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Aug
07
A rainbow of thrift store clothes

survivorship bias and thrift store clothes👕

Not all is as it seems. Plus: no one does sit-ups anymore; cancer overtreatment; collapse life-improvement. We're back! This is Link Letter 168.
8 min read
Jun
29
Why every fitness influencer is a conservative jagoff

Why every fitness influencer is a conservative jagoff

They wouldn't be trying to claim it if it weren't actually the key to their ultimate destruction.
10 min read
Jun
15
'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement'

'my body has radically changed; i need some encouragement'

13 min read
May
29
A Physical Education: the photo album

A Physical Education: the photo album

What internet advice is doing to our brains; what people with ear gauges' ears look like now; challenging Linda McMahon to a cage match. This is Link Letter 163!
12 min read
May
22
You only get one "random walk"

You only get one "random walk"

9 min read
May
04
A beautiful field of wildflowers under an overcast sky with a sunrise or sunset in the distance

'Help!: My winter bulk worked'

On mean clothes, and cutting without tracking.
10 min read
May
01
on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

Plus: "I was not good at sports because I would not do sports"; one man's "before" and "after" broke the internet; LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER A PHYSICAL EDUCATION! This is Link Letter 160!
7 min read
Apr
10
A photo of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

'The Zen of Sports' in The Artist's Way

That's right: The Artist's Way endorses a little physical activity. Plus: the 'cereal mullet'; a citizen's guide to resistance; consider a second MMR shot. This is Link Letter 157.
11 min read
Apr
06
'Help! I started to lift, gained ten pounds, and it's making me spiral tbh'

'Help! I started to lift, gained ten pounds, and it's making me spiral tbh'

'How can I learn to be content in my body being stronger and healthier, but not as small as I'd like it to be/have been conditioned to want it to be?'
9 min read
Nov
14
Guy on a bike passing a building facade in Brooklyn with lots of fall leaves

Offline edition: On resisting the optimization impulse

Choosing the beach path; why nothing you buy feels good anymore; time to get heroic. This is Link Letter 152!
9 min read