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7 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
I've now spent a whole week working on my general health and fitness. Seven days of

- No booze
- No snacks
- Eating less meat
- Eating less in general
- Getting to bed earlier
- Daily gym sessions

And you know what? Right now, I feel like absolute sh*t
There are plenty of possible reasons for this, admittedly. My body had a very long time to get used to a specific calorie intake/activity rate, and I've totally thrown it out of whack. Will likely take time to adjust, physiologically and mentally.
But this is all new to me, this whole 'physical exertion' world. So, I'm going to be exploring the science of it, and talking to the experts, to see if they can help me get into better shape by my 40th birthday (July this year)

Got big plans ahead...
But to make doubly sure I stick to them, I'm going to be sharing my exploits/investigations/efforts/progress as I wade through my 'discomfort zone' (i.e. anything involving physical exercise or athleticism) via this very site, and insta, and elsewhere
So, if you're interested in seeing how it looks when a balding stocky nerd who's pushing 40 tries to 'get in shape' using the scientific method, go follow @DiscomfortZoneD on here, or @Deans_Discomfort_Zone on Insta

instagram.com/deans_discomfo…

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Dean Burnett Profile picture
9 Jan
The more I've thought about this, the more I feel it really boils my p*ss.

It takes everything that decent conscientious science, academic, and investigative writers do (and yeah, I include myself in this), and gleefully spits in our face

/1
It takes most multiple attempts to get just one book published. If they succeed at all. Which the majority don't

IMHO, getting a book published is a privilege that should be respected, not a God given right for you to spew any old shite at a potential readership

/2
And that's doubly true if you're claiming to be imparting important, potentially-life-altering ideas and notions to anyone who might read it. In that case, you should be doubly sure your claims and arguments are solid, backed up by evidence, even if just from a moral POV

/3
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9 Jan
@polaleeks @PaulaGhete I'd never paste anyone for asking questions, so don't worry about that.

The issue here is that a great many things are being conflated into one excessive, unhelpful idea, i.e. 'modern tech is bad and is damaging us'. The truth, far as we know, is way more complex

/1
@polaleeks @PaulaGhete First and foremost; yes, phones and social media etc. are 'distracting' in so many ways. They provide us with dozens of things to pay attention to, all of which are constantly updated (novelty makes things more alluring/stimulating), and they're on our person at all times

/2
@polaleeks @PaulaGhete So, it's fair to say that your phone/device will occupy a lot of your attention. Because it will. That's what it's for, and we're instinctively wired to react to the things it offers us.

But that's very different to saying they disrupt/damage our brains/focus etc.

/3
Read 12 tweets
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2 Jan
Me, checking my mentions, and realising the Guardian have published another Johnan Harri article
NB: I tend to deliberately misspell his name on here, because I hear he's a notorious self-searcher. And I still occasionally get his acolytes sending me threats/wildly untrue accusations. Pretty tragic really, but who has the time to deal with that guff
And if anyone's wondering how/why Harri is still readily published by the Guardian despite, you know, everything he's guilty of, then this old thread of mine may shine some light on that

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2 Jan
Here's a question that arose via a @distantpod group chat

If stood on a cliff edge/high building, why do otherwise 'normal' people experience the urge to jump off?

Here's one potential neurological explanation

[Yes, it's the first #BrainStuff thread of 2022]

/1
So, our brains understand the world by running a mental model of how it 'works'. It combines all available memories, attitudes, beliefs, assumptions, experiences etc, into one big mental simulation of how everything around us works, or *should* work, based on what we know.

/2
But, as humans have the hefty cognitive power required, we also constantly run simulations of events that *might* happen. We can predict the outcomes of the choices we make, the things we encounter, and so on. We use this to function and survive in the world.

/3
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10 Dec 21
There's something about the #DowningStreetParty furore that's been bugging me since it kicked off, and I finally figured out what it is

All the media types/platforms condemning Johnson for disrespecting grieving relatives? In my experience, they've not treated us much better

/1
I lost Dad to Covid very early in the pandemic, so I've been part of the 'grieving relative' demographic for nearly 2 years. This government has essentially spat in our faces on a weekly basis since then.

Much the media now going all fire-and-brimstone didn't bat an eyelid

/2
It might be just my subjective experience, but as someone from the grieving relative community with a pre-existing media profile, I figured mainstream media types would be interested in my perspective.

Nope, not so much.

/3
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10 Dec 21
And a one, and a two, and a three…

🎶On the twelfth day of Christmas, Boris Johnson gave to me…🎶

🎶 Twelve major U-turns... 🎶
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
🎶 Eleven backbench rebellions... 🎶

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

#ABorisJohnsonChristmas
🎶 Ten-mile queues at customs... 🎶

thesun.co.uk/news/13458305/…

#ABorisJohnsonChristmas
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