Asae

try, try, try, try, try & try again until you win.

I used to stare with wistful longing at the beautiful women running in the city in the early morning, with their hair slicked back and the sun beaming down on them. They seemed so gorgeous in their regal and focused discipline, and I could only envy them as if I was looking at an impossible desire across a chasm I could not cross. They were beautiful. They were disciplined. I was not. That was all there was to it. It was a law as immutable as gravity. Until one day, I realized that was ridiculous. I could get up early and run. I could slick my hair back and wear a nice outfit. I could become someone who was proud of the way they moved through the world. I'd always been able to. The prison of my ugly being was self imposed.

When I was jaded, angry, and 15, a very important figure in my life told me that despite my experiences, the world is overflowing with a goodness that would magically find me one day. Possibly the most useless adage to impart on a despondent 15 year old, but at 25 I can’t think of a truer statement.

finally, a good take on taste

Feeling stupid is a crucial part of science. It means you're pushing into the unknown where real discoveries happen.

Une nouvelle étude révèle que le « récit dominant » sur les biais contre les femmes en sciences est faux. Les professeurs surestiment massivement les discriminations contre les femmes, qui en général sont inexistantes, voire dans le sens inverse. Les auteurs de cette étude ont par exemple constaté que dans les embauches en tenure-track (USA + Europe), les femmes sont clairement préférées aux hommes aux qualifications égales.

what the fuck is happening in the UK?! an 18yo kid was stabbed four times by a fellow british* man "Vikrum Digwa" who was openly carrying an 8 inch blade in public (which is illegal in the UK, but under the new racial laws only one ethnic group is allowed to do) chased down when he tried to escape, stabbed again, but since the gentleman claimed henry did one of the worst crimes one can commit in the west, doing a racism, the police put the bleeding kid in handcuffs and let him die on the pavement what the fuck?!

I think I posted this here a while ago but this is so insane to me

This is it. Everything learned spending millions on longevity. From: Your Immortal Unc and Auntie. To: Our Immortal nieces and nephews. 0. Sleep is the world's most powerful drug. 1. Be in your bed for 8 hours 2. Same bedtime every night, any time before midnight 3. Don’t eat right before bed 4. Calm foods for dinner 5. No screens 1 hour before bed 6. Avoid added sugar (be aware it’s in everything) 7. Avoid all things in an American convenience store 8. Avoid fried foods 9. Shoes off at the door 10. Eat whole foods, particularly veggies fruits nuts legumes berries 11. Walk a little after meals or air squats 12. Get your heart rate high routinely 13. Lift heavy things 14. Stretch daily 15. Water pik, floss, brush, tongue scrape, morning and night 16. Make an effort to drink water 17. Get sunlight when you wake up (UV is low) 18. Protect skin in midday sun 19. Stand up straight 20. See at least one friend once a week 21. Avoid plastic where you can (in all things) 22. Circulate air in rooms 23. When stressed, breathe, learn to calm your body 24. Go to the dentist 25. Avoid sitting for long times 26. Protect your hearing, the world is too loud 27. Alcohol is bad for you 28. Finish coffee before noon 29. Avoid bright lights after sunset 30. If obese, look into a GLP 31. Sleep in a cold room 32. Texting while driving is dangerous 33. Turn off all notifications 34. Limit social media use 35. Don’t smoke anything 36. If you struggle to sleep, read a physical book before bed 37. 1 hour before bed have a calm wind down routine: bath, read, light walk, listen to music 38. The body is a clock and loves routine. Have a daily morning and evening schedule. 39. Avoid long distance travel where you can 40. Baby steps first: incorporate new things slowly 41. Do less… most things don’t work. Bonus points if you get your blood checked. Start here, it will change your life.

Enjoy being while becoming

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One of the most distinct markers of actual undergraduate writing: the unspecified pronoun. Even the best writers do this at least once in every essay.

@actual_pie_ @verynormalman 18. The next day she has a very intense breakdown. Like... call the hotline breakdown. It lasts for days. A number of very bad luck things happened to each of us for about a month after that

Among elite chess players, those with the lowest IQ are the best. Among NBA players, the shortest ones are the best. Among Hollywood actors, the least attractive are the most talented. Among elite academics, those with poorer early academic performance are the best. Among people with high LDL & high plaque burden, LDL is barely correlated with plaque burden. Learn collider bias. Nice catch by @AlexTISYoung

underrated aspect of British decline is the talent problem. early Global Britain still had imperial-trained politicians. Post-Blair Tories a basket of English incompetents. Labour Right even worse. Can't possibly imagine how fast a hypothetical Reform government will shit the bed

Probably the funniest graph ever published by the FT: our 3 possible futures are either 1) infinite wealth and abundance, 2) human extinction or 3) 0.2% faster GDP growth 🤣

The British local elections

Passed a man whose shirt read "I found love in Niles, Illinois." My heart lept. Romance had triumphed yet again. I turn, and see plastered across the back "And it was only 200 bucks!" Ah. Nothing but a cruel mockery. This bitter cynicism will save no one.