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MarvinFreeman

@MarvinFreeman@mastodon.online

Father. Friend. Enthusiast. Reader. Cyclist. Coder. Skier. Mets fan. Retired public interest lawyer, baseball scorer, cycle racer, and law professor.

Best book I've read this year: Gilead
Worst book I've read this year: The Goldfinch
Most trying book I'm reading: Gone With The Wind

#cycling #skiing #baseball #running #mountains #geology #nature #environment #books #reading #Japan #Sumo #bookstadon

If you follow me, you may wish to filter out #Mets

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MarvinFreeman, to random
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A Sydney council has banned books with same-sex parents from its libraries. But since when did councils ban books?
https://theconversation.com/a-sydney-council-has-banned-books-with-same-sex-parents-from-its-libraries-but-since-when-did-councils-ban-books-229610

MarvinFreeman, to Colorado
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For some reason, is cutting property taxes.

We live in irresponsible, selfish, moronic times.

j, to MLB
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Turned the off. It's gonna be one of those nights. sigh

@baseball

MarvinFreeman,
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@j @baseball Time to turn the game back on!

j, to MLB
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Whoa, WTF are the wearing? Ugly.

@baseball

MarvinFreeman,
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@j @baseball Yep. Ugly. Unreadable. Creative only in the incredible degree of ugly.

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Have smartphones created an ‘anxious generation’? Jonathan Haidt sounds the alarm
https://theconversation.com/have-smartphones-created-an-anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt-sounds-the-alarm-227344

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Kevin Drum: How are we doing on the democracy front?
https://jabberwocking.com/how-are-we-doing-on-the-democracy-front/

j, to MLB
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The City Connect uniforms are awful.

@baseball

MarvinFreeman,
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@j @baseball yep.

GottaLaff, to legal
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1/…🧵

Via Klasfeld:

Expected first:

The judge may issue his Sandoval rulings, determining what prior bad acts prosecutors can confront Trump with if he testifies.

A key question: "What's fair game?"

MarvinFreeman,
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@GottaLaff Love the "cognitive test"! :)

j, to MLB
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😳 🙈 closes browser tab

@baseball

MarvinFreeman,
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@j @baseball Brutal.

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame Cardinals manager and ex-Mets exec, dead at 92
https://nypost.com/2024/04/16/sports/whitey-herzog-hall-of-fame-cardinals-manager-dead-at-92/

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Hoarding can start in childhood – here’s why early intervention is so crucial for all age groups
https://theconversation.com/hoarding-can-start-in-childhood-heres-why-early-intervention-is-so-crucial-for-all-age-groups-226338

thefifthseason, to barefoot

Anatomically we are built to run on our forefoot not our heel. You can do this little experiment with yourself; Take off your shoes and sock and try to run a bit back and forth. Did you land on your heel even once? Nope. Your body will not allow you to do that, it forces you to run tippitoe instead. Sure, accidents or miscalculation do happen and when it do you will feel pain in the heel from the impact which causes you to be more attentive to avoid that happening again. But, if you try to run back and forth with your shoes, likely not once will you land on your forefoot. Completely flips the anatomy.

Its a noticeable difference running in "barefoot" shoes versus regular running shoes. Your muscles will cushion your foot strike instead of bone and you will feel more "springy" in your stride. Surprisingly your body will feel less taxed from barefoot running than when using running shoes and your muscles will feel fresher after a run.

What is important to know is that it will take your body a long time to adjust to running "barefooted" for some distance, carefully and gradually expose the feet and legs to barefoot running, and I mean only run 1km at first, then weeks later go for 1,5km and so on. Otherwise you'll likely end up with injuries or pulled tendon or muscle. Because we've wrongly adapted our body through a lifetime to walk and run anatomically incorrectly so it stand to reason that it will take some time to reprogram the body and relearn the muscles for a different movement pattern.

MarvinFreeman,
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@thefifthseason Switching to a forefoot strike was transformative. BUT what I don't understand, though I've read a book about it, is why barefoot running improves on forefoot striking and high cadence .

MarvinFreeman,
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@WTL @thefifthseason I've worked my cadence up to in the 170s. That seems to be my limit.

(I think you may have been the one that led me to BTR 2!)

MarvinFreeman, to EarthPorn
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Earth Porn Photo: Caesars Head State Park, Cleveland, SC [OC] [993 × 729]
https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/comments/1c4quv1/caesars_head_state_park_cleveland_sc_oc_993_729/

MarvinFreeman,
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@Galley Looks great!

janerationx, to braves
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beat the 8-7 after some nailbiting moments. BOOKS. 🍎

@baseball @baseball

MarvinFreeman,
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@janerationx @baseball @baseball Yep. Some very tense moments. I was pacing (with some yelling) all through the bottom of the ninth and some of the eighth!

Really excellent to beat the Braves after a battle like that.

MarvinFreeman, to random
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After the eclipse, get ready for a once in a lifetime nova
https://boingboing.net/2024/04/08/after-the-eclipse-get-ready-for-a-once-in-a-lifetime-nova.html

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Kevin Drum: “Republicans for Biden” gets its first start
https://jabberwocking.com/republicans-for-biden-gets-its-first-start/

MarvinFreeman, to Israel
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For some months, the largest contributor to antisemitism in the world has been the Israeli government.

Supporters of Israel who insist that criticism of Israel is antisemitic are reaping what they've sown.

MarvinFreeman,
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@LukefromDC Not disagreeing with your conclusion, but I am not at all clear that those responsible for the attack on Israel hate Jews as distinct from hating Israel. I imagine a large majority do, because people tend to expand the things they hate from the thing that is causing them harm to anything associated with that thing.

I disliked Bush II intensely and that has bled over to disliking everything associated with Texas. :)

MarvinFreeman, to random
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ElizabethTaiBlog: Why a lot of my content is now gated
https://elizabethtai.com/2024/03/31/why-a-lot-of-my-content-is-now-gated/

#ElizabethTai #OfInterest @liztai

MarvinFreeman, to random
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In Sand and Stone, Jon Foreman Sculpts Hypnotic Gradients and Organic Motifs
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/jon-foreman-sculpt-the-world/

MarvinFreeman, to running
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Running Channel: Bakery’s sprint finish to supply edible medals to Scottish race
https://therunningchannel.com/inverness-half-marathon-biscuit-medal/

MarvinFreeman, to random
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Banksy’s New Tree Mural Dramatically ‘Greenwashes’ the Side of a London Building
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/03/banksy-tree-mural/

MarvinFreeman, to running
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Running Channel: American runner sets 13 records in one run!
https://therunningchannel.com/camille-herron-lululemon-further-world-records/

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