Do smaller workouts in the morning. Get yourself into shape first. I was like you. Just even riding my bike one big ride a week and some very very short (1km round trip with a small hill) rides almost every day. It got me stronger and more able to handle the big rides. Now I get runner’s high after cycling. I also know my limits better

Naked Capitalism has a near-daily roundup of Iran War highlights, theories, and speculation grounded in actual reported news. The comment section is fantastic.

If something gets posted and it proves untrue or is wild speculation, it will either be corrected or labeled as such up front.

As for the comments section, Yves maintains a high level of quality

I also like the Al Jazeera minute-by-minute mobile site. It’s good to scroll through when I’m eating breakfast and then again before bed

The US government doesn’t care about children anywhere. From Sandy Hook to Gaza to Tehran.

The porn instances already do

But I hope it doesn’t ever get so niche as Reddit became

Why isn’t it? Kim has no quarterly earnings report he’s in thrall to, no need to make line go up in perpetuity, no banksters, no factory owners, no techbros, no lobbyists.

Under such conditions, it’s entirely possible for leadership to work on behalf of the public interest. Compare to the US, where popular support is completely ignored for industry lobbying and campaign cash. I’d venture to say that North Korea is already more democratic than the US, even IF it’s a brutal regime (it isn’t)

The only brutal and undemocratic regime on the peninsula is the ROK, which killed tens of thousands of its citizens in Jeju and Gwangju. Jeju was effectively covered up until the mass graves were found. And even they are more progressive and democratic than the US

A hereditary monarchy is still not an oligarchy 🤷

But anyway, you’re only talking about the head of state. They have an entire system running there

Yes-- there is no oligarchy in China and North Korea. Oligarchs on China are kept on a tight leash and will be killed for a getting out of line.

North Korea probably has no oligarchs as such

Compare to South Korea, which has a famously corrupt governance at all levels, with policies directly influenced by the chaebols (family-owned conglomerates, whose assets were originally awarded by the US for their willing collaboration with Japanese colonizers)