if you're into meditation, you'll probably enjoy this piece a lot.
if you're not into it, or you plan on responding below in a way that suggests you didn't read the article -- you'll appear somewhat as proof of what the article contends. but even if you don't meditate or even spend time on social media, you'll completely understand the weird physical feeling you get from a disturbing thought (a remembrance of a past embarrassment, for example), and the similar feeling you get when you are hit with a tweet (or whatever) that irks you.
the analogy fits: the feelings arising from thinking a troubling thought are almost no different than the feelings arising from reading an upsetting tweet.
the conclusion is to operate social media the same way you monitor your own thoughts - which is to examine what the thought might actually be, and then disarm and discard it. which is what one does often in meditation.
Congratulations to @bek1 Your question was chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@bek1 What is your "go-to" music for a romantic encounter?
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@Steve-allen. What movie would you have been a great actor in ?
Congratulations to @APalm and @derrickhhurd. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists. Well, that was fun. We got a chorus.
@apalm As a kid, what luxury item did you dream about buying some day?
@derrickhhurd What is the last thing you would be willing to give up if you had to?
It's really big, I tell ya!
Thank you, DJT, from Way South Texas.
First time in 50 years - the US will build a new refinery. It will be located in Brownsville, TX.
From the America First Refining press release (Mar 10 2026):
The refinery is specifically engineered to process American light shale oil (47° API), which is cleaner, more efficient, and less costly to process than heavier imported crude. Unlike many existing U.S. refineries that depend on foreign oil, this facility is not dependent on – and does not need – imported crude, which strengthens U.S. national and economic security.
Key advantages of the facility include:
- Capacity up to ~60 million barrels per year
- Strategic location for distribution to US and international markets
- Production of some of the cleanest gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel refined in the US
And right up the road is Star Base, Musk's thriving Spacex city!
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