Audra
@nordicvegan.bsky.social
teaching nutrition in cold climate, plant based/gluten free
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Meanwhile, in Canada…
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Meanwhile, in Canada…
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Hard to overstate the importance of the Le Pen court ruling today. We find out if the French legal system can resist far-right populism better than the US did and whether France will stay firmly in the anti-Putin camp. The implications, for Europe and the world, are enormous.
March 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hard to overstate the importance of the Le Pen court ruling today. We find out if the French legal system can resist far-right populism better than the US did and whether France will stay firmly in the anti-Putin camp. The implications, for Europe and the world, are enormous.
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We knew the bots had taken over Twitter once Musk got ahold of it. But now the bots actually OWN Twitter . . .
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Elon Musk's AI company buys X in blockbuster $33B stock deal
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been bought by tech billionaire’s artificial intelligence company xAI in a monster deal that values X at $33 billion.
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March 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We knew the bots had taken over Twitter once Musk got ahold of it. But now the bots actually OWN Twitter . . .
www.foxbusiness.com/technology/e...
www.foxbusiness.com/technology/e...
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Review: AI for Medicine 2025
Artificial intelligence for medicine 2025: Navigating the endless frontier
www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...
Artificial intelligence for medicine 2025: Navigating the endless frontier
www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...
Artificial intelligence for medicine 2025: Navigating the endless frontier
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March 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Review: AI for Medicine 2025
Artificial intelligence for medicine 2025: Navigating the endless frontier
www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...
Artificial intelligence for medicine 2025: Navigating the endless frontier
www.the-innovation.org/article/doi/...
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Late-onset menopause is associated with preservation of endothelial function, which is mediated by lower mitoROS-associated oxidative stress.
This provides new insight into the possible mechanisms of reduced cardiovascular disease risk in late-onset menopause.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
This provides new insight into the possible mechanisms of reduced cardiovascular disease risk in late-onset menopause.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Preservation of Vascular Endothelial Function in Late-Onset Postmenopausal Women | Circulation Research
BACKGROUND: Postmenopausal women (PMW) who complete menopause at a late age (55+ years) have lower
cardiovascular disease risk than PMW who complete menopause at a normal age (45–54
years). However, t...
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March 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Late-onset menopause is associated with preservation of endothelial function, which is mediated by lower mitoROS-associated oxidative stress.
This provides new insight into the possible mechanisms of reduced cardiovascular disease risk in late-onset menopause.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
This provides new insight into the possible mechanisms of reduced cardiovascular disease risk in late-onset menopause.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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While Trump cuts Ukraine funding, Orban is effectively vetoing European efforts to make up for it. Trump acts as Putin's puppet in the White House. Orban acts as his puppet within the EU.
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Trump pulls Ukraine aid
POLITICO’s must-read briefing on what’s driving the day in Brussels, by Sarah Wheaton and Nicholas Vinocur. By SARAH WHEATON with ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH Send tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @sw…
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March 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
While Trump cuts Ukraine funding, Orban is effectively vetoing European efforts to make up for it. Trump acts as Putin's puppet in the White House. Orban acts as his puppet within the EU.
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
Foxtail millet is great for soups, porridge, goes well with vegetables. Good nutrition is a form of resistance #plantbased #glutenfree #ancientgrains
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Foxtail millet is great for soups, porridge, goes well with vegetables. Good nutrition is a form of resistance #plantbased #glutenfree #ancientgrains
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The spread of agriculture didn’t just change our diets—it altered our jaws as well, making it easy to pronounce "f"s and "v"s and opening a whole new world of words.
Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://scim.ag/4gLysc0
Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://scim.ag/4gLysc0
February 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The spread of agriculture didn’t just change our diets—it altered our jaws as well, making it easy to pronounce "f"s and "v"s and opening a whole new world of words.
Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://scim.ag/4gLysc0
Learn more on #WorldAnthropologyDay: https://scim.ag/4gLysc0
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Interestingly, in the view of Trump and Musk, this war is not "pointless" for Russia, which has lost over 200,000 KIA, sending costly human wave attacks for months and years to seize the lifeless smoking ruins of distant Ukrainian towns in Donbas and declare yet another grandiose victory on TV.
February 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Interestingly, in the view of Trump and Musk, this war is not "pointless" for Russia, which has lost over 200,000 KIA, sending costly human wave attacks for months and years to seize the lifeless smoking ruins of distant Ukrainian towns in Donbas and declare yet another grandiose victory on TV.
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Zelensky is perhaps the defining figure of our age. Brave, ingenious, pragmatic and defined by his convictions. They hate him because he kills fascists.
