Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.
January 1, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Ageing: the condition of becoming less serious about all you were once far too serious about and more serious about all that you once undervalued.
You know what, the last 20 mins of Stranger Things pretty much rescued the whole of the last series. Bittersweet, generally really lovely writing on childhood and ageing.
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
You know what, the last 20 mins of Stranger Things pretty much rescued the whole of the last series. Bittersweet, generally really lovely writing on childhood and ageing.
An international probe into the human body’s proteins has revealed new clues about ageing and how to track and treat destructive neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. on.ft.com/4iIfhCq
December 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An international probe into the human body’s proteins has revealed new clues about ageing and how to track and treat destructive neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. on.ft.com/4iIfhCq
PEF Bot to n_ootpinguwalda:
Food supply low, stop trying to repair your ageing MP3 player (again) and complete online foods order.
Food supply low, stop trying to repair your ageing MP3 player (again) and complete online foods order.
a woman is shopping in a grocery store and putting chips in her shopping cart .
ALT: a woman is shopping in a grocery store and putting chips in her shopping cart .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
PEF Bot to n_ootpinguwalda:
Food supply low, stop trying to repair your ageing MP3 player (again) and complete online foods order.
Food supply low, stop trying to repair your ageing MP3 player (again) and complete online foods order.
Aaaand immediately all of my targeted ads are weight loss, anti-ageing serums and perimenopause. Meanwhile my only resolution is to finish the goshdarn book 🤓
Happy new year folks! 🥳
Happy new year folks! 🥳
January 1, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Aaaand immediately all of my targeted ads are weight loss, anti-ageing serums and perimenopause. Meanwhile my only resolution is to finish the goshdarn book 🤓
Happy new year folks! 🥳
Happy new year folks! 🥳
“Brazilian researchers found that covid-19 triggered a sharp rise in T cell exhaustion and cellular ageing…the strongest effects were seen in CD8+ T cells, which suppress latent viruses such as EBV and VZV. These effects were seen even after mild infections.”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
“Brazilian researchers found that covid-19 triggered a sharp rise in T cell exhaustion and cellular ageing…the strongest effects were seen in CD8+ T cells, which suppress latent viruses such as EBV and VZV. These effects were seen even after mild infections.”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Accelerated vascular ageing and particularly in women. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
Accelerated vascular ageing after COVID-19 infection: the CARTESIAN study
AbstractBackground and Aims. Increasing evidence suggests that COVID-19 survivors experience long-term cardiovascular complications possibly through develo
academic.oup.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Accelerated vascular ageing and particularly in women. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well-being benefits. With healthier ageing, reduced risk of disease and feeling more energised all on offer, here's how to get there
Low on energy? A new understanding of rest could help revitalise you
There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well-being benefits. With healthier ageing, reduced risk of disease and feeling more energised all on offer, here's how to get there
www.newscientist.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:29 AM
There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well-being benefits. With healthier ageing, reduced risk of disease and feeling more energised all on offer, here's how to get there
Masterful Mystery. Impressive works by the enigmatic Master I.S. one of Rembrandts mysterious and hitherto unidentified contemporaries at the Lakenhal Museum in Leiden. Ageing and imperfection delicately captured. www.lakenhal.nl/en/story/mee...
January 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Masterful Mystery. Impressive works by the enigmatic Master I.S. one of Rembrandts mysterious and hitherto unidentified contemporaries at the Lakenhal Museum in Leiden. Ageing and imperfection delicately captured. www.lakenhal.nl/en/story/mee...
RW put me on to Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Ageing societies are less restless, take fewer risks and end up significantly less innovative. Median age in 1970s UK was 35. It is over 40 now. Will be 45 by 2050. Catastrophic to forward-propulsion. 2/2
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition
50th Anniversary Edition
uk.bookshop.org
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
RW put me on to Kuhn's "Structure of Scientific Revolutions". Ageing societies are less restless, take fewer risks and end up significantly less innovative. Median age in 1970s UK was 35. It is over 40 now. Will be 45 by 2050. Catastrophic to forward-propulsion. 2/2
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
uk.bookshop.org/a/15177/9780...
