The ceiling of the Library of Congress. Imagine the confidence of a civilization that makes things like this. We lack such confidence today, though we can do much more. They also have these wonderful mottos beneath the windows of the highest level.

Lift weights if you're anxious, the proprioceptive nerve input (weight on joints) is calming.

If you're depressed, get morning sun. Run every day until you're not depressed. Get good sleep and stay off your phone.

Often people with mental health challenges need more sensation. Go swimming, lie in the sun, garden. Listen to your body instead of your mind.

https://x.com/sivori/status/2028580802213163352

Noetel et al. (2024): Network meta-analysis of 218 studies (N=14,170):

Strength training shows moderate reductions in depression (Hedges’ g = -0.49, 95% CrI -0.69 to -0.29), often comparable to or better than other exercises when intense. Published in BMJ.

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In any serious society, entertainers are low status, like courtesans or circus performers. They exist for your amusement and nothing more. If you would enjoy a party like this, think about why.

https://twitter.com/michaelrubin/status/1809373066683642232

The entertainer can only exist in the spotlight. It is the audience that breathes life into them.

Take away the spotlight and they crumple like marionettes whose strings have been cut. Being looked at is what gives them reality.

It is a farcical, tragic way of life.

Suburban shariah law:

1. If I have to text something to a wife, I send it to her husband and he shares it with her. Or, I send to a group chat they’re both a part of.

2. I never enter a neighbor’s house if the husband is not at home.

3. If trying to coordinate a play date, I either talk to the husband, share invite with him, or make sure the wives connect and sort it out.

4. I do not add wives as Facebook friends unless I’m already friends with the husband and they invite me first. (Would be rude otherwise). Otherwise leave invite pending.

5. If contractors need to come to the house when I am not home, I plan to meet them there. This is not even conservative. This is being smart.

No one sets out to screw up their life. People get into sticky situations step by step.

Interestingly, bone loss occurs in the first trimester (as the mother is 3D printing the baby) but is compensated for by the third trimester and during lactation.

Assume by second and third trimester, the developing baby is mature enough to able to draw what it needs from the mother's blood and manage its own bone development?

From "Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: an Anthropological Perspective" Some studies have found that nulliparous females (those not having had children) have lower BMD (bone mineral density) than multiparous women and greater risk of fracture.