Climbing, skiing, rates’ musing economist
Peter Williams was a prominent leader of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism in the eighteenth century, best known for publishing Welsh-language bibles and bible commentary.
You’re there to learn and follow into things you might not otherwise get into, but still need to keep heads up and be willing to question too. Not an easy balance for even experienced students or the most instructors
Too early to know anything but a sobering opportunity to ponder the dangerous dance we do in the mountains for those not closer to the tragedy
Went back and reread John Branch’s masterful recounting of the Tunnel Creek avalanche which seems to at least rhyme a bit with this situation from afar www.nytimes.com/projects/201...
“If I’m blowing that much in the States I might as well go abroad, eat the flight cost, but have a cheaper + more novel experience once I arrive”
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Could’ve said the western and sunbelt boomtowns for a time but they never had the cultural weight. Cowboy/workwear having a moment but that’s not particularly regional
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
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- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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From Judge Ellis:
"Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."
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A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
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-there’s no problem that doesn’t immediately become easier to mentally handle after petting your dog
-MOVE. walk, run, stretch, pick things up and put them down, whatever
-eat protein
-sugar is bad
-don’t let pursuit of health turn you into a hermit
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