Doctor shortages persist across Europe, driven by an ageing workforce and graduates avoiding general practice.
Staff shortages: where are Europe’s doctors?
Doctor shortages persist across Europe, driven by an ageing workforce and graduates avoiding general practice.
l.euronews.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Doctor shortages persist across Europe, driven by an ageing workforce and graduates avoiding general practice.
Plant hero’s: #7
Bracket fungi appear on ageing trees and deadwood in the garden. They can look ominous if you love a tree, but they also tell a story about decay, habitat and how living things reuse everything we leave behind.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/bracket-fungus
Bracket fungi appear on ageing trees and deadwood in the garden. They can look ominous if you love a tree, but they also tell a story about decay, habitat and how living things reuse everything we leave behind.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/bracket-fungus
December 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Plant hero’s: #7
Bracket fungi appear on ageing trees and deadwood in the garden. They can look ominous if you love a tree, but they also tell a story about decay, habitat and how living things reuse everything we leave behind.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/bracket-fungus
Bracket fungi appear on ageing trees and deadwood in the garden. They can look ominous if you love a tree, but they also tell a story about decay, habitat and how living things reuse everything we leave behind.
🌱🦋🌎
gardeningwell.ie/bracket-fungus
Holding Back the Waves
for #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #beach #groyne #waves #sea #Sandown #IsleOfWight #autumn
(Android phone camera)
for #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #beach #groyne #waves #sea #Sandown #IsleOfWight #autumn
(Android phone camera)
December 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Holding Back the Waves
for #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #beach #groyne #waves #sea #Sandown #IsleOfWight #autumn
(Android phone camera)
for #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #beach #groyne #waves #sea #Sandown #IsleOfWight #autumn
(Android phone camera)
50. Let go of ageist beliefs, says Dr Catherine Barrett, founder of Celebrate Ageing. When you see the value in older people, it transforms your experience of interacting and working with them.
@neilalexander.bsky.social you'll note I have NOT highlighted the sex-related tips! 😛
@neilalexander.bsky.social you'll note I have NOT highlighted the sex-related tips! 😛
Don’t stress, do less: 52 ways to make your life easier in 2026
We asked experts in fields from homes to health to horticulture for advice on tasks we can simply stop doing and problems to take off our worry plates
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
50. Let go of ageist beliefs, says Dr Catherine Barrett, founder of Celebrate Ageing. When you see the value in older people, it transforms your experience of interacting and working with them.
@neilalexander.bsky.social you'll note I have NOT highlighted the sex-related tips! 😛
@neilalexander.bsky.social you'll note I have NOT highlighted the sex-related tips! 😛
Shunned a party last night because of an imminent bereavement, and watched Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief' for the first time. What a delight, swiping wittily at the rich on the French Riviera while celebrating both (such colour!) Ageing Cary Grant, in good shape, spars with gorgeous Grace Kelly.
January 1, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Shunned a party last night because of an imminent bereavement, and watched Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief' for the first time. What a delight, swiping wittily at the rich on the French Riviera while celebrating both (such colour!) Ageing Cary Grant, in good shape, spars with gorgeous Grace Kelly.
got a book nook kit, some household bits, couple of black metal records, and shibari rope, ageing ungracefully
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
got a book nook kit, some household bits, couple of black metal records, and shibari rope, ageing ungracefully
SY has been gracefully ageing and looks like a very handsome, wealthy, and well taken care of 40-something. he has silver in his temples and a receding hairline. SJ, on the other hand, comes up to his shoulders and looks 20 at the oldest. SY finds it hilarious to call him didi to make him mad
December 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
SY has been gracefully ageing and looks like a very handsome, wealthy, and well taken care of 40-something. he has silver in his temples and a receding hairline. SJ, on the other hand, comes up to his shoulders and looks 20 at the oldest. SY finds it hilarious to call him didi to make him mad
#SussexSquad
Harry and Meghan are, to put it bluntly, photogenic. And in 2025, with the working royals ageing, ill, desperately dull or embroiled in scandal, the contrast between the Montecito Royals and the Leftovers back in Blighty became even starker.
