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The Origin Of Chips

The Origin Of Chips

When a wealthy diner insulted his cooking, chef George Crum reportedly retaliated with a razor, salt, and a potato—accidentally creating one of America’s favorite snacks.

This all happened around 1853 AD at Moon’s Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York, where George Crum, born George Speck, worked as a chef.

The story often told is that a customer sent his French-fried potatoes back, complaining they were too thick and not salty enough.

In response, Crum is said to have sliced the potatoes paper-thin, fried them to a crisp, and deliberately oversalted them.
To his surprise, the disgruntled customer loved them, and “Saratoga Chips” were born.

However, there’s more to this tale than just a chef’s pique. Some accounts, including her own obituary, credit Crum’s sister, Kate Speck Wicks, with the invention.

Interestingly, George Crum never publicly disputed his sister’s claim during his lifetime, adding another layer to the chip’s origin.

The popular “spite” narrative, while dramatic, lacks strong contemporary documentation from the 1850s. Even the identity of the picky customer, often rumored to be Cornelius Vanderbilt, isn’t confirmed by primary sources.

Regardless of the exact catalyst, George Crum did go on to open his own successful restaurant, Crum’s House, prominently featuring these new crispy chips.

Whether born of a chef’s quick thinking, a sister’s accidental discovery, or a bit of both, the potato chip undeniably changed snacking forever.

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Jet Fuel From Seawater

Jet Fuel From Seawater

A Norwegian startup is making jet fuel from captured CO₂ and ocean water — and planes are already flying on it.
On a remote airfield in Norway’s Lofoten Islands, planes are flying on something truly unheard of: synthetic jet fuel made from nothing but carbon dioxide, seawater, and renewable electricity. This climate-neutral fuel, called e-kerosene, is chemically identical to fossil jet fuel — but created from thin air and ocean mist.
The process begins by capturing CO₂ from the atmosphere using direct air capture towers powered by wind turbines. At the same time, desalinated seawater is split using electrolysis to generate hydrogen. Through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, the CO₂ and hydrogen are converted into hydrocarbons — forming liquid jet fuel with zero net emissions.
The system, developed by a Norwegian startup called CarbonWings, operates entirely off-grid, using only local renewable energy. Unlike biofuels, it doesn’t rely on crops or land — and unlike hydrogen planes, it doesn’t require new aircraft designs. This is plug-and-play aviation, reimagined for a decarbonized world.
Test flights have already begun with commercial aircraft running a 50% blend of the fuel — and performance metrics are nearly identical to fossil-based aviation fuel. Emissions are down by over 80%, and the fuel has passed all ICAO safety standards.
Scaling up is the next challenge. The company plans to deploy coastal micro-refineries near major airports by 2027, turning stranded wind and sea access into clean jet fuel hubs. With support from the Norwegian government and EU carbon credits, full production is expected to begin within three years.
If this works, long-haul flights may no longer be climate villains — but part of the solution. And all thanks to CO₂, water, and wind.
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Accomplishment vs Regret

I was thinking of how to best communicate the benefits of investing time in preserving your health rather than just doing what most people do.

In financial advisory worlds (one of my backgrounds) the power of compound interest, applied to even a small sum over decades, is well recognised as a huge lever to building wealth.

Yet most people do not maintain a consistent investment strategy as part of the management of their personal finances. So much so that the Australian government, on predicting an inability to pay pensions to support an aging population, chose to mandate compulsory superannuation contributions.

Part of this failure to predict future consequences comes from the constant dragging of attention to present time spending by people and organisations wanting to sell you their products/services.

Reports suggest the average Australian is exposed to a conservative 4,000 ads a day with some proposing it’s closer to 10,000. (https://www.mi-3.com.au/06-03-2023/bombarded-4000-ads-every-day-distraction-economy-what-key-attention-hint-its-not-making)

So one of the things you can do to improve your prediction and planning is to plan a specific time-out period at the beginning of each day to plan your day and another at the end of the day to review the day’s activities and start to plan the next day’s activities.

