You’re welcome!

I had a long drive back from Texas yesterday and heard a podcast on the story of Mark Codman, and felt compelled to share it as this was never part of the Paul Revere story that I was taught in school, and I imagine it’s because of the general whitewashing of slavery in the public school curriculum.

Maybe some of you have never heard of him either.

Ours is a nation of puritanical hypocrites.

This is why all pets never die, but instead, ascend to godhood.

I think “You’re a fucking liar”.

Perhaps they didn’t word it eloquently, but they’re not wrong.

The elderly are the wealthiest and that affords them tremendous political power, seeing as how young people can’t afford to miss a day of work to vote.

Yes, unequivocally.

It’s only happened twice in world history for a reason.

There are thousands of nukes in the world, but no one ever fires them. They make the world more peaceful, not more dangerous.

Pretty glorious.

If you want to go out and do something: have lunch, go to a movie, or whatever, it’s not nearly as busy and you can have a more peaceful time.

I built my physique over 10 years in a gym, but I’ve kept it with heavy handweights and a collapsible bench in my home gym. Anything’s possible as long as you know what you want, know what works for you, are willing to do the work.

I got some of my equipment just by putting out an ask on my local Buy Nothing group. There are a lot of people out there with big dreams who buy stuff they never use are are happy to gift it if you’ll keep it out of a landfill.

You are all getting it all wrong. It’s not that the right wing has more charismatic leaders, or even better leaders. It’s that the right wing allows their politicians to lie with impunity.

The left (at least, what passes for “the left” in America) has leaders. Look at the crowd Bernie and AOC are packing into cities right now. The left actively suppresses anyone who is anti-corporate. When it comes to leading and winning elections or raking in five billion in donations, they’d rather have the five billion, which they can legally pocket by loaning cash to their campaigns and paying themselves back at 20% interest.

The Democrats had to subvert their own primary rules in order to stop Bernie Sanders, or we’d have just finished his second term as president and people would be begging for the Constitution to be amended so he could have a third.

For me, the effort of going somewhere to exercise is a big impediment,

For most of my adult life I was the exact opposite: I needed somewhere to go as part of my routine. Now that my car’s been on loan to my mom and dad for a year, and I’m pretty sure I’m never getting it back, I had to get home equipment and adapt by necessity. Luckily I enjoy lifting, so it’s been less difficult to stay consistent than I expected.

When it comes to exercise the struggle isn’t doing it, it’s finding a routine that works for you. That’s the key, figuring out something you can do and make a habit of it so it becomes routine, like brushing your teeth.

I bought a collapsible bench and hand weights in late 2024 so I could cut the gym membership from my budget, and I’ve been able to maintain my usual habit of lifting 3-4 times a week. The added benefit is that it’s nice not to have to deal with other people or wait for equipment. You can learn better ways to work out from professionals for free on Youtube, and you can add equipment to your home gym over time.

It’s definitely reasonable to be new and never go to a gym.

Historically nukes have served as an effective deterrent to war, ironically. Given that very strong historical pattern, I’d assume the world would, overall, become a more peaceful and cooperative place thanks to mutually-assured destruction.

Same. I devoured N0S4A2.

Tens of millions of Americans can’t afford a sudden $400.00 expense without going further into debt.

That means they can’t afford to miss a day of work.

And that’s by design.

Literally I just dance in public a lot.

Agreed.

It’s wild that Biden’s arrogance and conceit was a more important concern than winning the election. Everyone around him knew his brain was fucked.

Christ almighty, no. It’s bad enough that the Democratic consultancy didn’t tell him to go fuck himself when he thought to run for president a second time.