobe. Founder, Behance.
    Nicolas Berggruen, Founder & President, Berggruen Holdings.
    Scott Bessent, Secretary, U.S. Treasury.
    Preet Bharara, Fmr. U.S. Attorney, New York Southern District.
    Elizabeth Blackburn, Fmr. President, Salk Institute for Biomedical Studies. Nobel Prize winner.
    Sarah Bond, President of Xbox, Microsoft.
    Cory Booker, Senator (New Jersey), U.S. Senate.
    Rachel Brand, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Walmart. Fmr. Associate Attorney General, U.S Department of Justice.
    Scooter Braun, CEO, Hybe America. Founder, Ithaca Holdings.
    Pete Briger, Principal & Chairman of the Board, Fortress Investment Group.
    Greg Brockman, Co-Founder & President, OpenAI. Fmr. CTO, Stripe.
    Manuel Bronstein, Chief Product Officer, Roblox.
    Peter Brown, CEO, Renaissance Technologies.
    Thasunda Brown Duckett, President & CEO, TIAA.
    Sophia Bush, Actress, One Tree Hill.
    Mike Cannon-Brookes, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Atlassian.
    Cesar Carvalho, Co-Founder & CEO, Wellhub.
    Wences Casares, Founder & Fmr. CEO, Xapo Bank. Founder: Wanako Games, Banco Lemon, Lemon Wallet.
    Julian Castro, Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    Bob Cialdini, Author, Influence.
    Matt Clifford, Prime Minister's Advisor on AI Opportunities, U.K. Government. Co-Founder, Entrepreneur First.
    Caroline Cochran, Co-Founder & COO, Oklo.
    Matt Cohler, Fmr. General Partner, Benchmark.
    Scott Cook, Co-Founder & Chairman, Intuit.
    Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics & Director, Mercatus Center, George Mason University.
    Ted Cruz, Senator (Texas), U.S. Senate.
    Adam D'Angelo, Co-Founder & CEO, Quora. Fmr. CTO, Facebook.
    Mitch Daniels, Fmr. Governor, State of Indiana. Fmr. President, Purdue University.
    Dan Driscoll, Secretary, U.S. Army.
    Charles Duhigg, Author: The Power of Habit, Supercommunicators.
    Steve Ells, Founder & Fmr. CEO, Chipotle.
    Tim Ferriss, Author: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef. Host, The Tim Ferriss Show.
    Marcos Galperin, Co-Founder & CEO, MercadoLibre.
    Atul Gawande, Author: Being Mortal, The Checklist Manifesto. Fmr. Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID.
    Tom Goldstein, Partner, Goldstein & Russell. Founder & Fmr. Publisher, SCOTUSblog.com.
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Actor, 500 Days of Summer, Inception, Looper, Snowden.
    Adam Grant, Organizational Psychologist, Wharton School of Management. Author: Think Again, Originals, Give and Take.
    Severin Hacker, Co-Founder & CTO, Duolingo.
    Jonathan Haidt, Professor, Stern School of Business, NYU. Author: The Anxious Generation, The Righteous Mind, The Coddling of the American Mind.
    Peggy Hamburg, Fmr. Commissioner, U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
    Sam Harris, Podcast Host, Making Sense. Author: Free Will, Lying, Waking Up.
    Jim Himes, Congressman (Connecticut), U.S. House of Representatives.
    Auren Hoffman, CEO, NOB8. Chairman & Fmr. CEO, SafeGraph. Founder & Fmr. CEO, LiveRamp. Chairman, Dialog.
    Reid Hoffman, Partner, Greylock Partners. Co-Founder & Fmr. Executive Chairman, LinkedIn.
    Rob Hur, Fmr. Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice.
    Bob Jain, CIO, Millennium Management. Founder, Jain Family Institute.

