Sport Climbing kicks off at the Olympics in Paris next week.
It's a strength-to-weight ratio sport. Meaning, aside from your technique or mental game, the lighter you are relative to your strength, the easier it'll be to get up a wall.
That's led some climbers to fall into the mindset that losing weight is the path to better performance.
One recent study of 50 elite climbers found that more than a third intentionally lost weight before a competition — primarily by fasting and skipping meals, and occasionally by using laxatives, or vomiting.
The mindset that lighter is better is what led one young climber, Jake Scharfman, to develop an unhealthy relationship with his weight.
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Motley Fool Money - Unit X and the Future of Defense
Within the Pentagon, there’s an elite unit dedicated to bringing Silicon Valley innovation to slow-moving Washington. It’s called Unit X.
Chris Kirchoff and Raj Shah are the two men who built that unit. They join Ricky Mulvey for a conversation on the changing defense landscape and what it’s like to bring a venture capital mindset to bureaucrats. They also discuss:
- What it’s like to disrupt Washington’s “primes”
- Supersonic drones, EVOTLs, and
- How investors and lawmakers can distinguish “statistical techniques” from genuine AI
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Up First from NPR - Economic Worries, Latest from Beirut, 9/11 Plea Deal Revoked
A weaker-than-expected jobs report sent stocks tumbling and stoked fears the Federal Reserve is working too slowly to adequately support the economy. The U.S. is sending warships to the Mideast as Israel targets militant leaders in the region. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked the Pentagon's plea deal with 9/11 defendants.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - An Ode To Community: Queer, Filpina Songwriter Yna On Their Debut Album
“To my community: feel it all. Don’t run from things that scare you. Use it. It is power. Let it guide you wherever it wants to take you with your creativity. You are valid,” says Yna.
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NBN Book of the Day - Laura Beers. “Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century” (Norton, 2024)
Is Orwell still relevant today?
In Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century (Norton, 2024), Laura Beers, a Professor of History at American University examines the life and writing of Orwell to offer lessons for contemporary politics and society. The book examines the influences that shaped Eric Blair’s nom de plume, as well as showing how his ideas offer vital insights for the project of equality and social justice today. The book is even handed in its analysis, placing Orwell as a writer and thinker of his time and place, as much as he is relevant today. Moreover, the book offers an important critical perspective on his views about gender and feminism, reminding the reader of the importance of a nuanced perspective even for this hugely significant figure. A fascinating read as well as a vital political intervention, the book will be essential reading across humanities, social science and for anyone interested in politics too.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Questions and Answers: Volume 21
In 8 BC, the Roman senate passed a resolution renaming the month of Sextillis to August to honor the emperor Augustus.
They chose Sextillis, which was the sixth month in the calendar because it was the month that he conquered Egypt.
Fast forward several centuries and August had a permanent place on the calendar.
With that, prepare yourself for the August installment of Questions and Answers on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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What A Day - Kamala Harris’ Time As DA: Cop or Progressive?
When then-Sen. Kamala Harris ran for president in the 2020 election, progressive activists quickly labeled her a “cop,” a reference to her time as the district attorney of San Francisco. Activists argued that being a D.A. was an inherently pro-police, pro-prisons job — a charge Harris hasn’t always shied away from in her political career. To get a sense of how Harris’ past has shaped the politician she’s become, Max and Josie examine her time as the San Francisco D.A., and later the attorney general of California. They explore key moments in her career, like when she opted not to seek the death penalty against a man who killed a police officer, to get a sense of her instincts and thinking about criminal justice more broadly. They come out the other side of the conversation with something hard to come by in politics these days: nuance.
The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Past to Present – Olympic Insights
We’re about halfway through the Olympics in Paris, France. Team USA has had a lot of thrilling moments so far, and on the ground covering it all is our guest today: NBC Sports sideline reporter and Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee Andrea Joyce.
She has now covered 17 Olympic Games, including extensive coverage of women’s gymnastics over the years. We spoke to Andrea Joyce right before she left to start her busy days covering the Paris games. You’ll hear it in her voice – even with more than a dozen Olympics on her resume, she says she still gets excited every time.
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CBS News Roundup - 08/03/24 | Weekend Roundup
Kamala Harris has officially secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination. Former President Donald Trump was part of a very contentious panel discussion at the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago. Correspondent Nikole Killion was there. CBS's Nancy Cordes on the emotional homecoming for three Americans released as part of a prisoner swap with Russia. And our Debora Patta in Jerusalem on the war in the Middle East.
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