# 3m (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover 3m. Page: Feed: --- ## [Training reactor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1971.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825662001003020288) _2026-08-22 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Training reactor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics , 1971. ## [Concept layout for TRON, 1982.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825571391081480192) _2026-08-21 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Concept layout for TRON , 1982. ## [The Sphinx and the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, circa 1867–1899, photo by Studio Bonfils….](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825480802131476480) _2026-08-20 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ The Sphinx and the Pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, circa 1867–1899, photo by Studio Bonfils. ( Library of Congress ) ## [Pseudoscience is like porn: you know it when you see it \[1m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/pseudoscience-is-like-porn--you-know-it-when-you-see-it.html) _2026-08-20 · PainSci Updates_ Or do you? It’s a fun comparison, but you can only know pseudoscience when you see it if you have enough relevant expertise . You have to actually know things about genuine science to spot the knock-offs , because the whole job of pseudoscience is to seem like good science. Science mimicry is the point. To see through it, you need to know things that most people don’t know — not even people in… ## [On the set of Star Trek, August 19, 1968.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825427567326707712) _2026-08-20 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ On the set of Star Trek , August 19, 1968. ## [Fritz the Nite Owl, host of Nite Owl Theater, 1983.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825390203687567360) _2026-08-19 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Fritz the Nite Owl, host of Nite Owl Theater, 1983. ## [On the set of Star Trek, August 18, 1968.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825322628123328512) _2026-08-18 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ On the set of Star Trek , August 18, 1968. ## [Good advice.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825313347746627585) _2026-08-18 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Good advice . ## [Weather balloon launched from Caltech’s roof in Pasadena, 1936](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825299602708250624) _2026-08-18 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Weather balloon launched from Caltech's roof in Pasadena , 1936 ## [High-voltage laboratory in Ludvika, Sweden, 1963.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825209001055764480) _2026-08-17 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ High-voltage laboratory in Ludvika, Sweden, 1963. ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/suzCQI9XAUoJ) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Load me up? Adding weight to back exercises \[90s\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/load-me-up-adding-weight-to-back-exercises.html) _2026-08-17 · PainSci Updates_ Ranzani et al . is the rare exercise study asking a genuinely well-aimed question: does adding load to back exercises buy anything over weight-free back exercise? And the rare clear and useful answer is … nope! Somewhat higher intensity did not help. So maybe “strength” isn’t what matters for back pain — but we can't quite jump to that conclusion. In the few trials that even checked strength, the… ## [The 3M Airhat displayed at the All-Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit in Columbus, April 29, 1981.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825152593616584704) _2026-08-17 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ The 3M Airhat displayed at the All-Ohio Safety Congress and Exhibit in Columbus, April 29, 1981. ## [Carl Sagan In Boston, March 1972](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825134285613875200) _2026-08-16 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Carl Sagan In Boston, March 1972 ## [Dave Lawhead working as a “calibrator” for Ohio Semitronics, 1988.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825118466753380352) _2026-08-16 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Dave Lawhead working as a “calibrator” for Ohio Semitronics , 1988. ## [“STARTS AUGUST 16 AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU!”](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825078892792610816) _2026-08-16 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ “STARTS AUGUST 16 AT A THEATRE NEAR YOU!” ## [The Captain Coconut mobile disco show with Gary Hand, somewhere in Massachusetts, February 1976.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825045980769599488) _2026-08-15 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ The Captain Coconut mobile disco show with Gary Hand, somewhere in Massachusetts, February 1976. ## [“Mr. Lopez, weight lifter, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.” (USC)](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825027817606610944) _2026-08-15 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ “Mr. Lopez, weight lifter, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943.” ( USC ) ## [Qapla!!](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/825025246785634304) _2026-08-15 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ memories-of-ancients : People be shitting on Christopher Nolans Odyssey but just my opinion, you have not truly experienced The Iliad and The Odyssey unless you have read them in their original Klingon. Qapla!! ## [New long-term follow-up on dubious old Pain Reprocessing Therapy evidence \[3m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/pain-reprocessing-therapy-follow-up.html) _2026-08-15 · PainSci Updates_ Remember that too-good-to-be-true study of Pain Reprocessing Therapy back in 2022? It hasn’t been replicated, but it has been extended : more of the same, five years on. There is now a 5-year follow-up report on the long-term durability of that trial’s freakishly good results for chronic back pain — an unusually long follow-up window for a psychological pain intervention trial. Don’t mix up your… ## [2001: A Space Odyssey poster from Hungary, 1979.