Baron Von J

Hillary won the nationwide popular vote, though.

Because we can feel even the most minor movement of our facial muscles away from our natural resting position, in much greater precision than what other people can see of the same.

The Dems had a super majority during Obama’s 1st two years

Nope. Even for the ~60 days they technically had it, they still had to contend with Senator Byrd being out of session due to health issues.

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/debunking-the-myth-obamas_b_1929869
• https://factleft.com/?p=97
• https://cwre.org/w/Myths/Democrats_had_a_supermajority_for_two_years

“Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners,” marking “their first statewide wins in 30 years.”

What? Is he trying to gaslight the fact that both of Georgia’s US Senators have been Democratic since 2020? One of whom was subject of intense media coverage for back-to-back runoff elections in 2020 and 2022 with the US Senate majority up for grabs?

It was French’s mustard, clearly an illegal immigrant sandwich. This Dunn guy was aiding an illegal alien’s assault of an officer.

pedantics here, wouldn’t that be a crime against humanity, rather than a war crime, since we’re not at war?

Oh, sorry. Clearly I didn’t research that enough.

But like, she was not only a member of the Progressive Caucus in Congress, she was at one time a vice-chair of the Caucus, and she is primarying against Newsom. She used to be quite popular among the left when she was in the House for her no-bullshit attitude during committee hearings and doesn’t currently hold office. I’ve never really followed her directly, just saw those sound bites and haven’t heard anything since she lost the Senate primary to Schiff. Guess I’ve missed a bit. Would Hogg be funding her as a progressive primary challenger?

They’re southern, so Gravy Seals is a good fit.

Aside from the hashtag hypothesis, there are multiple timelines on Mastodon: trending, local, and global for example. I’m assuming you didn’t suddenly accidentally start looking at a different timeline but still worth mentioning.

Goebbelum.

I think the two main tells are that he addressed it directly to the recipient, and that he “signed” it (instead of thanking society for their attention to the matter).

This is the one thing I really think Fediverse needs. I shouldn’t have to have a separate identity for each of Lemmy/Mastodon/Pixelfed/Mbin/Piefed/blahblahblah. In theory, ATproto has the PDS which holds your identity and posts and you can host independent from the rest of the platform. In practice, shenanigans on Bluesky over the last few days are showing that even with Blacksky, they are still centrally dependent on the main instance. There’s been quite a few Bsky users picking up on Mastodon, either new accounts or reviving old ones.

Oh I know. It’s just unusual for a tatted up white supremacist to not have some misplaced affinity for Vikings, based on the Nazified version of them rather than the reality. So for Hegseth to specifically call out a rejection of Nordic aesthetic is odd. The pagan part of his callout is weird, because Christian Vikings were very much a thing, too.

Wait … a white supremacist who rejects Viking Age cultural appropriation‽

Training with weights combined with diet is the best way to lose fat. Cardio exercise is good for cardio respiratory health and helps with calories in/out calculations but adding muscle increases your bodies caloric demand, meaning more fat burn.

As a complete beginner a simple routine of hitting weights twice a week with cardio (30 minutes 2-3 times per week) in between will be plenty. You want to hit each muscle group with 3 hard sets twice a week. A hard set is when you get near (within 2 reps) failure (which means you can’t complete another reporting with good form) with a range of repititions anywhere from 5 to 30.

For a basic full body routine, you want to think about pushing and pulling with arms, legs, and chest/back/shoulders. So bicep curls (pull) and tricep extensions (push), for example. Chest press/fly (push) and rows (pull). Leg curls (pull) and extensions/presses (push). If the gym has a set of circuit machines, use those to start with so you get a feel for the movements.

Look at the Hevy app, which has a free version and has a library of workout routines broken down by beginner/intermediate/advanced and location/equipment (at home, at gym, travel, bodyweight only, dumbbells only, etc). It also has a bunch of community-shated routines.

Diet is going to determine if you lose fat or both fat and muscle. Target about 1 g of protein per pound of bodyweight per day to maintain/gain muscle Split the rest of your calories between unsaturated fats and carbs in whatever way you can maintain. Avoid added sugars. Switch to drinking mostly water, or at least diet soda or carbonated water. Fruit juices, even without added sugars, are loaded with sugar but lack the fiber that is in the raw whole fruit to mitigate the sugar. So don’t switch from soda to an equal volume of fruit juice.

There’s also a metric butt load of good content on YouTube. Channels I like are:

Renaissance Periodization
Jeff Nippard
Jeremy Either
Milo Wolf
Dr Pak

I would really like to see AOC run for Senate instead. I think we need a Congress willing to reign in the executive more than we need an executive who volunteers to return to norms.

The Tea Party movement also had huge financial backing from the Koch brothers.

I believe posts are only federated once accounts are followed, and that it is directional. Meaning newandquirky.social doesn’t receive any posts from mastodon.social (for example) until account(s) have been followed and only the followed accounts’ posts (and replies and boosts) are federated. And vice versa.

It means the chair is fired but the law suit over the firing will continue and if they win the lawsuit they will be reinstated otherwise they stay fired.