aging

1y

"Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength." ~ Betty Friedan

#quote #aging #NaturePhotography

A winding path past leafless trees, ones with white papery bark to the left with green ferns growing between. On the right side is trees with a few remaining brown leaves and brown trunks. Various plants and shrub on both sides have leaves that are in changing colors from green to red, orange and/or brown.

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1y

Why do such characters never age? In popular culture and film art, you see male cybery characters aging, but never women. I'm so annoyed. As I age, I want to keep on having cool futuristic space role models. I want the wise, experienced, middle-aged cybergirl. Cyberwoman. Cybergrandma. Please, pop culture, give me cool aging women. Thank you.

#cyber #anime #sexism #aging #retrofuturism #space

YouTube Screenshot of a Synthwave, Vaporwave, Cyberpunk, Chillwave, Retrowave, Dreamwave, Phonkwave music video promising 80s retro futurist vibes. The video still image shows a cyber girl in a space suit riding a spaceship in near planet orbit. She seems to be in her early 20s.

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1y

A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
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Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.
https://www.propublica.org/article/peptide-injections-raadfest-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #LasVegas #RFKJr #Health #Aging #Medicine #Nevada

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217d

Aging: bleached animal bones, broken down water fowl viewing platform, skeleton forest #aging #forest #foxisland #indiana

Pile of animal bones

Wooden platform structure falling over

Skeleton trees near a wetland

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177d

Aging 4 #nature #forest #aging #indiana

Deer pelvis (probably)

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121d

Hi! Time for an updated #introduction!

I'm Matteo — a geriatrician and researcher.
Professor of Geriatrics (on leave) at the University of Milan, now at WHO working on healthy #ageing and care for older people.

My research focuses on #Frailty and #IntrinsicCapacity, and on preventing the disabling cascade.

Working in #Geriatrics, #PublicHealth, or #aging research? Say "Hi!" and let me know what are you working on👇

#MedMastodon #ScienceMastodon

Daje #ASRoma fino a quando non ci portano via!

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201d

Aging 2 #aging #trail #nature #foxisland #fortwayne #indiana

Animal bones on trail

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202d

What I’ve been reading this week ending 15 March 2026 https://jchyip.medium.com/what-ive-been-reading-this-week-ending-15-march-2026-97dbd2fb1a28 #housing #ClimateChange #AI #aging #statistics #management

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219d

He blinks upon the hearth-rug,
and yawns in deep content,
accepting all the comforts
that Providence has sent…

—Alexander Gray, “On a Cat, Ageing”

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #poem #poetry #cats #aging #ageing

Alexander Gray
On a Cat, Ageing

He blinks upon the hearth-rug,
and yawns in deep content,
accepting all the comforts
that Providence has sent.

Louder he purrs, and louder,
in one glad hymn of praise
for all the night’s adventures,
for quiet, restful days.

Life will go on for ever,
with all that cat can wish;
warmth and the glad procession
of fish and milk and fish.

Only – the thought disturbs him –
he’s noticed once or twice,
the times are somehow breeding
a nimbler race of mice.

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47d

SAM’S STORY TOOK ME BACK
TO MY OWN STROKE 💎

Watching Sam's video on YouTube today, I couldn't help noticing his weight.

https://youtu.be/l6UNS8zFdGE?si=BwlIxbTWYv--obu2

For an able-bodied person, he might simply look on the bigger side. But watching him struggle with movement, I found myself wondering how much additional work that weight must place on a disabled body already having enormous difficulty moving.

I say that with enormous understanding and sympathy, because I had a major stroke myself and have lived with left-sided hemiplegia for decades now. I know how much effort an impaired body can require simply to get through an ordinary day.

In my own case, losing a substantial amount of weight through daily fasting has changed my life.

Moving is vastly easier. My balance has improved to the point where I can now stand still comfortably. I no longer feel so top-heavy and unstable. Walking is easier both uphill and downhill. I live in Hobart, so walking around this city provides plenty of opportunity to test that.

I can dress myself again. For years, I needed my partner's help with much of my self-care and dressing. My body simply feels lighter and easier to carry around, and I can reach everything with my one usable hand.

Breathwork has been equally important for me. I practise it every day, and together with fasting, it has changed the way I experience both my disability and my body.

For me, breathwork has coincided with far less depression, clearer airways and a much more active mind. I write every day now, often using AI to help me turn my thoughts into words.

I'm not suggesting either fasting or breathwork is a treatment for what happened to Sam. His medical situation was vastly more complicated than mine.

I'm only speaking about what happened to me.

When I was Sam's age, being disabled and overweight didn't seem particularly important. Nobody in the medical world said much about my weight, so I didn't either.

By 50, carrying it was becoming challenging.

By 65, it was crushing.

That was when I began fasting.

