Former middle school quiz bowl state champion. Midwest hapa. Fairly average runner.
Joined August 2009
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Jun 12
I now have a newer and more beautiful understanding of the scene depicted in Revelation 7:9
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Jun 11
Carhartt shirt and Champion shorts. My governor knows running.
Jun 11
Joabe is running the entire city of Chicago, and I’m running the entire state of Illinois.
More coming soon. Stay tuned.
ALT Joabe and Governor Pritzker walk together in Pullman.
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Jun 11
Taylor Swift: you can't sit with us
Me, wearing a Knickolas Sarkozy shirt: but
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Jun 5
A lion swimming in the ocean? If you placed it near a river, or some sort of freshwater source, that'd make sense. But you find yourself in the ocean, a 20ft wave — I'm assuming it's off the coast of South Africa — coming up against a full grown 800lb tuna with his 20-30 friends?
They bypassed the terrestrial food chain to tap into a vast, unexploited energy source: Ocean
These desert lions depend on marine prey for >85% of their diet. They hunt fur seals & coastal birds such as cormorants & flamingos.
They have phenotypic adaptations to survive in coastal deserts: leaner bodies, longer legs, & highly efficient metabolisms, allowing them to go days without fresh water.
The local coastal lion population in Namibia went extinct in 1980s, & it was once thought that the knowledge of hunting marine prey had gone extinct with them.
However, in the early 2000s, a few lions recolonised Skeleton Coast National Park. Initially, they were wholly dependent on terrestrial prey like zebra & oryx, much like typical savannah lions.
The severe drought of 2015 made terrestrial prey scarce, pushing a few orphaned lionesses to shift back to marine prey.
Since lions are highly social creatures, this knowledge of hunting marine prey has been continuously passed down to incoming generations.
This is the only wild lion population that mainly lives & feeds in marine environments.
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Jun 3
Absolutely nobody:
me: so, running
On Global Running Day, we come together to celebrate the true purpose of running:
being able to post about running.
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Jun 2
No, it's about dew point.
Jun 1
Running in June heat teaches you that tough isn't about temperature. It's about the person who keeps going anyway.
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May 31
I (a middling marathoner) am debating with @LukeShigeo (a former middling D3 sprinter) if this is more surprising than Vinny's sub-2:05 marathon
Former D3 Star Sam Blaskowski just dropped a huge race in Nashville.
9.89. SHEEEEEEESH.
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May 31
He and I are uniquely positioned to know just enough about each discipline to be irrationally entrenched on either side.
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May 26
Sitting at the end of my toddler's bed after he's fallen asleep because I love watching him sleep and also because I want to finally hear the end of his Velveteen Rabbit Tonie.
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May 23
Joey's going to mess around and normalize retired greats praising today's game and players.
May 23
Check out one of my favorite Starkville shows ever
Joey Votto joins me & @dougglanville
What he learned from his world travels
Amazing insights on ABS, Ohtani, Harper, etc
Ending to his career he wishes he'd had
Lots more!
Nobody thinks like this guy!
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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May 20
MLB players in the offseason: I learned a new pitch at a training facility in the Seattle suburbs
NBA players in the offseason:
May 20
Victor Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a dangerous mountain route in 4.5 hours (takes a normal person 7-8 hours to walk up it) while training with the monks, per @ramonashelburne
“One day he told Wembanyama to dribble a basketball up another dangerous mountain route to Sanhuangzhai, a monastery deep in the Song Mountains. The hike traversed cliffside plank paths, suspension bridges and ancient forests, and was five times as long as the one to Bodhidharma Cave. The trail forces you to climb roughly 2,500 feet in elevation across uneven ridges and stone.”
(espn.com/nba/story/_/id/4881…)
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May 18
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May 18
This is peak ragebait for a very specific type of Chicagoan.
(Me. It's me. I'm the very specific type of Chicagoan.)
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May 18
The entire good lookin' crew was awake at 3am last night 😑
May 18
Old White Guy just hit me with a "got a great lookin' crew there."
ngl that felt awesome.
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May 18
Old White Guy just hit me with a "got a great lookin' crew there."
ngl that felt awesome.
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May 15
Billy this is Little Joe. He's a 33 year old silverback gorilla.
May 14
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium is set to trade gorillas with Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo.
Frankie, Pittsburgh’s 7-year-old male western lowland gorilla, will head to Boston, and in exchange, Boston will send 33-year-old Little Joe the silverback @TribLIVE 🦍
triblive.com/local/regional/…
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May 11
Hiding this tweet from my toddler
May 11
Tonight is the last pre-8p sunset until August 9th.
Tomorrow, Chicago starts 89 nights where the sun is up past 8pm and dusk lasts past 8:30p.
While we still gain more daylight incrementally for another 40 days -- these are the glory days, people. Soak it in! Enjoy!
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