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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 10h

Really bummed out by this, in particular Huel and Naked!

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 11h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 10h

Goddammit, Huel.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 22h

What do you mean there's a guy named "Coyote Shivers" in the movie?

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Aw yeah, spread those Canadian fan visits out across 81 home games, not just the blue jays trips to Seattle that turn T-Mobile into a very polite mosh pit.

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

(haven't listened to the audiobook, so can't vouch for the quality of the narrator's performance)

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Blackstone Audio has an audiobook of the David Ross translation, which is the same as the Oxford Classics print edition. I'm not sophisticated enough to tell you if that's the best version, but it was good enough for me.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

5 (mostly short) books i'd assign for HS english to get kids stoked about books:
1) Beowulf --> Gardner's Grendel
2) Hyperion
3) Trout Fishing in America
4) Piranesi
5) All the King's Men

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Part of the problem is that a hop bomb can conceal shitty brewing. Turbo IPAs: the beer of choice for brewery owners who suck at their jobs.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

The Norton Critical edition of Moby Dick is *very* good. And cheap!

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Watching the Canadian broadcast of the Ms game, and every other ad is "we are a CANADIAN company, buy with us because we're NOT AMERICAN."

Not sure how the US comes back from that anytime soon.

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Brittney Bush Bollay @brittneybush.bsky.social · 1d

MITCH GARVER TRIPLE

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

I think this guy would've made a really great VP.

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1d

Happy birthday to a wonderful son!

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

If Jorge Polanco keeps doing this, he gets a statue in front of the stadium.

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

That would be wild. As if Andre the Giant weren't already sympathetic, what if he was experiencing The Fear in addition to chronic pain?

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Now that short stories don't really pay, and don't really have a popular audience, there's not much reason to write them except for the expedience of having a "complete" work to talk about in your MFA class.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Thiel is self-medicating to achieve "Immortality, but with Event Horizon characteristics."

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

what. lol.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Terry Pratchett has a handful of Young Reader books, both in and outside of Discworld. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents + Wee Free Men (and the rest of the Tiffany Aching books). All excellent.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Dinotopia (all books) by James Gurney. Astonishingly beautiful illustrations, too.

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Earthsea is the out-of-the-park homerun here.

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

Two of those balls are strikes with ABS next year

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 1d

Umpire is dogshit, ABS challenge system now (I reserve the right to change this opinion at any time, immediately, if it suits my purposes)

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The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Josh Naylor is Exhibit A in my case that "Baseball is perfect because any body type can be excellent."

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 1d

It is the essential peace of making him look like a beer league softball player

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

JULIOOOO

The Loar Axe @theloaraxe.bsky.social · 1d

Not as broad as "learn philosophy" but I just had to figure this out with a friend who said "I want to learn Ethics" and the answer I came to was Sandel's "Justice: A Reader" which has well-chosen primary texts, supporting his well-produced lecture series.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Justice with Michael Sandel - YouTube

Instructor Michael Sandel JUSTICE is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. Nearly a thousand students pack Ha...

youtube.com

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