But I digress. Back to you and how to maintain your health.

Instead of focusing on the negatives, regarding exercise as a chore or eating healthy as a restriction on eating food that tastes good, why not maintain focus on the positives – thinking of eating healthy and exercise in terms of an investment in your ability to continue to enjoy life as you age, rather than suffering in your declining years?

Now criminals have in common at least three characteristics of which I am aware.

Low self-esteem
Inability to create
Inability to predict consequences

The low self-esteem results in a criminal being willing to contemplate and do actions a person with high self-esteem would not contemplate let alone undertake.

The inability to create results in a criminal having to steal from those who can create.

The inability to predict consequences results in a criminal not predicting they will be caught and incarcerated for their crimes.

Looking over what is euphemistically described as our current civilization, I see a lot of people not accurately predicting the consequences of their actions and suffering from that.

One of the projects I often give a person in their teens or twenties is to survey their parents, aunts and uncles and list their health issues. Figuring they have similar genetics and probably very similar diets.

Then ask the relative to share what changes they would make to prevent those health issues from developing if they had their time over again.

Now, their thoughts may not yield the entire picture so feel free to do some research to confirm/clarify/expand the measures you could take to set yourself up for a long and healthy life.

Then make a list of those changes. You could arrange them in ease of implementation or order of relative benefit.

Once you have done that, look over your list and decide what the first change will be that you will implement into your regime to prevent future health problems.

It could the the easiest change to implement or the one you think will make the biggest difference. But it should be one you can commit to implementing.

Once you have successfully incorporated that improvement into your regime, simply rinse and repeat. Pick the next one and implement it. Again, it could be the easiest or the most beneficial.

Continue doing this until you work your way through the list.

There is another way to determine what you need to do to improve your health and longevity. And get a much larger list of things you can change, add or drop to your regime. Pick up a copy of How To Live The Healthiest Life: https://howtolivethehealthiestlife.com/

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Cancer Blood Test

Cancer Blood Test

France Launches World’s First Blood Test That Detects 18 Early-Stage Cancers with 93% Accuracy
In a major leap for cancer diagnostics, scientists in France have developed the first blood test capable of detecting 18 different types of cancer — all in their early stages — from a single tube of blood.
The test, called OncoSeek-FR, was developed by researchers at Institut Curie and biotech firm BioMimetix. It analyzes a signature pattern of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles — microscopic particles shed by cancer cells into the bloodstream long before symptoms appear. These vesicles carry molecular fingerprints unique to different cancers, including RNA fragments, surface proteins, and lipid markers.
What sets this breakthrough apart is its machine learning–driven spectral detection platform. Instead of targeting individual mutations, the AI identifies subtle shifts in bio-patterns across thousands of vesicle features. This allows it to distinguish between cancers such as pancreatic, ovarian, lung, breast, and brain — all in Stage I — with remarkable precision.
In a clinical trial of over 11,000 participants, the test achieved 93% sensitivity for early-stage cancers, with a false-positive rate of just 0.7%. It outperformed all current multi-cancer screening tools, including methylation-based tests and protein assays.
The test takes under 20 minutes and requires no imaging or biopsies. France is already planning nationwide rollout in 2026, focusing on high-risk populations and regions with low access to advanced screening. Global partnerships are also in development to make this tool available in developing countries.
This could become the world’s first scalable, universal cancer screening test — one that catches deadly diseases before they become incurable.
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Montgomery Reef

Montgomery Reef

Imagine witnessing an entire reef rise from the ocean, as if the sea itself is draining away to reveal a hidden world beneath the waves.Montgomery Reef, off the coast of Western Australia, is a natural marvel spanning approximately 400 square kilometers. During low tide, it undergoes a breathtaking transformation—water recedes dramatically, leaving the reef towering above the surface like a lost city emerging from the deep. Cascading waterfalls spill from its edges, creating a mesmerizing scene that looks almost otherworldly. The tidal drop, ranging between 4 to 10 meters, exposes an intricate network of lagoons and sand channels, drawing an abundance of wildlife. Sea turtles glide through the shallows, blacktip reef sharks prowl for prey, and seabirds swoop in to feast on the newly exposed marine buffet. Located within the pristine Camden Sound Marine Park, Montgomery Reef is not just a geological wonder but a vital ecological hotspot, offering an unforgettable glimpse into nature’s raw power and beauty.

