Paul Schleifer 💙💚😷♻️
@paulschleifer.bsky.social
The road to Hell is still paved with broken biscuits.
Please please please, no direct messages without a clear invitation.
Please please please, no direct messages without a clear invitation.
Well... this looks kinda important!
Walking just 3000-5000 steps/day can delay Alzheimer’s-related decline by around3 years, and 5000-7500 steps/day by up to 7 years — even if early disease markers are present.
Every step counts.
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Walking just 3000-5000 steps/day can delay Alzheimer’s-related decline by around3 years, and 5000-7500 steps/day by up to 7 years — even if early disease markers are present.
Every step counts.
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Walking 3000 steps a day seems to slow Alzheimer's-related decline
Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health
www.newscientist.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Well... this looks kinda important!
Walking just 3000-5000 steps/day can delay Alzheimer’s-related decline by around3 years, and 5000-7500 steps/day by up to 7 years — even if early disease markers are present.
Every step counts.
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Walking just 3000-5000 steps/day can delay Alzheimer’s-related decline by around3 years, and 5000-7500 steps/day by up to 7 years — even if early disease markers are present.
Every step counts.
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
"Sociological researcher Annie Kelly did her PhD in digital antifeminism and the far right..."
This feels a bit like saying, "Hold on a minute while I fetch Mum; she's a theologian," to the Jehovah's Witness couple at the door.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
This feels a bit like saying, "Hold on a minute while I fetch Mum; she's a theologian," to the Jehovah's Witness couple at the door.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
The Strange Allure of Extreme Alpha Male Influencers
My social media is awash with outspoken men with bulging abs eating raw meat. Why do I find it aspirational?
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September 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Sociological researcher Annie Kelly did her PhD in digital antifeminism and the far right..."
This feels a bit like saying, "Hold on a minute while I fetch Mum; she's a theologian," to the Jehovah's Witness couple at the door.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
This feels a bit like saying, "Hold on a minute while I fetch Mum; she's a theologian," to the Jehovah's Witness couple at the door.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
August 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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"Nearly all these discordant birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs. However, the researchers also found a few genetic males with ovaries—including a genetically male kookaburra with a distended oviduct, indicating it had recently laid an egg."
"Nearly all these discordant birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs. However, the researchers also found a few genetic males with ovaries—including a genetically male kookaburra with a distended oviduct, indicating it had recently laid an egg."
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August 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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"Nearly all these discordant birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs. However, the researchers also found a few genetic males with ovaries—including a genetically male kookaburra with a distended oviduct, indicating it had recently laid an egg."
"Nearly all these discordant birds were genetically female but had male reproductive organs. However, the researchers also found a few genetic males with ovaries—including a genetically male kookaburra with a distended oviduct, indicating it had recently laid an egg."
@thepeoplesmindai.bsky.social www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Let's hope some of these tech players seeking to repurpose ageing power plants as data centres aren't US giants like Microsoft and Amazon!
Let's hope some of these tech players seeking to repurpose ageing power plants as data centres aren't US giants like Microsoft and Amazon!
Europe's old power plants to get digital makeover driven by AI boom
Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.
www.reuters.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@thepeoplesmindai.bsky.social www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Let's hope some of these tech players seeking to repurpose ageing power plants as data centres aren't US giants like Microsoft and Amazon!
Let's hope some of these tech players seeking to repurpose ageing power plants as data centres aren't US giants like Microsoft and Amazon!
@thepeoplesmindai.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
For the first time ever, there are now more female than male doctors (118,957 vs. 118,257)! in France. General practitioners lead the way with 52.4% women. Next up: breaking ceilings in leadership (as long as it's not Le Pen!).
For the first time ever, there are now more female than male doctors (118,957 vs. 118,257)! in France. General practitioners lead the way with 52.4% women. Next up: breaking ceilings in leadership (as long as it's not Le Pen!).
