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It was great! Still is, Bay Strength for any East Bay people reading this. During my time slot I’d usually work out with at least two 70+ women (moms of trainers), a 30s guy deadlifting 500 pounds, someone recovering from surgery, and more.

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Really enjoying your Heated Rivalry journey. Feels like every queer person I know of is watching it.

As a side note powerlifting is GREAT postpartum exercise because pregnancy/birth/nursing all loosen the joints, so adding muscle really helps with stability.

Yup. My postpartum recovery gym was a powerlifting space run by women + queer trainers. Total game changer for me to do 6 months of training there. Now I program my own at the Y. I was super lucky to find it.

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The masculinity and bulk things aren’t issues for me, but finding a queer/women friendly place to learn to lift was.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Agree with this. Women systematically benefit more from strength training IMO because our hormonal balance doesn’t prioritize muscle. (Men probably need the heart benefits of cardio more, same reason.) I heard so much about yoga and stretching. What actually fixed my running pain was powerlifting.

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The sign says SUN VALLEY DAIRY, so the cow is likely related. It’s an old SF dairy, no longer operating. This picture raises a lot of questions for me!

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I miss certain things about being a professor, but prepping for intro to US politics in this environment is not one of them.

Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Teaching US politics and US law has gotten more and more fun.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This is a thing on BART in the Bay Area. Harris hawks, not eagles, but still cool as hell.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I actually have quite a few thoughts on this but none of em are for BlueSky just yet.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I usually don’t look at professional survey questions and see an intro methods problem for undergrads, but this poll really seems to be giving its all that way.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

How many clauses does the optimal survey question include.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

My experience is that the best food (at any price range) I’ve eaten in both places is similar quality, but a randomly selected European restaurant will absolutely smoke a randomly selected US one.

Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I didn’t grow up with Man Skills but my adult experience is that, as with Woman Skills, you can do an adequate job at the simple ones just by looking things up and giving it a shot. And then for complex ones (repairing cars, making clothes) very few people actually do it at home anyway.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thanks! Any faves I should check out?

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Listen, there's a lot going on, but I have a totally unrelated question that'd be fun on here. My kid LOVES watching stuff being made: time lapse videos of home construction (bonus for explanatory voice over), ceramics throwing, etc. Got anything to rec in that vein?

Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

I’ve seen a lot of numbers go by this year and this is the only one I’ve texted anyone about. If there’s one number to find informative it’s probably the Iowa poll. So what the HELL.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Iowa is probably easier to poll than many places: more homogeneous, more landlines, more people who answer strange numbers. But also: Selzer is the undisputed expert on polling the state. Rare to have a smallish homogeneous place with that kind of dedicated expertise.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Also this is going to be mostly an ebike account now I guess.

Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Biking in a car-brained city means you have to carefully check every maps route for places where there’s technically a bike lane but there’s no way it’s safe to use. Every new destination is a careful maps study or a text to someone who lives near it.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

People love to pretend politicians are their friends, one of many worst ways to make a vote choice.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Doing preschool pickup by car: “noooooo I’m not READY nooooo.” Doing preschool pickup by ebike: “put my helmet on me it’s time to go.” Fully converted to the cargo bike cult.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

At that point many (most?) people could be using e bikes — better for the planet, roads, electric infrastructure, air quality, and health.

Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

It’s so awesome. Sometimes I wish I coulda stuck around to be part of it.

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The bakfiets appeal is mostly about kid hauling for me.

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I think it’s pretty revelatory that “elite” is (for some people) so separate from actual power and status that an adjunct prof is an “elite” while the ex POTUS isn’t. That is absolutely wild! The message it conveys is exceptionally different from the denotative meaning of the word.

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Idk it seems like it’s got some momentum?

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The versions of federal ebike credits I’ve seen have a limit of $8k or so on the bike price — more expensive bike means no rebate. Huge bummer since the cleanest car replacement bikes are front loaders (great for kids, groceries, etc) and they’re often above that.

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I’m a little spooked by the recall about rad specifically — I want to get one that can be serviced by my local shop and has more of a track record. But I feel like everyone with an ebike is OBSESSED and I am ready to be obsessed.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

We’re a long ways from that unfortunately but it’s going to help us stick to one car.

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I’m looking at e-bikes. They’re great. Way better than an electric car for my needs, road wear, air quality, everything. Also completely unsubsidized! If I bought an e car I could get $7500 back! With the bike, nah it’s your own problem you LUXURY BIKER.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

Probably won’t this Sunday but some Sunday I hope. I’m in the stage of toddler life where I see that eventually I’ll be able to do more stuff.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

Yes!! Wow, looks like I could go Sunday at 9 am.

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Laurel Eckhouse @eckhouse.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

I want to know about paddling outrigger canoes! Do you know of places to learn on the mainland? Ways for visitors to Hawai’i to learn?