    Bryan Johnson, Founder & CEO: Kernel, Blueprint.
    Kaja Kallas, Vice President, European Commission. Fmr. Prime Minister, Estonia.
    Gaurva Kapadia, Founder & CEO, XN.
    Karen Karniol-Tambour, Co-CIO, Bridgewater Associates.
    Garry Kasparov, Fmr. Member, Russian Opposition Movement's Coordinating Council. Fmr. World Chess champion.
    Neal Katyal, Partner, Milbank. Fmr. Partner & Supreme Court Practice Leader, Hogan Lovells.
    Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Fmr. Prime Minister, Pakistan. Founder, Airblue.
    Ezra Klein, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times. Founder & Fmr. Editor-in-chief, Vox. Host, The Ezra Klein Show.
    Tarö Köno, Digital Minister, Japan. Fmr. Minister of Defense, Japan.
    Henry Kravis, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CEO, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
    Jared Kushner, Founder, Affinity Partners.
    Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI.
    Leonard Leo, Co-Chairman & Fmr. Executive Vice President, Federalist Society.
    Jon Levin, President, Stanford University.
    Howie Liu, Founder & CEO, Airtable.
    Joe Lonsdale, Founding Partner, 8VC. Co-Founder: Palantir, Addepar.
    Micky Malka, Founder & Managing Partner, Ribbit Capital.
    Stan McChrystal, Founder & CEO, McChrystal Group. Fmr. General, U.S. Army.
    Neal Mohan, CEO, YouTube.
    Lisa Monaco, Fmr. Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice.
    Wes Moore, Governor, State of Maryland.
    Elon Musk, Founder & CEO, SpaceX. Co-Founder & CEO, Tesla Motors.
    Demet Mutlu, Founder & CEO, Trendyol Group.
    Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis.
    Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform.
    Mike Novogratz, CEO, Galaxy Digital. Fmr. CIO, Fortress Investment Group.
    Jim O'Neill, Nominee for Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Co-Founder, Thiel Fellowship.
    Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder & CEO, Social Capital LP. Co-Owner, Golden State Warriors.
    Benj Pasek, Songwriter & Producer: La La Land, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hansen. Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony winner.
    Daniel Pink, Author: Drive, To Sell is Human, The Power of Regret. Fmr. Chief Speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore.
    Steven Pinker, Professor, Harvard University. Author: Enlightenment Now, The Better Angels of Our Nature.
    Jared Polis, Governor, State of Colorado.
    Jonathan Ross, Founder & CEO, Groq.
    Robert Rubin, Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Treasury. Fmr. Co-Chairman, Goldman Sachs.
    Gretchen Rubin, Host, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. Author: The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, The Four Tendencies.
    Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, CEO, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
    Will Scharf, Co-Founder & CTO, Oscar Health.
    Mario Schlosser, Staff Secretary and Assistant to the President, U.S. White House.
    Eric Schmidt, Founder, Schmidt Futures. Fmr. CEO: Google, Alphabet.
    Dan Schulman, Fmr. President & CEO, PayPal.
    Drew Scott, Co-Founder, Scott Brothers Global. Co-Host, Property Brothers.
    Kim Scott, Author, Radical Candor.
    Pete Shadbolt, Founder & Chief Science Officer, PsiQuantum.
    Ali Siddiqui, Board Chair, OnZero. Fmr. Ambassador of Pakistan to the U.S.
    Barry Silbert, Founder & CEO, Digital Currency Group.
    Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America. Professor, Princeton. Fmr. Director of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State.
    Charlie Songhurst, Board Director, Meta. Fmr. Head of Corporate Strategy, Microsoft.
    Jens Spahn, Member of Parliament, German Bundestag. Fmr. Federal Minister of Health, Germany.
    Scott Stephenson, Chairman, President & CEO, Verisk Analytics.
    Barry Sternlicht, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Starwood Capital Group.
    Bret Stephens, Opinion Columnist & Associate Editor, The New York Times. Pulitzer Prize winner.
    Lawrence Summers, Fmr. President, Harvard University. Fmr. Secretary, U.S. Treasury.

    Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots, X.
    Peter Thiel, Co-Founder: Founders Fund, Palantir, PayPal, Dialog.
    Nick Thompson, CEO, The Atlantic. Fmr. Editor-in-chief, Wired Magazine.
    John Townsend, Author, Boundaries.
    Tom Tugendhat, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom.
    Tim Urban, Writer & Illustrator, Wait But Why. Author, What's Our Problem?
    Rick Warren, Author, The Purpose Driven Life. Podcast Host, Pastor Rick's Daily Hope.
    Strauss Zelnick, Chairman & CEO, Take-Two Interactive Software.
    Shivon Zilis, Director, Neuralink.

    32 votes

  7. Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental

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    Ok I’m kinda looking forward to that. I miss feeling things lol. I don’t want to be stuck being sad but I miss the highs and lows lol. One thing I noticed starting out on medication is my fear of...

    Ok I’m kinda looking forward to that. I miss feeling things lol. I don’t want to be stuck being sad but I miss the highs and lows lol.

    One thing I noticed starting out on medication is my fear of dark went away. I used to extremely creeped out around 3am. Now I’m a little worried that it might come back. Also my social anxiety used to be much worse.

    But I think I’ve made enough lifestyle changes to be ok. Also I’ve recently gone through a glow up and people are much nicer to me haha

    3 votes

  8. Comment on WiFi 5 beamforming is able to infer the identity of individuals without a WiFi device on them through passively recording communication in radio networks in ~tech

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    This is terrifying lol. Please tell me it doesn’t work as well as they’re implying

    This is terrifying lol. Please tell me it doesn’t work as well as they’re implying

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental

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    That’s great to hear! Thank you so much (Edit: I just googled it and it’s only recommended for PMDD 😢)

    That’s great to hear! Thank you so much

    (Edit: I just googled it and it’s only recommended for PMDD 😢)

    2 votes

  10. Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental

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    Oh she’s having me instantly quit lol. I’ve been fine the last two days, but I know the half life of Prozac is hella long. Would I be able to space out the doses and taper like that? If I start...

    Oh she’s having me instantly quit lol. I’ve been fine the last two days, but I know the half life of Prozac is hella long.

    Would I be able to space out the doses and taper like that? If I start feeling bad, I think I’ll ask her about doing 10mg for a bit

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental

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    Yeah I keep seeing the psychs like stop way too fast. My psych had me taper off Wellbutrin for like a week then all hell broke loose. I’ve been cold turkey for two days and it’s been ok so far. I...

    Yeah I keep seeing the psychs like stop way too fast. My psych had me taper off Wellbutrin for like a week then all hell broke loose.

    I’ve been cold turkey for two days and it’s been ok so far. I was talking to Claude and it pointed out that most of the lifestyle changes I made boosted serotonin, so I might be better off than I expect. I’m wary of trusting AI, but the logic is logicking lol

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs? in ~health.mental

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    It’s the Prozac causing the numbness. It’s why we added the Wellbutrin to counteract it. The Vyvanse is for ADHD and it works great. I started out taking medication for depression, but started...

    It’s the Prozac causing the numbness. It’s why we added the Wellbutrin to counteract it. The Vyvanse is for ADHD and it works great.

    I started out taking medication for depression, but started treating my ADHD later. I’ve been making lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, gratitude, positive social interactions, etc…) and they’ve been paying off.

    I’ve tried dropping each of these meds before but this current stack has been working for me. Now I think it’s time for a change.

    I want to narrow down what to check for. I’ve realized a lot of depression comes from living with ADHD. Now that I’m ready to leave the Prozac, I just want to know what type of things to check for.

    Also, I agree that all of this has different effects on different people. Wellbutrin gives me the craziest mood swings when I adjust dosage or even take it late.

