Stephan Kesting
@stephankesting.bsky.social
Martial artist, scientist, outdoorsman
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Hello Bluesky! I'm a 4th degree BJJ blackbelt with a strong background in microbiology and global warming. I've worked as a firefighter for decades. I believe that reflexive conspiracism is ruining society. I also did a thing once and wrote a book about it: www.amazon.com/Perseverance...
The turn of the BJJ, MMA, and Filipino Martial Arts communities towards fascism is dizzying and profoundly disappointing. I once had this idea that training martial arts would inherently make you a better person - I was wrong.
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The turn of the BJJ, MMA, and Filipino Martial Arts communities towards fascism is dizzying and profoundly disappointing. I once had this idea that training martial arts would inherently make you a better person - I was wrong.
How to make the most important choke in BJJ super tight!!
January 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
How to make the most important choke in BJJ super tight!!
On this episode of The Scenic Route Podcast we talked bears, bears and more bears. open.spotify.com/episode/0ISu...
January 10, 2026 at 6:58 PM
On this episode of The Scenic Route Podcast we talked bears, bears and more bears. open.spotify.com/episode/0ISu...
Yes, this guy is a despicable clown but he’s doing his job which is to occupy our attention while Stephen Miller - his chief of staff and the guy who is actually running the US government -speed runs the implementation of the Heritage Foundation’s fascist agenda.
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yes, this guy is a despicable clown but he’s doing his job which is to occupy our attention while Stephen Miller - his chief of staff and the guy who is actually running the US government -speed runs the implementation of the Heritage Foundation’s fascist agenda.
This is a pretty amazing summary of Trump’s meeting with the oil companies yesterday. Absolutely bananas! vt.tiktok.com/ZS5b66xvr/
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January 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
This is a pretty amazing summary of Trump’s meeting with the oil companies yesterday. Absolutely bananas! vt.tiktok.com/ZS5b66xvr/
The symptoms of measles, spotted in a hospital today. We had this disease essentially eradicated and now thanks to Joe Rogan, RFK Jr, Joe Mercola, Trump and the rest, we are well on our way to finding out why HALF of children died before age 5 during the Middle Ages.
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The symptoms of measles, spotted in a hospital today. We had this disease essentially eradicated and now thanks to Joe Rogan, RFK Jr, Joe Mercola, Trump and the rest, we are well on our way to finding out why HALF of children died before age 5 during the Middle Ages.
I've frequently been asked about loneliness on my extended solo expeditions deep in the wilderness, going many weeks without encountering another human being. The truth is that I've never been lonely in the wilderness, and here are my best guesses at why this is...
youtu.be/5EWRR_WRoj4?...
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Why I've Never Been Lonely In the Wilderness on Solo Expeditions
YouTube video by Essential Wilderness - Stephan Kesting
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I've frequently been asked about loneliness on my extended solo expeditions deep in the wilderness, going many weeks without encountering another human being. The truth is that I've never been lonely in the wilderness, and here are my best guesses at why this is...
youtu.be/5EWRR_WRoj4?...
youtu.be/5EWRR_WRoj4?...
To Canadian cheering on the invasion of Venezuela, consider that Trump has frequently and publicly advocated for annexing Canada, as have a whole bunch of MAGAt talking heads.
To use a WW2 analogy, Venezuela might be the Sudetenland in the Czechoslovak Republic, Canada might be Poland.
To use a WW2 analogy, Venezuela might be the Sudetenland in the Czechoslovak Republic, Canada might be Poland.
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
To Canadian cheering on the invasion of Venezuela, consider that Trump has frequently and publicly advocated for annexing Canada, as have a whole bunch of MAGAt talking heads.
To use a WW2 analogy, Venezuela might be the Sudetenland in the Czechoslovak Republic, Canada might be Poland.
To use a WW2 analogy, Venezuela might be the Sudetenland in the Czechoslovak Republic, Canada might be Poland.
See!!! Trump’s name is nowhere to be found. Checkmate liberals!!
December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
See!!! Trump’s name is nowhere to be found. Checkmate liberals!!
Hmmmm, is this going to help or hinder the US tourism industry? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Trump to force foreign tourists to provide FIVE YEARS of social media
The Trump administration has published a requirement for foreign tourists to give up a half decade of their social media history that may even apply to family members.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hmmmm, is this going to help or hinder the US tourism industry? www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
“We live and work in the “city that never sleeps,” yet we are supposed to get 7-8 hours of restful sleep.”
Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Ain’t Easy by Barry Danielian
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Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Ain’t Easy by Barry Danielian
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Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Ain’t Easy
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December 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“We live and work in the “city that never sleeps,” yet we are supposed to get 7-8 hours of restful sleep.”
Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Ain’t Easy by Barry Danielian
substack.com/@bdeep787/no...
Lifestyle Medicine: Simple Ain’t Easy by Barry Danielian
substack.com/@bdeep787/no...