For the first time ever, the majority of doctors in France are women
Out of 237,214 practicing doctors, there are 118,957 women and 118,257 men as of January 1, according to data from the Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics. Nonetheless, this i...
www.lemonde.fr
August 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
@thepeoplesmindai.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/en/france/ar...
For the first time ever, there are now more female than male doctors (118,957 vs. 118,257)! in France. General practitioners lead the way with 52.4% women. Next up: breaking ceilings in leadership (as long as it's not Le Pen!).
For the first time ever, there are now more female than male doctors (118,957 vs. 118,257)! in France. General practitioners lead the way with 52.4% women. Next up: breaking ceilings in leadership (as long as it's not Le Pen!).
This is an amazing piece of research. Maybe billionaire weirdos should stop leaching plasma from their children and fund more R&D on GLP-1 receptor agonists like tirzepatide, dulaglutide and semaglutide...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Semaglutide Slows Epigenetic Aging in People with HIV-associated lipohypertrophy: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Semaglutide is a once-weekly GLP-1 receptor agonist that has been proposed as a gerotherapeutic, yet no data exist on its effects on epigenetic aging. We therefore conducted a post-hoc epigenetic anal...
www.medrxiv.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is an amazing piece of research. Maybe billionaire weirdos should stop leaching plasma from their children and fund more R&D on GLP-1 receptor agonists like tirzepatide, dulaglutide and semaglutide...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful science-fiction/cosmic-horror subgenre.
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theconversation.com/it-is-becomi...
It is becoming easier to create AI avatars of the deceased − here is why Buddhism would caution against it
A scholar of Buddhism explains why creating a digital afterlife for loved ones may cause us to miss critical moments for genuine transformation and connection.
theconversation.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful science-fiction/cosmic-horror subgenre.
theconversation.com/it-is-becomi...
theconversation.com/it-is-becomi...
Oh look, another new kind of chemical battery that works really well and uses readily available/common materials.
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time
An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world’s first “rust” battery to connect with an ele...
www.newscientist.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Oh look, another new kind of chemical battery that works really well and uses readily available/common materials.
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
www.newscientist.com/article/2490...
The usual imagined route to AI singularity is AI-built-by-AI, but it could be about to get a huge boost from Chinese engineers.
TBH, if it takes some of the wind out of the sails (sic) of US corporations and similar entities, it might not be such a bad thing.
archive.ph/lm8mS
TBH, if it takes some of the wind out of the sails (sic) of US corporations and similar entities, it might not be such a bad thing.
archive.ph/lm8mS
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July 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The usual imagined route to AI singularity is AI-built-by-AI, but it could be about to get a huge boost from Chinese engineers.
TBH, if it takes some of the wind out of the sails (sic) of US corporations and similar entities, it might not be such a bad thing.
archive.ph/lm8mS
TBH, if it takes some of the wind out of the sails (sic) of US corporations and similar entities, it might not be such a bad thing.
archive.ph/lm8mS
Remember, they jailed Al Capone for tax evasion, not for the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre or beating anyone to death with a baseball bat.
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Trump effectively confessed he knew what Epstein was doing, and the mainstream media whiffed | Press Watch
Stenography isn’t enough when Trump unleashes something wildly self-incriminating
presswatchers.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Remember, they jailed Al Capone for tax evasion, not for the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre or beating anyone to death with a baseball bat.
presswatchers.org/2025/07/trum...
presswatchers.org/2025/07/trum...
The road to fascism is lined with idiots telling you to stop overreacting.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/is-it-too-...
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/is-it-too-...
Is It Too Late to Stop the Authoritarian Takeover of America?
(The Chilling Truth About Trump, Foreign Influence, and What We Still Have Time to Do)
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The road to fascism is lined with idiots telling you to stop overreacting.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/is-it-too-...
www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/is-it-too-...
