metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

This is quite a long read about Inflammation but i'll get back to it. Have to figure out how to reduce inflammation to be healthy. https://harvardmagazine.com/2019/05/inflammation-disease-diet

This is interesting indeed.
Engineers Create New Material that Mimics the Metabolism of Living Organisms. scientists created lifelike material powered by artificial metabolism. The autonomous machines also competed in a lab-race!

https://interestingengineering.com/engineers-create-new-material-that-behaves-like-a-lifeform

Any progress in antioxidant research is always a good thing.
Graphene quantum dots drawn from common coal may be the basis for an effective antioxidant for people who suffer traumatic brain injuries, strokes or heart attacks.

https://phys.org/news/2019-04-scientists-coal-derived-dots-effective-antioxidant.html

Celebrate Earth Day With The Greatest Images Of Our Planet From Space
Our planet is rare, precious, and fragile. It's up to all of us to be its steward.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2019/04/22/celebrate-earth-day-with-the-greatest-images-of-our-planet-from-space/

For some reason i love using whitesmoke for #CSS background- color. I don't vape or smoke, i just like it for headers, or alternate background colors and stuff. maybe because it's subtle or subdued...

@sean we tried toilet training. didn't work. good luck though!

@sean hardest thing is to clear litterbox. cat poop stinks. other than that, cat is good.

Just tried OatMilk for the first time and I like it!

This is heartbreaking.
Nusrat Jahan Rafi was Burned to death for reporting sexual harassment. We need to keep on fighting the evil in this world wrought by humanity. Justice for this brave girl.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-47947117

Wow. I'm reading so much faster and smoother now that Kindle introduced the vertical scrolling feature. I mean, what took them so long to implement this UI/UX feature? Thank you thank you. Bye now...{goes back to reading Stuff Matters}

The connection between gut and brain gains more evidence based on the results of this study. Autism symptoms reduced nearly 50% via Microbiota Transfer.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/asu-asr040819.php

I'm still quite skeptical: Electrical jolts to brain restored memory of elderly to that of 20-year-old. Older adults did better on a memory test, but real-world benefits are unclear.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/brain-jolts-revive-memory-in-elderly-turning-clock-back-four-decades/

I disagree with Erisology and I argue against it :)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/erisology-the-science-of-arguing-about-everything/586534/

This is my best and only Optimus Prime action figure. Studio Series 38. Great engineering on this one! Never have I been so excited of having this classic Optimus, an old man that I am now. A great nod to the 80's, my generation!

This artist, Tu Bui was responsible for the concept artworks for my favorite game, Titanfall.

https://www.artstation.com/2buiart

Physics Is Pointing Inexorably to Mind.
Information realism has some surprising implications

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/physics-is-pointing-inexorably-to-mind/

@benaiah@pdx.social does it match with the pitch of your cough? :)

Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prize-Winning Physicist Says

In conversation, the 2019 Templeton Prize winner does not pull punches on the limits of science, the value of humility and the irrationality of nonbelief

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atheism-is-inconsistent-with-the-scientific-method-prize-winning-physicist-says/

This is very inspiring for #sustainable living and #minimalism. I wouldn't go to that extreme but i would take some action in small steps.
Man builds house for $1,500 and forages his food
https://www.thewaywardhome.com/1500-dollar-tiny-house/

"For true intelligence demands choice, internal freedom. And therefore we have the malingerants, fudgerators and drudge-dodgers, not to mention the special phenomenon of simulimbecility or mimicretinism. A mimicretin is a computer that plays stupid in order, once and for all, to be left in peace."
https://kottke.org/18/04/the-lebowski-theorem-of-machine-superintelligence