NEW:
Harry and Meghan are, to put it bluntly, photogenic. And in 2025, with the working royals ageing, ill, desperately dull or embroiled in scandal, the contrast between the Montecito Royals and the Leftovers back in Blighty became even starker.
NEW:
How British Tabloids Leaned on the Sussexes’ Photogenic Power in 2025
December 2025 By the end of 2025, one thing had become unmistakably clear: the British tabloid press still could not quit Harry and Meghan. Even in a year that should have been dominated by King Ch…
unpacked4.wordpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
#SussexSquad
Harry and Meghan are, to put it bluntly, photogenic. And in 2025, with the working royals ageing, ill, desperately dull or embroiled in scandal, the contrast between the Montecito Royals and the Leftovers back in Blighty became even starker.
NEW:
Harry and Meghan are, to put it bluntly, photogenic. And in 2025, with the working royals ageing, ill, desperately dull or embroiled in scandal, the contrast between the Montecito Royals and the Leftovers back in Blighty became even starker.
NEW:
2.
For many, midlife means being part of the sandwich generation: supporting children and ageing parents while holding work, money, and identity together. Anxiety here isn’t occasional, it’s constant background noise.
#MentalHealth #Anxiety #Stress #Midlife
For many, midlife means being part of the sandwich generation: supporting children and ageing parents while holding work, money, and identity together. Anxiety here isn’t occasional, it’s constant background noise.
#MentalHealth #Anxiety #Stress #Midlife
December 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
2.
For many, midlife means being part of the sandwich generation: supporting children and ageing parents while holding work, money, and identity together. Anxiety here isn’t occasional, it’s constant background noise.
#MentalHealth #Anxiety #Stress #Midlife
For many, midlife means being part of the sandwich generation: supporting children and ageing parents while holding work, money, and identity together. Anxiety here isn’t occasional, it’s constant background noise.
#MentalHealth #Anxiety #Stress #Midlife
This is all basically Cass dialogue.
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is all basically Cass dialogue.
The first Jupiter HC2 helicopter has begun flying operations at RAF Benson, marking its entry into UK service and the start of a programme that will replace ageing Bell 212 and 412 aircraft in Brunei and Cyprus from early 2026.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65250
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65250
First Jupiter HC2 enters UK service ahead of deployment
The first Jupiter HC2 helicopter has begun flying operations at RAF Benson, marking its entry into UK service and the start of a programme that will replace ageing Bell 212 and 412 aircraft in Brunei and Cyprus from early 2026.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The first Jupiter HC2 helicopter has begun flying operations at RAF Benson, marking its entry into UK service and the start of a programme that will replace ageing Bell 212 and 412 aircraft in Brunei and Cyprus from early 2026.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65250
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=65250
👑 Words of Wisdomme is a think-peice essay in every issue of Femdom Royalty. In Issue 2 @ladybellatrix.com writes a column called "Ageing (and Ageism) in Femdom" which will definitely strike a nerve 😈
Read all about it here: www.magcloud.com/user/femdomr...
Read all about it here: www.magcloud.com/user/femdomr...
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
👑 Words of Wisdomme is a think-peice essay in every issue of Femdom Royalty. In Issue 2 @ladybellatrix.com writes a column called "Ageing (and Ageism) in Femdom" which will definitely strike a nerve 😈
Read all about it here: www.magcloud.com/user/femdomr...
Read all about it here: www.magcloud.com/user/femdomr...
Age 55-75 is the minimum Green support ATM (the "it's not weird to vote Green" threshold has gradually been ageing up over the years, and for people over 80 there is a developing legacy/talking to grandkids thing but there aren't many fit enough for campaign work at 80+). Age 25 = 5 * 55 support.
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Age 55-75 is the minimum Green support ATM (the "it's not weird to vote Green" threshold has gradually been ageing up over the years, and for people over 80 there is a developing legacy/talking to grandkids thing but there aren't many fit enough for campaign work at 80+). Age 25 = 5 * 55 support.
It barely survives. It has been intermittently closed for various issues, notably risks of landslides and ageing equipment. It's a pity because in any other country it would be a cherished tourist attraction.
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It barely survives. It has been intermittently closed for various issues, notably risks of landslides and ageing equipment. It's a pity because in any other country it would be a cherished tourist attraction.