David Mudry

S(c)ycling, Software, Sports, Stocks, Science and other S-words.

[Ricky Zaccaglino @RickyTheGuido]

I love how Trump is so concerned about election fraud after we all just watched Israel interfere with a congressional race and literally buy Thomas Massie’s seat.

[George Gammon @GeorgeGammon]

Haha…facts

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

THE GEOID — Earth’s true shape defined by gravity

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Possibly the most technical goal in football history

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

America already made daylight saving time permanent once. In December 1973, 79% of Americans supported it and Nixon signed it into law. By February 1974, eight weeks into the experiment, support had collapsed to 42%. The policy never changed. Winter arrived.

Sunrise in Washington DC came at 8:27am. Kids left for school in total darkness, carrying flashlights and wearing reflective tape. When Congress moved to repeal, members cited the deaths of eight Florida schoolchildren in the first weeks of the change.

The energy case collapsed too. The whole point was the oil embargo, and the Department of Transportation concluded the fuel savings were too small to matter. Ten months after signing it, Congress repealed it and Ford put the country back on standard time.

There's a mechanism that makes this cycle repeat: permanent DST is only ever voted on when the sun is up. Polls run in the abstract, votes happen in warm months, and the benefit, a free hour of evening light, is easy to imagine year-round. The cost is concentrated in about 10 weeks of dark winter mornings and only becomes real after implementation. So the policy polls beautifully right up until January.

Today's vote happened in July. The 1974 law passed in December, right before the exact winter that killed it. If this clears the Senate, the first real test arrives in January 2027, when sunrise in Indianapolis comes after 9am.

Sleep researchers have watched this loop for 50 years, which is why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the AMA, and the National Sleep Foundation all back the opposite reform, permanent standard time. Congress just picked the one version of clock reform America has already tried, hated, and repealed.

[Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 @mtgreenee]

Every Republican Senator voted to merge our military with Israel’s military.

The most America LAST thing they could possibly do, selling our military out to a foreign country.

It’s absolute treason and betrayal.

[Rich Baris THE PEOPLE'S PUNDIT @Peoples_Pundit]

Americans just had to rely on Democrats to block the treasonous merger of their military with a foreign power they can no longer stand.

Shameful.

Great job handing them a POWERFUL campaign ad, Benedict Arnolds.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 If McConnell's "proof of life" photo wasn't enough to convince you he's doing fine, how do you explain this video? 🤔

Clearly the man is healthy as a horse.

Writer: Michael

[Frnk @MC_frnk]

So according to FIFA grabbing Haaland is “physical football,” but the second he pushes back it’s a foul? Makes sense. 👍

[Haralabos Voulgaris @haralabob]

The right hand thrown into the air as he goes down is the tell. It was a flop and should never have been rewarded.

Absolutely gutted for Norway and their supporters. They won the respect of football fans around the world. Much love. 🇳🇴

[Haralabos Voulgaris @haralabob]

Contact on a corner that happens nearly every corner kick gets overturned by VAR. A cable literally hits the ball and it’s play on, no review.

The inconsistency in how VAR is applied makes it impossible to take this sport seriously at times.

[David Mudry @cxmapper]

@junior_miller The people berating cycling here most likely have no clue how unimaginable it is to produce 6.4 watts per kg and maintain it for over 40 minutes.
The 2nd best climber in the world had his personal best today and still trailed Pogaćar by 2-1/2 minutes. That is domination.

[aether @bluewdrift]

the real reason you’re tired all the time: it’s not your workload. it’s your open loops. the text you haven’t answered. the apology you owe. the decision you’re avoiding. the conversation you keep postponing. these run in the background of your mind all day, draining your battery. close your loops. watch your energy return. mental clutter is more exhausting than physical work ever will be.

[David Mudry @cxmapper]

@RepThomasMassie Do they not replace the petroleum with brine water to keep the caverns intact?

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

Do you know why the establishment is refusing to acknowledge that Mitch McConnell can't function anymore? Because if he's declared unfit for office before August 3rd, they'd have to have a special election. And @RepThomasMassie could run in it. Israeli lobby will not allow it.

[Pablo Alcalde @HProductiva]

La mayoría de libros de autoayuda alargan en 200 páginas algo que este clip dice en segundos

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Many people are saying.

[Alex Hormozi @AlexHormozi]

What happens when you die:

They divide up your shit.

They summarize your life in 500-1000 words.

People who knew you less say sorry to people who knew you more.

Everyone eats, drives home, and wakes up the next day and goes to work.

Whatever you’re worried about won’t be in those 500 words.

You can dare greatly or not at all, but you’re gonna die either way.

Might as well squeeze every motherfucking drop out.

[Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland]

5 stupid things about soccer I've learned since the World Cup returned to America:
1. No one knows how much time is really left;
2. Players headbutt just because they can;
3. The entire yellow/red card thing is based on ridiculous presumption two opposing dudes running full speed at a ball should be able to do so without risk of injury.
4. Offsides is called anytime things get exciting.
5. The object of the game is so meaningless, they regularly send folks home with tie games.

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

The 5 reasons soccer won't increase in popularity after the world cup is over.

1. The flopping. This goes against the soul of every American. We value grit, toughness and basically not being a pussy.
2. The clock. No one wants to get to the end of a game and have no clue when it's over. Just stop & start the clock when you need to, like sane people.
3. Offsides. Just put a line out there like everyone else. This floating line you have makes the game unwatchable. It's like a built in, anti-excitement glitch you manufactured for your game.
4. Red cards. What a stupid rule that you automatically get kicked out for the next game for getting one. I can understand suspending someone after a league review of something you did that was horrible. But to automatically get suspended because of what a ref saw at full speed is stupid.
5. Ties. In America we call it kissing your sister, cause that's the same feeling you get after a tie. Pure disgust. In soccer, it seems like the result you prefer most. Play til you have a winner.