How Weight Lifting Took Over America YouTube video by The New York Times

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social Here's another fitness item from this week

youtube.com/watch?v=EVOk...

Hmmmm.

The Swoletariat: a history of leftist fitness : It's Been a Minute So-called "swoletariats" are exercising for the resistance.There’s a lot of fitness content in conservative manosphere circles – that’s not new – but now, there are also fitness influencers who call t...

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social Leftist Fitness

www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

Agreed.

I acknowledge the entry fee isn't even nominal. I am glad that NPR pursued the opportunity. I am just curious if the media exposure grew the audience of Up First and NPR in general.

I have a question on a related matter. By playing the Golden Globes Game for the Up First podcast, did NPR realize any audience gains or justify an increase in underwriting rates?

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social Here's a fitness-adjacent item.

"Wait, Grandpa, but WHY was everyone at war?

"Well it all started when one guy didn't get a trophy for being the most peaceful guy ever. And things escalated."

Essay | The Tyranny of the ‘Hot Mom’ Gone are the days of women racing out the door in sauce-stained shirts. Now mothers have to carry the entire mental load and look ageless too.

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social, here's another fitness adjacent piece. This time it is mainly about women (and how men aren't meeting them anywhere near halfway).

www.wsj.com/style/fashio...

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Home ownership is now inaccessible for about 75% of U.S. households that aspire to buy a house, according to the National Association of Home Builders.

Regarding CNBC Cures, while some will argue capitalism could help efficiently find treatments and cures for rare diseases, why isn't that happening more right now? Will rare disease work yield quick profits? Such work probably will have broader and lucrative long term benefits, but no quick bucks.

CNBC Cures: Understanding rare disease YouTube video by CNBC Television

2 of 2. youtu.be/dlCrLhDewHU?...

Problems with how democracy, capitalism hasn't delivered for middle class: Walter Isaacson YouTube video by CNBC Television

@onthemedia.bsky.social I don't watch a lot of @cnbc.com, but is it growing skeptical about contemporary American capitalism? Here are two recent examples:

1 of 2. youtu.be/tOzD9iciZFk?...

My adult children can’t afford to live on their own in St. George The median home sales price in Washington County in November 2025 was $535,708, which is higher than Utah's median. Here's how the increase in housing prices is affecting one long-time resident.

The median home sales price in Washington County in November 2025 was $535,708, which is higher than Utah's median. Here's how the increase in housing prices is affecting one long-time resident.

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social This involves fitness, k-12 education, and history -- all things you work on.

How parachutes became a thing in gym class #history #education #gymclass YouTube video by Phil Edwards

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social check out this video from @philedwardsinc.bsky.social

youtube.com/shorts/EZHhs...

New Guidance on Bible Translations for Latter-day Saints The latest wave of updates to the “General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” includes an adjustment to a portion about editions and translations of the Holy Bible.

@mpgphd.bsky.social @neiljyoung.bsky.social

newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/holy...

‘My legacy is not Charlie Kirk’: the university president building a culture of peace after violence Astrid Tuminez, Utah Valley University’s first female leader, had to pivot from personal tragedy to address ‘a wounding that happened to all of us’

Utah Valley University is lucky to have her.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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@tvline.com Are y'all publishing a lot more AI generated articles? I've noticed a deluge of articles like this recently.

How Scholars Lost the Culture War over Texas History And how they could still start winning it.

Featured story: The long game that research historians played depended on the impractical approach of waiting out the natural death of the traditional narrative, a creation story of frontier exceptionalism that was baked into the Texan identity.

@nataliapetrzela.bsky.social Here's a fitness history adjacent video.

@onthemedia.bsky.social & @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social, serious question: Why are these fictional pitchmen mustachioed?

Three mustachioed television commercial characters: Dr. Rick (Progressive), Doug (Liberty Mutual), and "The Steemer" (Stanley Steemer).

From Progressive's Dr. Rick to Doug at @libertymutual.com to Stanley Steemer newcomer "The Steemer," mustaches make the man. #mustaches #characters #masculinity #commercials

Do billionaires even understand the sci-fi they’re inspired by? | The Listening Post YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

@onthemedia.bsky.social Also check out this great segment from a recent episode of @ajlisteningpost.bsky.social. Do tech titans understand the science fiction that the claim inspire them?

youtu.be/gKOzDU64iPA?...

A Deadly Obsession with True Crime in Korea - True Crime Reports A shocking murder rocks South Korea when a young woman, obsessed with true crime stories, kills a random stranger to satisfy her darkest curiosity. But how can fascination with real-life murder cases ...

@onthemedia.bsky.social Check out this episode from @ajepodcasts.bsky.social. It's about the dangers of the true crime craze -- like treating crime as entertainment and innocent people suffering loss undergoing the scrunity of social media slueths.

omny.fm/shows/true-c...

These southern Utah gardens prove beauty can thrive in arid desert soil The second annual Parade of Gardens Southern Utah is taking place September 19-21. This self-guided tour features homes with water-wise landscaping across Washington County.

The second annual Parade of Gardens Southern Utah is taking place September 19-21. This self-guided tour features homes with water-wise landscaping across Washington County.

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Adding Value | Phenomenal World Mortgage insurance has traditionally been the method the federal government has used to induce investment in owner-occupied housing. But for multifamily rentals, the history of mortgage-insurance prog...

Mike Glass and I argue for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social that we’ve tried the #abundance incentive-based approach to housing crises before. But lack of oversight + incentives produced fraud, profiteering, and inflated rents -- and the Trump family fortune.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/add...