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@ProfRobAnderson Boo hoo your dog isn’t native, the mountain lions are. Good riddance you’re in the South now lmao

The reality is even more ridiculous than the headline. The whole reason for this bridge is so that a handful of isolated and extremely inbred mountain lions in the Malibu area can breed with normal mountain lions on the other side of the freeway to diversify their genetics. One of these inbred mountain lions killed my dog in my backyard on a college campus in 2022. The National Park Service had a tracking collar on the animal and knew where it was at all times. They didn’t give any warning to the college or anyone else. After this happened, they only admitted it was their animal after a reporter questioned them. The animal was so inbred that its father was also its grandfather, and then it mated with its father/grandfather. Mountain lions are not endangered in California in the slightest. There are actually too many of them in this area, causing them to kill each other over territory. The NPS catches all these animals every few years to replace the batteries in their tracking collars. They could literally just drive them to the other side of the freeway in a pickup. The mountain lion that killed my dog was hit by a car and killed a few months later. What a waste.

@tobinjstone @acrunksquirrel @YeahLikeTheSoup I grew up next to a corn field, therefore I’m an expert on corn futures

@acrunksquirrel @YeahLikeTheSoup I mean, I literally grew up in the ski capital of America, but yes please tell me about how I don’t know anything about the issues facing ski towns or the economics of the ski industry.

no one wants to hear this, but the best way to address the dual problems of high ticket prices and overcrowding at ski resorts would just be to make it easier to open up new ski resorts across America

@umichvoter The South vs Southwest sides of TX

Left: 🟠 Talarico 65% 🟣 Crockett 33% Right: 🟣 Crockett 57% 🟠 Talarico 42%

@johnarnold These areas are protected for a reason, they’re the most spectacular places on the planet. Please never leave Texas. Sincerely, a Westerner

An overlooked component of Texas’s economic success is the very low share of federally-owned land. When Texas joined the Union, it negotiated to retain control of its public lands. Much of that land was later sold to developers to retire state debt and endow public education. Combined with strong private property rights, development decisions outside of cities largely rest with private landowners rather than politicians or regulators. By contrast, many western states were carved out of federal territories, leaving Washington in control of vast acreage today. That difference still shapes outcomes, as building on private land is an order of magnitude easier than navigating the constraints that come with federal ownership.

@drmikehart Post your 5k PR lol

The biggest driver of VO₂max improvement is time spent ≥90% HRmax. Optimal time per VO₂max workout: 8–15 min Per week: 16–30 min Optimal VO₂max sessions/week: ~2 The Norwegian 4×4 protocol fits this perfectly: 4 min hard (90–95% HRmax) 3 min easy Repeat ×4

@realmonteball "Doctor" of chiropractic, lol, lmao even

The last thing you see in your trash can before getting colon cancer

@runnersworld RW used to be a great source of evidence based running info, clearly that is no longer the case...

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@Hybridathlete pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC85… “Housing First programs improved housing stability and reduced homelessness more effectively than Treatment First. In addition, Housing First programs showed health benefits and reduced health services use.”

Anyone who has had extensive contact with the true homeless, the ones living on the streets, knows this is true. They cannot be helped. And what most people don't understand is that they don't want help. The homeless are not who you think they are. The perception portrayed by the media and believed by the general public is that the homeless population is a group of people who are just down on their luck and need a second chance or a little help. Just give them more money and everything will be better. They make it seem like the homeless just need a place to live and some food to eat, and the problem will be solved. Like it’s “the riches” problem that there are so many homeless people. Or that they are only homeless because they have been “priced out” of housing. This could not be further from the truth. Contrary to popular belief, most people who need help or housing or food can, and do, get it. Really, they do. Those who recently lost their job, have had a run of bad luck, or are barely making ends meet can access programs that can help. I’m not saying it’s a perfect system or that they can get all the help they need, but the government assistance programs are there, and they get used (and abused). And they get this help because they WANT it. But the truly homeless? Those living on the streets, or in tents in public parks? The vast majority of them are drug addicts/alcoholics and/or have serious mental health issues. I’m talking full-on break-with-reality mental health issues that you would not believe unless you saw it in person yourself. And addictions worse than you can imagine. Behavior you wouldn’t believe unless you saw it with your own eyes. They do not want jobs, help, or housing. Very few could even function at a job, even the most basic of jobs. Seriously, they are so far gone that they don’t want any of it, and couldn't be rehabilitated enough to be able to handle it. Could having access to professional treatment help to turn their lives around? For a VERY small percentage, yes. Particularly those who are young and recently homeless and addicted. They still have a chance. But for most, the answer is no. Many of these people have long criminal records and have long since destroyed any familial relationships that might help, if they ever had any to begin with. So, even if they got clean and sober, it would be very difficult to get a job and make something of their lives. At that point, what’s the incentive to get clean when you have no hope of a future? If you want to know what the homeless population in your area is really like, talk to your local firefighters. I’m just sharing my experiences and what I’ve seen. Many people never see this world up close. Their only contact with the homeless population is that guy with a sign on the street corner or the guy playing his guitar downtown. I don’t have an answer to this problem, I’m just telling you what it’s really like. And throwing more money at it won't help.

