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@MyGolfSpy Couldn’t make it through the whole thing.

I need your brutally honest thoughts on Happy Gilmore 2 Go.

@TheLizVariant An endocrine disorder is my guess.

@AndrewHammel1 Some of the new apartment buildings in Kaiserswerth are awful.

Germans, why oh why OH WHY do you let your leaders drop these massive concrete bombs on your once-beautiful cities? Who the fuck looks at this parking lot and thinks: "Gosh, how inviting and lovely!" Nobody wants this shit, but we keep getting it! Why does this keep happening?!?

@eyeslasho You’re missing the word culture in the choices.

@JenniferSey Food is medicine when done correctly.

Ok I think I've gotten more responses to this post than any post ever. Maybe. People sure have a lot of opinions on diet, autoimmune diseases, chronic pain, eating nothing but steak and eggs, menopause (yeah that is happening), light patches, turmeric (already take), "it's probably Lyme!", oxalates and on and on. This is why I don't go down this rabbit hole! Everyone has a different answer! Often conflicting! I'm trying some version of Paleo. It's gonna be a struggle! But I'm in. I've already eaten more eggs today than I've had all year. Also finding a new doc. Thank you for all the responses and DMs and texts. I love @X. Wish me luck.

@JenniferSey Try a Low/No Starch diet….if you do a proper elimination, you’ll be surprised. Pain is a great motivator so you’ll end up eating what your body can handle. Read The Keystone Approach by Rebecca Fett to start. I have AS and PsA and speak from experience.

I have various auto-immune diagnoses. And a rheumatologist who has been less than super helpful. Primary symptoms - severe arthritis and joint pain & swelling. All over. It doesn't help that I also have grade 4 osteoarthritis in both ankles from years of training on them while they were broken. The last two years have been an all out battle with my body. I have managed it, to some extent, with medication. I don't hate all of western medicine. Though it is possible, I know, that western medicine caused this. But it's not working anymore. I'm in pain. I've got a high pain tolerance, I broke my femur and came back from it to win a national championship 9 months later (perhaps that was a mistake, I realize). Point being, I can get through a lot. But this is kind of brutal. I'm ready to try all the diet stuff. Though I hate weird food restrictions, as it all takes me back to my days as an anorexic. I'll set that aside. I'm ready. I'm thinking Paleo which is supposedly good for inflammation. No cheese, for me, is a bitch. I really love cheese. And no pretzels, my favorite snack, also a bitch. I'm weirdly pretzel-obsessed. But I'll do it. Worth a try. If my hips and wrists and back and hands stop hurting all the time. Who does anti-inflammation diet(s), what do you do, how has it helped? And how do I give up cheese, one of my favorite things in the world? Holistic peeps, doctors, health nuts... tell me what's up.

@lulumeservey The typeface has changed (disconnect) and it didn’t even feature a car (the product that they are supposedly trying to sell).

Taste aside — from a purely strategic perspective, this brand marketing is disastrous for Jaguar. For context, Jaguar sales have been plummeting (down 70% in the US in five years). It’s a crisis. Their #1 strategic imperative for comms and marketing should be to sell cars. So let’s analyze it through that lens. Up to 2018, Jaguar was actually growing quickly, doubling sales in a few years. Their subsequent decline was caused by two main things: 1) LAGGING INNOVATION AND ENGINEERING Jaguar went five (!) years without releasing a new production model, and their technology felt outdated. 2) UNCLEAR POSITIONING Jaguar got stuck between lanes. They used to be associated with classic sophistication and luxury, competing effectively with Bentley and Aston Martin in a rarefied space. But then they shifted down to premium, competing with the likes of BMW and Mercedes in a more crowded market. Jaguar SUV sales are cannibalized by their own sister brand (Range Rover). Now they’re not upscale enough to compete in the luxury market, and not cutting edge enough to compete in the premium market. DOUBLING DOWN Even at a basic level, we know that any Jaguar rebrand should (1) highlight innovation, and engineering, and (2) pick a clear lane for branding. Here they’ve done the opposite. This campaign is about “collaborating with a collective of original creators across the arts,” according to Jaguar’s website, which has been taken over by the rebrand. That message is roughly the opposite of what Jaguar should be saying, which is some version of “our cars are engineered to the gills and go very very fast.” Art school grads simply aren’t associated with elite engineering ability, I’m sorry. It’s possible a marketing exec read too many think pieces about how millennials shop based on values and forgot that people want cars that are really well built. On top of that, instead of choosing a clear lane, Jaguar’s brand has meandered further into no man’s land. Literally — this is NOT for men. While men have been an important audience for Jaguar historically (it’s a favored ride for James Bond and Bruce Wayne), the latest campaign features six women and two people of indistinguishable gender (one appears to be a man but I don’t want to assume). If they’re going to abandon the male audience, they should replace it with a more lucrative audience, and it’s unclear who they’re going for here. Vegans? So the same way Jaguar lost the ultra luxury segment without winning the premium segment, with this campaign they’re losing the “classic sophistication” audience without winning the “Just Stop Oil” audience. It’s risky to be an orphan brand. MISSED ZEITGEIST Lastly, Jaguar simply failed to read the room. We are in an era of NOSTALGIA. People want to RETVRN. Tradition, heritage, and classics are more in demand than they’ve been for a long time. Jaguar was perfectly positioned. Jaguar’s iconic image of an old school British gentleman — think Sir Roger Moore, a known devotee of the brand — would have been a massive asset in today’s environment. Why not a retro themed campaign contrasting state of the art technology with a 70s aesthetic? TIME FOR A TURNAROUND This is like when movies used to come out in other countries a year after they were done showing in Hollywood. The vibe of this rebrand might have worked in 2021, but to drop this in late 2024 only emphasizes the reasons for Jaguar’s brand decline in the first place: it’s outdated and confusing. Apparently Jaguar is planning a broader brand reset for 2025. From early indications, that reset is misguided and likely to fail. Jaguar is a luxury product so their brand can make or break sales, and in this case, they’ll need a U-turn to get back on track.

@AddisonsUK Be patient figuring out your medication needs and recognize each person is different. Also, reduce stress and rest (even 10-15 minutes at a slower pace can help) as soon as your body tells you.

Today we're asking you to share the advice you would offer to someone who has been recently diagnosed with Addison's or adrenal insufficiency. We recognise this is best understood by those who've gone through it themselves. Share the things that have helped you 💜 #AddisonsQA

@elonmusk Congratulations to you and your team! Fantastic achievement 💪

Starship rocket booster caught by tower

@ianmiles The only reason to do that to a dog is to attract children who will be curious.

This is just dog abuse with all the dye she put on it. What’s more, why is she whining about it on social media instead of telling the parents that her dog isn’t for kids to play with?

@eurosport My favorite players of all time!

From the start to the end 🤝

@theallinpod @mcuban @dallasmavs @elonmusk @OpenAI Only made it half way through. On Kamala issues, it’s hard to tell if he’s speaking for her or not…….which I guess is ‘the plan’.

EARLY DROP! buckle up besties... we've got *two hours* with @mcuban for you! -- kamala vs trump -- why he sold a majority of his @dallasmavs position -- cost plus drugs -- relationship w/ @elonmusk -- @openai's new fundraise -- national debt -- crypto regulation -- middle east/ukraine conflicts (0:00) the besties intro mark cuban: voting record, working with ross perot's campaign in 1992 (5:43) the history of cuban's love/hate relationship with trump (19:08) trump's performance as president: what he got right and wrong (40:46) party nominations: kamala vs. trump (49:18) biden's performance as president: what he got right and wrong (55:45) should kamala share blame for biden's failures? (1:07:01) international conflict, national debt, crypto regulation (1:21:33) general sense of kamala harris, why she's been avoiding adversarial interviews, why sacks supports trump (1:31:47) selling a majority of his mavericks stake, changing business landscape of the nba, what he's working on at cost plus drugs (1:44:50) thoughts on ai, what's next for him (1:51:37) relationship with elon, re-evaluating the twitter deal, openai's new fundraise

@NRO @abigailandwords 😩

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@eyeslasho Baltimore City. Guildford or Homeland.

@Globalstats11 @historyinmemes My thoughts…looks like Cushings. I wonder how long they lived?

@historyinmemes That looks like severe endocrine disorders. Hypothyroidism and diabetes,maybe Cushing's?

Wilfred and Ruby Westwood, circa 1900. At the time of this photo the brother and sister were 3 and 7 years old respectively.

@dvassallo It’s only certain highways for limited distances….its not a free for all as soon as you get on any highway. Also, rules are obeyed and enforced.

Can someone explain to me what's the rationale of having no speed limit on German highways? How is this not massively endangering others? Not even F1 allows cars to have a 100mph difference. The 107% rule prevents cars that are 7% slower from competing, for safety reasons.

@WallStreetSilv Bluey, an Australian cartoon.

Can you name any shows that qualify ???

@MattWalshBlog Rare endocrine conditions (such as Cushings) make it incredibly difficult to manage weight even through diet and exercise.

A bunch of people on here got mad at me recently because I said that literally anyone can lose weight simply by eating less and exercising more. But it’s obviously true. The idea that overweight people remain overweight even with dieting and exercise is asinine. It’s actually a scientific impossibility.

@CarilynJohnson @KappaKappaGamma I still don’t understand how he made the first cut during Rush???

The lawsuit against @KappaKappaGamma caused me nightmares last night about living in the sorority house when I was a member of KKG - 4 girls to a room, connected bathroom to another 4 girls (8 girls sharing a bathroom/shower/changing space). No locks except on the toilet room. I had a serious eating disorder, was living 13 hours away from home for the first time, and was genuinely intimidated by being vulnerable as a young woman. I can’t even imagine having to share that space with a 6’3” 260 pound man because the adults in charge threatened me if I didn’t agree.

@AndrewHammel1 😩

10/ I hope you've enjoyed this glimpse of the current state of German social research. It's just another example of the Transatlantic Delayed Cringe Effect: Germany always imports fads from the US with a 5-10 year delay, and adds plenty more cringe when it does so.

1/ IS YOUR FOLK ART QUEER ENOUGH? Gather round, for I have a charming tale of modern Germany to tell you. For hundreds of years, folk artists in the Ore Mountains in the German state of Saxony have crafted "Little Smoking Men": Räuchermännchen. Here's a little shepherd.