David Alger

My new goal in life is to be last. There is surprisingly little competition. I have been successful several times already.

@seeingmole @mariekeflament Sorry, 50 miles outside of Tokyo and haven't needed a car.

@dalger2001 @mariekeflament If one goes out of the center, a car becomes quite essential. Japan isn't indeed the futuristic place it used to be like 20 years ago. Time has pretty much stood still. China has now become this futuristic place.

Just back from three weeks in China + Japan — back to back. The contrast was sharper than I expected and eye opening. I recently wrote about China, this is now about Japan. Japan: 43 million tourists a year. A currency that has lost a third of its value in five years. Less than 2% EV adoption. And streets that are somehow completely spotless with almost no public bins. Japan is a country of fascinating paradoxes — 20 years later and after a week in China, I saw it with eyes I wouldn't have had otherwise. Five things I can't stop thinking about, including why Japan's "cheapness" is not a travel deal, but a symptom of something much bigger. 👇 linkedin.com/pulse/japan-th…

@mrichert @usbank Worst bank ever!

Buying a house using @usbank is a fucking nightmare. USBank: We need this info Me: Ok here it is USB: We're still waiting on that info Me: It was sent 3 days ago USB: We need this 2nd part Me: Yup it was in the email USB: But what about the first part? Me: Yup in the same email

@gregogallagher The new pill one? Foundayo? They are safe or have to wait longer for more data to come out?

Low dose GLP’s simply make adherence to a solid nutrition protocol effortless This means you can pour your mental bandwidth into your training, getting steps, work and relationships And not trying to manage your hunger an stressing about how not to go over your calories

@usbank @deesophiee7 Had nothing but bad experiences with US Bank. Avoid them at all costs.

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Do not do business with @usbank literally it has taken us 3 weeks to open a checking account. What a damn joke

@HTLGTM He isn't trying. All he would have to do is go in with punches are her off balance kicks.

Cô gái giao lưu võ thuật cùng chàng trai lực lưỡng Và cái kết

@AJA_Cortes The "secret" techniques are pretty open. They work rather well. They are a basic part of karate and jujitsu training. Not flashy. Not interesting. Strikes to the hollow of the neck, groin, knee, solar plexus - can all stop an attacker pretty fast.

The rise of MMA effectively ended the mysticism around "martial arts" things like "death touch" dont exist blocking multiple strikes is for movies, not real life No one says "hiyah!" in real life multiple kicks makes you easy to take down there are no secret ninja moves

@usbank Avoid. US Bank is mostly incompetent. Opened an account with them. Brought documents to their local branch. Received card and a week later they unverified the card. Wasted an hour going to the branch and waiting. Was considering moving other accounts to them. Now won't move any

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@twostraws "Just living". Nope, takes more than a week.

I have been in Tokyo for one week now. This is my fifth time, but the first just “existing” – no sightseeing, etc, just living locally. There are so many things the Japanese get right (and so few they get wrong) that being here is a delight. I hope they know how lucky they are!

👏 David & Friends is back. THE CAST: ✨ Alex | Eli | Gladys | Mark | David 📍 Pan Theater | Oakland

@SenMcConnell retire already. Term limits poster boy.

Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed authority that has rested with Congress for centuries. The American people already know that tariffs make building and buying here at home more expensive. And Kentuckians understand this painful reality better than most. But the use of IEEPA to circumvent Congress in the imposition of tariffs, already without precedent, isn’t just bad policy – it’s also illegal. My full statement: mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.c…

@cositamosha_fan Equal rights. He has the right to expect the same from you. That being said, he should have just moved on. His closing was unnecessary and rude.

Hace poco acepté salir con alguien que conocí por una app. Yo 24, él 28. Todo iba normal hasta que hablamos de relaciones y expectativas. Fui honesta: para mí es importante que mi pareja pueda darme estabilidad económica. No desde el interés, sino porque lo asocio con responsabilidad y compromiso. Él sonrió irónicamente y preguntó: “¿Y tú harías lo mismo por mí si yo lo necesitara?” Le respondí que no, porque actualmente no trabajo y no podría sostener a nadie. Se rió fuerte y dijo: “Si no tienes dinero, no puedes exigirle nada a alguien que sí lo tiene”. Y luego agregó: “Entonces ponle precio a tu compañía y busca clientes, no pareja”. Ahí terminó la cita. Más allá de estar o no de acuerdo con su postura… ¿Era válido su argumento o cruzó una línea de respeto? ¿Pedir estabilidad económica en una pareja es interés o es una expectativa legítima? Los leo 👀 Sacado de las redes.

Chinese Proverb:

Fluency isn’t when you stop making mistakes. It’s when mistakes stop stopping you. #LearnJapanese #Japanesecoaching

@SenSanders His business. He can do what he wants with it. How is the work on term limits coming along?

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

@ThatYuta No, different. 1 is a question. 2 assumes the answer and puts pressure on the person being asked. 1 is polite. 2 is slightly rude unless you know the person and that they are interested.

Question for native English speakers: A. “Would you like to eat ramen with me?” B. “Wouldn’t you like to eat ramen with me?” Do they really have the same nuance or different nuances?

@robstersauce @CigsMake Look up his West Point Study and how effective his circuit routine was for cadets (both Cardio and Strength). It was called Project Total Conditioning.

@dalger2001 @CigsMake That's fair. Circuit training with weights or machines is great. Absent that context, it really sounds like OP is saying strength training takes care of your cardio.

@robstersauce @CigsMake You do realize he his talking about circuit training were you go from machine to machine in about 30 seconds or less?

I love weights, but this is bullshit. You can disprove this to yourself with an extremely simple experiment: - Only lift weights for a few months - Try to run 3 miles - Or do 100 burpees - Or an hour of jiu jitsu - Or anything I’m not a doctor but I’m pretty sure that completely fucked feeling is your cardio.

@Microinteracti1 @bill61262 And it meant that Europe could invest more in social security programs and less in their military since the U.S. was positioned to do the heavy defense spending. Then Europe spent even less than agreed to on defense.

@bill61262 The US chose to put them there. Europe agreed because it suited Washington’s agenda: having forward bases makes it easier to launch interventions, bomb countries, and then stumble through wars it ends up losing anyway.

Donald Trump: “NATO is nothing without America.” Meloni: “Perfect. Then Europe will close the U.S. bases, tear up the sweetheart trade deals, and, just to make the message land, boycott McDonald’s too.” That is the blunt reality: if Washington wants to talk like protection is a one way favor, Europe can answer like a partner with leverage, not a dependent begging for permission. And honestly, that tone is long overdue. When someone says “you are nothing without me,” the correct reply is not gratitude. It is boundaries.

@Microinteracti1 She is being facetious. You don't seriously think she wants to storm McDonald's?