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Anish Moonka @anishmoonka - The research behind this is wild. Your sperm carries a set of instructions that tell your genes when to turn on and off. A Duke University study found that THC rewrites those instructions. The more weed in your system, the bigger the changes. It goes straight for the genes your future embryo needs in its first week of life.
I had to read the "day 3 crash" part twice. For the first three days after fertilization, an embryo runs entirely on the mother's DNA. Day 3, the father's genes switch on. If those genes carry cannabis damage, the embryo just stops growing. Fertility doctors see this happen in their labs: embryos that fertilized fine and looked healthy on day 2 go completely still by day 5.
Boston University tracked 1,535 couples trying to have a baby. Men who smoked weed once a week or more doubled their partner's miscarriage risk. That number held up even when the woman herself never touched cannabis. And the miscarriages clustered in the first 8 weeks, right when the father's damaged DNA would be doing the most harm.
Duke also found that the specific genes THC alters in sperm overlap with genes linked to autism. One of those genes, called DLGAP2, helps brain cells communicate with each other. It was changed in cannabis users' sperm. When researchers bred THC-exposed male rats and checked their offspring, the same altered gene pattern showed up in the pups' brains. The damage crossed a generation.
Weed has gotten way stronger over the last 30 years. THC content was about 4% in the 1990s but nearly quadrupled to 15% by 2018, and modern dispensary strains regularly sit at 20-30%. Concentrates go up to 95%.
Quitting for about 11 weeks (one full cycle of sperm production) reverses some of the DNA changes. Not all of them. Duke's lead researcher says men should stop at least 6 months before trying for a baby. Half of your kid's genetic blueprint comes from you, and right now, THC is editing that blueprint before conception even happens.
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Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab - Video: Cannabis is detrimental to sperm: even if they can fertilize, there can be DNA damage. Many miscarriages and (in the case of IVF) “day 3 crashes” which is when paternal DNA normally kicks in, are cannabis related. Dr Natalie Crawford on the Huberman Lab podcast out now.
https://x.com/anishmoonka/status/2043873122395533525
Archbishop Sheen @FultonSheen - BEATIFICATION OF ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN
Should I come to Peoria or St. Louis?
The ceremony for Beatification will take place in St. Louis Sept. 24. Several events are planned in Peoria for the days leading up to the Beatification and for the days following. Everyone is encouraged to plan a visit to Peoria to pray before the tomb of the future Blessed, and to join in the preparatory events and the Masses of Thanksgiving that will surround this special celebration. More info soon!
https://www.celebratesheen.com/
https://x.com/FultonSheen/status/2044063501769982389
Ari @ariels123 - @RasmusJarlov You mother fuckers just voted to put Iran on the UN human rights council
https://x.com/ariels123/status/2044151481985572899
Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer @aviationarchive - Although the Navy had already rejected it with a vengeance and halted the program, on July 23, 1968 the lone F-111B prototype hit the deck of the USS Coral Sea for carrier suitability trials. It completed 9 arrested landings and 10 catapult launches without issue. The big swing-wing jet proved it could handle traps about 10 knots slower than the future F-14, making it gentler on the arresting gear despite weighing around 4,000 lbs more on recovery—The Navy had canceled the program contending the F-111 was severely overweight and unsuitable for carrier operation. The Navy and contractors flew the F-111Bs until early 1971 as research and development aircraft. Two were lost in accidents.
https://x.com/aviationarchive/status/2043697839021183467
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