Cynthia Begin

@cynbegin.bsky.social

Art loving, Art making bike commuter. Wondering WTF is going on?? Probably listening to https://www.radiofrance.fr/fip and Gelli printing right now.

I have a new abode- now I am s stone's throw from the Wind Phone that can be found on the paved trail along Branciforte Creek- Santa Cruz CA. What we humans do to connect with our dearly departed-I call Oliver whenever I ride or walk by....

Image shows a small  wooden box that holds an old rotary phone used to call our dearly departed. "Wind Phones were created by Itaru Sasaki in Ōtsuchi, Japan, in 2010, a disconnected phone booth became a place of comfort for thousands following the 2011 tsunami. Wind Phones offer a gentle invitation to pause, remember, and speak from the heart.:

"This relatively recent discovery may have opened up new research frontiers that connect to some of the most ancient life-forms on our planet." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Inside the Interstitium, the Human Body’s Hidden Pathways (Gift Article)

The detection of another circulatory system in the human body could have enormous scientific implications.

nytimes.com

Beautiful day to do some citizen science, Beachcombers collect data, dead marine mammals and sea birds for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Aptos beach to LaSelva Beach, is our segment more dead loons then we have ever seen.

A beachcomber looking at a dead loon at Aptos Beach. It is a beautiful day looking at the Monterey Bay with fluffy clouds.

“Compared with non-active travelers, the cyclists had a 19% lower risk of all-cause dementia, a 22% lower risk of Alzheimer's, a 40% lower risk of young-onset dementia (before the age of 65), and a 17% lower risk of late-onset dementia.” Getting around a bike more often could reduce dementia risk.

Cycling Linked to Lower Risk of Dementia, Study of Half a Million Finds

Getting from A to B on a bicycle more often could reduce risk of dementia, possibly by protecting a part of the brain tied to memory functions, new research finds.

sciencealert.com

"The most corrupt president The United States have ever seen." UK Member of Parliament Ed Davey does not mince words when characterizing Trump after his move to take Greenland.