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Tutus and Birthdays
Tutus! It's not uncommon to see colourful tutus prancing, leaping and trotting around parkrun courses. Typically, they celebrate milestones for participants... volunteering at or completing 25, 50, 100, 200 or 400 events. Not so yesterday at Highfields, Qld (Australian) parkrun. Tutus were celebrating parkrun's 22nd Birthday . Why tutus? Two-two; 22; tutu for those of us who had trouble keeping up... even before running the 5km event!
By Angie the Archivist 📚🪶26 days ago in Longevity
More Feline, Less Canine
I’ve got a significant birthday coming up. I am what they call an elder millennial. My algorithm likes to pepper my feed with memes about women of a certain age who stopped giving a fuck about what other people think about them. And I must say, it’s very appealing. As a recovering people pleaser, I have an unfortunate abundance of fucks. I’m looking forward to the moment when my fucks run out.
By Leslie Writes27 days ago in Longevity
Borrowed Thinking
A sixteen-year-old in 2026 can ask a chatbot to outline an essay, explain a scientific paper, compare two universities, rehearse a difficult conversation with a parent, or suggest what to do about a friend who has stopped replying. This is no longer a fringe behavior. In a Pew Research Center survey conducted in fall 2025, 54 percent of U.S. teenagers aged 13 to 17 said they had used AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, and one in ten said they do all or most of their schoolwork with that help.
By Khali Sollis27 days ago in Longevity
What Massage Taught Me About the Human Body.
I used to think massage was mostly about muscles. Find the tight spot. Apply pressure. Work it out. Move on. After years of working with people’s bodies, I’ve learned that the human body is much more complicated—and much more intelligent—than that.
By Trai R. Hawthorne29 days ago in Longevity
23,000 Gyms Closed. The Gym That Would Not Die
The first thing I noticed was the silence. At the northwest corner of the fourth floor of Fangyuanli ID MALL, behind a glass door, a thousand square meters of gym equipment hummed. No one stood at the entrance. No free trial. A QR code glowed on the wall. I scanned it. A smart locker popped open.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Why People Get Depression When Their Life Looks Fine
Why People Get Depression When Their Life Looks Fine Hideaki Anno has depression. The director of Neon Genesis Evangelion has talked about it. Under posts about him, comments repeat the same question in different fonts. How? He has money. He has fame. He has work he chose. He has fans who would wait ten years for another frame. How can a person like that be depressed?
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
I Thought White Rice Was the Worst Carb. Then I Saw What These 6 “Light” Staples Do to Blood Sugar
At noon, a bowl of liangpi with sesame paste, chili oil, and vinegar hits the spot. By 3 p.m., your eyelids are heavy, your head feels foggy, and your mouth is dry. You think you did not sleep well. Your blood sugar may already have spiked and then stayed high.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
The “Cancer That Won’t Kill You” Is Stealing People’s Hips
In the clinic, a 45-year-old man rolled up his pant leg. The pain was in his groin. It had been three months. He thought it was a herniated disc. He tried ointment and massage. Neither helped. Putting on socks had become hard. He had to lift his leg onto the bed, twist his body, and pull the sock on. The X-ray looked fine. The doctor ordered an MRI of the hip. The image showed a dark band in the femoral head.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Life After Work: Is Adapting To Life Easier In Retirement?
When the sun goes down, it takes everything it has and sees it all. Does it know tomorrow will be different, so it must adapt to whatever it meets? Annelise Lords
By Annelise Lords about a month ago in Longevity
Did the Miles Shape the Mind? Inside the New Science of Multi-Marathon Cognition
What if the people logging marathon after marathon really do think differently? That's the question sitting underneath a study published this year in the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology , led by Leo Lundy and Richard B. Reilly's group at Trinity College Dublin. The researchers gave a battery of cognitive tests to 130 multi-marathoners — people who measure their running careers in repeated marathon finish lines rather than a single race — and compared the results against normative data drawn from a large study of aging adults in Ireland. The multi-marathoners, whose average age was 53, made fewer errors on a task that measures sustained attention, responded faster on tests of cognitive and motor reaction time, and scored higher on a standard screening measure of general cognitive function than the age- and gender-matched comparison sample.
By Khali Sollisabout a month ago in Longevity
What Happened to JDB? The Red Can That Quietly Left the Freezer
The red can retreats: why JDB disappeared from the freezer Walk into a convenience store. Look at the freezer first. The most visible spots usually go to sugar-free tea, sparkling water, iced Americanos, and electrolyte water. JDB sits on the lower shelf, next to legacy juices and canned coffee. The red can still catches the eye. The hand does not reach for it first.
By Jinabout a month ago in Longevity
Could You Become a Millionaire Just By Walking?
I walk a lot (or at least try). When I was living in Europe, I walked for 4 hours a day, often for fun. However, now that I live in unwalkable suburbia somewhere in the rancid armpit of Coal Country, Pennsylvania, I’ve been having some trouble incentivizing myself to get all the walking done that I otherwise would have if I were back in the Old World. Naturally, because of this, I’ve looked into walking rewards apps to incentivize myself to get those steps up. This is not an ad for those sorts of apps. They’re predatory advertisement-slave apps that definitely sell your personal data. The ads you receive on them are scammy and usually prioritize gambling or other money-making apps that would just make you watch more ads. Even when you have enough points to claim an award, the cash-out feature is often laden with delays, and sometimes you don’t even receive your money. However, let’s transport ourselves to an ideal world, where the rate of point acquisition remains the same, and the cashout thresholds remain the same, but the cashout is at least reliable. How long and how far would I have to walk to become a millionaire?
By Steven Christopher McKnightabout a month ago in Longevity