Thirteen U.S. troops died trying to get these people to safety — Afghan interpreters, soldiers, and the families of our service members. Veterans spent sleepless nights during the chaotic withdrawal fighting to keep them alive. Now our own government is going to abandon them.
The contrast between my MT and DC experiences fully supports this take
The post-session DOMs gets lessened over time
You’ll also get much better at figuring out the effective rather than maximum (debilitating?) dose. Anecdotally, early on people tend to be able to push themselves a lot more in a workout than they can reasonably recover from when lack training history
see?
here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared
Wrote this up in a longer format: besttrousers.substack.com/p/the-vibece...
That KU team was the one which introduced me to sports-related sadness as a kid
Chris Sims, brilliant macroeconomic empiricist, has died. His Nobel acceptance speech: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018....
Living in Scandinavia, I find myself morbidly fascinated by American progressives' inability to understand—or acknowledge—that the secret to a healthy, functioning welfare state is broad middle-class buy-in. Everyone pays something—some more than others; everyone gets something—some more than others
The reason most households are two income is that wages went *up*.
As wages increase, "working in a company" becomes a better option than "working in domestic production".
We made comedians and game show hosts into our political commentators and wonder what happened.
It’s a subtle but deeply tangible difference when you spend time there. The presumptions people treat each other with just feel so different
*This should say quits instead JOLTS for the second one
Gross hiring in JOLTS seems fairly uninteresting to me given the relative steadiness of its spread to JOLTS and the more obviously recessionary, or not, implications of movements in layoffs
For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.
These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20
ABC FOX Montana reports Ryan Zinke will not seek reelection to the U.S. House.
House Democrats are targeting this seat and have already invested heavily in flipping it.
A significant retirement:
www.montanarightnow.com/elections/co...
What’s the metric Dario? Have been wondering about a version of a Goodhart’s Law critique on AI models tuned to specific fitness metrics
Given the data on their improving survival rates part of me thinks that given that I can afford it it seems dumb not to get one for any days that aren’t a green brick
Do you own an avy bag for normal touring or just rent when you go heli skiing?
Her father fled China because he organized student protests during Tiananmen. He was a political refugee. The story of this family, and Alysa Liu, would have played out very differently today. This is what we're losing. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/w...
Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️
Really interesting framing of the basic intuition around dispersion feeling different with low NFP*. Thanks Jason
Does make me a big jealous; just never get storms like that when you’re not right near the coast
The guide/client relationship seems so hard to get right in consequential terrain
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
In reading initial reports + NYT I immediate thought of expert halo and familiarity (at least for the experts) issues playing a role. Or hangfire from hell
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
Lots of questions and hopefully some answers in time, even if most of them will be tragic
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...
The early reporting on this is absolutely horrifying. Cannot imagine what must’ve happened for them all to be out there
The men’s big air finals with the snow pouring down are an absolute treat to watch
I think this has certainly helped fuel how much more popular European and Asian vacations are with people, esp younger, now.
“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”
Juan Jamon was not spotted :(
In 2026:
-20K will be a soft but not terrible jobs report
+15k will be a decent jobs report
+50K will be a good jobs report
+100K will be a great jobs report
