Nice try, Meta!

Labeled “phone password” for good measure.

SO glad I use a bidet!

Just the news of a potential toilet paper shortage will cause a run on toilet paper, as people stock up and hoard it. Did we learn nothing from the pandemic?

Lol. It’d be hilarious if this succeeded. It was so dumb of Musk to change the name.

Scraping? You mean like what AI crawlers do?

I’m in the U.S., and the medical system is abysmal. Primary care physicians are basically robots that dole out pills based on the “standard of care”, which is a standard produced with health insurer input. I had metabolic syndrome, and uncontrolled high blood pressure despite being on 3 meds. No doctor ever mentioned metabolic syndrome to me, and I figured out that chronic stress was driving my high blood pressure, and presented evidence of this to a cardiologist and told him I needed a beta blocker. That wasn’t next on the list, so he prescribed something else that was worthless, so I had to wait another month to show him the drug did nothing. In the mean time, I found I was able to use exercise to bring down my blood pressure. I did hire a personal trainer, but they were worthless (YMMV on this, as I know others that have had very good trainers).

What got me on the right path was studying longevity science, and deploying the strategy outlined by Peter Attia in his book “Outlive”, which is a free audiobook on spotify premium. Basically, the levers you have to pull are sleep, exercise, nutrition, supplements and drugs. With respect to exercise, he emphasizes resistance training (min 3 hrs per week), zone 2 cardio (6 hrs per week) and HIIT (1 hr per wee).

I had never done resistance training before in my life, and I started with bodyweight fitness in my apartment, which I did for about a year before it became clear that I needed to figure out weight training. I found Joe Delaney’s youtube channel, and thought it would be a good starting point, and I hired a personal trainer, who disregarded my opinion and had me do other things, and gave me a program that was difficult, time consuming, and had significant potential for injury. After a couple of weeks of struggling with that, I tossed it, and did Delaney’s beginner program. After two months of that, I modified it to add exercises to target my specific areas of weakness. It was a good starting point.

With respect to the drugs, I knew it would be difficult to add muscle at my age, so I dug into PEDs. There is a lot of “noise” in this area, but one of the social media influencers I stumbled across referenced Llewellyn’s Anabolics, which provides a thorough summary of pretty much every anabolic compound in common use today, including reference to the actual studies, the common side effects, the effectiveness, etc. Ligandrol is currently in phase 3 clinical trials, but is widely available through grey market sellers on the internet. Thus, there is not only the risk of using a non-FDA approved drug, but also the risk of whether the producer is actually selling you the actual drug. The drug itself had enough human trial data for me to be comfortable with it (note: some SARMs available were abandoned because of major issues, such as causing cancer in rats), and the seller has been around for a while and had a big enough user base that I could be comfortable that I was getting a reasonably good quality drug.

I’ve made some mistakes along the way. For example, I crashed out my testosterone the first time I tried Ligandrol, because I used Nolvadex, a SERM, to maintain testosterone production when on cycle, and it wasn’t up to the task for me.

Overall though, my efforts have been very successful. We have a world of information at our fingertips, so long as we are able to filter out the bullshit. There is a lot of “tribal knowledge” passed from peer to peer, much of which is complete crap, but you can find smart people that review and reference the actual science that can point you in the right direction.

“Come with me if you want to live.”

To his credit, he is one of the few in Hollywood open to admitting that he uses exogenous anabolics. I’d guess that pretty much all of the older, completely jacked stars are also using such compounds, as it is very difficult to add muscle mass later in life. This creates a very unrealistic body image for the rest of us to live up to.

FWIW, I’m 60 and have been on a health journey over the last several years, and have transitioned from morbidly obese to the best shape of my life. Per my last Dexa scan, my muscle mass, bone density, and body fat percentage are in the top 15% for 30-35 year old men, and I am still progressing. I do, however, cycle with Ligandrol, a SARM, and use HCG combat suppression when on cycle and maintain my endogenous testosterone production. As a consequence, I’ve been able to add a significant amount of muscle mass and improve my health, as muscle is a critical metabolic sink and is also an endocrine organ.

I’ve used the drugs to rehabilitate my body and build a fit, athletic physique that is easily maintained in the gym, even when off cycle. In my opinion (I’m not a doctor and this isn’t medical advice), it is far better for me to use the drugs in a reasonable way to get the functional muscle mass and bone density now, rather than to fight sarcopenia and struggle for years with little progress. I’m in the gym 5 hours a week for resistance training, and stack on average 9hrs per week of cardio on top, with about an hour of that being HIIT.

Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, reporting for duty.

Yeah, he didn’t like the press his efforts were bringing, so he backtracked. If this hadn’t hit the news he’d be happily prosecuting.

So the county board of supervisors ended the contracts, but the sheriff will allow them to use the ranges without a contract? Hmmm. It would seem that the board could end that, as the lack of contracts distributing liability, etc. could be very problematic for the county. They may have to file suit against the sheriff, but I doubt that will happen.

Interestingly, the board has 3 democrats and 2 republicans, so the vote was down party lines, and one of the republican seats is at issue in the election this fall. Note that there are other facilities in the area ICE and CBP can use, so really this is more of a symbolic measure, but an important one, as San Diego has a massive Latino community. Unfortunately, Sheriff Martinez doesn’t come up for reelection until 2028.

Don’t worry, Trump will cement control over interest rates and keep them low. /s Trump has appointed 3 out of 7 of the current fed governors, and is currently looking to oust one more, Lisa Cook. The fed governors and can remove fed presidents at will. Thus, control over the board of governors is effectively control over fed rates, notwithstanding the votes of regional presidents.

This so broad and vague as to be unconstitutional. It’s like mandating that computers have to have technology that prevents hate speech. A 3d printer, like a computer, a hammer, a pencil, or the myriad of other tools humans use is just a general tool that can be put to good or bad uses. It would be insane to require anti-skull bashing technology for hammers and it is crazy to burden 3d printer manufacturers to develop technology to try to do this. Moreover, 3d printers are just one way to make ghost guns. A better way may be just home CNC. Instead of additive technology laying down layers of plastic one by one, with home CNC you can take a block of metal and machine it out, subtractive technology. The bill does not impact home CNC. So dumb!

5 stars, that was a good one!

Well, yes, but consider that others using the OSS service may not have the resources of PBS to file suit and litigate the issue, and they may well lose their data forever.

You have to be more specific. What he said was “woke” which makes him a “terrorist” for “antifa”, and accordingly he is being funded by “Chinese Communists”.

Made by Sean Connery.

I had Miami and SF on my list, but the others make sense.

Bananas are so ridiculously cheap. $1.49 per bunch as Costco.