David J.

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Zohran leads a RIDICULOUS pace for the Bus vs Pedestrian race on 34th St. God I love this town.

A side effect of working out this way is you get a better understanding of the meat suit you live in, and that’s kinda fun in of itself.

This is freeing. What is X pounds? It’s just a number at the time of the lift.

What matters is the effort behind the lift. Are you working the muscle, or are you vanity flexing?

The more you focus on this, the stronger you get.

Because the bench press is standardized and people come in all sizes and shapes (and that’s not accounting for the force generated by a person wriggling, screaming, “hey crazy, why are your trying to bench press me!”).

For example, I can bench press more than my body weight. But I’m not sure if I can bench press a body my weight.

Once I accepted the fact that every number at the gym is abstract, lifting became so much easier.

Moment of Vanity: I’m wearing a shirt that has muscles drawn on it and I have to confess I’m a little upset it obscures the genuine-original under my collar

(i feel bad for the gym opening crew)

Don’t mind us, we’re just fitness zombies clambering at your door

A photo of the skeeter at sunset in a room

Sunset Skeeter

I don’t know what this means, but it sounded cool in my head and then I wrote it

6 am at the gym is like adult swim with iron

Lando in Star Wars I've just made a deal that will keep the Empire out of here forever

lando-ass college presidents all over the place rn

A photo of the skeeter’s silhouette in the sunset

Shadow play

RDL!? More like walking through hell.

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I don’t know why men are so resistant to internalizing the *actual* female gaze. It would be so liberating! Put on some sweatpants, skip a day shaving, develop some smile lines, gain 11 pounds, fold some laundry, make a big thing of popcorn, and get under a big blanket on the couch! LFG!

Every “free speech” comedian should use their platform to say that the government nudging corporations to cancel shows is fascistic an actual cancel culture

But sadly you fucks are cowards

A small boat on the East River. In the background, one of the Triboro Bridge towers

Daybreak on the East River

This is where I post from

Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.

Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.

Sometimes, I feel like the rhythm is the bass, and the bass is the treble…

Research reveals a paradox: the more people understand AI, the more hesitant they may become to embrace it.

paradox, you say

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Every time I see someone awkwardly load a deadlift bar, I want to spread the good news of the barbell jack

Today’s menu at the gym: humble pie.

One would hope the obvious fact that a crazy racist billionaire can reprogram an AI bot to also be crazy racist in the blink of an eye will make anyone pause just a sec before they open up any other AI tool and treat it as gospel.

NYC Real-Estate Execs Throw Money Behind Adams to Counter Rise of Mamdani Developers turn their backs on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and host fundraisers for incumbent mayor

“There’s going to be a lot of these fundraisers,” said Noble Black, a New York City luxury real-estate broker. “Everyone is talking about how much wealth is aligning against Mamdani.”

These stories are like campaign ads ... for Zohran.

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Every time I see conservative fearmongering about how dangerous the NYC subway is, I feel the need to defend it. I grew up in Ohio. It’s cars that are dangerous. It’s car accidents that are terrifyingly common. I’m not being dramatic when I say the subway is one of the best parts of my life now.