Becoming physically lighter has given me an extraordinary amount of my independence back.

I'm still disabled. That hasn't magically disappeared.

But at 70 now, I'm lighter, fitter and more independent. I can walk 10,000 steps in a day, dress myself, and move through the world far more easily than I could several years ago.

For this disabled body, it has been life-changing.

@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works 
@startrek

#disability #stroke #hemiplegia #fasting #breathwork #recovery #mobility #independence #aging #health #livedexperience #Tasmania #Hobart #AI #accessibility #people #peace #person

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12d

Japan's elderly population has risen to 29.6% of the country's total, the highest percentage on record, according to the latest government data. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/21/japan/society/elderly-population-hits-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #elderly #aging #population

?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon

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12d

Good day!

We’ve returned to the sunny part of our repeating cycle, having just left the cloudy portion, which will return.

The days are mild with sun, cool with clouds, the nights comfortable regardless. It’s the perfect time of year here, actually.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MountainMonday

From atop a ridge of honey colored grass, the view looks over heavy clouds filling a canyon at a silhouetted mountain, small puffs of clouds drifting past it. The sky is cloudy and backlit, giving it a volatile appearance.

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12d

Aging Untold: Why gut health matters more as you age https://www.byteseu.com/2385950/ #Aging #AgingUntold #GutHealth #Health #marriage #MarriedAndLivingApart #SchoolSecurity #SelfDefense #SelfDefenseForWomen

Aging Untold: Why gut health matters more as you age

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11d

Good day!

This is my favorite time of year to focus on the forest floor, rather than in the trees.

That’s where stuff is happening, including color changes.

Not that I’m an expert. More like the opposite. Oh, but curiosity…

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Moss #Lichen #Fungi #TextureTuesday

A mushroom that’s ivory in color and thick grows amidst pine cones and pine needles. It’s extremely bulbous and was bigger than my splayed hand.

A rotting tree stump in a small clearing has become a castle for colorful moss and lichen that are adding their shades of green to wood that’s almost black with weathering and age. Pine forest rises behind.

Deadwood that is disappearing into the forest floor is thick with moss.

Various moss and lichen have made their home on and between two parallel ridges of rock on the forest floor.

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10d

Good day!

At last, autumn has arrived, but not just any autumn.

Be safe out there.

I wish it was different. I wish none of this was happening. I wish a lot of things.

Wishing doesn’t accomplish anything. It never has. Autumn is here and it’s almost time to vote.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

A view through a pine forest where the undergrowth is a muted yellow to contrast with the green trees and brown bark. The sky is gray.

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9d

Good day!

There’s nothing like seeing the end of the world at your feet and hope in the distance simultaneously.

Except, reaching hope requires new standards.

Leave the lying and the greed behind? Leave the tolerance for both? Yeah, I’ll step through that portal.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

A wide trail on a grassy ridge seemingly comes to an abrupt end where it meets the clouds, but there’s a small gap that allows seeing a distant summit and blue sky.

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8d

Good day!

Autumn colors in the forest atop Pengelly Ridge, this image taken about one minute before I emerged from the trees and discovered clouds pouring down the canyon.

This was also immediately following the steepest part of the hike.

Big effort, big reward. 😃

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

A trail passes straight through the forest where the undergrowth is shades of red, orange, and yellow. The pines largely block the gray sky above and ahead.

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7d

Good day!

I call this, The Lower Saddle.

Behind me is the trail to Mt. Sentinel and Pengelly Ridge.

On the left, beside the broken sign, is the trail down to Hellgate Canyon.

Back left is the trail up to University Peak. Back right descends to Pattee Canyon.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

A small clearing of dirt and pine cones is surrounded by pines, and joined by several trails. The sky is cloudy.

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6d

#Today 27 #SilentSunday

Yeah, it was like that…

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

From atop a grassy perch of honey-colored grass, a pine tree to the right, the view looks over the clouds at a distant mountain range where there is blue sky, yet from atop the perch, there are clouds overhead.

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5d

Good day!

I guess that in the life equation, when output exceeds input, you have a night like I did last night, where you climb into bed and don’t move until the next morning.

I slept like the dead sleep after a long day spent chasing the living. 😱🙀

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #MountainMonday

A peaceful, picturesque image of a distant mountain beneath a partly cloudy sky that was taken across a vast field of honey colored grass, and over the top of scattered pine trees.

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4d

Good day!

There’s pine tree texture, but then there’s this pine tree seemingly becoming a dinosaur foot at its base.

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

Kind of fitting as we approach October and spooky season, this year coming with extra spooky.

Be everwell.

#WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography #TextureTuesday

A trail through through pine forest passes along the upper edge of a gulch on the right, the pine tree in the foreground on the left dominating the view. The trail is laden with pine needles, the undergrowth mostly in the background. The sky is partly cloudy.

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