    Overall, I just want to hear about other people’s experiences. Like I know how neurotransmitters each drug works on (Prozac for serotonin. Wellbutrin & Vyvanse for dopamine/norepinephrine), but I was interested in how that translated into the real world and what other potential experiences to look out for.

    tl;dr I’m curious about other people’s experiences

    10 votes

  13. Any tips for stopping long term SSRIs?

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    I’ve been taking a stack of meds for a couple years now and they work great for me. It’s Prozac, Wellbutrin, and Vyvanse. But I’ve been feeling numb recently. I told my psych, and we’re going to...

    I’ve been taking a stack of meds for a couple years now and they work great for me. It’s Prozac, Wellbutrin, and Vyvanse.

    But I’ve been feeling numb recently. I told my psych, and we’re going to trial letting go of the Prozac. What should I expect? I’d like to have food taste good again, but I also don’t want the depression to come back.

    My psychiatrist says that I should reach out to her if I feel intense multiday sadness, but are there other signs I should be looking out for?

    I guess I’m just trying hear more about other people’s experiences with quitting/tapering off antidepressants.

    34 votes

  14. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    It’s a classic. I’ve noticed the classics of most genres are classics for a reason. A hit is hit!

    It’s a classic. I’ve noticed the classics of most genres are classics for a reason. A hit is hit!

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 18 in ~society

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    Whatever happened with that whistleblower? Also how is Trump mad at these people’s incompetence? Literally everyone he’s hired has been to be incompetent

    Whatever happened with that whistleblower? Also how is Trump mad at these people’s incompetence? Literally everyone he’s hired has been to be incompetent

  16. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I’ve been listening to the new Drake albums. I get that people don’t like him, but it’s not like the dude forgot how to create art. I’ve really been enjoying the videos too. Dude has a great team...

    I’ve been listening to the new Drake albums. I get that people don’t like him, but it’s not like the dude forgot how to create art.

    I’ve really been enjoying the videos too. Dude has a great team behind him. ( I couldn’t pay for my streaming service this month, so I’m enjoying all my music on YouTube)

  17. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    Brother, I am not the first to notice this. Also, I like the show. I liked it enough to start the second season. But it’s hard to ignore the major theme of some races are just evil and if you let...

    Brother, I am not the first to notice this. Also, I like the show. I liked it enough to start the second season. But it’s hard to ignore the major theme of some races are just evil and if you let them appeal to your empathy they will destroy you.

    The mangaka knowingly did this. The show has clear German influences from names, clothing and architecture. The author has a clear feel for German history and aesthetics.

    Do you think he just skipped over the Naziism section of the history book, but somehow accidentally copied Nazi strategies of dehumanizing a subrace?

    I’m not shitting on the show. I’m not yelling at anyone for watching it either. That said, the Nazi parallels are clear. Clear enough to the point that Nazis are co-opting the show.

  18. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    What is the benefit to having your main characters numb themselves to the cries of fellow humans? They could’ve made the demons anything else besides humans pleading for their lives. Especially in...

    What is the benefit to having your main characters numb themselves to the cries of fellow humans? They could’ve made the demons anything else besides humans pleading for their lives. Especially in this political climate.

    Even if there’s a in-story justification, it’s still a weird decision by the mangaka.

  19. Comment on What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga) in ~anime

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    I’ve been watching Frieren and enjoying it. Unfortunately, I just got to the second season and it’s giving Nazi vibes. The way they treat demons is just plain weird. The demons are...

    I’ve been watching Frieren and enjoying it. Unfortunately, I just got to the second season and it’s giving Nazi vibes.

    The way they treat demons is just plain weird. The demons are indistinguishable from humans. They have no redeeming features, and must be exterminated. Also, their pleading for mercy must be ignored? Swap out the word “demon” with any other ethnicity and it’s pretty blatant.

    I was really enjoying the show until they got to the north and started focusing on ethnic cleansing.

  20. Comment on Reddit reports 69% jump in revenue, topping analyst estimates in ~tech

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    So they’re just selling our data to AI companies?

    So they’re just selling our data to AI companies?

    23 votes