#Tested

[ever-so-slightly-monstrous]

If you're outraged/confused by the controversy surrounding Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting and sex testing at the Olympics (why are they allowed to do it, why are they allowed to release the results to the public, etc), then I cannot recommend enough listening to the short run podcast Tested, hosted by Rose Eveleth. The series goes into when sex testing in Olympic Women's sports started (hint: literally the moment women were allowed to compete), why it started, how it's done, the ways in which is has been challenged, put down, then comes back as if nothing has changed, and how it has destroyed the careers and lives of numerous athletes who are disproportionately dark skinned women from the global South. It cannot be overstated the role racism plays in who gets tested.

Again, that's Tested, which can be listened to here or on pretty much any podcatcher.

[laughingsquid]

Adam Savage Joins Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker From 'Muppet Labs' For a Messy Gravity Test

[sojusthomas]

Tested - testemen.

@sojusthomas

[gifs-of-puppets]

2023 Muppet Year in Review: Several episodes of the web series Adam Savage's Tested took viewers behind the scenes of Jim Henson's Creature Shop over the course of the year, including demonstrating how the characters from Fraggle Rock are brought to life.

[esilher]

Tested episode anniversary!! Ten years ago! I love them so much in these outfits… I don’t know why Blaine looks often a bit drunk in my drawings….maybe all that love for Kurt…

[gleecontext]

GLEE S05E16 Tested

[space-wizards]

You know, I had read the "Jaime and Adam's BattleBot was too powerful for competition so they were sent home with a 1st prize" story, but it's incredible to hear that the story was totally true (although it was the predecessor competition, Robot Wars, and the team was "Jaime's shop, that Adam worked in").

[maaarine]

Podcast: Tested

"Who gets to compete? Since the beginning of women's sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women's category.

Tested follows the unfolding story of elite female runners who have been told they can no longer race as women, because of their biology.

As the Olympics approach, they face hard choices: take drugs to lower their natural testosterone levels, give up their sport entirely, or fight.

To understand how we got here, we trace the surprising, 100-year history of sex testing."

[very-kurtious]

Chapters: 44/? Fandom: Glee Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Major Character Death Relationships: Kurtbastian - Relationship, Past Klaine - Relationship, Finchel, Will/Emma, britanna - Relationship Characters: Kurt Hummel, Sebastian Smythe, Blaine, Rachel, Finn, Sam, Mercedes, Mr shue, Dalton Boys, Santana, Brittany S. Pierce, Adam, Elliot, Dani, Burt Hummel, Unique Adams, Carole Additional Tags: Slow Burn, depressed!kurt, based around the start of series 4, Anorexia, Angst, self-hate, Bulimia, Self Harm, self deprication, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, New York, Blaine Friendly, but does bring up a lot of stuff, that blaine did wrong throughout, Bullying, Hate, Slurs, Attacks, Fighting, Scars, Blood, Reference to Rape, non-con, Suicidal Tendancies, Crying, Pain, Hospitals, Food, Anxiety, breakdowns, Anxiety Attacks, Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse, Sleep Deprivation, Hate Crimes, Gay Bashing, Death, Funeral, Mourning, Grief, Hurt, Sadness, Coping Mechanisms, Cutting, Burning, Drunkenness, Heartbreak, break ups, Panic Attacks, terrible mental state, mental health, What could have happened Series: Part 2 of Glee Summary:

Kurt has had a rough summer, everyone knows it. His dream is gone, so is his best friend. He hates himself for failing so much.

When school starts back up nobody comments that he weighs so much less, that he has circles under his eyes or that his smile is fake. He throws himself into helping the Glee club, trying to distract himself from his own spiralling thoughts, but everyone's hurtful words just make him more lost.

Maybe he can turn things around? Maybe...? Hopefully...?

He just needs a bit of help...

[unlimitedhearts]

In the genre of "watch some engineers do some crazy shit," before Mark Rober, there was Tested, and before Tested, there was MythBusters, and in the process of getting from one to the other we lost something. I dont know why Mark Rober is not nearly as fun as MythBusters is, but he isn't and im sad there's no MythBusters for kids who wanna see some engineers do some crazy shit now.

[yeesiine]

You got tested the most when it’s time to level up. Don’t break.

[be-a-muslim-1st]

Rabia al Basra was one of the greatest female Sufi saints.Besides being pious she was also very beautiful and of good character so she had many suitors- including the wealthy governor of Baghdad and the Sufi saint Hassan al Basri.

She always refused their hand in marriage. When asked why she responded:

"Whenever I love anything other than Him(her Lord) he sends me a test in that very area".

In telling us this, she is not simply recounting her own experience.She is instructing us on the nature of the "dunya" (the world)

We all experiencing it...

Love towards other than Him is gonna be tested.

[better-worlds]

“The Secrets of Replica NASA Spacesuit Hardware!” Tested.com

After touring the incredible replica spacesuit collections at Global Effects, Adam heads to Chris Gilman's (@Diligent_Dwarves‬) workbench in his shop to learn how Chris machines and builds replica Apollo spacesuit hardware that can even work with real NASA parts! From neckrings to connector fittings, Adam gets his hands on both real and replica parts that go above and beyond the demands of specialty costuming. Learn more about Global Effects and Chris Gilman's work at globaleffects.com, globaleffectsinc, and @diligent_dwarves.

[mumblelard]

there used to be

so many of us

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Furnace of Affliction

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. — Isaiah 48:10 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Psalms 66:10; Isaiah 27:9; Jeremiah 9:7; Jeremiah 11:4; Ezekiel 22:18

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Isaiah 48:10 in all English translations (for comparison)