The great sameness: a comic on how AI makes us more alike
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/the-great-sameness-light-and-shade-digital-220925
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/the-great-sameness-light-and-shade-digital-220925
It's Nice That
The great sameness: a comic on how AI makes us more alike
Studies say that using generative AI flattens our collective creative individuality. But how does this happen? Comic artist Jordan Bolton shows us, so we might escape the same fate.
Why do we remember some life moments but not others?
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/why-do-we-remember-some-moments-but-not-others/
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/why-do-we-remember-some-moments-but-not-others/
Boston University
Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others?
BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an emotionally charged event
Thousands of Japanese centenarians may have died decades ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/10/japenese-centenarians-records
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/10/japenese-centenarians-records
the Guardian
Thousands of Japanese centenarians may have died decades ago
More than 77,000 people aged 120 or over – 884 aged 150 or higher – are listed on government records as still alive
Loneliness increases mortality risk by 32%
We know loneliness is killing people. Literally rewiring their bodies to self-destruct. We know exactly how to help them. But we’re still treating it like some personal weakness instead of the health crisis it really is.
https://lightcapai.medium.com/the-loneliness-epidemic-threatens-physical-health-like-smoking-e063220dde8b
We know loneliness is killing people. Literally rewiring their bodies to self-destruct. We know exactly how to help them. But we’re still treating it like some personal weakness instead of the health crisis it really is.
https://lightcapai.medium.com/the-loneliness-epidemic-threatens-physical-health-like-smoking-e063220dde8b
Medium
The loneliness epidemic threatens physical health like smoking
Loneliness increases death risk by 32% but we know how to fix it. Real solutions that cut loneliness in half, from mindfulness to community…
Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09-24-any-level-alcohol-consumption-increases-risk-dementia
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09-24-any-level-alcohol-consumption-increases-risk-dementia
University of Oxford
Any level of alcohol consumption increases risk of dementia
Any amount of alcohol consumption may increase risk of dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of alcohol consumption and dementia risk to date.
Why you should grow and keep big muscles
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength with age. It often catches people off guard and people realize it when it’s too late. Starting as early as age 30, we begin to lose 3% to 5% of our muscle mass each decade.
https://todaypurpose.com/posts/big-muscles/
Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle strength with age. It often catches people off guard and people realize it when it’s too late. Starting as early as age 30, we begin to lose 3% to 5% of our muscle mass each decade.
https://todaypurpose.com/posts/big-muscles/
Increasing your practice surface area
Let's say you and a friend decide to learn something new together. Guitar, chess, coding, whatever. You both sign up for the same class, practice for the same scheduled hour each day, watch the same YouTube tutorials.
Six weeks later, they’re proficient and you’re still stuttering through the basics. We all know the standard explanation: talent. They’ve got it, you don’t.
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/lifestyle/increasing-your-practice-surface-area-agxYGi9bL0gd1WYYQZAu
Let's say you and a friend decide to learn something new together. Guitar, chess, coding, whatever. You both sign up for the same class, practice for the same scheduled hour each day, watch the same YouTube tutorials.
Six weeks later, they’re proficient and you’re still stuttering through the basics. We all know the standard explanation: talent. They’ve got it, you don’t.
https://www.indiehackers.com/post/lifestyle/increasing-your-practice-surface-area-agxYGi9bL0gd1WYYQZAu
Indie Hackers
Increasing your practice surface area
The difference between being good and being great isn’t talent or formal training, but the invisible practice that happens when you're just living life.
How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/middleeast/gaza-famine-causes-vis-intl
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/02/middleeast/gaza-famine-causes-vis-intl
CNN
How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized
Israel’s war in Gaza led to more than half a million Palestinians being stuck in a cycle of ‘starvation, destitution and death,’ a UN-backed initiative said. Five charts explain how.
A simple habit that saves my evenings
https://alikhil.dev/posts/the-simple-habit-that-saves-my-evenings/
https://alikhil.dev/posts/the-simple-habit-that-saves-my-evenings/
alikhil.dev
The Simple Habit That Saves My Evenings | alikhil | software engineering, kubernetes & self-hosting
As a software engineer, I often work on big tasks that require hours of continuous and focused work. However, we have plenty of meetings, colleagues asking us something in Slack, and lunch breaks. Add a colleague who comes to you and calls you for a cup of…
10k pushups and other silly exercise quests that changed my life
https://wjgilmore.com/articles/10000-pushups
https://wjgilmore.com/articles/10000-pushups
W. Jason Gilmore
10,000 Pushups And Other Silly Exercise Quests That Changed My Life
A few thoughts regarding my climb from 0 to 10,000 pushups in less than a year.
Learning a foreign language–before you're born
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/10/03/learning-a-foreign-language-before-you-re-born
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/10/03/learning-a-foreign-language-before-you-re-born
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/
Learning a foreign language—before you’re born!
A study shows that newborn babies respond differently to a language if they were exposed to it briefly in the womb.
An illustrated introduction to linear algebra
https://www.ducktyped.org/p/an-illustrated-introduction-to-linear
https://www.ducktyped.org/p/an-illustrated-introduction-to-linear
www.ducktyped.org
An Illustrated Introduction to Linear Algebra
Chapter 1: Row vs column picture
Daniel Kahneman opted for assisted suicide in Switzerland
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/nobel-prize-winner-opts-for-suicide-in-switzerland-2619460.html
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/entertainment/nobel-prize-winner-opts-for-suicide-in-switzerland-2619460.html
blue News
Nobel Prize winner opts for suicide in Switzerland
At the age of 90, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman has decided to die by his own hand in Switzerland. He spent his last days in Paris - conscious, fulfilled and quiet.