Notices by Omar Wasow (owasow@mastodon.social)

“Her physiology is so striking that her maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) — a measure that reflects her aerobic fitness and endurance capacity — equals that of a 25-year-old woman.” Gift link: https://wapo.st/4lEbPtD

“Musk and his partners’ overall stake has shed $24 billion in value — a vaporization of wealth that has little parallel outside the realm of economic or industry-specific crashes, or devastating corporate scandals.”

Gift link: https://wapo.st/3Mt1EIg

In mid-20th Century, assumption was there was a single optimal physique for Olympics. Now, as understanding has advanced, bodies are hyper-specialized for sport-specific niches, leading to a “big bang in body types.” Put another way, one element of US success at Olympics is that our diversity is literally a form of strength. https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/big-bang-of-body-types-sports-science-at-the-olympics-and-beyond/

“JD Vance has a Blake Masters problem” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wilderness/id1408796715?i=1000663564340

“55% of Trump supporters are Christian nationalists, as measured by their agreement with statements like “Being Christian is an important part of being truly American” and “God has called Christians to exercise dominion over all areas of American society.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/indiana-christian-nationalist-republican-party.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

“Housing for cars is super-cheap and housing for people is super-expensive. At some point, when the delta between the space for cars and the space for people becomes so, so large, then people begin to think about living in cars.” — @asymco https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-26/cal-poly-humboldt-students-who-live-in-vehicles-are-ordered-off-campus