I don’t think people realize how bad food quality is in the US. There are thousands of chemicals and additives in food and packaging that are banned in Europe but somehow fit for US citizens, including well-known carcinogens. Why do we put up with this?

— Riva (@rivatez) February 27, 2022

Oh, I realize it. I’ve traveled frequently to and have lived in other countries. The US has the worst food quality of any country there is now, most likely. And certainly any one I’ve been to. In the early 1990s, the food quality in the UK was a bit worse but they’ve far exceeded us now.

When I have to fly back from overseas I am always most saddened about a return to low-quality, bad-tasting trash food. It’s such a shocking difference. The food in the US is appalling.

The thing I love about the weightlifting community is how supportive they are of one another. You can come in with your tiny 100 pound deadlift, set a goal for 150 pounds, and people will be cheering for you like you won a gold in the Olympics when you hit it. And that’s pretty great.

That’s how a community should be. And it’s kind of always been that way, though weightlifting bros did exist and they were vile. But the weightlifting bros have mostly been pushed aside since the 1980s and there are nearly none left now.

I know how it feels to have no one cheering for me, or on my side. That the weightlifting community does this both sincerely and as its default is pretty special.

It’s Aden again! Damn she’s so good. I don’t even like the original song at all. But from her, I’ll take it. Her phrasing is far better than the original.

I know it’s hard with that kind of studio mic, but I wish they had a setup where you could see her whole face instead of just side shots and completely useless shots from the back. She’s so expressive and it’d make the performance better actually being able to see her.