Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The studio went silent when Whoopi Goldberg’s voice cracked. This wasn’t a joke, or a political rant, or a celebrity feud. It was something far darker. A smell. Pain. “Cottage cheese.” Years of being dismissed, misdiagnosed, ignored. She almost didn’t make it. And her question for doctors, for all of us, is still unanswe. Whoopi…

1. Massive Quake & Location A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit off Kamchatka on July 30, 2025, after being “upgraded twice to 8.8.” The epicenter lay about 119–136 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky at a shallow depth near 20 km. 2. Historic Scale This is the strongest regional quake since 1952, which caused “9 m tsunamis” and…

My mother-in-law gave me an old antique sewing machine for my birthday. My husband laughed, but I liked it. And 5 years later, he left me. For a young mistress. My husband, a lawyer, took away our car and flat. When my mother-in-law heard about it, she called me and invited me over. And then…

Many people underestimate how small daily habits can have surprising effects on their well-being. One of the most overlooked routines is the position or environment we sleep in — and experts are now warning that it can have more influence than we realize. According to recent discussions online, certain sleeping behaviors may lead to long-term…

The room froze when the answer lit up the board. Ten seconds of pressure, one missed phrase, and a nation erupted. A beloved contestant walked away empty-handed, not because he choked, but because the game itself suddenly felt… wrong. Was this really a fair puzzle, or a trick disguised as tradition? What lingered wasn’t just…

The message hit Mason’s phone just after dawn: “The $2,000 Trump payment is out. Check the list to see if your name is on the list.” No sender ID, no metadata he recognized, just a blunt line that read like a cross between a political blast and a low-grade phishing attempt. He stared at it…

They dressed it up as empowerment, as if a cheap syringe and a borrowed bottle could compete with years of training and sterile rooms. The girl they lost wasn’t chasing vanity; she was chasing relief—from comments, from comparisons, from the quiet ache of never feeling enough. The “experiment” was just the final mask on a…

1. Hidden Cause of Bone and Leg Pain Leg and bone aches are sometimes “dismissed as normal aging or simple fatigue,” yet they often signal a vitamin deficiency. Lacking key nutrients can weaken the skeletal system and slowly increase discomfort. 2. Importance of Vitamin D Vitamin D is essential because “it helps the body absorb…