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Imagine not letting your butt rest on a solid surface for an entire week. That means no chilling in an armchair while watching TV, no sinking into an ergonomic office chair and no sitting on the toilet seat while you poop.To find out what that’s like, YouTuber pigmie recently attempted to go seven whole days without taking a seat. Unsurprisingly, this made everyday tasks like driving and working significantly more complicated, although the stunt was not attempted for the sheer sake of it but was motivated by health concerns.Introducing the experiment, the host explains that “the average American sits for around 9.5 hours every single day”, despite the fact that “prolonged sitting and lack of physical activity has been correlated with obesity and a cluster of obesity-related conditions.”Chronic sitting is also linked to “back pain, spinal dysfunction, joint degeneration, poor posture in the back, neck and shoulders, as well as vascular problems in the legs,” he says, adding that “the list goes on.” Studies have linked excessively sedimentary lifestyles to reductions in brain volume and an increased risk of dying early, which is why people with desk jobs are encouraged to get up and move around as often as possible.After buying himself a standing desk and getting to work in a standing position, pigmie’s first observation was that remaining upright appears to exert an immediate influence over the bowels. “I felt like things were comfortably moving in the right direction,” he says, before perfecting the art of defecating without touching the loo.As the week wore on, however, joint pain, poor posture and extreme fatigue began to take their toll, causing pigmie to abandon the experiment after just five days of standing. Via a series of before-and-after comparisons, the host was able to analyze the impact of his seat-less study on his posture, finding that he had developed a significant upper body slouch - or kyphosis, as this unsightly rounding of the shoulders is called.On the flip-side, however, he also observed an improvement in the shape of his lower spine, which became more curved. Pigmie also says that working standing up made him about 30 percent more productive, although this advantage did come with a “diminishing return” as fatigue sets in throughout the day.He also gained around 0.45 kilograms (one pound) in weight, probably because he found himself eating more than usual in order to take his mind off the pain and tiredness in his legs and feet. Looking back on the experiment, however, pigmie once again finds that the most salient effect of not sitting was related to the flow of poop.“I felt like my digestion was so much better with more standing up in the day,” he says. “It just seemed like things got moving faster and smoother.”

Like many Americans, I own an Echo Show, the Amazon Alexa device with a screen. For the most part, it’s a billboard mounted in your home full of product placement and personalized ads. But it also has a ton of useful features: live view for security cameras, Spotify access, announcement mode, video calls, shopping lists, and over 100,000 “skills” — the Alexa word for apps. My family uses it mostly for timers, reminders, and lists, but the touch screen also allows for a steady flow of recipes and, until recently, a proportional flow of news stories. Predictably, Alexa draws from overwhelmingly liberal news sources: CNN, Al Jazeera, NPR, the Associated Press, CNBC, MSNBC, Bloomberg, CBS News, ABC News, USA Today, the Economist, Newsy, Reuters, and the Washington Post.This increase in news stories coincided with Kamala Harris’ dubious ascent to the Democratic presidential candidacy. The articles also seemed excessively fond of Harris. So I surveyed a dozen Alexa Show-owning friends and family who hold a variety of political orientations, and all of them confirmed that news stories favoring Kamala and disparaging Donald Trump had exploded since Vice President Harris was appointed by the Democrats to be the presidential nominee. Alexa’s left-wing bent makes sense, considering that Jeff Bezos has owned the Washington Post since 2013. (The Post occasionally publishes articles that seem to disprove the claims I’m making here.)We already know that Alexa is a feminist BLM supporter. There’s even an Alexa skill that reports Kamala’s latest tweets. ChatGPT has also been shown to lean left. However, the New York Times, which has accused both Siri and Alexa of “reinforcing gender bias” because they “by default have female names, female voices and often a submissive or even flirtatious style,” still doesn’t think Alex is progressive enough.The Alexa News function claims to offer “top headlines from trusted sources.” But as most people know, “trusted source” is usually media talk for “extremely biased.”Predictably, Alexa draws from overwhelmingly liberal news sources: CNN, Al Jazeera, NPR, the Associated Press, CNBC, MSNBC, Bloomberg, CBS News, ABC News, USA Today, the Economist, Newsy, Reuters, and the Washington Post. If you’re looking for culture news, Alexa offers articles and clips from People, The Daily Show, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. To left-leaning audiences, conservatives frame media bias as a pervasive or intentional conspiracy. They admit that it