Levels of microplastics in our brains have risen by 50 per cent over the past decade. A US study shows microplastics now make up 0.5 per cent of the average human brain. The University of New Mexico researchers were shocked by their findings – saying they thought the brain would be protected from the plastics but they were wrong. These plastics may cause health issues like dementia and infertility in men. UTL COMMENT:- Skyjab news, one story prompted a dangerous injectable. And then warns about plastic. Anyway - good video....

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered a new trial in former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times. The court in New York said it had found fault in rulings made by the presiding judge during the original trial, which Palin lost in February 2022. The civil case stemmed from a 2017 editorial that falsely suggested the onetime Republican vice presidential nominee had incited a deadly mass shooting in Arizona in 2011. The Times corrected the piece and apologized,...

A funny thing happened after July 21, when President Biden ended his campaign for reelection. It’s not merely that Kamala Harris emerged to take his place; it’s that her campaign had overcome the polarization of American politics. At least, that’s the reading provided by not a few political pundits. But it’s not quite true. The reality is that Harris’ rise as a leading political figure demonstrates that America was never as polarized as our commentators claimed. I made this point ...

Durov's four-day detention has been ended by a judge but he will be brought before a court for a possible indictment. Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, has been released from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations that the messaging app is being used for illegal activities. The Russian-born tech entrepreneur will be brought before a French court with a view to a possible indictment, according to prosecutors. "An investigating judge has ended Pavel Durov’s...

“If you go back to the Trump presidency, we had 12,000 factories that were built during Donald Trump’s presidency.” — Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance, in remarks on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Aug. 25 Vance, in defending former president Donald Trump’s proposal for across-the-board tariffs, argued that Trump managed to bring back manufacturing jobs from overseas when he was president. He then cited as evidence a statistic that immediately gave us PTSD. “12,000...

Former President Donald Trump sat down for a one-on-one interview with "Dr. Phil" McGraw as the race to Election Day continues to heat up. Trump's interview with McGraw, a TV personality and psychologist, aired Monday night exclusively on the Merit Street network and featured several of Trump's familiar talking points, including attacking his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, for her policies on the southern border and the economy.

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign last week and endorsed former President Donald Trump. I disagree with Kennedy about a lot. But at least he was willing to talk to people who disagree with him. In my newest video, we debate. Kennedy complains that mainstream media won't have him on—even to argue with him.

The last U.S. troops left Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021. Three years later, the Taliban's return to power has allowed al Qaeda and other terrorist groups to regain a presence in the country, and deprived Afghan women and girls of basic freedoms they were granted during two decades of Western-backed government following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.

Magnet fishing is one of the more unique hobbies that people got into during the pandemic and it has remained popular even in its aftermath. The idea is simple: anglers drop a heavy magnet into a waterway and see what they can pull up.It’s pretty common for people to find guns, knives, fishing tackle, scrap metal and even the occasional bicycle. The hobby is popular on YouTube, where there are hundreds of thousands of videos related to the topic.The hobby is fun for those who get a kick out of finding buried treasure, but it’s also great for the environment. Anglers with magnets that can pull anywhere from 400 to 2,000 pounds have done a great job of removing dangerous waterway debris.James Kane and Barbie Agostini threw a rope with a magnet into a river and pulled up a safe with an estimated $100,000 inside.A couple who got into magnet fishing during the pandemic made an incredible catch in the Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on Friday, May 31, that earned them a spot on the New York 1 News. James Kane and Barbie Agostini threw a rope with a magnet into a river and pulled up a safe with an estimated $100,000 inside.An American couple has managed to hook a safe filled with nearly AU$150,000 while magnet fishing in a New York lake.James Kane & Barbie Agostini join us to tell us about the valuable find. pic.twitter.com/VqJTKa0qnM— The Project (@theprojecttv) June 3, 2024 "We pulled it out and it was big stacks of freaking hundreds," Kane told New York 1. "These are thick stacks—they're soaking wet, they're pretty much destroyed."Agostini thought Kane was joking when he said there were stacks of money in the safe. “He showed me and once I saw the actual dollars and the security ribbons I lost it,” she said.To avoid legal trouble, the couple contacted the police to ensure that the safe wasn’t connected to any crimes. "There were no IDs, no way to find the original person, in the safe. [The police] were like: 'Well, congratulations!'" Agostini said.The police said they had never seen a discovery like it before.Kane told New York 1 that they got into the hobby during lockdown. “We were bored during COVID lockdown and I’ve always had this itch to become a treasure hunter … so we discovered something called magnet fishing,” Kane said. He calls the hobby “the poor man’s treasure hunting."Even though the money was soaked and covered in mud, the couple may be able to spend it.A couple in Queens were stunned to find $100,000 in cash inside an old safe they dredged up while magnet fishing in a NYC lake. The two anglers, James Kane and Barbie Agostini, used a strong magnet to fish in the water on Friday afternoon. They felt something bulky on the end… pic.twitter.com/JczNL2ngq6— Evoclique (@Evoclique_) June 2, 2024 They sent it to Washington, D.C., to be cleaned and inspected. "To clean it up takes 6 months to 3 years," Kane told The Project. But we believe this one's not gonna be that long."One wonders why a safe with so much money wound up in a river. Was it stolen by thieves who ditched it because it couldn’t be opened? Did a jilted lover steal the safe from someone and throw it into the lake so it would be lost forever? Unfortunately, no one knows.The couple also recently found 6 or 7 vintage guns in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn and a few grenades from World War II.Do you have a treasure hunter deep inside you who wants to try magnet fishing? Clay Copeland, founder and president of Brute Magnetics, a magnet fishing equipment company in North Georgia, says it’s a relatively affordable hobby."Even our highest [priced] Brute Box is $200. There are not many hobbies you can get into and get top-of-the-line equipment for a couple of hundred bucks," he told Mapquest. "That was intentional on our part to open this up to a wide variety of people because it is such an interesting and fun hobby that you just never know what you're going to find."Copeland says magnet fishing is a lot of fun for families with kids. He magnet fishes with his 5 and 7-year-olds regularly."When we throw the magnet out and bring it back ... just seeing that joy in their face when something is coming up, it's the greatest thing ever,” he said.

