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I also find it ironic billionaires chasing longevity while overlooking something as basic as clean air, despite evidence that multiple pathogens accelerate dementia and other neurodegenerative processes. Living longer is great. But what’s the point if your brain doesn’t come along for the ride?

Our understanding how our brain ages and why our memory begins to slip around age 50 have been completely revamped through 2 new landmark studies involving the microglia, the brain immune cells erictopol.substack.com/p/why-our-me...

Becoming a pig is an even greater curse today.🐽 #TheOdyssey

Russians try to shoot down an incoming Ukrainian drone near Moscow oil refinery, first with small arms fire and then with a MANPADS. Unclear if successful, and another drone is seen incoming shortly after. The locals appear to be enjoying the show.

I can't remember the last time I saw as confident a debut film as IS GOD IS. Aleshea Harris is the real deal.

A single course of antibiotics can have lasting effects on your gut microbiome, with changes that last well beyond 4 years. Three types of antibiotics stood out for their long term disruptive impact (3 at left, Figure) nature.com/articles/s41...

i often think about this review

It seems that Epstein was pretty damn good at manufacturing consent.

Covid accelerates vascular aging An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants —Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging —Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid —Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...

Episode 5 of "City the Animation" might be one of the most insane episodes of anything I've ever watched. Truly an UNBELIEVABLE experience that I can't even put into words.

Missed Crustacean Compassion Day then watch the talks here on the Crustacean Compassion website. Fascinating talks by a range of speakers #crustacean #animalwelfare www.crustaceancompassion.org/support-us/c...

Great read:

We finally got to One day..

Too much protein in the diet appears to carry a risk of atherosclerotic heart disease secondary to leucine's effect. An important report considering recent advocacy for very high-protein diets. @natmetabolism.nature.com nature.com/articles/s42...

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...

Second anniversary of this banger

🇺🇦 Zelensky: "Important news from the European Commission: significant funds for Europe's defense, meaning more air defense systems, missiles, and protection for our cities and frontline positions. Ukraine deserves peace. Ukrainians deserve respect."

We're raising $30,000 to equip our hero Said and his comrades from the 88th Marine Battalion with essential night-vision devices: dzygaspaw.com/projects/own.... Read Said's story below 👇

6/6 wages from growing in line with productivity – the need to invest in productivity-enhancing technology weakened. We need to return to a system in which economies are rewarded, not penalized, for raising wages.

I have started a new webcomic! It's called My Other Brain Is An Idiot. Updates Mondays and Fridays. First 10 strips can already be read here: myother.thecomicseries.com

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It's quite simple, if I click "like," that means that I like your post, and if I click "retweet," it means that I feel I deserve some small amount of credit for your post. For discovering it or whatever.

🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic - SUPER-FUN-PAK COMIX, feat. Bigfoot vs. Napoleon, Lester the Jester, Phil O. Sophy, Marital Mirth, AND MUCH MORE! - Brought to you by the mirthful Inner Hive, including longtime member Max R. and new member Kitty Wu. READ IT RIGHT HERE👇

Over on Mastodon, which has a Kind of Person, I made these images to attach to help people manage replies. Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBdZ8F

Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

Nine dentists: On the market for a new toothbrush? You should check out the latest from Oral-B. They've really been cooking lately with the recent models. One dentist: Stay away from Oral-B for sure. I wouldn't brush my ass with one of their cavity-sticks.

Important new report on the long-term risk of #LongCovid vs flu after hospitalization —50% post-Covid higher death rate —Worse outcomes for all organ systems and disability except lung thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A thousand years ago this Chinese gentleman went from pragmatic cat employer to doting cat slave with no regrets.

Dutifully watching the grim first season of a show because you’ve been assured “it gets really good later” is the modern version of organized religion.

“Wait, is cloud bad? - by Forrest Brazeal - Good Tech Things” "Anytime you hear an appeal to nostalgia, your instinct should be to distrust it. I was around for some of the good old days and I can assure you they were terrible"