Lucy Downes

Vigorous exercise can reduce risk of developing dementia, research shows Scientists have, for the first time, linked exercise with a particular protein in the blood that is associated with brain health.

Scientists have, for the first time, linked exercise with a particular protein in the blood that is associated with brain health.

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Watching on from Australia in disbelief and horror.

WOAH!!! 😳😳😳
I knew it was so but this is the first time I’ve seen it used as a threat publicly.

Keep us posted Ian. Glad you’re comfortable.

Keep us posted Ian. Glad you’re comfortable.

❤️🤍💙

😂

It will never not blow my mind that we can take pictures of the SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET and only a *few hours later* see them on our phones

like this one, taken earlier today

I’m thinking along the lines of activity/conversations the Saudis want tracked.

That plane has got to be bugged.

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WOW. A brutal analysis.
I applaud every sentence.

Good one: Pope Leo XIV called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine & an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages & delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff.

www.npr.org/2025/05/11/g...

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

I always look forward to funerals too. Good times.

Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.

"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."

The President of the United States: "I just asked the brutal dictator of a foreign country to build extermination camps in his country so I can send innocent American citizens there to die!"

American media: "Wow, look, Katy Perry went to space today!"

Australians are also avoiding America.

Never a dull moment! 🤣

Earth’s Coral Reefs Face a New, Deadly Mass Bleaching. They Can Still Be Saved “A mass bleaching event is, by definition, a mass mortality event,” a leading coral reef expert says

Interview re coral reefs with Scientific American:

“We shouldn’t give up on the world’s coral reefs…. But restoration is not the way to save them.

The way to save them is to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, & that, of course, is much, much harder.”

www.scientificamerican.com/article/eart...

This.

Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

Never trust a person with thin lips. Particularly one who curls them in to that extent.

I will also tell him there are millions of great Americans who care and worry about their country. 🤗

We are keeping a close eye on America ( as is the rest of the world ). I dearly want to visit your amazing National Parks.

But if things continue to deteriorate over there with Trump and his tech-bro oligarchs steadily dismantling institutions that are fundamental to democracy I’ll just wait.

Up here in North QLD, it feels like we’ve regressed.
People are emboldened to voice their racism proudly.

QLD has reversed a plan for a treaty. And the steady removal of Welcome To Country and re-introduction of Australia Day merch is disappointing.

I’m Australian and the chaos of Trump’s 2nd term is dominating our news cycle.
It’s draining.
And terrifying.
Even to those like me who are so far away.

His plan is for his gap year in 2 years time so I guess he’ll re-evaluate it then.

He was quite upset at the EO to re-introduce plastic straws. He knows how dire they are for marine life. Why would anyone want to kill more turtles?

Agree! I read an article ( wish Bluesky had bookmarks! ) that said the Presidency needs to be shoved down Trump’s throat day in day out.

Force him to work “like a dog”. Be relentless in questioning him, challenging him. Be demanding. Don’t let up on him. Chip away at him till he’s exhausted.

That deserves a follow.
Humility. Self awareness.
Black humour.
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