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cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/739175

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?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/735261

via Wiki:

The Feast of the Dormition is preceded by a two-week fast, referred to as the Dormition Fast. From August 1 to August 14 (inclusive) Orthodox and Eastern Catholics fast from red meat, poultry, meat products, dairy products (eggs and milk products), fish, oil, and wine. The Dormition Fast is a stricter fast than either the Nativity Fast (Advent) or the Apostles' Fast, with only wine and oil (but no fish) allowed on weekends. As with the other Fasts of the Church year, there is a Great Feast that falls during the Fast; in this case, the Transfiguration (August 6), on which fish, wine and oil are allowed.

In some places, the services on weekdays during the Fast are similar to the services during Great Lent (with some variations). Many churches and monasteries in the Russian tradition perform the lenten services on at least the first day of the Dormition Fast. In the Greek tradition, during the Fast either the Paraklesis Great Paraklesis (Supplicatory Canon) or the Small Paraklesis is celebrated every evening except Saturday evening and the Eves of the Transfiguration and the Dormition.[1]

The first day of the Dormition Fast is a feast day called the Procession of the Cross (August 1), on which day it is customary to have an outdoor procession and perform the Lesser Blessing of Water.

edit: OP link is old, this link should have the updated calendar: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/micro-moon.html

It's a centralized site and idk if it is open source but other lemmy instances are reeeeeeing because they decided to ban less "wrongthink"

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/664391

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/664390

Braille displays can be expensive, so this project idea focuses on making them cheaper and open source

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/663040

There's a lot of talk of the "obesity epidemic" and this is often discussed in scientific terms, about "counting calories" to lose weight, or fad weight loss diets (which can work), or just "exercising more and eating less"

But I've thought from time to time that maybe this is more of a spiritual problem of the sin of gluttony, and as such it may not be as easily solved by self-will and discipline, but by the grace of God through people undergoing holy fasts for the good of soul and body

What do you think about the spiritual dimension of the "obesity epidemic", or the traditional idea of the sin of gluttony?

Catholic encyclopedia on gluttony: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06590a.htm

Aquinas on gluttony: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3148.htm

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/650438

In the gaming world, there are "speedruns" which may attempt to make use of glitches or advantages in games to be able to complete them quicker.

So it seems possible that in a similar way, we might try to find glitches or advantages in life to be able to accomplish things quicker.

What are some of your top "life hacks" to "speedrun" through certain things in life?

How could the concept of "speedrunning" be applied to life, and where shouldn't it be applied?