What, exactly, are you trying to communicate?

I have to say… E. E. Cummings and Bell Hooks.

I remember the rationale employed by Bell vaguely, and here it is:

Throughout bell hooks’ career, her chosen pen name has been a subject of fascination. Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Kentucky, US, the writer changed her name to bell hooks to honour the name of her late grandmother — Bell Blair Hooks — and chose not to capitalise it to “emphasise the importance of the substance of her writing as opposed to who she is,” according to CBN.

As the author said herself in a 2009 interview with anarchist author Randy Lowens, it was a decision that was born out of a “gimmicky” trend during the feminist movement in the ‘60s and early ‘70s.

“When the feminist movement was at its zenith in the late ‘60s and early ’’0s, there was a lot of moving away from the idea of the person. It was: let’s talk about the ideas behind the work, and the people matter less,” said the author in 2009. “It was kind of a gimmicky thing, but lots of feminist women were doing it.”

The author added: “Many of us took the names of our female ancestors — bell hooks is my maternal great grandmother — to honor them and debunk the notion that we were these unique, exceptional women. We wanted to say, actually, we were the products of the women who’d gone before us.”

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Yes, that is great news - it is something that I also heartily endorse. I like the idea of people with weight issues being ready to go out and jog their hearts out…

The confusion comes from being told a large variety of things that counter this.

One of my friends is a very large, muscled male model who maintains his body quite well. He’s not a body builder, of course, but he associates with body builder types regularly in his fitness routine, and he told me that if you are over 100 kg, you should probably do cardio by walking with a steep incline as opposed to running because running at such a size is bad for their knees, and he had gotten this advice from a body builder.

I am totally open to the idea that this is suspect advice, but I guess I am just not sure where to stand on this…

If you have any more information on this, it would be most welcome.

Tens of thousands of Europeans visit Iran every year.

Rarely are any arrested.

There’s likely some legitimate reason for their apprehension

Security guarantees are not irrational as part of the greater negotiation process, but in the big picture Zelenskyy has been an uncompromising imbecile who has only dug the hole deeper & deeper for the Ukrainians.

They need someone who is read to negotiate their defeat, not someone who is still stubbornly clinging to this idea that they can just “trade” Kursk for everything back and peace.

The war has been lost, and we do not need the distraction of this actor putting on a show about how they will win in the end as he stands on top of a system that forcibly conscripts 25 year olds and sends them to die in the Donbass.

You basically have to cut Zelenskyy out because his stance is so irritatingly irrational.

This is potentially true - very true.

I am a huge critic of American power, but I have increasingly found I hate all manner of power, since power is too often wielded to benefit just the elites.

Only $19 million of the $59 million that Musk highlighted in his tweet will go toward housing migrants in hotels, luxury or otherwise, officials said.

“We have already spent over $7 billion on this crisis alone, and the previous administration committed only $237 million in funding to help house the migrants in our care and for future services,” the City Hall statement reads.

“We have continued to receive previously allocated reimbursements through the past week. We will discuss this matter directly with federal officials.”

I am not sure how much this is a refutation of what Musk stated, nor how much of what was stated by them is true.

Anyone who followed this throughout 2024 knows that this is true.

I was really hoping that he would not go this route and that there would be a chance for some kind of justice.

But no, every time he is pushed for clarification on this, he defaults to ethnic cleansing.

Shooter appears to be Swedish:

The suspected gunman, named locally as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, was killed in the attack, but police have not yet identified him and have not given a motive.

BBC via MSN

I was under the impression that it is not controversial to suggest that microplastics and massive amounts of chemically altered food could also be contributing to this…?

I think figuring out the causes of the increase would also help kids…?

That is interesting… I actually move a lot of my photos to my computer to make room for other stuff. It might also be the case with all the prosti footie photos, he didn’t want them on his phone while he was out and about so he moved them to a more secure folder on his computer…

But IDK.

I respect your theory and am not committed to arguing against it or anything. Just sharing some of my own ideas.

In short…

Luka is a top 3 or 4 player in the NBA.

Anthony Davis is, indeed, an all star caliber player, but he just isn’t the elite talent of Luka who may one day be remembered as a top ten player ever… AD is also 6 years older than him.

It’s a highly controversial trade.

Many big names have not been shy about calling this the biggest trade deal in NBA history, and perhaps one of the WORST conceivable trades.

Basically, the Lakers have totally gotten the Lion’s share of the tuna in this one.

And they def. couldn’t explain that income, lol.

“So hwo did you acquire nearly twenty grand?” “It just appeared one day.”

Bro just made his enemies his friends.

Checkmate.

I am. But I do not think of myself as a conventional conservative. I am very much unlike a neoconservative, and I feel I am far more ‘economic nationalist’ than conservative. My foreign policy is also anti-Zionist and isolationistic.

TBH I kind of might like the feedback, not even in a really vain way, but just to hear people like,

“Wow he was right on the money in that argument about whether or not the frying pan was adequately washed…”

“He was kind of a dick about it, but I appreciated that he stood his ground.”

“While I have heard farts louder than the one last Friday, none of them has been as long as that one, and so I would say that it might be the most powerful fart I’ve ever heard. Anyone who is honest will at least admit that this is a top 5 for them.”

“I started listening to Meat Loaf because of the show.”

I can’t believe you deep throated Jersey Mike’s tuna.

I would do it. Obviously there are so many drawbacks. But I would also consider it as an exercise in honesty and truth and kind of like allowing myself to look in the mirror and really evaluate who I am… While also seeking authenticity… Which is a trippy statement, but I basically believe the most authentic self is the most honest, independent, and ethical version of yourself…

Plus holy shit that is a lot of money. Generational wealth for my family. I’ll take the sacrifice. All of the above is just a positive spin. I’m sure it would create longterm chaos… But once I have that money, I can chill… And level with people on what it was like and hope to make amends, lol.