Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 6, 2025 [Doof]

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Can We Still Call It New York?

Brilliant

Keeping The Kids Healthy

In Finland, that is.

A Daycare Rewilded its Yard and the Children Became Healthier: Now the Whole Nation Is Doing it

Finland is doubling down on evidence from four years ago that definitively shows how children can avoid diseases and allergies throughout their lives if they’re permitted to get down and dirty in daycare.

Dozens of comparative studies have previously found that children who live in rural areas and are in contact with nature have a lower probability of catching an illness resulting from disorders in the immune system—and a lower risk of developing coeliac disease, allergies, atopy, and even diabetes.

A 2021 study conducted at a Finnish daycare and published in Science Advances showed that repeated contact with nature-like elements five times a week diversified the body’s microbes which offered protection against diseases transmitted through the immune system in daycare children.

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Each human individual is actually an environment in themselves: a host of trillions of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. These collectively outnumber our own cells 4-1, and are emerging as one of the most influential forces—if not truly the single most—in human health and function.

Check out the whole thing.

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Doggos are good for kids too. I could watch this all day!

Polar Bear Plus Giant Pumpkin

Food coma!

Polar Bear Gleefully Eating a 1,400-Pound Pumpkin Donated for His Dinner is a Sight to Behold

It’s not everyday that Henry the polar bear sees something that weighs more than he does.

At 1,200-pounds, the polar bear is the world’s largest land predator, but here was something substantially heavier, and it was just sitting there in his enclosure.

Defensive at first, Henry eventually dug into the sweet crunchy flesh of a giant, 1,400 lbs. pumpkin that was donated to the nonprofit that looks after him. The photos will steal a chuckle out of anyone.

More photos at the link

Don't Try This At Home

Brazilian Bodybuilder Dies at 55 After Years of Synthol Injections to Enlarge Muscles

Valdir Segato, a Brazilian bodybuilder known for using synthol injections to enlarge his muscles, died on his 55th birthday.

Segato had been injecting himself with synthol injections for years to increase the size of his biceps, chest, and back. This practice is risky and can lead to serious health issues such as strokes, infections, and even permanent muscle damage.

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Doctors had warned him as early as six years ago that continued use of synthol injections could lead to severe nerve damage, muscle deformities, or even limb amputation. Nevertheless, he pushed forward with his extreme bodybuilding goals, growing his biceps to 23 inches and earning the nickname “the monster” in his neighborhood.

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On the morning of his death, a neighbor named Moisés da Conceição da Silva said Segato appeared at their home struggling to breathe and begged for help, saying, “Help me because I’m dying.” He was taken to a local medical facility, but collapsed at the front desk, reportedly suffering a heart attack.

Dude shoulda just called these guys

DJ Doof - Mellow Classic Rock Edition
(tracks played on SiriusXM channel "The Bridge" this evening)

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