Disagree that big Mac's are that unhealthy.

You're welcome to join us on the way👍 We're now renting a shack at homestead/homeschoolers with very similar vision, also because buying something around Prague (in like 100km range) is very off the table.

There have been a handful of times in my life, maybe four or five or so, where I was walking in a dark parking garage or similar venue alone in a city at night, and came across a sketchy-looking dude that was looking at me weird or otherwise triggered my confrontational intuition based on his vibe, clothing, and/or body language.

And each time I kept it cool on the surface, looked at him confidently, but kind of subtlety clenched my fists and was internally amping myself up with uncontrollable adrenaline like, “You want to fucking go dude?” and began running through mental routines of how to drop him based on certain approaches, or what if he has a knife and how to focus on that, etc.

To this day, I don’t know what percentage of them were intending to be a problem. Maybe none. Maybe one or two out of five. I think at least some of them probably triggered defensive instincts in me for a reason; those aren’t there for no reason. Some aspect of them seemed acutely out of place or overly intentional, etc. Studies generally suggest that attackers pick out less confident looking people. Easy targets. They use their instincts too. Part of me wonders if any of them might have tried something if I slumped my shoulders and tried to walk quicker to my car rather than look straight at them and and basically amp myself up while also acting like nothing was happening. Some vibe of me was present for their instincts too.

But perhaps more importantly, I wonder what it feels like to be totally afraid there. To have no defenses, no answer. It happens to people all the time. You’re in a parking lot or garage and there is a sketchy dude or a few drunk guys. You get on a small elevator with a guy and it is you and him and he’s 80 pounds heavier. My father put me in martial arts so that I wouldn’t face a scenario with no answers. While I might feel adrenaline or concern, I never feel powerless. I immediately start running through options. I wonder what people feel like in these situations if they have literally never had a fight in their lives. Like, I might or might not win in this scenario, but either way it’ll be absolutely vicious if it gets down to it. I can’t imagine having no answer.

Or the doorbell rings at 9pm while my husband is on travel. 95% of me like “probably a neighbor” and the other 5% of me is looking out the window and clenching my fists slightly and running through those same routines and thinking about the closest knife location in case this gets weird.

I think that is an important aspect to teach people. Everyone should have basic defense training. Not everyone is going to have extensive combat training, but everyone can have some basics to boost their chances by either improving their vibes to avoid being targeted or having some basic starting points of what to do if attacked, since some actions like yelling and having a handful of moves to get away from a grab or hit someone back or otherwise make someone realize that it’s not worth it. It’s the same as having basic cooking skills, basic repair skills, how to change a tire, etc. you just have to know a few things.

what’s next for blackrock you ask?

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Kritika zastupitelské demokracie:

Jedná zastupitelská demokracie dle vůle lidí? Podle mě nikoli.

V zastupitelské demokracii se neděje nic podle vůle lidí, ale když už tak podle největší množiny volby menšího zla (já odmítám volit zlo). Navíc se nevolí přímo řešení, ale zástupce - úspěšný prodavač hrnců, který oblbne největší počet důvěřivých. Ten prodavač má pak za sebou armádu lobbistů, často podobnou jako ten druhý, kterého nahradil.

If you could go into outer space, with the relative promise of a safe and healthy return to Earth (if desired), would you go?

#spacestr

#asknostr

#nature

So I flipped my kid off earlier today, he really got on my nerves. He saw it, I thought he didn't. Looked at his tiny hand. Lifted middle finger. And a large grin settled on his face. Now he does it at everyone.

I can't wait for the kindergarten tomorrow.

Mother of the 🖕🖕🖕 year.

#mumstr

Don't get me wrong I Love Amethyst. But I want to play around with different clients. Damus seems to be the go to for ios

I'm an end user of all things bitcoin and bitcoin related. I'm buying a used iPhone to be clear. So I'll have both options android and ios to play with.

I'm going to buy and IPhone just for Damus.

Looked at some medical textbooks yesterday about fighting obesity and diabetes.

The authors unironically recommend we consume a diet of 50-60% "complex" carbohydrates, while reducing simple sugars to <10%. I would ask these colleagues what the difference was between complex and simple sugars? All complex sugars, i.e. starch, break down very easily into simple ol' glucose and get absorbed easily in the gut.

I was baffled by this, and imagine my surprise when I got to the diabetes section where I saw recommendations about continuing eating carbohydrates and picking "healthy whole-grain bread".

The authors are all respected phds, considered experts in the field. They are a disgrace to the profession imo.