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A study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) found that between 2000–2002 and 2016–2018, the proportion of 18–24-year-old individuals who reported having had no sexual activity in the past year increased among men (but not among women).1 In another recent study, similar results were reported: American men belonging to the youngest birth cohort who entered adulthood were more likely to be sexually inactive than their Millennial counterparts at the same ages just a few years prior.

The 5% is thus having half the (penile–vaginal) sex in the world.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bioe.13134

love this! colour hunting as a side quest https://x.com/__nmsk13/status/2047650754765464014?s=20

Walter Benjamin’s notion of aura and Experience Design https://omitzec.medium.com/walter-benjamins-notion-of-aura-and-experience-design-a9032f49c3

[cc] aura is the new luxury https://youtube.com/shorts/3Iss1CksXD4?si=KKzhvM_4eberUe4S

Mere Exposure Effect The mere exposure effect is a psychological phenomenon where people develop a preference for things merely because they are familiar with them. Also known as the familiarity principle, this cognitive bias suggests that repeated exposure to a neutral stimulus (a person, object, or song) increases our liking for it.

was reading a thread on death penalty for drug traffickers and comments expanded to why it should/should not be extended to sexual crimes like rape chanced upon this comment on how its proven to be counter-intuitive so i decided to read up a little more reads: Why the Death Penalty Won’t Stop Sexual Violence Against Women in South Asia—And Might Make It Worse Why is the Death Penalty not the answer to Rape? The case against capital punishment for child sex abuse tldr; • a step back for women's rights because it signals that a women's chastity is all they are which is wrong • most rape perpetrators are someone close to the victims, making it harder for them to report the crime which might lead to execution of a closed one • voicing out and causing the death of someone might also cause victims to hesitate speaking up in an already low reporting crime • death penalty has not proven to be effective in deterrence in practicing states

you wouldn't be put to the test if it isn't good for you you will always come out stronger

for a moment in 1900s, we formed a large middle class for first time in humanity, but thats now exponentially stripping away, the tiktok generation will be completely controlled, they wont know how to do anything

middle class was never a thing in the past and was only created recently through industrialisation the middle class is likely to get hollowed out again, because civilisation is always cyclical https://x.com/CL207/status/2047551794281066890?s=20

TIL that in 2007, Thailand legally issued a compulsory license to make cheap generic versions of Abbott's HIV drug Kaletra. Abbott retaliated by withdrawing 7 medicines from Thailand. Thailand held firm, and HIV treatment coverage expanded to hundreds of thousands more patients. Thailand used a mechanism under the WTO's TRIPS Agreement that allows governments to authorize generic production of patented drugs in exchange for a royalty (Thailand offered 0.5%, a rate informed by WHO/UNDP guidelines for compulsory licensing royalties). At the time, only about 1 in 5 of the 500,000 Thais living with HIV could afford treatment at Abbott's prices. Generic versions cost one-seventh to one-tenth of the patented price. Abbott's response was to pull seven drugs from registration in Thailand entirely, including Aluvia (a heat-stable version of Kaletra specifically designed for tropical countries without reliable refrigeration). The seven drugs also included treatments for hypertension, kidney disease, arthritis, and blood clots. Activists filed complaints under Thai competition law arguing this was an abuse of market dominance. Abbott eventually agreed to register Aluvia only if Thailand dropped the compulsory license, which Thailand refused. The licenses held. Thai HIV treatment coverage expanded dramatically in the following years. https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070326/full/news070326-2.html Extra Sources: • ⁠Stanford Graduate School of Business case study, "Compulsory Licensing, Thailand, and Abbott Laboratories": https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/compulsory-licensing-thailand-abbott-laboratories • ⁠Globalization and Health (peer-reviewed): "Government use licenses in Thailand: The power of evidence, civil movement and political leadership": https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1744-8603-7-32 • ⁠aidsmap, "Abbott to withhold new drugs from Thailand in retaliation for Kaletra compulsory license" (March 2007): https://www.aidsmap.com/news/mar-2007/abbott-withhold-new-drugs-thailand-retaliation-kaletra-compulsory-license • ⁠Compulsory Licences: Law and Practice in Thailand (academic, PMC): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7122632/ • ⁠Make Medicines Affordable (International Treatment Preparedness Coalition), "The campaign for use of compulsory licensing in Thailand": https://makemedicinesaffordable.org/the-campaign-for-use-of-compulsory-licensing-in-thailand/ reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/s/EQSyVfUkTH

you must believe you are the one.

BRICS is no longer an anti-Western coalition. It's becoming a bloc united by green industrial sovereignty, anchored by Chinese tech leadership. https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/brics-in-2025/

important to always have that unemployed friend to talk to https://x.com/neet_sol/status/2046567124974325764?s=20

saw a trailer for Devil Wears Prada 2 and it reminded me of this clip from 2025 ^ the filmmaking industry is led by money-minded investors, leading to more sequels and remakes, rather than fresh and creative films the trend of xxx 1 2 3, prequel, sequel, live action remake, etc. has been quite obvious

[cc] a good marker of a great relationship to be at ease with your partner

Sorites Paradox The sorites paradox, sometimes known as the paradox of the heap, is a paradox that results from vague predicates. A typical formulation involves a heap of sand, from which grains are removed individually. With the assumption that removing a single grain does not cause a heap not to be considered a heap anymore, the paradox is to consider what happens when the process is repeated enough times that only one grain remains and if it is still a heap.

The AI Race is a Fractal Prisoner’s Dilemma with Dollar Auction Dynamics

In an infinite game with escalating stakes, there is no exit calculation. You either keep playing or you are eliminated. The absence of a finish line does not free you from the race. It removes the only thing that could have stopped it. This is not a competition with a winner. It is a treadmill that accelerates until participants fall off.

https://discontinuitythesis.substack.com/p/the-ai-race-is-a-fractal-prisoners