your 30s are for unlearning all the conformity you picked up in your teens and 20s and getting back to the weirdo you were as a kid.
— Molly Priddy (@mollypriddy) September 21, 2022
And your 40s are for getting totally fucking jacked!
Month: September 2022
Keep At
Is it better to work out in the morning or at night?
The best time to work out is when you’ll actually keep at it consistently. That’s it; that’s the real answer.
R Vic
So Russia is going to illegally ‘annex’ part of Ukraine and then look like absolute ass clowns when they’re unable to defend those same occupied territories. “This territory is now part of Russia but we’re incapable of controlling it,” is a weird strategy.
— Ally Maynard (@allymayn) September 20, 2022
To Ian Welsh, that is the very definition of Russian victory!
Aha Baja
.@JoeBiden Now is the time to resurrect the Subaru Baja. Do this and Dems will sweep the midterms pic.twitter.com/J74d2yAqTG
— Guy Freire (@guy_freire) September 20, 2022
It’s been done; saw my first one today:
RUbbed Out
Putin's announced mobilization of 300,000 "reservists" was jaw-dropping to me this morning, but not for the reason some might suspect.
Why? Because know how Russian soldiers are trained, in basic training & in their units.
A brief 🧵 on some fun facts. 1/
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) September 21, 2022
Those guys gonna die.
US Creep
One thing I like about Ireland is there seems to be more inter generational integration. Old folks, young folks sharing spaces pic.twitter.com/Ih24MtYI56
— Angie Schmitt🚶♀️ (@schmangee) September 21, 2022
In the US that would be considered “creepy” and “sus.”
Falling
Do you really want to know how Iranian morality police killed Mahsa Amini 22 year old woman? Watch this video and do not allow anyone to normalize compulsory hijab and morality police.
The Handmaid's Tale by @MargaretAtwood is not a fiction for us Iranian women. It’s a reality. pic.twitter.com/qRcY0KsnDk
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 16, 2022
The idea that the hijab is “feminist” is falling apart utterly and that is nice to see.
Plated
The more I play with AI image generation the more convinced I am that it is akin to photography. You move around in latent space by using keywords (or vector transformations, if you are so inclined), you find a nice spot, and you take a snap. pic.twitter.com/977vvETJmr
— François Chollet (@fchollet) September 21, 2022
Interesting that AI image generation is turning everyone into Platonists. Me, it’s doing the opposite. But too long to explain why now.
Not 2
Starbucks says it is ending sick pay for #COVID19 starting October 2, ending paid time off for COVID illness, self-isolation and vaccine side effects.
The average Starbucks barista salary is about $34,000 — less than 2% of what the CEO makes ($20.4 million last year). pic.twitter.com/MfDyz2xMUU
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 19, 2022
It’s much less than 2%. 34,000 is 0.167% of 20,400,000, not even close to 2%. I see people make simple math errors like this all the time and I’m supposedly bad at math. Interesting how that works.
Showko
The first ten on (mostly) yesterday’s playlist:
Early Enough
i did not know there was a cat who was also the metatron but that sounds about right https://t.co/44MbgKrFML
— Bo Bolander (@BBolander) September 20, 2022
I used to watch that show while reading a book, because it required half a brain cell or less.
Laggard
I am so glad I don’t get jet lag. There are advantages to barely having a circadian rhythm.
Ans
Public health is more than virus outbreak social isolation protocols. It's safe streets, park access, air pollution control, reducing cost burdens to help people meet their financial needs, heat mitigation, housing, food access, representation, good jobs, restorative justice.
— MainStreetMesa (@MainStreetMesa) September 20, 2022
NO! The only answer is staying locked inside your home, fearful of the world, never emerging into the light, and castigating those who dare show their faces to the sun. The ONLY ANSWER!
Small Number x Big Number
Despite Covidian lies, the actual rate of Long Covid will be about 0.2% of those infected, matching other similar viruses. Covid-19 ain’t magical. It’s just another coronavirus.
That’s still a lot of people because so many caught it — but it’s no kind of world-ending apocalypse, either.
Verm
Husband is very upset my sister has gained weight.
I don’t understand why he’s obsessing over the sister so much, but it is indeed sad when someone lets themselves go. Even if they’re not beautiful it’s worth mourning because their health will decline — but if they are lovely, obesity is like dumping what’s vacuumed out of a Port-a-Potty on a Vermeer.
Think that’s harsh? Don’t care. It’s what most everyone is secretly thinking anyway. I just said it out loud (or in writing).