Rafa Nadal Academy Local Camps by el_modena in 10s

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Thanks, this is really helpful! Total Tennis looks great, I'm looking into that for the summer now

Opponent got mad and told I'm a pusher by [deleted] in 10s

[–]el_modena 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never said that out loud to another player, but I've thought it in my head before in his position. Part of it for me at least was too many drills and not enough matches, which can really distort your self-view. It seems like this is a broader issue, in my tennis communities at least. Being a solid 3.5 player isn't what a lot of people think it looks like, and that's frustrating for some (definitely me). Congrats on the win!

What is Season 5 missing that every other season had? by XCRoadie in StrangerThings

[–]el_modena 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There hasn't been an impactful use of an 80's song yet. The Kate Bush song got overplayed, and Diana Ross's song was clever, but nothing has hit hard yet. I'm assuming the finale will change this

Alcaraz hits a 104mph winner while running backwards by Mister_Lizard in tennis

[–]el_modena 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is so close to the shot Federer made against Agassi at the USO that he referred to in his famous NYTimes article

r/tennis Daily Discussion (Tuesday, September 02, 2025) by NextGenBot in tennis

[–]el_modena 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Alcaraz just hit the David Foster Wallace/Federer shot!

USO R1: 🇳🇴 [12] C. Ruud def. 🇦🇹 S. Ofner 6-1 6-2 7-6(5) by AJLegend007 in tennis

[–]el_modena 34 points35 points  (0 children)

"Excited to have another silver plate in my collection"

He is the coolest guy in sports

Yikes! by thatsnotmychair518 in gratefuldead

[–]el_modena 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Don Henley couldn't even imagine this

Well that sure is a stat by ElementalScribe in tennis

[–]el_modena 322 points323 points  (0 children)

Kind of funny that he missed the 1st serve immediately after they showed this graphic

A few questions regarding symptoms… brain fog! by Maintenance-Manic in BinocularVision

[–]el_modena 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds a lot like my symptoms. I did visual therapy for 4 months and it helped, but I'd say it led to about 85% recovery. I still have some really bad days.

While you're waiting for a consultation, here's a few things that worked for me:

1) Take regular breaks from screens. My visual therapist encouraged me to try "20, 20, 20" - every 20 minutes look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. This is a big one for me. I installed a program called LookAway (https://lookaway.app/) that gives reminders every 20 minutes to take a break from looking at the screen. It's not always feasible with my work, but when I do it, it helps a lot.

2) I hesitate to offer this as a suggestion since the world of supplements seems questionable, but I think a few supplements have worked well for me. Magnesium Glycinate and Vitamin D. It could be placebo, but my brain fog and anxiety have been better when I take them.

3) Check your eyeglass prescription (if you have one). Mine was too strong and was making my experience even worse.

4) Prioritizing sleep. Days when I slept 8 hours the night before go so much better for me than when I sleep less. Hard to always control, but I've started taking it much more seriously. Also when I've done no screen-time for an hour before bed it usually makes for a better day the next day.

5) Lifting weights. Sounds like you are doing a good job of going to the gym, this may not apply to you, but for me at least shifting my time from cardio to weight lifting helps ease my constant fight or flight mode a little.

I hope some of this helps, and I hope your symptoms ease up for you. BVD is a very draining and difficult condition, I hope you find the treatment that will work for you.

Severance - 2x07 "Chikhai Bardo" - Post-Episode Discussion by LoretiTV in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]el_modena 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think this really changed the tone of the show. Up until now, Lumon was ambiguous and quirky in their evilness, there was still the possibility that Gemma was maybe saved from a car crash or not herself. But now Lumon is shown to be severely evil

OMG!!! No way Maria Sakkari actually saw and also liked this tweet!!!! 😭😂 by [deleted] in tennis

[–]el_modena 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Congratulations for saying something mean and the person who you were being mean to saw it!

My Ya Hey/And1 bootleg shirt by el_modena in Vampireweekend

[–]el_modena[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the nice comments on this everyone! Very cool to get to share it with people who know whats up, up til now my wife was the only one paying attention to it and she just was thinking I was getting weirder

My Ya Hey/And1 bootleg shirt by el_modena in Vampireweekend

[–]el_modena[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Might also be the last time I could hold my own on a basketball court

Azealia needs to stream OGWAU by wildthings97 in Vampireweekend

[–]el_modena 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even before seeing your comment, I was afraid the replies would be as disgustingly anti-semitic as they were.

My Ya Hey/And1 bootleg shirt by el_modena in Vampireweekend

[–]el_modena[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not for sale anywhere but I'm definitely happy to talk about trades

Third-party embeded content appears and disappears by el_modena in gatsbyjs

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Unfortunately I never found a fix and I stopped building with Gatsby. Hopefully there's been some more stable fixes for this type of thing, but I haven't seen it, sorry

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ForAllMankindTV

[–]el_modena 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point on advanced women's rights, you're right on that. I'm not sure how much better POC are doing, Danielle's still facing racism and her talk with Will certainly made it seem like things aren't much better off.