“Miss Cardinale, dressed up for the holiday?”
“Holiday? This is a stick up!”
“Oh it is.”
“Now hand over the goods.”
“If you insist.”
“I do. Wait, not that.”
“You are taking all the fun out of this.”
“I’ll post the memes instead, okay?”
“If you must.”
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9 Types of Parasomnias That Might Explain That Weird Thing You Do When You Sleep
Self.com | June 5, 2019 | Cassie Shortsleeve
1. Confusional arousals
If you wake up feeling disoriented or acting strangely (read: you’re speaking slowly or are answering questions weirdly), you could be experiencing a confusional arousal. This is sometimes called sleep drunkenness, but it’s less fun than it sounds.
2. Sleepwalking
3. Sleep-talking
To minimize sleep-talking episodes on your own, it might help to practice good sleep hygiene habits including sticking to a regular sleep schedule, getting a full night’s rest, and not drinking too much alcohol before bed.
4. Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED)
People with SRED partially wake up during NREM sleep and binge, often on combinations of high-calorie, high-carb, high-fat foods, according to the Mayo Clinic. Many people with SRED have an episode nearly every night, and they can happen more than once a night as well.
5. Sexsomnia
As is true with many other parasomnias, one potential danger here is injury to yourself or someone else. There can be other consequences too.
6. Night terrors
7. Nightmare disorder
[Not sure how this differs from #6, because I didn’t read the article all that closely.]
8. Sleep paralysis
9. REM sleep behavior disorder
This is the parasomnia doctors say they tend to worry about most. REM sleep behavior disorder can cause you to act out your dreams in a way that could be harmful, according to the AASM. You might kick to fend off an imaginary intruder or try to outrun a monster in your nightmare—basically do anything physical that might lead you to hurt yourself or your bed partner.
People with REM sleep behavior disorder lose the ability to remain immobile during REM sleep, explains Dr. Epstein [who did not kill himself].
Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Endorses Trump for 2024 Presidential Race
Breitbart | 16 Oct 2023 | David NgThe rapper Waka Flocka Flame has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024, posting his endorsement to X on Monday.
The Space-Based Drug Factory That Can’t Come Home
IEEE Spectrum | October 24, 2023 | Mark HarrisFive hundred kilometers above the Earth, a small spacecraft is waiting patiently for permission to return home. The autonomous return capsule, made by startup Varda Space Industries, of Torrance, CA, was meant to have landed in the remote Utah desert early in September.
It would have been the first commercial space company to return a drug made in space to Earth, in this case a few grams of the HIV and hepatitis C antiviral ritonavir. Instead, the satellite, about the size of a large trash can and code-named Winnebago 1, continues to orbit the planet at nearly 30,000 kilometers per hour.
