Elliot

imagine if it were treated like "what I want out of my leaders" and less as an endless horse race

np! set strategy lately is
1 warmup set (x15 reps)
1 set to failure ~8-12 reps
1 rest-pause set (same weight as the previous set, or a little heavier). Go to failure, wait ~30s, try again, until you hit 20 reps.

To put it differently, the entire TSA infrastructure exists to protect you from threats that are an order of magnitude less dangerous to you than the airport bar.

We could have a dozen 9/11s a year and it still wouldn't beat the number of people who die in car accidents annually.

It would take *seventeen* 9/11s each year to beat the number of people who die of alcohol-related liver disease.

It would have been a net positive for humanity if the US had shrugged off 9/11, skipped the entire war on terror, and never established the TSA.

I don't understand the 100:1 conversion rate between the value of Middle-Eastern people's lives and American lives.

~3k people died in 9/11. It was horrible.
~400k people were killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Those numbers are wildly asymmetrical.

today I did:

incline db flies
iso lateral chest press (would have done db flat press but all the benches were taken)
incline iso machine press
cable crossovers
some pushups on the smith bar at different heights
smith shoulder press
and one set of db lateral raises

this is a new concept for alien: the ass-buster

it’s a dinner scented beard balm

chest / shoulders ✅

δια τι;

get “ΚΛΕΟΣ” and “ΝΟΣΤΟΣ” on the inside of your left and right forearms (respectively)

one interesting thing: what is a discursive milieu on a public, internet hosted social network?

i’m not sure how one could define that in a way that had much substance but maybe it’s possible

was there, Sharon? Was there?

right by lane tech!

i’m glad you survived. that’s so scary

The poem in question includes this line:

“Les jets d’eau du palais de ceux qui s’aiment.”

you’re so kind. thank you. ❤️

this one is really beautiful.
where would we be without poetry?

This is the true meaning of bluesky and also why gay bsky is the best part of this app.

well you gave me a little dopamine so thank you ❤️

different… strokes… for different folks

of course my most successful post ever on here is going to be a doomer post. so bsky. sigh.

i use mine periodically but i treat it like a grenade that could go off at any second.

lol the macros though

Today’s poem: Jack Gilbert, “I Imagine the Gods”
#lunchpoems

I remember this from 2020. It'll be over by Easter, right?

In the same genre, Physical 100.

that irish passport is gold

hahaha