Come over here and visit during election season. Even in the country town where I live there are traffic stopping rallies by multiple polical parties.

You might like "The shadow of the torturer" by Gene Wolfe. Definitely had a few "whoa" moments in it for me.

I live in Taiwan and find the earthquake alarm scarier than the majority of earthquakes that follow. The alarm in Japan sounds mellow by comparison.

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Deadlifts will hit most of the posterior chain, but to really grow thickness in the upper and mid back you'd need to add in heavy rows and/or pull-ups as OP mentioned.

Might as well chime in with the basic back-of-a-napkin strength program -> One movement for: (1) vertical push, (2) vertical pull, (3) horizontal push, (4) horizontal pull, (5) glutes/"back of your legs", (6) quadriceps/"front of your legs".

To beat the dead horse, deadlifts definitely involve pulling but it's primarily a glutes exercise. Adding in dedicated pulls like pullups and rows will give you a lot of bang for your buck.

Well, if we're all chiming in: another requirement is a caloric surplus. Beginner gains are a real thing, but at a certain point (say 8-10 weeks) a caloric surplus will be required to continue seeing changes in strength and muscle mass. And that reminds me, the weights also need to get incrementally heavier.

This programme lacks core! You should have atleast (7) horizontal push (situps) (8) horizontal pull (back extensions)