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Chuck - Black Belt Leadership
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Warrior, Teacher, Builder — I help martial artists master the business side of the dojo and the leadership side of life • Hapkido 2nd-dan, learning BJJ

The Daily Dojo blog https://blackbeltleadership.kit.com
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"On the field of the Self stand a knight and a dragon.
You are the knight.
Resistance is the dragon."

- Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

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Poppies are a symbol of remembrance on Armistice Day. Did you know that some poppies are also the source of powerful opioid painkillers?

Find out more in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2020/11/11/p...

#ChemSky 🧪
November 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal to overturn same-sex marriage.

Here's a look at when it became legalized across the US. https://usafacts.org/articles/what-is-the-state-of-gay-marriage-in-the-us/
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Some better news coming out of the USA. Cancer survival rates at an historic high 📈

source: US National Institutes of Health
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Can't stop looking at this 7 way venn

Interactive version
moebio.com/research/sev...
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Today, #FAA flight reductions (aka cancellations) kicked in at 40 airports in the US — including most of the nation’s busiest.

Reductions began at 4% and will ramp up to 10% by November 14. #DataViz
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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💉President Trump announced new agreements to reduce #Medicare copays for GLP-1 drugs (like #Ozempic) to as low as $50/month for eligible patients with obesity.

📈Obesity rates have more than tripled in the US since the 1960s.

Do you think this will help stop the trend?
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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#SNAP benefits are still going out — but not in full. Without new federal funding, millions of Americans who rely on SNAP are receiving partial payments.

In some states, more people rely on those benefits — and the impact of partial funding may hit harder.
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Did the US see record #layoffs in October? We wish we knew.

The BLS paused its monthly job reports — so there’s no official October data.

Here’s what we do know: Through August 2025, 13.8M people were laid off — a 4.6% increase from the same time last year.
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website.

Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Now this is how you detect whether an election was stolen. Humans choose rounder numbers.

by @TheEconomist
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Repair Video

xkcd.com/3163/
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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interesting - between 34-43% of Americans have not voted in the last 3 US elections
via Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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New map of the cool parts of NYC just dropped.
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Apparently this is a poster which hangs on the wall of doctors surgeries in The Netherlands. Data is from 2007. Hopefully the numbers are better now?

via www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/pe...
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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We said what we said.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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A woman's age vs. the age of the men who look best to her vs the same chart for men.
(classic #dataviz of @Okcupid data)
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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ProPublica is hiring a reporter to join our amazing investigative unit with The Texas Tribune. APPLY HERE ➡️ propub.li/4qvyjzw
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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We were curious...
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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✈️ Air traffic controller shortages are causing flight delays across the US.

But here’s the kicker: FAA facilities were already understaffed — even before the shutdown. https://usafacts.org/articles/is-there-a-shortage-of-air-traffic-controllers/
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Cars per 1,000 inhabitants

source: Wikipedia
November 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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For the 5th straight year, "Olivia" took the #1 spot for most popular girl name in 2024.

Across the US, here are the other top picks for baby girls:
🍼 Emma
🍼 Amelia
🍼 Charlotte
🍼 Mia

And if your name’s on this list — congrats, you’re statistically iconic.
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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So there were, y’know…edits?
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Most of the world’s solar panels are fixed in one position. But what if they tracked the movement of the sun?
beautifulne.ws/1343 #bnews
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
My kind of coffee cup, lol
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM