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Rest Restores. Nature at its best

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. Camille Pissarro

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Smell has a powerful connection to memory because the brain’s olfactory system is directly linked to regions responsible for learning and emotion. Comment: lost sense of smell in my 30’s … I can well understand this piece and the link to memories and emotions especially

Shining Science @ShiningScience Smell has a powerful connection to memory because the brain’s olfactory system is directly linked to regions responsible for learning and emotion. Research from UC Irvine showed that older adults who inhaled natural scents like rose, orange, … Continue reading

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Axios: People are using AI for legal advice and it’s driving lawyers bananas

People are using AI for legal advice and it’s driving lawyers bananas Add Axios on Google AI promises to make work more productive for lawyers, but there’s a problem: Their clients are using it, too. Why it matters: The rise of AI is … Continue reading

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The Economist: Welcome to zero-migration

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Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson warning to be aware of.

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EL PAIS: Family Feuds and Separation. Beckham family drawing attention to parent child relationships

RELATIONSHIPS ‘I don’t like my mother’: Why do children decide to distance themselves from their parents? The Beckham family’s situation highlights a reality that is becoming increasingly common on social media and in surveys: people who decide they would be … Continue reading

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Steve Hanke on X: …The US runs a $300B+ SERVICES trade surplus. Its biggest foreign market is Europe. The EU relies heavily on US cloud, software, and tech platforms. But Europe is becoming so FED UP with Trump’s tariff threats that it’s becoming ready to hit the KILL SWITCH on US services.

Steve Hanke @steve_hanke The US runs a $300B+ SERVICES trade surplus. Its biggest foreign market is Europe. The EU relies heavily on US cloud, software, and tech platforms. But Europe is becoming so FED UP with Trump’s tariff threats that … Continue reading

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Once there was the Ottoman Empire …

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John Hopkins University: Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine. Comment: so interesting for me. I have aphantasia ie no mind’s eye. Search this site for TBI Aphantasia

America’s First Research University Image caption:Kanzi, a bonobo, was part of the study Credit:Ape Initiative Animal cognition Apes share human ability to imagine A Johns Hopkins study is the first to show that the capacity to pretend is not uniquely human By Jill … Continue reading

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Axios: EV losses pile up

 EV losses pile up   Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios The price of misjudging the switch to electric vehicles swelled again yesterday, as Jeep maker Stellantis announced $26.2 billion in charges — the largest yet by any automaker, Axios’ Joann Muller reports. That amount … Continue reading

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