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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

11/ I learnt the above from Dr William Li on Steven Bartlett's podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsJ... he's an expert who's been researching angiogenesis + cancer for decades

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

10/ gut health is key - specific probiotics like lactobacillus reuteri reduce general inflammation

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

9/ microplastics gunk up your arteries, similar to how cholesterol plaque does, so reduce exposure - it's not only anti-cancer, it's also anti-stroke, & anti-heart attack

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

8/ skip synthetic clothing - polyester threads shed microplastics you inhale into your bloodstream

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

7/ avoid plastics touching your food (even tea bags, coffee cups, and takeout boxes) - you'll eat microplastics, stress your cells, & disrupt angiogenesis

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

6/ catch Z's consistently 11pm-7am - regular sleep allows cells to repair themselves naturally

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

5/ don't eat after 7pm - train your body to burn the types of fats that you shouldn't have too much of... this is the easiest hack for intermittent fasting hack!

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

4/ tomatoes - reduce angiogenesis, lowering cancer risk in the prostate

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

3 / black soy sauce - natural source of akkermansia muciniphila bacteria that reduces bowel cancer risk

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

2/ matcha - the richest known source of cancer-fighting polyphenols

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

1/ the 🇯🇵 practice of eating until only 80% full - reduces visceral fat, a predictor of future cancers

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 21/05/2025

I rarely talk about health topics, but cancer prevention WITHOUT medicine is something everyone should know: 🧵

"The end of cancer is coming" -Dr WIlliam Li

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 17/05/2025

These stats will make a huge dent in climate change: - air pollution 1/3 from 12 years ago - 50% of all new vehicles sold are EVs or plug in hybrid EVs This is in the world's largest auto market, in absolute numbers the effects are huge!

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 26/03/2025

You have the best rants. Tip top! 💯

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 24/03/2025

👋 How to turn any #OpenAPI server into an #MCP (model-context-protocol) server, then turn that into LangChain tools, then run an #AI #agent built with #LangGraph. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ4R...

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MCP (model-context-protocol) - Blockchain AI Agent workshop with LangGraph + Hedera, Part 6

YouTube video by Hands-on DevRel

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 24/03/2025

Is there a POC that's available to try?

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 20/03/2025

👋 How to build a #blockchain #AI #agent using hedera-agent-kit 🙌 Jake Hall for starting the kit Tech stack: #Hedera #Langchain #LangGraph #OpenAI #OpenRouterAI 1/2

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 18/03/2025

Same comment here. There has been a sharp veer away from logical discussion and into logical fallacy. Sus. bsky.app/profile/free...

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 18/03/2025

Yeah, IK. Just piling on 😉

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 18/03/2025

Exactly the point of CCS and CCUS at the moment. *Dangles shiny new toy in front of nose* Simultaneously: *Commits crimes while everyone's distracted*

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 18/03/2025

CCS is currently a waste of resources, that could be better devoted to other decarbonisation methods. We're far better of focusing these resources on switching to renewable energy generation. Dave Borlace says it far better than I can: www.youtube.com/watch?v=prrF...

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The insanity of the Carbon Capture deception.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 17/03/2025

In academic theory: CCS works In actual practice: CCS does not Reason #1: Renewables + batteries have a lower LCOE than fossil fuels Reason #2: Renewables + batteries have an even lower LCOE than fossil fuels + CCS Reason #3: Most CO2 is used to extract fossil fuels, missing the whole point

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 07/03/2025

🤞 hope this goes through!

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

12 years is still pretty good. That's about 8% ROI, which is around the long term average for the US stock market (but with much lower risk). Also it could be better than 12 years if you factor in your feed in rates to the grid + the increase in sale value as you pointed out.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

#5: A direct quote "Everyone says that when you cook on #gas it tastes better. But when the price changes, the taste also changes." #Electrify all the things!

