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Wade Armstrong

@kaizendad.bsky.social

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Los Angeles-based Engineering Manager. Sometimes I make things. Most of the time I help others make awesome things. If we're lucky, we all grow together! Black Lives Matter. James 5:1-6.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 13h

Very true. The biggest takeaway is probably that whey protein is the way to go for most consumers, if possible.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 13h

Absolutely heard, but as the parent of a teen who’s become interested in building fitness and strength, I appreciate this because I can now say, hey, why don’t we make those shakes you like with seeds and nuts, rather than powder? The tail risk for a kid (rather than an adult) is pretty concerning.

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California Public Utilties Commission @californiapuc.bsky.social · 13h

Did You Know? California’s electric grid has run on 100% clean energy for nearly 30% of this year — a 750% increase in clean-energy days since 2022!
#CleanEnergy #CAClimateLeadership #CPUC

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 12d

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]

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SOCRATES:
Plato..

PLATO:
Yes Socrates?

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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?

PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates

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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?

PLATO:
Um, yep

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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then

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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]

SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?

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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel

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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.

PLATO:
No.

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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]

So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?

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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really

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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?

PLATO:
‘Spose not.

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[Bleak pause]

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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock

SOCRATES:
Yeah

[ends]

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Eric Meyer @meyerweb.com · 1d

As of today, Nintendo’s platform game “Super Mario Bros.” was released closer to the end of fighting in World War II than to the present day.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 19h

Oh man, this is a big deal

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 21h

two of the products we tested — Huel's Black Edition meal replacement powder and Naked Nutrition's vegan mass gainer — had enough lead that our experts caution against using them at all

a single serving of these protein powders contained between 1,200 and 1,600% of CR’s level of concern for lead

Two plant-based protein powders contained enough lead that our experts advise against consuming them. Naked Nutrition’s Mass Gainer powder contained 7.7 micrograms of lead per serving, which is roughly 1,570 percent of CR’s level of concern for the heavy metal. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition powder contained 6.3 micrograms of lead, or about 1,290 percent of CR’s daily lead limit.

Two other powders contained lead between 400 and 600 percent of CR’s level of concern: Garden of Life’s Sport Organic Plant-Based Protein and Momentous’ 100% Plant Protein. Consumers should limit these to once a week, Akinleye says. (See company responses below.)

The only non-plant-based protein powder with lead detected at over 200 percent of CR’s level of concern was MuscleMeds’ Carnivor Mass powder. Six additional plant-based powders, five dairy-based powders and shakes, and one beef powder contained lead above CR’s level of concern.

We also found measurable levels of cadmium and inorganic arsenic in some products. One serving of Huel’s Black Edition plant-based protein powder contained 9.2 micrograms of cadmium, more than double the level that public health authorities and CR’s experts say may be harmful to have daily, which is 4.1 micrograms.

Another plant-based option, Vega’s Premium Sport powder, had enough cadmium that one serving would also put you just over that level. In one dairy-based product, Optimum Nutrition’s Serious Mass whey protein powder, we also detected 8.5 micrograms per serving of inorganic arsenic, which is twice the limit of what our scientists say is safe to consume daily.

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maimonides nutz @maimonidesnutz.bsky.social · Jul 30

An astronaut staring at the earth saying “wait, it’s all vanity?” And an astronaut behind them is holding a gun to their head saying “always has been”

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

Be this way

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance

Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 2d

Chat, is it good that AllRecipes has started producing primers on making Great Depression-era food? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAD9...

10 Depression-Era Recipes That Still Taste Amazing Today | Allrecipes

YouTube video by Allrecipes

www.youtube.com

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2d

In a new video, Pope Leo tells U.S. bishops they must be even more united and forceful in fighting Donald Trump’s abuse of migrants.

Pope Leo Presses U.S. Bishops to Fight Harder Against Trump Deportation Raids

While some bishops have spoken up, the pope says the entire Church must act “with one voice” against cruelty at the border.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

This is a clever use of linen in the exposure process, to make things look otherwordly.

I have no idea when this became "typical," but it's definitely what I learned in High School.

Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Well whomever just jumped in as DP here really understands wide apertures

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Ursula Le Guin's "Lavinia" is a magnificent book

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Two elderly albino women? I feel like that's "roll 2d20 and make a sentence."

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Can't say I think we need a Cthulu to pull this off; we can do it on our own (and are headed in that way, after all)

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

"and mankind?"
"... destroyed"

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Why is Sandra Dee wearing a brown skirt with a black shirt? That should not be a set of choices.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone's super casual about something called the "Necronomicon." I don't feel like people would actually be super casual about something called the "Necronomicon."

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Ugh, why is Dean Stockwell being a sex pest here? Why is Sandra Dee putting up with it?

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

I absolutely thought, growing up, that crazy people had crazy laughs like this.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Once again, if you're going to make the critical twist be actually critical, you need to bother to hang the gun on the wall before showing i!

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

This would be a weird thing to explain to anyone much younger than me, but it is actually not that weird that Dean Stockwell doesn't have a telephone. "I don't have a phone" didn't used to be typical, but certainly folks chose it.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

Grandfather looks like he's from the shtetl, while Dean Stockwell — grandson — can get himself a blonde.

Anyway, both of my great-grandfathers were rabbis, and I'm married to a glamorous redhead, thus justifying the entire character design.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure if Sandra Dee's hair just looks like a wig or is actually a wig, but it could not look less like it should be on any human head.

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Wade Armstrong @kaizendad.bsky.social · 3d

I had that teakettle, which was (as a tea snob) like a physical assault

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