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The latest on anti aging research. . .
We’ve moved up to monkeys.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41419-025-07958-6
Next step, lawyers?
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We have to achieve Net Zero first.
Otherwise there will be nothing to live for.
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Naaa. Magnetic pole shift and loss of the Earth’s magnetic field will get us all first 🙂
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” will get us all ”
Surely this has happened before , and we are still here , are we not?
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Humans are resilient, but the demographics aren’t looking too good.
The big take out of this paper, stem cell therapy improves the reproductive potential of monkeys and presumably humans.
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Oh, go on then. Not all of us, but a fair majority.
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The linked article starts off saying that biblical characters from the old testament lived many hundreds of years, so why don’t we.
Ancient people measured lived age by life events, often by lunar cycles and other ways.
When you have an agrarian society the moon cycles rule along with the seasons.
So those long lives could be divided by 12 or 4.
At 71, I could be 284 or 852.
That said, I would like to live a long life without the cellular decay, but I suppose by world standards I already am.
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The “4 seasons” concept appears to be more recent than biblical characters. Moon cycles did play a vital role for ancients. With 13 per year, Methuselah, who is said to have lived for 969 years, would have reached about 75. With this in mind, you are older than Methuselah! Congratulations.
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Genesis 5:21 “When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah.”
65 divided by 13….Kinda rules out the lunar cycles interpretation.
Genesis 6:3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”
120 divided by 4….There goes the 4 seasons.
The only thing miraculous in all this is that they lived so long without a single booster shot!
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Then (as the question was asked way back in BC) how old was Methuselah’s billy goat?
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I posted a list ages ago on religious figures with laughably long lifespans.
But none as old as Keith Richards.😆
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At Stoke-on-Tent, in Once Great Britain, you can book for your ELEVENTH covid jab.
It’s unbelievable that they’re still pushing this junk.
Not a joke.
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One Jab, Two Jab, three jab Floor………
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Ben Lewis, stage actor including lead in Phantom of the Opera, passed yesterday from bowel cancer at the age of 46. Thoughts and prayers to the ones affected by this tragedy.
Now the tough love: His wife Home and Away actress Melle Stewart, when aged 40, suffered a stroke two weeks after her first AstraZeneca jab. Her story including her long road to recovery and decision to sue for compensation was covered in this 9NEWS 2023 report which the DM story on Ben’s passing also links to.
The 9NEWS story includes claims that:
While Stewart remains pro-vaccination and continues to plan to have booster jabs, she wants compensation for her horror ordeal.
And
The couple say they remain pro-vaccination – even booking booster jabs next week.
It would appear from the booster appointment comment that Ben would have taken an initial shot and was prepared to continue with boosters.
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Further to JC II ‘s comment about A.I., yesterday I watched a video of someone asking two different AI (ChatGPT and Claude , from memory) the same question , and got two completely opposite answers.
The question was ” was Charlie Kirk killed by zionists?”
Curiously, I can no longer find the video , which apparently was immediately banned on the “U.S. Tik tok” channel.
Clearly AI can “select” what it wants to consider. Or is trained to do so.
Reminds me of the university paid “scientists”question to the funders of their “research” :- ” what would you like the result to be?”
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Or was the video killed by people who want you to think Charlie Kirk was killed by zionists?
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Or does someone want you to believe that the video was killed?
Is this the “killed” video?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPSCfUJEc4V/
AI cannot be trusted in all matters.
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Nothing about current affairs etc.
On their way to the church to get married, a young Catholic couple
were involved in a fatal car accident.
Being good Catholics the young couple find themselves sitting outside
the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven.
While waiting, they begin to wonder: could they possibly get married in
Heaven?
When St. Peter finally showed up, they asked him.
St Peter said “I don’t know. This is the first time anyone has asked.
Let me go find out” and he leaves them sitting at the Gate.
After three months, St Peter finally returns, looking somewhat
bedraggled. “Yes” he informs the couple ” I can get you married in
Heaven”.
“Great!” said the couple “But we were just wondering, what if things
don’t work out? Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?”
“You must be bloody joking” says St. Peter, red-faced with
frustration, slamming his clipboard on the ground.
“What’s wrong?” asked the frightened couple”.
“OH, COME ON!” St. Peter shouted “It took me three months to find a
priest up here…..do you have any idea how long it’ll take me to find
a lawyer?”
