Posts by chiraag@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #At24mB51xEwBN7cAue by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:46:42Z
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And *that's* the point you should get to, in my experience. You should get to the point where either the time investment feels so trivial you feel silly saying you don't have the time *or* you enjoy the activity so much you will go out of your way to make it happen.Before I settled on these workouts, I used to go to the gym, put in 45 minutes to an hour every time. I'd have to walk to the gym (this was in grad school), so total time was ~1.5 hours.5/?
(DIR) Post #At24mC2aNoZmLpTjk0 by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:48:20Z
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I made it happen a *decent* amount, but consistency was definitely spotty. And that makes sense, right? Asking me to spend 1.5 hours when I have homework or research to do is a significant ask. It's the kind of thing I could reasonably say "I don't have the time for this" to.Then the pandemic hit and they converted the gym to a COVID testing center. I switched to bodyweight workouts and *immediately* saw consistency go up.6/?
(DIR) Post #At24mCtlC76v0kMCci by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:50:21Z
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At that point, I started trying to think of ways to increase resistance beyond what's possible with bodyweight workouts and landed on resistance bands.Now I can't imagine *not* doing resistance band workouts. They're so convenient for increasing the intensity of workouts as I get stronger, while being way less dangerous than free weights (I even had a thin one snap before I invested in real ones and it mostly just stung).7/?
(DIR) Post #At24mDkw0Pe3ffEfVQ by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:52:22Z
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So that's where my guidelines come from, honestly - my own journey from investing tons of time at the gym (often intermittently) to having that disrupted and moving to home workouts and having that be a literal gamechanger. HIIT workouts mean I get an intense workout in a short period of time, perfect during the week when I have an hour commute to work, so I literally get the best of both worlds.8/?
(DIR) Post #At24mEfebX10VZlxui by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:54:38Z
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And my consistency has gone through the *roof*. Except for a few months when I started work at 6:30AM so we could do some apartment-hunting and a few weeks when I was jetlagged and was being cautious, I've pretty much kept up with my workouts for the last 3 years almost nonstop (or at least as much as can be expected). Sometimes twice a week, sometimes 3 times a week.9/?
(DIR) Post #At24mFJMDum4UiLfnc by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:56:04Z
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The fact that resistance bands are portable also means I can take it with me on moderately long trips (e.g. my wife and I stayed with my in-laws for a month and I took the bands so I could keep up with my workouts). And because it's only 15-20 minutes, it's not intrusive even if we have other plans for the day.I don't know if y'all can tell, but I love resistance bands :D10/?
(DIR) Post #At24mFypjhx2ZLknRo by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-04-13T00:59:25Z
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Finally some links:I use these resistance bands: https://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-monster-bandshttps://www.roguefitness.com/rogue-shorty-monster-bandsAnd this HIIT resistance band video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrhMpzhz0s4
(DIR) Post #AtdUe9MjVwPQGsFhA0 by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-01T02:17:14Z
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Yes!Tesla board opened search for a CEO to succeed Elon Musk, WSJ reportshttps://ground.news/article/tesla-board-opened-search-for-a-ceo-to-succeed-elon-muskNot enough, but a start. It still won't remove his financial tie-ins, but it will remove some of his decision-making power.
(DIR) Post #AtlaGPrUVJy7Ld1Jk8 by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-04T23:49:01Z
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Hard-right candidate Simion secures decisive win in 1st round of Romania’s presidential redohttps://ground.news/article/romania-exit-polls-point-to-comfortable-lead-for-far-rights-george-simion
(DIR) Post #Atn44Ftev58skY6z5c by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-05T17:07:26Z
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> But four species alone — coyotes, European starlings, feral hogs, and pigeons — accounted for over 75 percent of the carnage, and they have something important in common. They all come into conflict with animal agriculture, and one of the primary purposes of Wildlife Services is to kill animals on behalf of the meat and dairy industries.https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/411304/wildlife-services-usda-meat-industryGo vegan. Not only for the animals killed and maimed by industrial ag, but also for wild animals.
(DIR) Post #AtpxD8BOquqtE8Zgzg by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-07T02:35:08Z
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@cbarbermd They should sue the state of Texas over this.Seriously, ACLU should be all over this.
(DIR) Post #Au28T1O3Jla2Axn960 by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-12T22:31:52Z
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@veerleslegers Fake news: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/attacking-the-rich/
(DIR) Post #Au6AbNxOGR1725HCKm by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-14T22:25:32Z
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Props to AOC. We need so, *so* many more representatives like this.https://ground.news/article/everyone-is-asleep-aoc-fumes-as-gop-pushes-medicaid-cuts-in-dead-of-night
(DIR) Post #Au6AdS73mco6V8mjB2 by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-14T22:24:33Z
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https://ground.news/article/maldives-president-holds-record-15-hour-press-conference
(DIR) Post #AuEXCmL0CoF0Gb2NvM by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-18T20:58:11Z
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@jwilker @scifi @bookstodon Only if DRM-free.
(DIR) Post #AuEwvgAkTNBJ1wkSTw by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-05-19T03:58:25Z
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@farbel @glitzersachen @viq @jwilker @scifi @bookstodon I absolutely have (earlier we use to buy CDs, now I buy stuff from Qobuz, which is DRM-free and high quality).I highly prefer DRM-free ebooks, but I will sometimes buy DRM ebooks and crack the DRM to ensure I actually own the file and that my book can't just disappear. I don't share those files.Maybe don't make assumptions.
(DIR) Post #AxR15QGC4oFIfjw0Cu by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-08-22T17:26:00Z
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@futurebird @northernlights @rebeccawatson Grove Collaborative is where we get paper towels, at least (they also have pet supplies, but I've never gotten them). Lots of other household goods too.
(DIR) Post #Axvo6615YGlkfocMSG by chiraag@mastodon.online
2025-09-06T13:55:41Z
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@futurebird This first story is amazing:https://www.404media.co/the-biological-rulebook-was-just-rewritten-by-ants/
(DIR) Post #B285ZtwlGt3rIaI8mG by chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-01-10T03:37:12Z
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@futurebird Like a few others in this thread, Nebula and Dropout are my primary platforms for video content nowadays. I still use YT, mainly for creators who are not on any other platforms, and I rarely use the official YT app (usually NewPipe on Android or yt-dlp on the computer). It's not perfect, but I've gotten my YT usage down by ~80%.
(DIR) Post #B2A9UGniAyFyZgY4si by chiraag@mastodon.online
2026-01-11T01:48:30Z
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Hey, remember when that Republican called out "You lie!" at Obama and the subtext was "You lie, [boy]!"? That was bad b/c of the racist subtext, but uh...maybe other people should try that?Maybe Democrats and the press should try doing that to Trump and Vance and all these mofo grifters out here brazenly lying to our faces 24/7. And don't @ me about decorum when these people have destroyed all sense of gravitas already.