Eric Finan

Mainly an enginerd.
Try to give more than I take.

[ThinkingTrack @ThinkingTrack]

That was probably the best single-day sprint meet / short hurdle meet ever

9.72 (2.2)
19.63
43.38
12.90

Those times would podium in every single race EVER RUN.

All Olympic and World Championships, every Diamond or Golden League, NCAA

any meet anywhere EVER!

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@businessbarista Claude

[Beff (e/acc) @beffjezos]

How it feels running a small local LLM on your laptop

[james hawkins @james406]

mr. beast says he plans to make 30 people use microsoft teams for 1 whole calendar year, with the last person standing taking home $1 million

[Tom Gelehrter @Tommy_G]

Throwback Thursday with Coach Bill Schnier & #Bearcats All-American @LewisJohnsonMG #TBT

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@JasonFitz1 Costco ftw

[David J Phillips @davj]

If you’re in SF, be careful out there. I had two licenses of Microsoft Teams in my car, and someone broke in and left two more

[Patrick @audiohymn]

"Do you like the Microsoft Teams app?" Does Sisyphus like his boulder

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

MS Teams blows chunks

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@LinusEkenstam @mreflow @danshipper This made for a delightful laugh

[Sara Hall @SaraHall3]

@Max_Siegel I invite you to give it a test run this summer somewhere and report back.

[Carole Hooven @hoovlet]

Caster Semenya has won a recent ruling. Caster has a Difference (or Disorder) of Sex Development (DSD), and the press has been misleading the public for a long time about about athletes with DSDs. People with DSDs deserve compassion and to live their lives free of harassment, with access to appropriate healthcare, etc. But cases such as this force the issue of their specific, sex-based biology.
https://t.co/MZKAAUfDvh
Caster and others with her DSD are not females with "hyperandrogenism," i.e., abnormally high levels of testosterone. They are males with testosterone-producing testes and XY sex chromosomes, and normal levels of testosterone for their sex. They experience the physical benefits of this high testosterone during puberty, which translate into athletic advantages over females. The issue for sports is that athletes with the relevant condition, 5-alpha reductase deficiency (5-ARD), may be socialized as female and even be legally female.

5-ARD is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone into a more potent androgen, DHT. This androgen interacts with the androgen receptor, like testosterone, and is necessary for the typical development of male external genitalia (penis and scrotum) and the prostate. Without DHT, female-typical external genitalia develop. DHT is also responsible for male-pattern baldness and dark, coarse facial hair, which is why people with the condition have smooth skin that can give a feminine appearance.
Here's relevant bit on DSDs from the most recent Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification for Athletes with Differences of Sex Development, linked to below (pg 2):

"Some individuals have congenital conditions that cause atypical sex development (known as “Differences of Sex Development”, or “DSDs”). In certain cases, this may lead to an individual being assigned at birth a legal sex of female and/or having a female gender identity, notwithstanding that the individual has fully functioning (internal) testes rather than ovaries."
https://t.co/7fv42Q7LWf

So the “decision makers” are aware that athletes affected 5-ARD are male, and that they experience the benefits of male puberty. The requirement to reduce T to typical female levels isn’t discriminatory, since these are males who are asking to compete in the female category. But more significantly, all the relevant scientific evidence shows that reducing male T in adulthood does not undo the physical benefits of male puberty.

It’s too bad that almost no mainstream media outlets will tell the whole truth. We need to rely on journalism report facts, so we can arrive at informed views about relevant policies. And the truth about sex is important when it comes to protected female spaces, like women’s sports. #sexmatters

[Clayton Murphy @Clayton_Murph]

Max Siegel’s Contract 👀

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@robtaylor12 yeahhhhh buddy! Hit me up when you get into Colorado!

[Craig Leon @cleonrun]

This is the culmination of an idea that came from a round of golf at Bandon Dunes back in January of 2019. It’s been fun working with @JulianeAccurso Ben Blakenship and @ikdobson bringing this project to life & happy to be able to share it today…runners, come join us in Eugene!

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@robtaylor12 False. Spend a week in Colorado and find out.

[PJ Vazel @pjvazel]

🚧 Hurdles TD @Flaamingoo_
1H 2.49 - 2.48
2H 3.49 (1.00) - 3.47 (0.99)
3H 4.45 (0.96) - 4.46 (0.99)
4H 5.40 (0.95) - 5.45 (0.99)
5H 6.36 (0.96) - 6.44 (0.99)
[60𝘮 7.27 (0.91) - 7.29 (0.85)]
6H 7.36 (1.00)
7H 8.35 (0.99)
8H 9.36 (1.01)
9H 10.38 (1.02)
10H 11.42 (1.04)
110m 12.81

[Eric Finan @EricFinan]

@robtaylor12 4th like