builtbyaken
@builtbyaken.bsky.social
it's simple, but not easy.
everyone wants to live longer, but not get stronger. make it make sense
everyone wants to live longer, but not get stronger. make it make sense
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Your political director deserves a raise
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Your political director deserves a raise
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Successfully converted another sucker to our book cult!!
i just finished lightbringer so im all caught up on red rising and if “braveheart in space directed by michael bay” sounds fun i would highly recommend
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Successfully converted another sucker to our book cult!!
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Some much needed good news. “Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.” Guft link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some much needed good news. “Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.” Guft link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/c...
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Did not know that food banks don't pay sales tax, so their dollar can stretch more!! Cash donate to your local food bank!!
SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Did not know that food banks don't pay sales tax, so their dollar can stretch more!! Cash donate to your local food bank!!
when I’m old, I won’t hate on the youth. It doesn’t matter how weird, strange, or quirky they are, they’re people who are trying to figure out life on their own terms, just like I’m doing now.
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 AM
when I’m old, I won’t hate on the youth. It doesn’t matter how weird, strange, or quirky they are, they’re people who are trying to figure out life on their own terms, just like I’m doing now.
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We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away.
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We’re protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility and an agent came out to tell us to go away.
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
We said we’re exercising our First Amendment rights so he shot the ground with pepper balls and said, “Your First Amendment rights are on the sidewalk.”
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What happens when living together requires submission to abuse?
September 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What happens when living together requires submission to abuse?
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I am flummoxed as to why you are tripling down. You don't even... acknowledge that you can have this stance, as is your right, because you, your life, your marriage, your sexuality, and your family are not being targeted by the people you say are doing politics "right." It is astonishing to witness.
September 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I am flummoxed as to why you are tripling down. You don't even... acknowledge that you can have this stance, as is your right, because you, your life, your marriage, your sexuality, and your family are not being targeted by the people you say are doing politics "right." It is astonishing to witness.
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I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was so fortunate attend the closing performance of Free Shakespeare in the Park's TWELFTH NIGHT on Sunday at the revitalized Delacorte. Sensational theater, freely shared, and a testament to the importance of public arts in NYC.
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As I told @19thnews.org: if you plot Democratic candidates on two axes, fight versus fold and transform versus return, in terms of the direction of the party, it’s the people in the fight and transform quadrant that are breaking thru. 19thnews.org/2025/09/kat-...
Kat Abughazaleh’s punk-rock House bid
The 26-year-old Chicagoan is betting that empathy and righteous anger can remake Democratic politics.
19thnews.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As I told @19thnews.org: if you plot Democratic candidates on two axes, fight versus fold and transform versus return, in terms of the direction of the party, it’s the people in the fight and transform quadrant that are breaking thru. 19thnews.org/2025/09/kat-...
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Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
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if you don't like what you say... say something different
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
if you don't like what you say... say something different
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
Trying to find a good cadence can be hard but the most interesting part is that you put like 1-5 hours into research, 1-2 hrs into writing the article and then the actual hard part of getting people to read it starts.
Sigh. sigh.
Sigh. sigh.
September 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Trying to find a good cadence can be hard but the most interesting part is that you put like 1-5 hours into research, 1-2 hrs into writing the article and then the actual hard part of getting people to read it starts.
Sigh. sigh.
Sigh. sigh.
You don't need to be in the gym for 2 hours. Seriously.
You can get all the benefits in 40-45 minutes.
See how.
builtbyevidence.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
You can get all the benefits in 40-45 minutes.
See how.
builtbyevidence.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
The Ultimate Guide to Saving Time While Working Out
Please, for the love of God and all that is holy, stop spending 2 hours in the gym
builtbyevidence.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You don't need to be in the gym for 2 hours. Seriously.
You can get all the benefits in 40-45 minutes.
See how.
builtbyevidence.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
You can get all the benefits in 40-45 minutes.
See how.
builtbyevidence.substack.com/p/the-ultima...
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The best thing about summer in Washington: finding blackberries in parking lots
July 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The best thing about summer in Washington: finding blackberries in parking lots
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"Folks, mamdani is actually WAY more awesome than you already think he is"
July 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"Folks, mamdani is actually WAY more awesome than you already think he is"
I now understand why so many startup founders were spent so much time alone.
its hard to do this and have a social life.
its hard to do this and have a social life.
July 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I now understand why so many startup founders were spent so much time alone.
its hard to do this and have a social life.
its hard to do this and have a social life.
been very quiet, building like crazy
turns out health data is like really really hard to deal with.
turns out health data is like really really hard to deal with.
July 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
been very quiet, building like crazy
turns out health data is like really really hard to deal with.
turns out health data is like really really hard to deal with.
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You could try being funny.
July 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You could try being funny.
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Yep. This is the exact thing that is happening, and let me tell you that one thing I have noticed is that none of these guys have science educations or understand science in the slightest.
I just now realized that some guys think that fancy predictive text can make new scientific discoveries but that doesn’t even make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yep. This is the exact thing that is happening, and let me tell you that one thing I have noticed is that none of these guys have science educations or understand science in the slightest.
I've been reading a LOT about PCOS to help some of my women clients and its really interesting.
turns out there are some limitations to good ol calories in calories out
turns out there are some limitations to good ol calories in calories out
July 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I've been reading a LOT about PCOS to help some of my women clients and its really interesting.
turns out there are some limitations to good ol calories in calories out
turns out there are some limitations to good ol calories in calories out
dear bluesky,
please stop recommending me politics,
sincerely aken
please stop recommending me politics,
sincerely aken
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
dear bluesky,
please stop recommending me politics,
sincerely aken
please stop recommending me politics,
sincerely aken