Philip Rotz

-- em dash practitioner -- intersection of environmental, health, and urban history. Southern Africa. Cycling. And the Boston Celtics.

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A bit from my dissertation fieldwork on the 'Back-to-the-Future' potential for local transmission of #Aedes #aegypti -transmitted viruses in #eThekwini (#Durban) and urban coastal KZN, South Africa. https://t.co/YfiqRC4z7V #envhist #twitterstorians #vector #DENV #CHIKV #ZIKV #BU

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@Alan_Couzens Would extend these comments to longer duration (45-60) farmer walks and suitcase carries with 25 or 35 lbs kettlebells? I’ve presumed the core strengthening, postural, and grip strength benefits are worth the strange looks from neighbors. 🤔

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@BenjiNaesen True. His climbing support was a very pleasant surprise. WvA underwhelming by his usual standards. Kuss a bit better than my low-balled expectations after his 2024.

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Remco could be a dynamite super-domestique for Florian Lipowitz in next year’s Tour.

Chapeau to Remco, he can become a rich team’s version of Ilan van Wilder. 👏

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@BenjiNaesen Hmm. Gives a different flavor to vid EF put out that shows team car in thinking a large break with time favors them because they will find ‘collaboration’ (presumably vs. del Toro). I assume they didn’t think Yates would get much ahead of Richie. https://t.co/6o9BbanfPy

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@NewYorker Every Major Taylor cycling club in the country should let their members know about this cover.

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@LawMurrayTheNU One might counter that Josh Hart canned a pair of threes; Robinson was 4/4 from the foul line; and NY shot 47% behind the arc, yet the Knicks are only tied.

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@robynjournalist @BenjiNaesen The power-to-weight ratio of these arms . . . 😔

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@KatoParinaSLC Jaden was a Celtic on opening night and got his ring along with all the other C’s.

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@redrock_bball . . . maybe. A key argument in cycling that isn’t applicable to basketball is that the side effects increase the risk of a crash — endangering the person taking the med and potentially tens of other riders around them in a tightly packed peloton.

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One year later . . . cycling fans bullying Jumbo-Visma into letting Sepp Kuss win the ‘23 Vuelta looks extraordinarily anomalous (and IMO a little shabby).

#GCKuss was fun at the time, but for cycling history I’d rather that GT win was on the palmares of Jonas or Rogla.

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@medicinexthings “Weibes” is the new “Newman.”

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@BenjiNaesen SD Worx self-sabotage — due arrogance, incompetence, or team politics, take your pick —delivers the TDF Femmes to the second-strongest rider.

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@vismaleaseabike Hope Jonas logs that bucket of fried chicken into his FoodCoach app.

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@Timheming Got it. Apologies for not picking up on that, Tim.

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@EnduranceAgency @friebos I don’t wish Blu to crash, but I gotta think a longtime triathlete (generally speaking) has markedly higher bone density than the average rider who has been a top tier cyclist since their early teens.

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@friebos @DanDeakins Additional context — Jonas conceded some of this time working for the GC ambitions of Roglic in 2021. (For example, O:55 if this was lost on Stage 3, when Roglic crashed and Jonas, Teunissen, and Kruijswik helped to limit his losses).

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@ClaireMPLS Can’t guess at wins and losses. Or how a psycho perfectionist at his craft will cope with his players’ foibles. But I can confidently predict that he’ll visibly age in that job like Obama in the White House.