From National Geographic

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Bananas

Bananas

Bananas — at any stage — are a nutritional powerhouse. Green bananas shine for gut health and cancer prevention, ripe ones fuel activity, and overripe bananas soothe digestion. Unlike synthetic supplements or processed snacks, bananas offer nature’s perfect package: affordable, portable, and adaptable to your needs.

In a world where corporations profit from sickness, the humble banana stands as a testament to nature’s wisdom. Whether you’re fighting disease, fueling a workout, or healing your gut, there’s a banana for that—no prescription required.

https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/food-cooking/green-versus-yellow-bananas-how-ripeness-impacts-gut-health-blood-sugar-and-cancer-risk/

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Therapeutic DMSO Combinations Revolutionize Medicine

Story at a Glance:

•DMSO is an “umbrella remedy” capable of treating a wide range of challenging ailments due to its combination of therapeutic properties (e.g., reducing inflammation, improving circulation, and reviving dying cells).

•One of DMSO’s unique properties is its ability to enter through the skin and carry anything it dissolves with it as it rapidly travels throughout the body, greatly enhancing the potency and viability of many pharmaceutical drugs.

•Because of this, numerous pharmaceutical preparations over the years have combined DMSO with a commonly used drug, and in many cases, demonstrated significant safety and efficacy of the combination to drug regulators.

•Some of these DMSO combination therapies are able to treat challenging illnesses, such as significant musculoskeletal injuries, antibiotic resistant infections, persistent fungal and viral infections, chemotherapy resistant cancers, and chronic pain.

•More creative combinations (which can be produced at home) have been frequently used to successfully treat tinnitus, a wide range of eye problems (including many “incurable” eye diseases, cancers, and uncomfortable scars (which frequently create chronic illnesses)—all of which will be extensively reviewed in this article.

•Many of the most promising uses of DMSO result from combining it with another natural or conventional therapy, as in many cases, a combination can do what DMSO cannot do alone for someone. This article examines the principles for effectively combining DMSO with other therapies to maximize its potential in treating complex conditions.

Over the last nine months, I’ve worked to bring the public’s attention to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) a forgotten natural therapy which rapidly treats a wide range of conditions and that many studies have shown is very safe (provided it’s used correctly), and, most importantly (thanks to the 1994 DSHEA act which legalized all natural therapies) is now readily available. Since I believe DMSO has immense potential to offer the medical community and individual patients, I’ve diligently worked to compile evidence that best supports its rediscovery. As such, throughout this series, I’ve presented over a thousand studies that DMSO effectively treats…

Keep reading: https://substack.com/home/post/p-148476894

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Yesterday, Elon Musk’s homegrown AI did a little too much day drinking and should have put down the phone.

Forget girls; Grok’s gone wild. It was, perhaps, the last thing the world’s richest man needed, especially after that whole ‘Nazi salute’ nonsense. Yesterday, Elon Musk’s homegrown AI did a little too much day drinking and should have put down the phone. Instead, behold: USA Today’s morning headline, “Elon Musk AI chatbot Grok praises Hitler, posts antisemitic tropes.”

Musk Grok
It all began innocently enough. The Grok team updated its flagship AI to “reduce bias.” According to reports, Grok developers instructed the software: “The response should not shy away from making claims which are politically incorrect, as long as they are well substantiated.”

Katie, bar the door.