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

#4: When we say #EV, in the developed world, it refers to a car. But in developing economies it's actually 2&3-wheelers. And those are much easier to #electrify.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

#3: TIL a new term, "utility death spiral" It's playing out in Pakistan like this: Blackouts and high prices from #coal -> More choose #solar -> Fixed costs of operation and distribution are spread over smaller customer based -> increased prices (and repeat)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

Oh wow, if that's *with* installation I'd consider that a very good deal. Seems like labour is much more expensive here in Singapore, and adds to the overall costs more than the tariffs on Chinese solar modules do in USA.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

That tracks, here in Singapore, that costs ~17K USD, because we have no additional #solar import #tariffs from China. The payback period is ~5 years. So it'd be ~8 years for you, which is pretty good. (Assuming no batteries, and YMMV depending on your local net metering and or feed in rates)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

#2: Due to a history of blackouts/ unreliable grid, many homes/ offices have #batteries already installed. So adding #solar is doubly effective, because they are already able to load shift. (Developed world usually has the reverse sequence)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

The most interesting things I learnt from this ep - #1: Newly wed couples traditionally receive appliances as "dowry". Now #solar modules and inverters are increasingly common to include in dowries.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

What's the cost of 10kWp of solar panels (just the modules, not installation costs etc) over there for you?

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 02/03/2025

US consumers can (& do) afford it. Plus the resultant supply glut redirected the solar modules to the developing world, which probably is a net gain for GHG emissions reductions, which are just as good no matter where in the world they occur.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 01/03/2025

Just listened to this absolutely smashing @volts.wtf episode🤩 What gives me the most hope for the #energy transition is that avg income folks in developing world both can afford & choose #solar over #fossilfuels, without any government edu or subsidies🎉 open.spotify.com/episode/7gH0...

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Pakistan's solar boom

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 28/02/2025

Pt 4: #AI #agent - Blockchain AI Agent workshop with #Hedera + #LangChain + #LangGraph watch here ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=bpl3... (part 4 of 4) #workshop #AI #agent #blockchain

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 28/02/2025

TIL a new term: Enteric fermentation ...always learning! 🔥🔥🔥

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 28/02/2025

Yeah, that's what my gut fell tells me too. That sequestration does occur, but is negligible relative to emissions - particularly for animals.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 28/02/2025

This is true. But at least for animals, unless their carcasses are buried in an anaerobic environment, whatever carbon was sequestered in them will mostly make its way back into the atmosphere. So that sequestration is relatively short lived. Plants OTOH probably do sequester longer. 🤔 Need data!

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

No doubt. Food/agriculture is the 2nd highest emitting sector after energy (from fossil fuels). Both are huge enough that they should be tackled. (I'd add a 3rd: Heavy industry/chemicals) Resource allocation for such an effort should be planned to include local/regional variations, as you point out.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

I think "number of people fed" would be the actual useful metric. But calories are a good approximation for most foods (excluding outliers like coffee).

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

Now if I were in a position to set policy, I'd still focus more heavily on reduction and alternatives for cows, rather than on rice. Because you have to change the consumption habits of fewer (perhaps more inclined) folks, and it'll have an outsized impact per person's behaviour that you change.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

For the 2nd one, that's fantastic - thanks for finding that! So my takeaway is those in combination is that methane emissions from rice is very very low for the number of people that it feeds. But because it feeds a LOT more people than cows it still has a sizeable footprint worth targeting.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

For the first one, from the article itself - that's what actually got me thinking. Along the lines of ok that's the absolute amount, but what's the relative amount, on a per calorie basis for example.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 27/02/2025

Do we have stats/ estimates on how much rice cultivation emits on methane per year? Or perhaps calorie? (And then compare that to the same numbers for cows) I wish this article had done that, would have been a relevant to answer how impactful this really is gonna be.

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 26/02/2025

Gotta love going from 900/1900 to 1000/1500 TWh - that sweet sweet efficiency! Also: Loving that "ambient heat" is now a significant energy source! (Assume that this is from heat pumps)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 25/02/2025

👋 here's part 2 - creating tools! How to build a #blockchain #AI #agent with #Hedera + #LangChain + #LangGraph ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=5wu1... (Part 2 of 4)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 24/02/2025

▶️ How to build an #AI powered #blockchain #agent from scratch using #LangChain #LangGraph + #Hedera! youtube.com/watch?v=1jer... (Part 1 of 4)

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Brendan Graetz @bguiz.com · 24/02/2025

Amazing what will happe now that solar has become cheap enough that people in developing countries will purchase it instead of diesel generators. Hope 2025 smashes these %es!

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