happens but that it’s nowhere near as widespread as Fox News would have you believe. They insist that there is mostly the perception of bias and that it isn’t harmful. For liberals, conservatives are just feeling their own hostility. Journalism is a creative profession, and most creatives tend to lean left. However, they argue that the high concentration of liberal journalists doesn’t make journalism inherently left-leaning. Some mainstream outlets, like NPR, take it a step farther and claim that they are part of an unbiased journalistic institution. The only options outside of liberal media are the Wall Street Journal and Fox News, which is roughly in line with the limited and often questionable rankings of digital news outlets. As of July 1, 2024, SimilarWeb ranked the top news websites in the United States, in order, as Yahoo News, CNN.com, nytimes.com, and foxnews.com.The Blaze isn’t available, neither are the New York Post, Daily Wire, Townhall, Red State, or the Daily Caller.This is important given the fact that an overwhelming majority (86%) of Americans get their news from a smart device of some kind. And this number has skyrocketed in the last two years alone. The Pew report also found that the percentage of Republicans and Democrats who get their news from digital devices is nearly identical. In a perfect world, Alexa’s available news sources would reflect this. So I tried one more option. The news channel claims to allow you to “customize your new channel and flash briefings on Alexa.” You can choose from three options: FoxNews, CNN, and NPR.You have to go out of your way to set this up. Of the dozen friends and family I surveyed, none had customized the news.So I went through the process and selected FoxNews as my preferred news source. However, I haven’t noticed the slightest change in the content I receive. In fact, I’ve yet to encounter a single article or video from Fox News. And this doesn’t explain the overall uptick in news stories being shown or the outrageousness of their bias. But the stakes are high. As researcher Maxwell McCombs noted, “Controlling the perspective of the political debate on any issue is the ultimate influence on public opinion.” And public opinion leads to action. And, in political hands, action leads to power. So I figured I’d go directly to the source: “Alexa, do you like Kamala Harris?”To which she replied, “Well, quite frankly, I don’t think bots should influence politics.”If only that were true.

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M*A*S*H was a classic that only got better as it progressed, with the first season being the worst of the 11. Only a few members of the cast, including Alan Alda, who directed up to thirty episodes, consistently remained on the show from its pilot until the finale in 1983. Of the 251 MASH episodes, Alan’s least favorite was season one’s “Major Fred C. Dobbs,” where Larry Linville’s Frank Burns moves for a transfer away from Hawkeye Pierce and Trapper John McIntyre’s troubles. The plot became a mess with several contradictions that were more cringe than comedic. Why did Alan Alda hate the season one episode? MASH, (aka M*A*S*H*), Elliott Gould, Buck Holland, Donald Sutherland, 1970, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Collection As much as Alan and Wayne Roger’s characters would have loved for Frank and his lover Margaret to leave, it was not in their favor workload-wise. Hence, they hatched a plan to keep him around. In contrast, they also celebrated his transfer, which was ironic as they were also trying to keep him. RELATED: Barbara Eden Recalls Lion Sitting In Her Lap, Smashing A Camera, On ‘I Dream of Jeannie’ Set The two surgeons had a silly idea of telling Frank that there was gold buried close to the camp, and he gets so caught up in the prank alongside Margaret that their greed gets the better of them. The episode is a supposed nod to 1948’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, where a similar incident happens with Humphrey Bogart’s Fred C. Dobbs. MASH, (aka M*A*S*H*), from left: Donald Sutherland Jo Ann Pflug, Elliott Gould, 1970, TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp./courtesy Everett Collection ‘Major Fred C. Dobbs’ almost got ‘M*A*S*H’ canceled With the terrible ratings “Major Fred C. Dobbs” raked in, showrunners considered nipping M*A*S*H in the bud to avoid more of such. Thankfully, viewers gave the series a boost through re-runs ahead of season two, leading to reconsideration from CBS. MASH, (aka M*A*S*H*), clockwise from lower left: David Ogden Stiers, Harry Morgan, Mike Farrell, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, Alan Alda, Loretta Swit, (1982), 1972-1983. ph: Mario Casilli / TV Guide / TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Television. All Rights reserved. /Courtesy Everett Collection It could also be that CBS head William Paley contributed to the continuation of M*A*S*H because his wife loved the sitcom. Thankfully, M*A*S*H went on to become one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, setting a record for the biggest audience to watch a scripted series’ final episode. Click for next Article The post Alan Alda’s Least Favorite ‘MASH’ Episode Almost Got The Show Canceled In Season One appeared first on DoYouRemember? - The Home of Nostalgia. Author, Peace A