Marie Kondo, in her heyday, taught us that there was one simple question we should ask ourselves when deciding whether we wanted to get rid of something in our home."Does this spark joy?"The KonMarie method, as it was called, became really popular a few years ago for its simplicity — but it didn't work for everyone. Some people found it too vague, too subjective, or that it only confused them more.TikToker Becka (@adhdorganized) recently went viral for urging us to ask a, um, different question while decluttering.In a short video shared on TikTok and Instagram, Becka explains the "ADHD poop rule," that changed her life."I know that this sounds super gross, and this has nothing to do with the bathroom," she begins, speaking to the camera from the front seat of her car."The poop rule is if you are getting rid of items from your house, and you're purging and trying to organize or spring clean... you pick up an item and you think:'Is this important enough that I would wash poop off of it?' @adhdorganized ADHD purging/organizing hack!! ?? #adhd #organize #hack #cleaning #grwm Much more black and white than the 'spark joy' technique, the poop rule can apply to both useful and sentimental items.If something's not important enough to you that you'd clean feces off of it, it's probably something you can safely throw away without regret.That old bottle of lotion at the back of your sink cabinet you've been saving for six years in case you need it? Probably not worth washing poop off of!It's amazing how a little visceral disgust can clarify things.The gross but effective advice was a huge hit with the ADHD community.Becka, who shares her own journey of trying to organize her life while living with ADHD, found the video quickly racked up hundreds of thousands of views.Commenters mostly agreed that the rule was a game-changer."This will work better for me than sparking joy, too much sparks joy in my brain" one person wrote.Others chimed in and said they had tried the poop rule with success themselves, or slight variations of it."I was doing this today and then my cat actually barfed on stuff I was probably keeping and suddenly I no longer cared about them lol," another user said. — (@) Clutter and disorganization can be a big problem for people living with ADHD — not to mention everyone else.People with ADHD can experience a lot of anxiety over the clutter in their homes and lives.Getting overwhelmed by the growing mess is a big challenge for these folks, who may struggle with procrastination, avoidance, or difficulty focusing on completing a task like organizing or cleaning up.Mindset tricks like the poop rule can help tremendously. In her video, Becka also briefly mentions that she has lots of techniques for motivating or tricking herself into staying organized — having a friend come over (or pretend to come over) to establish a hard deadline for cleaning up, for example.But it's not only people with ADHD that struggle with clutter and organization. The problem of too much stuff and the mental load that comes with it is something almost everyone can relate to. It's nice to have another tool in our toolbox to help us with the agonizing decisions we sometimes face when trying to clean out our homes, cars, or workspaces.More decluttering and organization hacks by and for people with ADHDAvoid over-shopping - It's a lot easier to keep your life relatively tidy if you can reign in those impulse purchases you're bound to regret later.Try a label maker - Itemize and clearly mark what's hidden away in your drawers and storage containers. Knowing what you have and being able to easily access it will help with unnecessary buying and also help clarify what you don't need!Break down big, overwhelming tasks into smaller and more manageable pieces - Even Marie Kondo herself has changed her approach in recent years after becoming a mother. Anyone who's feeling overwhelmed by a gargantuan cleaning or organizing task should start small, even with just one drawer.And whether you have ADHD or not, don't underestimate doing a little mental gymnastics to motivate yourself! Whether it's inviting company over, finding a one-minute quick win organization task, or even imagining a fleck of poop on all the stuff in your home — any small mental boost you can get can make a huge difference!