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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • Not surprised that NYC is overcorrecting once again. I work in the industry and out of 2500 apartments we estimate around 20 are tenants involved in short term rentals. The last two we caught were even people that rent multiple rent-stabilized apartments and run their own business on Airbnb. This not only puts a pressure on unit supply in general but also specifically removes affordable housing opportunities for those in need.

    At least with the buildings I’m involved in, the bigger issue is the state removing any ability to raise rents on vacant rent-stabilized units. We have at least 60 units sitting vacant indefinitely because it would take over 5 years to recover the cost of fixing up the unit and getting it rented. This rule was meant to stop shitty landlords drom taking advantage of tenants but if their focus was on tenant protection laws instead of completely removing all incentives to invest capital in old units they wouldn’t have swapped one issue for another.

    I’m sure there are legitimate uses for Airbnb that have now been completely eliminated and we’ll see unintended consequences down the line.



  • It’s Switzerland. While I don’t know the answer to your question, having grown up there and in the states, I wanted to compare the cereal industries and how they tried to promote a healthier lifestyle. Then this happened: (from Wikipedia)

    An early proponent of the germ theory of disease, Kellogg was well ahead of his time in relating intestinal flora and the presence of bacteria in the intestines to health and disease. The sanitarium approached treatment in a holistic manner, actively promoting vegetarianism, nutrition, the use of enemas to clear “intestinal flora”, exercise, sun-bathing, and hydrotherapy, as well as the abstention from smoking tobacco, drinking alcoholic beverages, and sexual activity. Kellogg dedicated the last 30 years of his life to promoting eugenics and segregation.

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  • Thanks for this. Yes, doing raises, stretches, losing 10 lbs, and making sure I don’t step on it first thing the morning without stretching definitely helped.

    What’s weird is that it actually feels a bit better now than it did before the race; just wondering how to avoid that 24 hour period of excruciating pain.

    I took my massage gun last night and for the first time really jammed it into my solus right where it meets the calf and it completely loosened my foot up without even touching it, so I think that’s the primary source of my issues. Will check out the r8 as well. As for striding, this was my first race where I actually focused on mid foot striking and increasing my cadence so I could have overloaded my lower leg muscles and created the temporary issue. On to more calf raises before the next effort!