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And in a swing state, too. It's almost as if he's motivated by personal ego rather than strategy. /s

Yeah, it's gutting for her. The race was SD Worx's to lose, but since she's leaving, I don't think they cared about her result. And they proceeded to screw her over 5 different ways. They didn't ride for her until the last stage, blithely assuming they'd pull out the win anyway, and ignoring how much better the competition had become. (And on the last stage, none of the team ended up being to help her anyway and she had to do it all on her own.) I'm sorry for Vollering, who seemed to have poured everything into the race, and deeply unimpressed with the team, which spent more efforts trying to get intermediate sprint points for Wiebes after she already lost the green jersey. Vollering is probably counting the days until she can leave that team.

I'm quite happy for Niewiadoma, though, she's stepped up in a huge way. Just a few months ago we talked about how she hadn't won a race in four years, and then she just really came into form after her Gravel Worlds win, Fleche Wallone, etc. And unlike SD Worx, her team RODE for her. Canyon-SRAM was all-in on Kasia, and they made it possible. It's nice to have a different team win, too, it's probably good for the sport in general.

I was really impressed by Rooijakkers, I under-estimated her even a few days ago, I really didn't see her as a podium threat, and boy, was I wrong. It was incredibly exciting to have a three-woman race for the win on the last stage, coming down to a handful of seconds! That's so rare and so wild.

While we're shouting out performances, I was really impressed with AG Insurance-Soudal, that polka-dot jersey for Justine Ghekiere was a true team effort, and the stage win on Stage 6 was icing on the cake. Take notes, SD Worx, that's what it looks like when the team is working together.

Thanks, much easier! (I like that username, btw!)

That's what the first reviews of the Ioniq 5 all said, it's proportioned like a hatchback but it's quite a bit bigger in person. Which is a shame, I don't need or want bigger. The VW Golf or Polo presents a nice niche that no one wants to fill in the North American market.

I agree that I'd prefer to see it disabled in c/News, it adds nothing to the conversation.

I know, part of me thinks I'm still 20 years old and I think, "hey, maybe I could train up and do that!" And then my back aches from just doing housework and I snap painfully back to reality!

I really like Niewiadoma, I love to see her in yellow. But if Vollering comes from behind to win on the Alp d'Huez, that would be nothing short of legendary!

Plastic recycling, definitely. Aluminum/aluminum recycling is very effective. Approximately 75% of aluminum that has ever been mined and processed is still in use, and it can be re-used and recycled a functionally infinite number of times. But you're totally right about greenwashing in plastics. Even the easiest plastics to "recycle" (like PET or PETE) can only be reprocessed once or twice before the polymers break down too much for re-use.

Extremely hardcore.

back spasms after sneezing (of all things)

This is the true humiliation of getting older. In my 20s I climbed mountains and had plenty of scrapes and mishaps, but I just shook them off and my body just healed up quickly. Now I can tweak my back with a sneeze or be sore for days just by raking leaves. Life comes at you fast.

Good on you, I've read elsewhere that the better shape you can be in prior to years of decline, the better you handle the natural aging process. I don't need to do anymore marathons, they're too hard on my knees, but running/biking and body-weight exercises are part of my attempt to stave off the inevitable.

Read further in that paragraph:

Researchers assessed 135,000 different molecules (RNA, proteins and metabolites) and microbes (the bacteria, viruses and fungi living in the guts and on the skin of the participants).

Also, see the previous article in Nature linked in the article. That study looked at fewer proteins, but had over 4,000 participants.

The NYT is now a games and recipe company that still does some news. It makes money because it doesn't have to just rely on news.

https://kotaku.com/new-york-times-nyt-games-wordle-connections-app-1851379895

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1351069/000119312524062156/g809296ex99_1p14g1.jpg

Lawnchair is what I switched to after Nova Launcher was purchased. Honestly, I have few complaints, it's been plenty good enough for me.

Better title:

Maduro regime begins standard dictator practice of building false charges against opponents who won democratic vote

While we're over-hauling doping punishments, we have to confront the deeply broken doping testing system and widespread contaminations of many foods and medications. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its country-level entities (UKADA, USADA, etc.) don't like to talk about how laughably bad their systems are, and how often the pop false positives. It wasn't as well known until cyclist Lizzy Banks challenged a false positive last year and spent €40,000 in legal fees and testing fees to get a "no fault or negligence" ruling. And that wouldn't have been possible at all if Banks didn't have a medical background (she went pro just before finishing a medical degree) and was able to read the faulty reports herself and challenge the claims of UKADA. Thanks to her, we now know that WAY more common foods and over-the-counter medications have contaminations with banned substances, which produces positive results with trace-amounts of banned substances.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/i-felt-that-my-life-was-over-british-rider-reveals-nine-month-anti-doping-nightmare

I'm all for cracking down on dopers and cheaters, so long as we fix the system so it doesn't create false-positives.

For starters, it can not arrest the bartender that punched a nazi after that nazi started a fight.

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/dont-just-stand-by-man-recounts-being-hit-by-neo-nazi-protesters/

My dude didn't deserve to be arrested, he deserved to drink for free throughout Lower Broadway!

Bob Hoskins, though I admit, my decision is partly colored by his many other awesome roles.

The existence of a prior NDA is never a good sign.