Oksana Chusovitina on all eight of her Olympic Games: "Do what you love, and do it to the end" www.olympics.com/en/news/oksa...
Oksana Chusovitina on all eight of her Olympic Games: "Do what you love, and do it to the end"
With the World Championships set to open in Rotterdam without her, the 51-year-old watched back every Games she has been to – from Barcelona at 17 to the retirement she quickly reversed.
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Friedrich Kallmorgen (1856-1924) Wood gatherer in an autumn forest, 1893. oil on canvas.
ok everybody remain calm, grab your torches and pitchforks and make your way to pattison ave in an orderly fashion we have some work to do
Keith Law@keithlaw.bsky.social · 3d agooh no
But changing the system requires systemic work. Hell is other people because other people are *great* but it's *so hard* to get them to do things your way. That takes time and understanding and togetherness and arguing and forgiving.
If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item:
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
Sunday Fun Day~here are some pandas playing on swings🙂↔️🙂↕️
We are grateful to everything Lonnie Bunch gave to this country, and we vow every day to fight to protect it.
Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊
📖 The stranger's guide in Philadelphia to all public buildings, places of amusement, commercial, benevolent, and religious institutions, and churches... ✍️ Unknown Author 🗓 Published: 1864 🔗 https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15373094W
Whee~sharing some somersaulting pandas~ weekend's here, let's roll~🤸♂️ [Cr. 海南岛主/Weibo]
Down four runs. One guy on. Two outs. 0-2 count on a guy who was 0 for 3 on the day and hits sixth. OF COURSE THE PHILLIES WON WHY WOULD THEY NOT
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
thelancet.com
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
Jennifer Romig @jennifermromig.bsky.social · 3mo agoNotetaking in meetings is tiny case in point - used to be some predictable social assumptions who would do it; now anyone can offer to do ”notetaking” by turning on the AI listener. Further interesting scenario is human recollection / notes (taken by habit by a person) conflict with AI summary
Even for a bad weather game this feels like a lot of pitch timer violations
An important post from an excellent thread. Grab a beverage and read about Piketty, Snowden, and the “orifice lottery”.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 2mo agoMusk didn't just attack foreign aid. Doubtless, the fact that the world's richest man murdered hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest children for the lulz isn't merely cruel, but also massively destabilizing in a way that will shake the world's politics for generations. 57/
“you know I can’t remember the last time I actually answered the phone”-john kruk, continuing to be an inspiration