@Longevity_MD @hjluks As an acute care physical therapist in ortho/trauma, who sometimes feels like I'm not contributing much to patient outcomes, this means a lot. Thank you :)

I will add one critical piece: this is a team sport. Surgeons open the door, but physical therapists are the ones who teach patients how to walk through it—day after day, rep after rep. Along with PTs, nursing, pain specialists, and medical optimization, they translate surgical success into functional success. Great outcomes aren’t heroic acts. They’re the result of engaged patients + excellent multidisciplinary care, with PTs at the center of recovery.

My highly controversial thought of the day... LOL. The Surgeon Isn’t the Hero of a Knee Replacement. The Patient Is. I’ve watched and listened to far too many orthopedic surgeons claim the success of a knee replacement as if it were their personal achievement. It’s an easy trap... point to the X-ray, admire the alignment, congratulate the technique, and take a victory lap. But if we’re being honest, the technical part is a baseline expectation. We are trained to place implants in the correct position, balance ligaments, and manage complications. Yes, some suck at that, and they shouldn't be doing them... but- that’s the job description... that's what's expected. The real determining factors in whether a knee replacement succeeds don’t belong to the surgeon. They belong to the patient... ~metabolic health and systemic inflammation ~body weight and muscle mass ~pain tolerance and mindset ~persistence with rehab ~willingness to move through discomfort ~genetics and healing capacity Two knees can be replaced with identical precision and yield very different outcomes. The variation isn’t due to a tibial cut being off by 1 degree. It’s usually due to the patient who walks the halls when it hurts, pushes the range of motion when it’s stiff, lifts weights to rebuild quadriceps, controls their blood sugar, and keeps showing up long after the incision has healed and the surgeon has moved on to the next case. We as surgeons open the door. The patient has to walk through it. We are technicians in this respect. We can align, resurface, and stabilize. But we cannot create resilience. We cannot force consistency. I cannot lend someone my VO₂ max or mitochondrial health. I cannot do their rehab for them. The people who succeed after knee replacement do so because they decide to take ownership of the outcome. They treat surgery as a beginning, not a finish line. They prepare before, train after, and stay engaged when it’s no longer glamorous. Surgeons may stitch the wound, but patients determine the result. And any surgeon who claims otherwise is inflating their role and understating the patient’s.

@tmj4 Thank you for shilling for the oil and gas industry! Great work TMJ4!

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@zaelefty I legitimately laughed out loud when I found out you're an architecture student, go home bud

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@stlouisfed Why not start this graph in 2007?

Check the FRED Blog for a graph that tracks the Fed’s liabilities since 2019, with a discussion of the economic and policy forces at play bit.ly/3JdnJMU

@gamesblazer06 You realize some of the strongest thunderstorms occur in deserts right? Look at Arizona, flash flooding every summer from June-August.

Remember when they pulled this headline off? Flooding in Dubai? LOL If that’s not a sign that this entire Climate Change thing is a Hoax not sure what is.

@NWSMilwaukee Here’s the Root River at Drexel Road on Sunday at 1124am (video time), right before the record high gauge reading!

We're looking to document the historic flooding that occurred Saturday night into Sunday in the Milwaukee area. If you have any photos or video from when the flooding occurred that we can use for educational, event review and documentation purposes, please share. Thanks!

@DanielConlin6 @StatisticUrban PHX vs ABQ — Jobs, crime. And to a lesser extent schools/neighborhoods - even though AZ isn’t great for education. I say this as Dem who moved Great Lakes to PHX and considered NM

@StatisticUrban Why are they all coming to Arizona? It kind of sucks here. I only moved back because of family. New Mexico is way nicer.

Relatively affordable metro areas in blue states: Chicago, Minneapolis, Rochester, Portland ME, Syracuse, Buffalo. Hope you like the cold. Some additional ones in purple states with partial dem control: Raleigh, Madison, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Philly, Phoenix, Vegas.

@whatsuptucson Title should be ‘vehicle strikes cyclist’ If you’re driving a several thousand pound machine you need to responsible for where it goes

Bicyclist vs vehicle, Broadway and Columbus

@_Murphy_Dan Why such a long time scale?? What are people going to do from 2025-2060, live in boxes?

@brady_h This is a bad take, everything from walking to running is just a spectrum of intensity, there is nothing wrong with walking if that is where a patient is at (Ex. cardiac rehab, post ICU, or just generally really de-conditioned)

Steps are not “cardio.”

@jeremiahcota Your brain must be as smooth as a bowling ball

The North Rim Grand Canyon Lodge was lost in a forest fire, along with other park amenities. It doesn't have to be this way. This is due to decades of overgrowth, caused by the prohibition of logging in the parks due to environmentalists and the Democrats who enable them.

@zbitter Do you know if this data is a rolling average from 0 - x miles or from segment to segment?

Precision released Caleb Olsen’s WSER 100 fuel & hydration data ⬇️