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While I'd have thought having an arch enemy might actually enrich your life in many ways, I'm surprised cutting out arseholes adds only 2.5 months to your life.
"Negative social ties may trigger a chronic, inflammatory stress response [...] which may impair the immune system."
While I'd have thought having an arch enemy might actually enrich your life in many ways, I'm surprised cutting out arseholes adds only 2.5 months to your life.
"Negative social ties may trigger a chronic, inflammatory stress response [...] which may impair the immune system."
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July 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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While I'd have thought having an arch enemy might actually enrich your life in many ways, I'm surprised cutting out arseholes adds only 2.5 months to your life.
"Negative social ties may trigger a chronic, inflammatory stress response [...] which may impair the immune system."
While I'd have thought having an arch enemy might actually enrich your life in many ways, I'm surprised cutting out arseholes adds only 2.5 months to your life.
"Negative social ties may trigger a chronic, inflammatory stress response [...] which may impair the immune system."
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"French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Candace Owens over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man."
Good!
"French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Candace Owens over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man."
Good!
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July 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Candace Owens over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man."
Good!
"French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Candace Owens over the far-right commentator’s repeated allegations that first lady Brigitte Macron was born a man."
Good!
Ever get the idea that our planet is being terraformed by evil alien invaders disguised as billionaire oligarchs to make it more hospitable to their physiology but deadly to ours?
www.rawstory.com/trump-clean-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-clean-...
'Goes too far': GOP senators raging over Trump admin attack on clean energy
President Donald Trump's administration is poised to attack the clean energy industry with new permitting rules that would affect "scores of projects on private land," and "even Republicans say it goe...
www.rawstory.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Ever get the idea that our planet is being terraformed by evil alien invaders disguised as billionaire oligarchs to make it more hospitable to their physiology but deadly to ours?
www.rawstory.com/trump-clean-...
www.rawstory.com/trump-clean-...
"As America pulls back, it will cede ground to authoritarian China as a scientific superpower, with all the benefits that confers. MAGA’s assault on science is not just about DEI, nor is it about universities. It is first and foremost an act of self-harm."
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May 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"As America pulls back, it will cede ground to authoritarian China as a scientific superpower, with all the benefits that confers. MAGA’s assault on science is not just about DEI, nor is it about universities. It is first and foremost an act of self-harm."
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archive.ph/aLSu6
Of all the technomagical wonders described in William Gibson's Neuromancer you might have been hoping for, the one you're getting first is the one the protagonist (and maybe you too) really didn't want: a cure for cocaine.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Of all the technomagical wonders described in William Gibson's Neuromancer you might have been hoping for, the one you're getting first is the one the protagonist (and maybe you too) really didn't want: a cure for cocaine.
archive.ph/B7o0N
archive.ph/B7o0N
Does this mark the end of civilisation or merely a rest before its next expression?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests
Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Does this mark the end of civilisation or merely a rest before its next expression?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The real Muppets would do a better job than the muppets people voted for.
May 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The real Muppets would do a better job than the muppets people voted for.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Unfortunately, I think desensitising and isolation from the news is exactly what 'they' want. It will make it easier to continue with 'business as usual' models in the face of astronomical levels of migration and suffering caused by climate change.
Unfortunately, I think desensitising and isolation from the news is exactly what 'they' want. It will make it easier to continue with 'business as usual' models in the face of astronomical levels of migration and suffering caused by climate change.
‘It’s so gloomy’: some of UK’s top broadcasters admit to avoiding news
Likes of Lyse Doucet and Jonathan Dimbleby say they have at times turned away from current affairs
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Unfortunately, I think desensitising and isolation from the news is exactly what 'they' want. It will make it easier to continue with 'business as usual' models in the face of astronomical levels of migration and suffering caused by climate change.
Unfortunately, I think desensitising and isolation from the news is exactly what 'they' want. It will make it easier to continue with 'business as usual' models in the face of astronomical levels of migration and suffering caused by climate change.