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824937230268252160) _2026-08-14 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ 2001: A Space Odyssey poster from Hungary, 1979. ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4s3VPLH4t8ZH) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [On the set of Blade Runner.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824862046699028480) _2026-08-13 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ On the set of Blade Runner . ## [Watching a solar eclipse from a rooftop in Rotterdam, April 17, 1912.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824843582741577728) _2026-08-13 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Watching a solar eclipse from a rooftop in Rotterdam, April 17, 1912. ## [Watching a solar eclipse in Paris, 1921.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824777967024717824) _2026-08-12 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Watching a solar eclipse in Paris, 1921. ## [Ell Student Center at Northeastern University, 1965.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824756026094108672) _2026-08-12 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Ell Student Center at Northeastern University , 1965. ## [Melatonin is not a painkiller \[1m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/melatonin-is-not-a-painkiller.html) _2026-08-12 · PainSci Updates_ Melatonin could plausibly help people with chronic musculoskeletal pain, presumably by improving sleep . Unfortunately, a new review of 23 trials ( Wu ) shows that it doesn’t get the job done. It might improve their sleep slightly, but that does not appear to translate into pain relief. The headline result is honest: no better than placebo. And you should probably look no further, because the… ## [Frederick Peerenboom, aka Fritz the Nite Owl, 1978.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824665544698527744) _2026-08-11 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Frederick Peerenboom, aka Fritz the Nite Owl , 1978. ## [Control Data Corporation office in Rockville, Maryland, 1975.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824568397968900096) _2026-08-10 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Control Data Corporation office in Rockville, Maryland, 1975 . ## [PRP for arthritic knees: a science update \[4m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/prp-for-arthritic-knees.html) _2026-08-10 · PainSci Updates_ I have long been critical of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) — injections of your own concentrated blood, still supposedly “ regenerative ” despite piles of underwhelming evidence. In July I posted about an interesting new trial that was, predictably, “ a credible negative for PRP .” As always, “ negativity ” about PRP is a complaint magnet. Usually it’s just “ it worked for me ,” but sometimes I get… ## [From the film strip Drug Abuse: Glue-Sniffing and Pills, 1968.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824520840823570432) _2026-08-10 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ thedurvin : humanoidhistory : From the film strip Drug Abuse: Glue-Sniffing and Pills , 1968. ( Pop Culture Precursors ) Man I’d never thought about film strip preservation, I’m glad somebody’s doing it ## [University of North Texas Coliseum, aka “The Super Pit,” 1973.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824506494924046336) _2026-08-09 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ University of North Texas Coliseum, aka “The Super Pit,” 1973. ( University of North Texas ) ## [Auto-trade Cross-Exchange Gaps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PKUhh5gKTWwB) _2026-08-09 · **Sponsored**_ Find cross-exchange spreads, backtest strategies, and execute automatically with risk controls. ## [Steineck ABC wrist camera, made by Steineck Kamerawerk in Tutzing, Bavaria, around 1949. Took 8…](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824492156174712832) _2026-08-09 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Steineck ABC wrist camera, made by Steineck Kamerawerk in Tutzing, Bavaria, around 1949. Took 8 circular exposures (5mm) on 24mm sheet film. No clock inside. ## [Spider-Man (1977)](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824477809015734272) _2026-08-09 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Spider-Man (1977) ## [Turkish hepcats will never forget Istanbul’s anti-jazz ordinance of 1984.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824407609288359936) _2026-08-08 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Turkish hepcats will never forget Istanbul’s anti-jazz ordinance of 1984. ( Fortepan ) ## [The Colossi of Memnon at the Necropolis of Thebes, Egypt.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824391853282590720) _2026-08-08 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ The Colossi of Memnon at the Necropolis of Thebes, Egypt. ( Library of Congress ) ## [Paul Wenzel, 1961.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824307437151584256) _2026-08-07 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Paul Wenzel, 1961. ## [Bronze helmet, Corinthian style Greece, late 6th century BCE.](https://humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/824294852158193664) _2026-08-07 · HUMANOID HISTORY_ Bronze helmet, Corinthian style Greece, late 6th century BCE. ( Metropolitan Museum ) ## [In defence of reiki practitioners (yes, really, sorta) \[2m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/in-defence-of-reiki-practitioners.html) _2026-08-03 · PainSci Updates_ Someone once tried to defend reiki practitioners on my Facebook page , and I surprised some of my skeptical allies by standing up for her — not because I think reiki works, but because I don’t think the people who do reiki are “evil,” or even very different from me . Different, sure, but not very different. Reiki is “aura massage,” usually branded as either reiki or the strangely named… ## [Tulips, Potatoes, and Other Immigrants](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/tulips-potatoes-and-other-immigrants) _2026-07-31 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ One wintry afternoon in January this year, we stepped into the Tulip Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ## [An immense new review of exercise for pain \[2m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/immense-new-review-of-exercise-for-pain.html) _2026-07-21 · PainSci Updates_ And it sounds like good news, but I’m not so sure. The salamander is not easily impressed. Singh et al . is a sweeping new super-review of many kinds of exercise for many kinds of pain: a mighty review of 157 other reviews , based on almost 2800 trials, and over 220,000 study subjects. So it’s a big boy. The authors conclude that exercise modestly reduces pain for most conditions — with the… ## [City noise pollution may aggravate pain (and nature sounds don’t help) \[5m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/nature-sounds-study.html) _2026-07-17 · PainSci Updates_ This post is about an actually good study of nature sounds for fibromyalgia — seriously! It is possible. There aren’t even any major asterisks on that.  \* Gungormus and Pérez-Mármol did a fine job. “Nature sounds are good for pain” is one of those ideas that many people just want to believe, and to hell with the evidence. If a study seems to back it, no matter how superficially, they’ll… ## [Pillow talk: the evidence about pillows and neck pain is soft \[5m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/pillow-talk--the-evidence-about-pillows-and-neck-pain-is-soft.html) _2026-07-11 · PainSci Updates_ \[ Image caption: Scene of the crime? Cricks often strike overnight — so pillows get both credit and blame. \] Sleeping badly and hurting are entangled: poor sleep is linked to worse neck pain, and better sleep to improvement. Anything that helps you sleep is probably part of the neck-pain picture — a bad pillow can interfere with that, and a good one won’t. But what’s a “good pillow,” other than… ## [Freezing shoulders enjoy steroids, PRP not so much \[3m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/freezing-shoulders-enjoy-steroids-prp-not-so-much.html) _2026-07-02 · PainSci Updates_ A new trial from Taiwan with a respectable design and a believable result has compared platelet-rich plasma (PRP), corticosteroids (CS), and a saline placebo for shoulders in the agonizing freezing stage of frozen shoulder . Steroids won handily, and that’s worth knowing — but I see this study as more of a bad news story for PRP than good news for steroids. Fashionable, fancy PRP couldn’t even… ## [A Reluctant Line Dancer](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/a-reluctant-line-dancer) _2026-06-26 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ Poetry in Motion and the Rediscovery of Play ## [Stretching for fibromyalgia: abstract versus full text \[2m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/stretching-for-fibromyalgia--abstract-versus-full-text.html) _2026-06-25 · PainSci Updates_ On the heels of another round of my stretch “negativity,” today I’m reporting on a new study ( Støve et al .) that challenges my notorious anti-stretching bias, and offers fibromyalgia patients a smidgen of hope. The study reports that a mere six minutes of daily home stretching for six weeks reduced fibromyalgia symptoms by a little over 18%. Not exactly “huge” if true, but it’s good, and cheap,… ## [Fresh example of “going broke telling the truth to people want to be lied to” \[1m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/fresh-example-of-going-broke-telling-the-truth-to-people-want-to-be-lied-to.html) _2026-06-24 · PainSci Updates_ Recently I posted about how you can make a living by “ telling the truth to people who want to hear it ,” but you’ll go broke if you try that with people who don’t … and it’s hard to tell the difference. I also mentioned that I often lose subscribers because I eventually publish something that triggers them. Fresh example! I lost two paying members when I posted that “ stretching doesn’t always… ## [Updated: “Stretch doesn’t always feel good” \[30s\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/updated--stretch-doesnt-always-feel-good.html) _2026-06-23 · PainSci Updates_ Just a heads up that I have rewritten half of my recent post, “ Stretching doesn’t always feel good .” This significant rejiggering was 100% powered by reader comments, all from folks with fibromyalgia and hypermobility/EDS: “It just hurts too much. Usually too sore!” “I hit the end range of my joint miles long before I feel any stretch.” The post did mention both conditions, but only as potential… ## [Stretching doesn’t always feel good \[4m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/stretching-doesnt-always-feel-good.html) _2026-06-19 · PainSci Updates_ Every time I’ve ever published anything that undermines bad beliefs about stretching — and there are plenty of those to undermine — I get a fresh batch of reactions like this: “But stretching feels so good!” And for as long as I’ve been writing about how stretching is not a pillar of fitness (since circa 2005), I have been softening the blow by acknowledging that, yes indeed, it really does feel… ## [Making a living by telling the truth to those who want it (if you can find them) \[90s\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/three_ways_to_get_paid.html) _2026-06-16 · PainSci Updates_ Sometimes I feel like I am mostly earning a living from the customers I haven’t pissed off yet. 😜 This charmingly quotable wisdom nugget was recently shared by John Gruber , so you may well have come across it already, but it’s worth a look again while thinking about the messy and fiercely disputed “truths” of biology and healthcare: There are three ways to make a living: Lie to people who want… ## [The kind of running injury risk science we’re always waiting for \[4m\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/achilles-tendinitis-risk-factors.html) _2026-06-12 · PainSci Updates_ The injured always want to know why me? Science rarely has a satisfying answer, but today it can tell you at least this much: Achilles tendinitis probably causes gait glitches, and not the other way around, according to a big new Czech study with a better-than-average design. Jandacka et al gave us some precious “prospective” evidence: that is, they followed 900 thoroughly measured adults (runners… ## [No imposition is too great for the credulity of men \[30s\]](https://www.painscience.com/blog/no-imposition-is-too-great-for-the-credulity-of-men.html) _2026-06-06 · PainSci Updates_ People don’t limit themselves to merely believing that absurd but harmless quackeries are actually effective medicine: the human capacity for wishful thinking is so potent that countless people throughout history have sworn by dangerous snake oils even as they were being slowly destroyed by them. “That’s how you know it’s working” is an easy rationalization. Consider this the next the time you…