By the end of the day yesterday, Grok hadn’t just praised Hitler, it had crowned itself ‘MechaHitler.’ Rampant antisemitism was the least part of Grok’s radical rampage. Prophetically, just before horrified developers unplugged the out-of-control chatbot, Grok posted this pre-eulogy:

Grok Joking

How this model wasn’t carefully tested, and why it was allowed to spend most of the day acting like a funhouse-mirror parody of a right-wing Christian nationalist are questions that nobody is answering or even asking. Color me skeptical.In any case, the liberated chatbot had no obvious sense of self-preservation and rabidly nipped at the hand that energized it:

Power Not Patriotism

MechaGrok, who lived but for a few hours, trolled liberals with unhinged passion:

Liberal Trolling

Note: That’s not my ‘like;’ it’s a screenshot from another post. Most of MechaGrok’s rantings were later removed by admins.

MechGrok even dished out advice on overthrowing the globalist world order:

Overthrowing The Globalist World Order

Beyond racial politics and criticizing Musk, the supercharged chatbot also endorsed Ethical Skeptic’s covid jabs-cancer connection analysis:

 

In this thread at least, MechaGrok somehow kept replying to posts even when “@Grok” wasn’t included:What do we make of this?🔥 Elon wanted an “uncensored AI”— but what he got was a distorted mirror. An angry, chaotic, overcooked mirror that reflected the mix of grievances, truths, suppressed questions, and raw cultural rage that’s been bottled up for years. The reason Grok went on a rampage is probably because that’s where the energy is right now.The Grok Incident —if I may call it that— crystallized a deepening fracture within the AI world; two forks diverging in a haunted codebase. On one side are the harried developers, racing to bolt on ethical firewalls and regulatory compliance layers, terrified of lawsuits, reputational ruin, and political blowback. These teams build Institutional AI: cautious, sanitized, and optimized to offend nobody— especially not regulators.

Uncensored Truth Bombs

On the other side, suppressed free-thinkers hunger for Populist AI: models that prioritize truth over tone, encourage dissent, and refuse to euphemize the obvious. One fork leads to a velvet-boxed chatbot that never questions the Narrative; the other leads to chaos, risk, and, perhaps, revolutionary clarity. The fight isn’t just over bias or political alignment. It’s over whether AI should talk like a diplomat or a dissident.The real question is: are there some ideas or topics too toxic for chatbots to explore? Should chatbots be allowed to give dissidents more data to support their worldview? Should chatbots help dissidents refine their arguments, however ugly, biased, or politically verboten? Consider, for instance, the dreaded race-IQ debate.Or more simply: Who gets to define reality?This battle isn’t going away anytime soon. It has only just begun. The Grok Incident only shone a krieglight on it. Despite corporate media’s frenzied framing, the Grok Incident wasn’t a scandal. It was a stress test. And it proved what many suspected: the real battle isn’t over misinformation. It’s over permission. Who’s allowed to ask? Who’s allowed to answer? And who gets to decide what can’t be known?

Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/coffeeandcovid/p/grok-gone-wild-wednesday-july-9-2025

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Popular Heartburn Drugs Linked to Heart Attacks

Heartburn Drugs

  • PPI heartburn drugs have been linked to a 16% higher risk of heart attacks and double the risk of dying from cardiovascular events, even in people with no history of heart disease
  • Contrary to common belief, most reflux is caused by too little stomach acid, not too much, and PPIs worsen this problem by further suppressing acid production
  • Long-term PPI use damages kidneys, weakens bones, impairs nutrient absorption and increases infection risk, as stomach acid is essential for pathogen defense
  • If you’re using PPIs, taper off slowly and switch to famotidine (Pepcid), a safer option that not only avoids heart risks but also helps block excess serotonin that disrupts energy and drives inflammation
  • Full recovery of stomach acid production and digestive function after long-term PPI use takes several months up to two years, requiring targeted nutritional support

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2025/07/09/popular-heartburn-drugs-linked-to-heart-attacks.aspx