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Headline in today's Guardian that reads "Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40 percent, study finds. Cognitive health in later life is 'strongly influenced' by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers."

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

Why I wish I hadn’t bought my Samsung OLED TV — The Verge In June 2024, in a dusty TV shop empty of customers save myself, my wife, and my kids, I stared deep into the LG C3 and Samsung S90C. I went back and forth between the two OLED screens for easily 20 m...

“Samsung’s QD-OLED panel itself is phenomenal, if nothing special in 2026. The problem is the software. I would pay Samsung $100, right now, for this “smart” TV to be as dumb as the ones I grew up with. ”

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.

A drawing of the people in the text: a line-drawing, in colour, in a gently surrealist style. He has added a green stripy hat on the man. The text: A lady pretends she isn’t reading the book of a man on beside her on the bus, who pretends he isn’t holding it so it’s easier for her to do so.

For many years, @400footghost.bsky.social has been drawing my observations, simply because he wanted to respond. And for many years, folks have been asking me to share all of them in one place. So here they are - his beautiful pieces inspired by my words. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! 🧵…

‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties

Humane and sensible step move by Spain in facilitating irregular migrants and asylum seekers to move to work with decent pay, social security and tax payments. Predictably the right is grumbling - unlike the UK, the govt isn’t allowing this to set their policies www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

Ok who do I have to bribe with stroopwafels to get access to this place?
I promise I won't steal or even touch anything and will only be being weird and talking to the artefacts like a silly old history addict.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

El líder de los obispos españoles, sobre la regularización extraordinaria de inmigrantes: “Se reconoce así su dignidad” El presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal, Luis Argüello, valora positivamente la noticia, aunque advierte que “sigue habiendo desafíos de integración”

Spain's PSOE government puts forward a path for citizenship for immigrants, and to the consternation of the nation's political right, the Spanish bishops join hands with the government in supporting the measure.

The surprisingly big health benefits of just a little exercise ‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

🧪🧪 The surprisingly big health benefits of just a little exercise -- ‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This week is going to be A LOT for those of us who've been along for the ride. Here is Roger Federer, a fan of Rafael Nadal

Stan Wawrinka pulls a Stone Cold Steve Austin and pulls out a beer during his last Australian Open

What a legend

😭😭😭😭😭😭

Corollary to @faineg.bsky.social's discourse on "good tech needs no begging to adopt": when the humble web browser has become so encumbered by AI features that an article about using the command line to run GitHub scripts to shut them off is viral news amongst normies, it's a full repudiation of AI.

Here’s a question for non-native German speakers. Do you ever (even years into learning German) suddenly consider the literal meaning of a word.

Today it was ‘abgespeckt’ to mean ‘slimmed down’. Literally ‘ent-baconed’ - with the fat taken out.

It just occurred to me and made me laugh.

This is an extraordinary story

TIMELINE CLEANSE

When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?

Thanks. I don't post much but I like to follow tennis news especially during the big tournaments

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis AbstractImportance. Dementia is a highly prevalent issue in older people. Whilst the prevention of dementia is a public health priority, the role of vaccin

A real “tell your parents” paper (since everyone on Bsky is canonically 38).

Review of 21 studies of ppl over 50:

• Shingles vax associated w/47% lower risk of Alzheimer’s, 24% lower risk of any dementia

• Pneumonia vax had 36% lower risk of Alzheimer's

• Tdap had 33% lower risk of any dementia

You will not regret scrolling up for the rest of this thread about the sheer audacity of cats to walk into houses they don't live in and swan around like they own the place

Honestly, excellent cat behaviour 💯

In frustration, the Russians decided to push their luck. They informed Romania that a transport plane would shortly be entering their airspace, permission or not. “You could do that.” The Romanian Defence Minister, Victor Babuic told Russian Foreign Minister Ivanov over the phone. “Of course we would be obliged to send up an aircraft to intercept your aircraft.” Babuic pointed out that in such tense situations, accidents often happen. He couldn’t guarantee that the pilot wouldn’t mistakenly shoot the Russians down. “Of course this is a crime.” Babuic said, apologetically. “He would be prosecuted under our law, and he would be sent to jail for seven years.” He paused for effect. “But he would also be a national hero.” He added, thoughtfully. The warning worked. No further attempts to reinforce the Russian contingent at the airport were made.

Okay as the original publisher is long since gone, here is a version of the (award winning at the time!) thing I wrote on the Pristina Airport incident back in the day.

Note Putin's role. Also worth it for this bit of sassiness by the Romanian Foreign Minister.

authory.com/JohnBull/Pri...

Man 1 walking behind me in Tottenham: Feels end of days.
Man 2: Yes.
Man 1: So I might as well tell you.
Man 2: What?
Man 1: (inhales) That I love you.
Long pause.
Man 1: You don’t feel the same.
Man 2: Of course I do you silly sausage I’m just trying not to cry.

Look 👀 Janeites you can buy A Visitor's Guide to Jane #Austen's England for just £6.50 plus postage! Plus, money off all my titles! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/SueWilkes/a/...

The Cardiff Lions do an annual Drag Rugby charity match for children’s charities and it’s as beautiful as you imagined

Horses: The 6 Facts You Need to Know 1. The fastest thing in the world is either the speed of light or a horse. Scientists have not been able to determine which is faster yet because they are both very fast. 2. A horse can run faster than a man. Therefore, getting a piggyback from a man will not fully prepare you for the speed of horseriding. 3. Most horses are unable to read so if you wish to communicate with a horse, don't waste your time writing a note or sending an email. 4. The majority of horses have no concept of time. So if a horse neglects to wish you happy birthday or happy Christmas, don't take it personally. 5. I heard a rumour once which claimed that horses have x-ray vision and it enables them to see through 3 layers of clothing. I don't know if it's true but I always wear 4 layers of clothes when there are horses around, just to be on the safe side. 6. Horses struggle to walk up and down flights of stairs so if you need something from upstairs, it's faster to get it yourself.

There are 6 known facts about every animal (except dolphins, for which there are only 5). Here are the horse facts

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

Few years back someone FINALLY released an accurate Lanc for MS Flight Sim. Battlefield Youtube guys asked me to try and redo the dam raids for them.

Shit I learned:

1) You CANNOT see out of that cockpit
2) It is impossible to hit the Möhne within the official operational parameters of that plane

I would like to hear about a time someone, a stranger even, was very kind to you without any prompting, ulterior motive, or strings attached.

A forlorn landscape of layered rocks in the foreground, with hills fading into the background haze. At upper top right, a small crescent moon, and a bright star.

Open up this picture fully.

Then look at the surface of Mars.

Then look up to the top right.

Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.

Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.

That's Earth.

Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”

i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills

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