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Junk food can scramble memory in just 4 days

Scientists discovered that high-fat junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost immediately. Within just four days, neurons in the hippocampus became overactive, impairing memory. Restoring glucose calmed the neurons, showing that interventions like fasting or dietary shifts can restore brain health. This could help prevent obesity-related dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Of more immediate application: if you need to study for anything, don't eat junk food while doing so. Eat brain food.

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Today is mostly sunny and sweltering. In late September. Fuck climate change. >_<

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/29/25 -- I watered the telephone pole garden and some savanna seedlings.

I saw a huge corn devil in the field across from us that was harvested recently. This wasn't the usual 10-15 foot tall kind. This was a wide, strong spiral of air that threw corn leaves hundreds of feet into the sky. Impressive.

EDIT 9/29/25 -- I watered the irises, old picnic table, and new picnic table.

Cicadas and crickets are singing.

As it is now dark, I am done for the night.

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Girls who are competing fiercely

ysabetwordsmith

This post has an interesting discussion about human/wildlife relationships.

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softwareangel

i wanna use dreamwidth again i MISS blogging!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ysabetwordsmith

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Today's Cooking
Philosophical Questions: Peace
Poem
Sustainability
Birdfeeding
Today's Adventures
Sustainability
Birdfeeding
Philosophical Questions: Effects
Today's Adventures
Pigeon Pea Recipes
Follow Friday 9-26-25: Jane Austen
Holiday Activities
Birdfeeding
Hobbies: Crochet
Artificial Intelligence
Birdfeeding
Hard Things

Let's Boycott Mississippi has 60 comments. Affordable Housing has 50 comments. Robotics has 72 comments.

"An Inkling of Things to Come" belongs to Polychrome: Shiv and needs $200 to be complete. Shiv attends the first session of his Worldbuilding class.

The weather is sweltering again. >_< Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches and a fox squirrel. I heard a blue jay screaming but didn't see it. Currently blooming: dandelions, marigolds, petunias, red salvia, verbena, lantana, sweet alyssum, zinnias, snapdragons, blue lobelia, perennial pinks, oxalis, moss rose, firecracker plant, tomatoes, tomatillos, yellow squash, zucchini, morning glory, chicory, Queen Anne's lace, sunflowers, cup plant, firewheel, cypress vine, sunchokes, sedum. Tomatoes, ball carrots, cucumbers, and groundcherries are ripe. Fields are about half harvested.

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ysabetwordsmith

I found this amusing.

When People Travel to the Past

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ysabetwordsmith

We made two things today!

My partner Doug riffed on a recipe using the sourdough bread we had that wasn't optimum for grilled cheese sandwiches. So he blended up eggs, cheese, and stuff to pour over slices of bread and broil. It was amazingly good. :D

I cobbled up a fruit crisp in muffin tins because I had a cooking apple, some leftover strawberries, and for the crumble topping I added a broken-up gingersnap to the usual ingredients. It turned out quite tasty. \o/

I like that we know enough about cooking to throw together something from what we have available, and it works.

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ysabetwordsmith

This is an extra question I stumbled across and thought would fit with this project:

What is your contribution to peace?

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ysabetwordsmith

I finished one of my unfinished poems from a previous fishbowl.

"New and Innovative Approaches"
Story Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Summary: Frank the Crank attends a council meeting about earthquake recovery.
411 lines, Buy It Now = $206

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ysabetwordsmith

22 Best Ethical, Sustainable Amazon Alternatives For Home, Cleaning & Personal Care Products

Amazon: It’s Jeff Bezos’s 2-day shipping giant that seems almost impossible to avoid.

But the company’s impact on both the environment and the lives of its workers has catalyzed conscious consumers to switch to alternative companies that are more ethical, environmentally friendly, and aligned with their personal values.

The good news? There are plenty of options online to meet a variety of needs. (Not to mention all of the in-person, small business, and secondhand shopping you can do, too!)

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ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and hot.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/28/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 9/28/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 9/28/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

As it is suppertime, I am done for the night.

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Girls who'd never dream of it

ysabetwordsmith

Today we went out eventing again.

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Why Better Is Less

Let’s talk about something that few people talk about. It’s the idea that provisioning quality, making sure everyone has access to what they truly need, matters more than chasing GDP numbers. In other words, it’s not about growing bigger. It’s about growing smarter.

GDP measures production but ignores unpaid caregiving, environmental costs, and well-being, a flaw even its creator, Simon Kuznets himself warned, “the welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measure of national income.”

But if we think of provisioning systems as the real things people need, like healthcare, education, housing, and electricity. When these systems work well and are universal, many social thresholds can be met using relatively low resources. Meaning you don’t need a sky‑high GDP to ensure people get what they need.

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Hello everyone!

I am writing a oneshot essentially set in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. My character is so surprised and overwhelmed by what he is seeing that I am introducing his senses one by one, but I couldnt quite imagine what it would smell like being in his position.

I know its quite humid, so thats probably the bulk of the experience, but are there any other, more subtle undertones I could include to make the scene feel more alive?
Even if you havent been to the exact location, any experience in a subtropical, humid climate would already be quite helpful.

Thank you!

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Girls who couldn't possibly

kossai

do want to get back into vintage story at some point , just not sure if want to continue world or maybe start over . progress is much harder than minecraft ( obviously by design , not complaint ) so start over would probably frustrate , but ...

see , have this thing about minecraft now that really prefer to build in creative to then play in survival , and did that with vintage story world too - not initially , did build first iteration of house in survival mode , but then get really frustrate with lack of space and swap to creative for expansion . all of materials and items still obtain through survival , just add more house space in creative .

but that is sort of problem . want to know and experience what vintage story have to offer , but already impatient and struggle with pure survival gameplay in minecraft , on easy difficulty . and remain relatively spoiler free of vintage story even still , so do not want to like ... accidentally ruin experience because accidentally create knock-on effects from this , somehow . there was already one noticeable knock-on effect - time still pass , so things will still rot and decay even if in creative . >_>;;

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Current Music: hymn to the crystals ~ rebecca tripp cover, final fantasy ost

ysabetwordsmith

Today is mostly sunny and warm.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 9/27/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 9/27/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

The cornfield across from us has been harvested. It's a bit of a wreck though, looks like Bubba Fail the Farmer set his blades too high.

As it is suppertime, I am done for the night.

Current Mood: busy

ysabetwordsmith

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What do you think the long-term effects of so many people being glued to their screens will be?

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