squashkin

https://www.ifit.com/blog/housework-counts-as-exercise/

Honestly I've seen some attitudes and articles that "housework isn't exercise" and... I'm guessing such people don't do much housework? At a minimum, it could often be a lot of walking, which is fine low to moderate exercise.

Have you ever found housework (or chores) to be good exercise?

I suppose answers are known but just posting for discussion

edit: fixed title

I've seen some people mention unique properties of morning sunlight, has anyone experienced or read of such benefits?

The concept is still a little vague to me, but I've seen some articles argue about a connection between a sense of experiencing awe in life and well-being...

https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/awe-the-8-wonders-of-life/

What is "awe"?

Awe is an emotion, a brief experience we have in response to vast and mysterious things we don’t understand. And as I’ve studied it over the years, I’ve come to believe — like Jane Goodall and Albert Einstein — that awe is in many ways our most human emotion. We encounter these vast mysteries: What is life? How do I make sense of the solar system? Why are mountains so large? How can you make music? And the mind has this emotion that kicks things like wonder, curiosity, and exploration into gear.

It seems they may...

play a role in our health, happiness, and well-being

Where is "awe" experienced?

We gathered narratives of awe from 26 countries and found what I call the eight wonders of life in the book. They include moral beauty, nature, and collective effervescence. Then you get to the cultural ones: art, music, and spirituality. You also have epiphany. And our last finding from the study was about life and death. People around the world find it awe-inspiring when life emerges and when it goes.

Thoughts on the topic of "awe" in life?

Proponents of Albert Ellis' Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy cite a construct or concept they call low frustration tolerance (LFT), or "short-term hedonism" in order to partly explain behaviors like procrastination and certain other apparently paradoxical or self-defeating behavior. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress and defeatism.

The concept was originally developed by psychologist Albert Ellis who theorized that low frustration tolerance is an evaluative component in dysfunctional and irrational beliefs. Behaviors are then derived towards avoiding frustrating events which, paradoxically, lead to increased frustration and even greater mental stress.

In REBT the opposite construct is "high frustration tolerance".

Furthermore, low frustration tolerance is characteristic of conditions such as:

Depression[1] Asperger's syndrome[2] ADHD.[3]

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/162716

Hello friends, I have been thinking about the defederation issue

I have a satirical post in mind for the subject but a different topic came to mind

what if instead of defederating, a "soft" defederation could be activated, where content basically is not served to users unless they opt in to it

So like say "shhhhhhitjust.works" instance activates "opt in soft defederation". Exploding Heads posts stops showing up on the instance, but users could still navigate to shhhhhhitjust.works/c/freeforum@exploding-heads.com and choose to subscribe and then stuff would show up

This would allow admins to be able to not promote content they agree with, while allowing users the ability to still interact with content they might approve of agreeing with

thoughts or has someone proposed this already?

we could also call for a new round of soft refederation if this idea is of use to anyone

edit: I suppose I should add I'm not really advocating for soft defederations at all so much as for them over "hard" or "full" defederations as have gone on as they drastically cut off all communication

Anyone know of any remedies for people to clear our their lungs, who have been exposed to harmful air pollutants?

I have in mind the wildfires going on, but also pollution in some major cities, or for ex-smokers

I'd guess drinking water and cardio in clean air are probably good

Here's one link list suggested of foods: https://www.cleaneatingmag.com/clean-diet/7-natural-sources-for-stronger-healthier-lungs/

more ideas: https://hhma.org/how-can-i-clean-my-lungs/

https://www.healthline.com/health/ways-to-cleanse-your-lungs#avoid-artificial-scents

https://www.indiatimes.com/health/healthyliving/13-ways-you-can-purify-your-lungs-naturally-233758.html

Any other ideas?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/159002

https://tauday.com/state-of-the-tau

Also feel free to discuss general math topics in this post

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/139012

The Classic Typewriter Page: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/index.html

Reddit Typewriters Wiki: https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php/Main_Page

(not a proper crosspost but testing federation)

I've heard of this idea before, but it popped up on the radar again, it's a "common military exercise" since ancient times, and a good form of exercise for lots of people: https://infogalactic.com/info/Loaded_march

Walking is thought to be a good cardio exercise for just about anybody; all this does it add a backpack with some weight to the equation, which turns it in to a lifting exercise and increases the amount of exercise you get per step versus walking with no backpack.

Any thoughts on rucking, or backpacking, or such related exercises?

Anyone like cold showers?

Some possible benefits of cold showers:

increased alertness, stronger immune system, boosted mood, reduced pain, and so on

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325725