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Two travelling salesmen drive into a small Irish village and one screams for the other who is driving to stop the car. He then leaps out of the car and races into the village church where he enters the confessional and states “Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I have been with a married woman.”
The priest responds “Would that be Mary O’Driscol on Chester Street up to her old tricks again?” “No Father” replies the salesman. “Oh dear Mother of God! Kathleen O’Dowd on Drury Lane hasn’t been tempted again has she?” “No father”. Having failed in his guesses the priest says “Stop your sinful ways, 20 Hail Marys and be off with you”.
The salesman leaves the confessional and races back to the car where the incredulous driver comments “Patrick, I didn’t know you were so religious”. “I’m not” replies Patrick, “I just got us two hot dates for tomorrow night”.
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Apparently , content generated by A.I is banned on tik tok.
The meaning of “generated” seems to be deliberately ambiguous; that would explain the discrepancy described in my comment.
Is the person who asks AI a question the generator , or is it AI itself?
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I notice that the big car race is on this weekend at Wahluu!
Huh!
Tony.
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It’s not what it used to be since they stopped using the same family sedans Joe and Joanne Six-pack could buy off the showroom floor.
And when we had Australian manufacturing which actually made most of the cars used.
I used to attend, back in the day. Now it means almost nothing to me.
It’s still Mt Panorama to me, not Wahluu. I wonder how long before it’s declared a native sacred site and tribute is required to be paid or racing and other activities banned? (It’s already a sacred site for the settler population.)
Here is a look at the race by American NASCAR legend Darrell Waltrip from 13 years ago. https://youtu.be/kLkLtBkUVuo
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Apparently a claim is underway by local tribespeople after one member’s ashes were scattered on the summit in 2022.
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We recognise V8’s; both past and present, and those emerging despite the spectre of BEV’s.
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I drove a new Holden EH sedan on dealer trade number plates in the 1960s, a Bathurst special edition and a couple of hundred build by GMH to meet race requirements.
How times have changed, that EH had sintered trim brake linings and a power booster, twin carburettors, exhaust system modifications, heavier shock absorbers and spring rating but not much different to a production in line six engine sedan.
I drove it from Sydney GMH factory to a country dealership.
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Drum brakes
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Were there gates at the border crossing then? And was the road sealed all the way? Were there posted speed limits in both States?
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What word(s) in their ancient language(s) were translated into the English “year? And through how many intervening translations?
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Oops,
Wrong spot. Will repost correctly – hopefully.
K
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FWIW – Scribbling over “common knowledge”
“President Trump is making markers great again. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal ran a delightful and timely story headlined, “Sharpie Found a Way to Make Pens More Cheaply—By Manufacturing Them in the U.S.” The subheadline added, “Newell Brands moved production without cutting employee count or raising prices.” For my entire adult life, I was told this kind of thing was impossible. The writing was on the wall. They said: America just can’t compete with lower Chinese labor costs.”
More at
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/just-compensation-monday-october?
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China is aging rapidly. In just 25 years, China will have the oldest median age of any country on Earth at 54yrs. USA is aging slower due to its immigration and desirability for high tech workers. USA median age is currently 1 year lower than China and ageing at a slower rate.
So China is facing a productivity wall. Aged care will be an increasing factor in China.
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Aged care will be an increasing factor in China
I might suggest that the elderly Chinese should hope that traditional respect for the elderly is maintained under the CCP definition of “aged care”
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Good morning shoppers,
just letting you know that the AUD has lost 35% of its value in the last 12 months!
(gold price 7/10/2024 $3910 …. 8/10/2025 $6013)
Enjoy your 4% interest on savings!
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Here is a graph and there is no need for alarm, we’ll join BRICS.
https://www.datawrapper.de/_/7DArf/
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But that is against the $U.S. ; the picture against gold is less pretty.
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Pre ’66, in the old money, in Aussie slang “a dollar” was 5 bob ie 50c now. This was a throwback to the war when GIs could spend their green freely. Taxi drivers, shopkeepers etc used an exchange of 4 to a pound. I’m sure there was a little fat on the side for the trader but the Yanks were rich and found the price acceptable.
At the current exchange [long term, rule of thumb] of 66.6c/US$ we have depreciated 66.6% during my lifetime.
Menzies said we rode on the sheep’s back, now we depend on our miners.
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Victoria has already signed on.
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They have been tricked into thinking that regime change is coming to our biggest trading partner. We won’t join BRICS until Xi and Putin have passed into history.
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There is no BRICS currency. Neither China nor Russia have freely tradable currencies.