Your word of the day is “snollygoster”
December 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Your word of the day is “snollygoster”
Earlier in this trip, I had been stymied by millions of square meters of thick ice blowing back-and-forth across the lake and smashing up on the shores like an air hockey puck. I finally got clear, then came across one last remnant of ice clinging on despite the fact that it was now mid July
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Earlier in this trip, I had been stymied by millions of square meters of thick ice blowing back-and-forth across the lake and smashing up on the shores like an air hockey puck. I finally got clear, then came across one last remnant of ice clinging on despite the fact that it was now mid July
The Real Catch Wrestling and What it Can Teach Jiu-Jitsu - episode 439 of the strenuous life podcast just came out this morning!
Apple Podcasts link here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
YouTube link here: youtu.be/qnQ26-Clego?...
Apple Podcasts link here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
YouTube link here: youtu.be/qnQ26-Clego?...
December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Real Catch Wrestling and What it Can Teach Jiu-Jitsu - episode 439 of the strenuous life podcast just came out this morning!
Apple Podcasts link here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
YouTube link here: youtu.be/qnQ26-Clego?...
Apple Podcasts link here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
YouTube link here: youtu.be/qnQ26-Clego?...
Reposted by Stephan Kesting
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
True story: I spent a long time creating a 10 minute video called “5 Reasons You Need a Spraydeck for Your Canoe”. It was good but it it needed a little more ooompf, so then I spent a ridiculous amount of time setting up this 5 second greenscreen shot. Full vid here: youtu.be/lF1rorGtGtY?...
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
True story: I spent a long time creating a 10 minute video called “5 Reasons You Need a Spraydeck for Your Canoe”. It was good but it it needed a little more ooompf, so then I spent a ridiculous amount of time setting up this 5 second greenscreen shot. Full vid here: youtu.be/lF1rorGtGtY?...
Threaten Canadians with invasion and 51st state BS enough times, and we will collapse your tourism revenue, increase the size of our military, AND freedom fry your ass.
November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Threaten Canadians with invasion and 51st state BS enough times, and we will collapse your tourism revenue, increase the size of our military, AND freedom fry your ass.
The hex bar deadlift combines the best aspects of the squat and the regular deadlift. It’s so good for posterior strength, but still relatively safe
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The hex bar deadlift combines the best aspects of the squat and the regular deadlift. It’s so good for posterior strength, but still relatively safe
Reposted by Stephan Kesting
All the Leaked Epstein / Trump Emails in One Place
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November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Whenever news breaks that’s damaging to MAGA and the fascist project - the latest Epstein emails about Trump, or the huge layoff numbers for example - I head over to Fox News and see if they’re covering it. I’m never not disappointed. MAGAts are quite simply living in an alternate reality
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Whenever news breaks that’s damaging to MAGA and the fascist project - the latest Epstein emails about Trump, or the huge layoff numbers for example - I head over to Fox News and see if they’re covering it. I’m never not disappointed. MAGAts are quite simply living in an alternate reality
Very few emergencies are made better by panic, so how do we develop the emotional continence required for problem-solving when all hell is breaking loose? www.linkedin.com/pulse/delibe...
On the Deliberate Cultivation of Emotional Self-Control
One of the most impressive things I’ve ever listened to are the Manhattan Dispatch tapes for the New York Fire Department on September 11, 2001. All hell literally breaks loose in those first three ho...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Very few emergencies are made better by panic, so how do we develop the emotional continence required for problem-solving when all hell is breaking loose? www.linkedin.com/pulse/delibe...
Timeline cleanser: I just published a mini-documentary about paddling Great Slave Lake in NWT, the deepest lake in North America, and only a short distance from the Arctic treeline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYM...
Paddling Great Slave Lake, the Deepest Lake in North America
YouTube video by Essential Wilderness - Stephan Kesting
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November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Timeline cleanser: I just published a mini-documentary about paddling Great Slave Lake in NWT, the deepest lake in North America, and only a short distance from the Arctic treeline: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyYM...
Everybody is worried about bears in the outdoors, but they’re totally missing the real danger. From episode 437 of The Strenuous Life Podcast
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Everybody is worried about bears in the outdoors, but they’re totally missing the real danger. From episode 437 of The Strenuous Life Podcast
Just a reminder that we have the evangelical church to blame for Donald Trump getting elected, and it started with Jerry Falwell Jr. from Liberty “University” see goodness in Trump’s heart. Or, more accurately, covering up his cuckolding fetish www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Saga of Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Bizarre Relationship With a Miami Beach Pool Boy, Explained
The Liberty University president's 2016 endorsement of Trump may have had something to do with a blackmail attempt involving racy photos.
www.rollingstone.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Just a reminder that we have the evangelical church to blame for Donald Trump getting elected, and it started with Jerry Falwell Jr. from Liberty “University” see goodness in Trump’s heart. Or, more accurately, covering up his cuckolding fetish www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...