A study of sedentary behavior finds watching TV—compared to using a computer—is associated with an increased risk of dementia.
↩︎ Ars Technica
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From 2008 but still worth revisiting: Footage of David Lynch calmly reading Maxim in the morning while wearing gloves.
And yeah, he’s still delivering a weather report most mornings.
A reading of all 19,000-plus tweets by Elon Musk finds a person who often feels betrayed, but still won’t give up on his mission.
↩︎ New York Magazine…
One treatment for gout involves stuffing a puppy with snails and sage and roasting him over a fire: the rendered fat was then used to make a salve.
↩︎ Cambridge University Library
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People are so anxious that they are willing to buy a secondhand AC that hasn’t yet been fully refurbished. We double the price of every AC during heatwaves.
In the UK, heatwaves and drought have pushed trees into survival mode, giving the appearance that we’re already in autumn.
↩︎ BBC News
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The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. That means “more vegetation is marching toward the pole.”
↩︎ WIRED
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