It has been de rigueur for 2,000 yrs that only gold defies devaluation of fiat currencies. As long as there are wars governments will steal from the citizens to fund them.
An oz of Au would dress a Roman Senator and today will still [don’t quote me] dress a Wall St. banker.
I’ve been stacking since Au was A$700. Have you?
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Hang on! ST said we have lost 45% against the POG and you post a chart V the US$. Apples and oranges.
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FWIW
“Met Office Deletes Huge Chunks of Historic Temperature Data After Fabrication Claims”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/06/met-office-deletes-huge-chunks-of-historic-temperature-data-after-fabrication-claims/
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The have not removed data. They removed made up numbers.
Their brand of world’s best practice temperature homogenisation is falling apart as Farage wins on a whole lot of issues.
There are now three Faragian parties in the UK. The one led by Farage; the one led by Starmer and another led by Badenoch. All anti immigration; all against NetZero and all wanting to eliminate anti-semitism. All UK politicians know their days are numbered unless they are Faragian.
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FWIW
“Sea Level Rise Hoax Exposed: The Disappearing Islands That Refuse To Disappear”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/10/06/sea-level-rise-hoax-exposed-the-disappearing-islands-that-refuse-to-disappear/
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Grok, like other humans, isn’t always right.
Yesterday I asked it to check something about delay-and-sum acoustic beamforming and it got the relative delay of the microphones the opposite of what it is meant fo be. I pointed out its error and it agreed it was wrong and it apologised.
But how many young wokesters, the product of the dumbed-down education system would realise it gave the wrong answer? They would just take it as truth.
AI should never be used unless you know enough about a topic to detect errors.
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I was in my car and heard one of those annoying drug ads.
(Do you have those in Oz?)
“Ask your Doctor about Injecticydall for PUMMS (Perpetually Under Medical Management Syndrome). Do not take Injecticydall if you are allergic to Injecticydall. Injecticydall may increase your risk of death from PUMMS.”
And I realized …disease is now a commodity.
After once being a human condition for which we had once hoped science would provide liberation.
We are constantly messaged with propaganda intended to turn us into PUMMS.
Jeez, I think in Canada self unalivement is prohibited without government MAID.
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No we dont apart from over the counter headache and cold treatements and the like. Used to be an amusing part of travelling to the US watching the drug adverts and hearing all the disgusting/alarming side affects listed at the end.
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FWIW – a bloody good question!
“WHY IS AUSTRALIA CENSORING EUROPEANS TALKING ABOUT A MURDER IN AMERICA?”
https://richardsonpost.com/staff-writer-cauldron-pool/40739/why-is-australia-censoring-europeans-talking-about-a-murder-in-america/
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FWIW – free enterprise in action
“In the Midst of Europe-Wide Drone Paranoia, Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport Was Closed for Hours. The Reason? Air Balloons Carrying Smuggled Cigarettes”
“It’s all blamed on Russia – that goes without saying – though no evidence to back that has been presented.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is quoted today in a Reuters report as saying: “Our assumption is that Russia is behind most of these drone flights.”
You read it right: they are assuming.”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/midst-europe-wide-drone-paranoia-lithuanias-vilnius-airport/
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‘First-term Liberal MP criticises Hastie, says infighting will leave opposition looking like ‘the Victorian Liberal party’
‘The rookie Liberal MP Mary Aldred has criticised Andrew Hastie after his shock decision to quit shadow cabinet and urged the party to stop infighting during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday.’ (Guardian)
Infighting is healthy for the democratic process, the novice knows nothing.
The social democrats know that Hastie could be the next PM and are seriously concerned. Populism is the fashion.
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France’s Le Maire resigns hours after Prime Minister steps down
France’s former finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, who was appointed head of the Ministry of the Armed Forces on Sunday, announced his resignation less than 24 hours after taking the job, amid ongoing political turmoil that rattled stocks and bonds in Paris on Monday.
Bloomberg noted, “President Emmanuel Macron’s decision late Sunday to return Le Maire to a ministerial post, in charge of defense, sparked a political backlash, including from within the administration.”
By Monday evening, Le Maire wrote on X that President Macron accepted his resignation and expressed hope that his departure would help efforts to form a new government, reaffirming his ongoing commitment to serving France and the public interest
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/french-prime-minister-abruptly-resigns-ubs-warns-french-politics-entering-very-dangerous
What, 24 hours in a top gravy train job and you’ve jumped ship?
