COFFEE VOL3Coffee is actually a
seed, not a bean. It comes from inside a fruit called the
coffee cherry, which turns red and pretty sweet when it’s ripe. What we roast is really
the pit of that fruit.
The second most traded product in the world, right after
oil, is
coffee. And yet, for centuries it was treated as something almost
medicinal, closer to a remedy than to an everyday drink.
Caffeine isn’t there to wake us up: it’s the plant’s
defense mechanism. It helps repel insects. Basically, we’re getting hooked on a kind of
plant-made pesticide… and we love it.
Coffee can contain more than
800 aromatic compounds, while wine usually stays around
400. That’s why a good coffee can remind you of
chocolate,
nuts,
wood,
caramel… or even
leather.
In the
17th century, some governments tried to
ban coffee because they thought it encouraged
critical thinking and political conspiracies. Coffee houses were seen as
dangerous places where people talked way too much.
Espresso doesn’t have more caffeine than a regular long coffee; in fact, it often has
less overall. The thing is, it hits fast and concentrated, and the brain reads that impact as stronger.
Decaf coffee is not
100% caffeine-free. There’s always a small amount of caffeine left, even if it’s very low. If you drink several cups back to back,
you’ll still feel something.
There’s coffee that passes through the
digestive system of animals (civets, elephants…) and is then collected, cleaned, and roasted. And yes: it’s
expensive,
rare, and pretty
controversial.
Freshly ground coffee starts to
lose its aroma within minutes. That’s why whole beans that are
properly stored will always beat pre-ground coffee by a landslide.
One last thing: coffee
doesn’t dehydrate you the way people say it does. Over time, the body adapts to caffeine and the
diuretic effect becomes minimal.
# Watch the videos
As you’ve probably heard by now, Telegram decided to wipe out our channel — the one with
almost 30k followers.
Apparently they deleted
thousands of channels overnight, and ours got caught in the purge.
I’ve been thinking a lot about whether to
start a new one or just
let it go. It’s hard to put time and energy into
building a community only to have it disappear from one day to the next. But the truth is, it had already become part of my
daily routine, and I actually
miss sharing stuff there.
And honestly, if nearly
30,000 people chose to follow it, I couldn’t have been doing that bad of a job.
So, even knowing they might delete it again — in fact, assuming its
days are numbered — we’re
creating a new channel. Same idea as before: a place where you can access not only the content from the
website but also everything I share
daily on Telegram.
The difference this time is that the channel will be
private.
Instead of having a
readable public link, it’ll work only through an
invitation link.
Before, anyone scrolling through channels could
stumble upon ours and join.
Now that won’t happen.
This will be a
private space — a channel just for
ALRNCN friends.
I can’t promise how long it’ll last, but if you decide to join, you’ll be able to tell your grandkids:
“I was there, and I saw wonderful things.”
Here’s the link to our
new Telegram channel:
https://t.me/+vAE7W64u-kBlYWM0
Reading the GPS.
PLAYING ON THE EDGE. PART 10There comes a point where you no longer know
who’s playing with whom.
Whether it’s
the creators playing the algorithm… or
the algorithm playing all of us.
Because this is no longer just about
showing just enough,
covering the bare minimum, or
measuring every gesture down to the millimeter.
It’s about
understanding how the machine works and
feeding it exactly what it wants, even if it officially claims it doesn’t want it.
One second too long, a
movement that looks accidental, and that’s it.
The video
slips through, gets
shared,
saved, and
replicated.
What’s curious is that it no longer even
surprises.
You know exactly
why you’re here when you hit play.
You know
how it starts and pretty much
how it’s going to end.
And still, you watch.
Because the game isn’t about
the outcome, but about
seeing how far the rope can be stretched before it snaps.
Instagram pretends
not to see, and
the creators pretend
not to show.
Part 10 isn’t an exception, it’s
a confirmation.
Proof that when
a formula works, it gets repeated
until exhaustion.
And as long as it keeps working, as long as
the algorithm keeps pushing and
the audience keeps watching, the
limit will remain
a line that gets thinner every time.
# Watch videos

You can find much more content like this on
our TELEGRAM CHANNEL
For Apple users
You might have noticed that when attempting to join our Telegram Channel you get a message that flags our content as sensitive content, which ends up not letting you see anything; this means you have the parental control activated.
This means you have to go to the web version of Telegram https://web.telegram.org and log in, if you are not already. In the settings, in the "Privacy" section, find the option "Sensitive content" and activate "Disable filtering". As soon as you do, the Settings will automatically sync with the rest of your devices, including the iOS and macOS versions of the App Store.
From there you will be able to enter all the Adult Channels.
Bubble wrap.