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shoulders are the poorest designed feature of the human body
Jun 5, 2026
on monday i was doing basic yardwork and somehow tore my shoulder labrum, which i didn't know until wednesday. i wasn't convinced that i could've had an injury like this from only shoveling mulch so i started researching how shoulders work. turns out they're pretty badly designed. most joints in your body are built around stability. hip is a deep ball-and-socket. it sits inside a cup that's more than half enclosed in bone. knees are hinges reinforced by some of the strongest ligaments in the bod...
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what's your conspiracy theory?
May 30, 2026
i'm not a conspiracy theorist, but everyone has That One Thing. mine is that the water in the US is what is making everyone sick. i'm not sure who needs to hear this, but if you (or anyone in your gene pool) has a type of auto-inflammatory condition and you live in the US/UK/Canada/Australia, your symptoms are probably made worse by chloramine, AKA your tap water. what is chloramine and why is it here?
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can i fit this in the overhead bin?
May 28, 2026
i went to Tallinn in Estonia last week, taking the ferry from Helsinki. the ferry is a ferry the way costco is a store. it had a two-story duty free shop. i bought what i thought was a juicebox with barbie on it. turns out it was pink barbie milk. it's unclear why ferries are still classified as 'ground transportation'. i got in around 3:30pm and the first thing i do in a new city is go to the grocery store. i love to learn languages, and perusing a grocery store is one of the best ways to do th...
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