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Zelensky is perhaps the defining figure of our age. Brave, ingenious, pragmatic and defined by his convictions. They hate him because he kills fascists.
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So we sued Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Office of Personnel Management on behalf of the two million government employees whose personal information was unlawfully disclosed.
This is a suit for injunctive relief to stop the bleeding. More to come later
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This is a suit for injunctive relief to stop the bleeding. More to come later
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So we sued Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Office of Personnel Management on behalf of the two million government employees whose personal information was unlawfully disclosed.
This is a suit for injunctive relief to stop the bleeding. More to come later
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
This is a suit for injunctive relief to stop the bleeding. More to come later
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death
"Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in lab experiments."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in lab experiments."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How Hungry Fat Cells Could Someday Starve Cancer to Death
"Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in lab experiments."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Scientists transformed energy-storing white fat cells into calorie-burning ‘beige’ fat. Once implanted, they outcompeted tumors for resources, beating back five different types of cancer in lab experiments."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mitochondria may hold the key to curing diabetes
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
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"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
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Retrograde mitochondrial signaling governs the identity and maturity of metabolic tissues
Mitochondrial damage is a hallmark of metabolic diseases, including diabetes, yet the consequences of compromised mitochondria in metabolic tissues are often unclear. Here, we report that dysfunctiona...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mitochondria may hold the key to curing diabetes
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Researchers at the University of Michigan used mice to show that dysfunctional mitochondria trigger a response that affects the maturation and function of β-cells."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains
"Brain tissues harbor higher proportions of polyethylene compared to the composition of the plastics in liver or kidney, even greater accumulation of MNPs was observed in the brain of patients with dementia."
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"Brain tissues harbor higher proportions of polyethylene compared to the composition of the plastics in liver or kidney, even greater accumulation of MNPs was observed in the brain of patients with dementia."
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February 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains
"Brain tissues harbor higher proportions of polyethylene compared to the composition of the plastics in liver or kidney, even greater accumulation of MNPs was observed in the brain of patients with dementia."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Brain tissues harbor higher proportions of polyethylene compared to the composition of the plastics in liver or kidney, even greater accumulation of MNPs was observed in the brain of patients with dementia."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating
“How does the brain know when the body has had enough--and how does it act on that information to stop eating?”
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“How does the brain know when the body has had enough--and how does it act on that information to stop eating?”
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Brainstem neuropeptidergic neurons link a neurohumoral axis to satiation
Use of spatially resolved molecular profiling identifies CCK neurons in the brainstem’s
dorsal raphe nucleus. These neurons track ingestion to promote satiation through a
sustained signaling mechanism...
www.cell.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Researchers discover the brain cells that tell you to stop eating
“How does the brain know when the body has had enough--and how does it act on that information to stop eating?”
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
“How does the brain know when the body has had enough--and how does it act on that information to stop eating?”
www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
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Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...
February 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Journalism is collapsing in the middle of the information war iandunt.substack.com/p/journalism...
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New therapeutic target for diabetes in overweight people
“Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes”
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“Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes”
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Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes
Insulin resistance is a hallmark of obesity-associated type 2 diabetes. Insulin’s actions go beyond metabolic cells and also involve blood vessels, where insulin increases capillary blood flow and del...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New therapeutic target for diabetes in overweight people
“Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“Endothelial insulin resistance induced by adrenomedullin mediates obesity-associated diabetes”
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Truly abysmal goings-on at the Mirror, as reported in Private Eye. Literally holding my head in my hands reading this.
February 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Truly abysmal goings-on at the Mirror, as reported in Private Eye. Literally holding my head in my hands reading this.
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"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and replace them with political appointees..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/c...
E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More
A spokeswoman for the agency said the change was “common practice.” Others said it injects partisanship into jobs that have always been neutral.
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February 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"The Environmental Protection Agency plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific research, the enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup and the agency’s human resources department and replace them with political appointees..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/c...
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This is the stuff I want to hear about. Better than shrugging and acquiescing.
Reps. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) and Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) barged into House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office unscheduled on Wednesday and challenged him about Elon Musk's team gaining access to a sensitive payment system at the Treasury Department.
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Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is the stuff I want to hear about. Better than shrugging and acquiescing.
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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What's particularly interesting is that all those wearing white gloves and writing op-eds in Western media on how they are concerned and outraged about Ukraine so unwisely dismantling Russian imperial monuments in Odesa never lost their sleep over Russia ruining Ukrainian monuments...
February 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What's particularly interesting is that all those wearing white gloves and writing op-eds in Western media on how they are concerned and outraged about Ukraine so unwisely dismantling Russian imperial monuments in Odesa never lost their sleep over Russia ruining Ukrainian monuments...