The UK is toast as Armstrong posted yesterday (and I said months ago), France is toast and Germany is toast.
Most of the EU is toast!
I don’t know where they’re all going to go (or be allowed to) when SHTF.😎
Russia is about the only place left worth going to that has (non decadent) western values.
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AT&T patent reveals “Routing Policies for Biological Hosts
This patent describes systems that create communication interfaces between biological hosts and digital networks.
It outlines how neurological or bioregional signals can be translated to route data to and from a living being.
https://x.com/MindNexusLive/status/1975267131127439677
Cyborg AI is the future, chatbots are toys in comparison.
All devs WILL jump onboard as they will be wiped out financially if they don’t.
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AI identifies TNIK protein and creates a drug that rewinds lung damage in pulmonary fibrosis, a breakthrough never seen before
An AI system didn’t just design a new drug for pulmonary fibrosis; it first figured out which protein was causing the damage (TNIK), then designed a molecule to shut it down.
In a 12-week trial, patients on the highest dose gained almost 100 ml of lung capacity, something that’s never been achieved before with any other drug.
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1974761484061204787
Just wait ’til you see what REAL AI is going to do.😎
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Amazon Prime Video quietly scrubs gunless James Bond artwork after online backlash
Amazon Prime Video has quietly removed artwork of James Bond after fans of the franchise noticed that 007 had been stripped of his firearm in all of the images.
Deadline has confirmed that the original artwork was replaced by stills from the Ian Fleming spy movies over the weekend, following a social media backlash that coincided with James Bond Day on October 5. Prime Video declined to comment on the matter
https://deadline.com/2025/10/amazon-prime-video-removes-gunless-james-bond-artwork-1236570911/
The loony left doesn’t like guns, unless they’re used to take out non-lefties.
Say NO to a trans pregnant James Bond in rainbow colours!
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The sound of winning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ithQnu0AwnY&list=RDithQnu0AwnY&start_radio=1
You know where you can stick your Palestine!
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Nice tune
Thank you
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FWIW – latest Kunstler
“Standoff
“Instead of winning on issues, the left resorts to melodramas that no one believes in anymore.” —Victor Davis Hanson”
https://www.kunstler.com/p/standoff
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Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
The Australian Financial Review reports that Deloitte Australia will offer the Australian government a partial refund for a report that was littered with AI-hallucinated quotes and references to nonexistent research.
Deloitte’s “Targeted Compliance Framework Assurance Review” was finalized in July and published by Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) in August (Internet Archive version of the original). The report, which cost Australian taxpayers nearly $440,000 AUD (about $290,000 USD), focuses on the technical framework the government uses to automate penalties under the country’s welfare system.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/deloitte-will-refund-australian-government-for-ai-hallucination-filled-report/
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The weird world of pulleys
https://youtu.be/uPtGGBXiivE?si=AZnTzEM-5qNsgTN7
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Its abundantly clear that wind farms are pathetic eyesores and bad for the environment.
https://notrickszone.com/2025/10/05/green-energys-high-price-wind-farms-are-ravaging-nature-biodiversity/
This issue could divide the Greens.
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Meanwhile in the Northern Territory, it’s have a laugh time
https://ntindependent.com.au/blow-jobs-report-finally-released-into-questionable-nt-police-senior-appointments/
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Tom Tugendhat, former Security Minister during the previous UK government (Conservative party), has written an article saying precisely what I have been saying for some time: that China is exerting a high degree of control on the current (Labour) government. He cites examples of this overt influence including giving away the UK’s highly strategic Indian Ocean base in the Chagos Islands, which clears the way for China to assume control, selling the former site of the Royal Mint to China so that it may build a new ‘super embassy’ (complete with dungeons for dissidents), closing down the North Sea oil and gas fields thus increasing the UK’s reliance on Chinese windmills and solar panels (made using cheap coal power) and, last of all, deliberately scuppering a trial involving alleged CCP spies.
There’s more of course. I strongly believe that the majority of social unrest (no matter what the supposed cause) is fomented by China. I believe the CCP has a army of internet trolls sabotaging discussions and driving argument, division and hatred. Their influence is everywhere.
But it’s heartening to hear an actual government minister say it out loud, even if he no longer serves. It really is past time that the west woke up.
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To what is the World coming?
Just heard gravely on 3aw radio news that a man stands accused of “bashing a chihuahua”.
Snigger. Toxic masculinity? Geoff S
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