Chronic Kidney Disease Severity Linked With Cognitive Impairment Risk

 See UTI?

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2846270?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=031526

The Cognitive Gap | Issue 156 | Philosophy Now

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“On the one side, we have the cognitivists, and on the other the non-cognitivists. These two factions of metaethicists are sitting on either side of what we could call the cognitive gap. 

Cognitivists ... all agree that moral judgments express cognitive (that is, intellectual) states which track mind-independent moral properties such as rightness and wrongness. These moral properties are thought by the speakers to be part of objective reality. 

... Non-cognitivists argue, conversely, that emotional and expressive (that is, non-intellectual) mental states must be underlying moral language. By the non-cognitivist interpretation, we are not picking up on any moral facts of the situation when we make moral assertions ... we are simply expressing our personal emotions or convictions about moral issues. Non-cognitivists claim that by saying ‘Killing is wrong’, we in fact mean something like ‘Boo to killing!’ or ‘Don’t kill!’ ”

— from The Cognitive Gap | Issue 156 | Philosophy Now as of 15 March 2026

Companies House vulnerability enabled company hijacking

Pretty darn dumb…

https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/03/13/companies-house-security-vulnerability-directors-addresses/

Over 160 people arrested in major crackdown in Coventry and the Midlands | Coventry Live

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“More than 160 people have been arrested in a major crackdown on criminal gangs in Coventry and the West Midlands. Police targeted groups exploiting children and vulnerable adults to supply drugs.”

— from Over 160 people arrested in major crackdown in Coventry and the Midlands | Coventry Live as of 14 March 2026

The Secret to a Better City Is a Two-Wheeler – Mother Jones

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“a couple of years ago, she heard Denver was offering $400 vouchers to help residents purchase an e-bike—or up to $900 toward a hefty “cargo” model that can haul heavier loads, including children. She’d considered an e-bike, but the city’s offer provided “an extra kick in the derriere to make me do it.””

Make the Starley Coventry connection

— from The Secret to a Better City Is a Two-Wheeler – Mother Jones as of 10 March 2026

Google’s Smart Glasses Can Create Fake Photos on the Fly

Google's Smart Glasses Can Create Fake Photos on the Fly https://gizmodo.com/googles-smart-glasses-can-create-fake-photos-on-the-fly-2000733254

Navy's Avenger Class Mine Hunters Have Left The Middle East For Good

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“The ships themselves have fiberglass-coated wooden hulls to reduce their own vulnerability, particularly to mines that detect targets by their magnetic signature.”

— from Navy's Avenger Class Mine Hunters Have Left The Middle East For Good as of 12 March 2026

Black achievement

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“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨. A gifted, brilliant, high achieving Black woman who deserves to take up space without shrinking.”

— from (12) Facebook as of 12 March 2026

I connected Claude with these 5 apps, and it's productivity on steroids

https://www.xda-developers.com/connect-claude-with-these-apps-for-better-productivity/

How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed

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“We want to believe that we ourselves are not the problem, that there aren’t too many cars on the road. We want to believe that we are masters of this universe, unconstrained by physics. We want to believe that progress—in all its forms—is born from audacity alone and does not also require collective action, patience, and occasional sacrifice. We want to believe that big things can be easy instead of hard and that belief itself can make them so.”

— from How Elon Musk’s Sci-Fi Hyperloop Failed as of 9 March 2026

Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk. – Mother Jones

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“Many solarpunk thinkers told me their first encounter with the idea, though he didn’t coin the term, was a 2014 essay by Adam Flynn, an American writer and public health strategist, titled “Solarpunk: Notes toward a manifesto”—his contribution to the Arizona State University sci-fi collaboration Project Hieroglyph.”

— from Tired of Dystopian Sci-Fi? You Might Like Solarpunk. – Mother Jones as of 9 March 2026

(19) The Most Important UI Problem Nobody Talks About: Cognitive Load | LinkedIn

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“Now we’re building a startup at the intersection of GenAI and Stable Diffusion, where his vision of accessible creativity meets cutting-edge capability. ”

— from (19) The Most Important UI Problem Nobody Talks About: Cognitive Load | LinkedIn as of 9 March 2026

Cognitive load - Wikipedia

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“The fundamental tenet of cognitive load theory is that the quality of instructional design will be raised if greater consideration is given to the role and limitations of working memory. With increased distractions, particularly from the rise in digital technology and smartphones, students are more prone to experiencing high cognitive load, which can reduce academic success.”

— from Cognitive load - Wikipedia as of 9 March 2026

Single Cutaway Left Handed Acoustic Guitar by Gear4music, Black at Gear4music

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“The Single Cutaway Left Handed Acoustic Guitar by Gear4music, Black is a full sized acoustic guitar which provides a comfortable playing experience ideal for budding left handed guitarists. ”

— from Single Cutaway Left Handed Acoustic Guitar by Gear4music, Black at Gear4music as of 8 March 2026

Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ App-Enabled Reflector Telescope | Wex Photo Video

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“The Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ App-Enabled Reflector Telescope allows you to explore the night sky, even if you have no previous telescope experience.”

— from Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 114AZ App-Enabled Reflector Telescope | Wex Photo Video as of 7 March 2026

Remarks at the Middle East Peace Summit, October 13, 2025

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“Together, we've achieved what everybody said was impossible. At long last, we have peace in the Middle East. And it's a very simple expression: peace in the Middle East. And we've heard it for many years, but nobody thought it could ever get there, and now we're there.”

— from Remarks at the Middle East Peace Summit With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, President Abdelfattah Said Elsisi of Egypt, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | The American Presidency Project as of 3 March 2026

Lens Selection | Glasses Direct

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You mostly need glasses to see things in the distance, e.g. whilst driving. Bifocal & Varifocal You need glasses to see things up close and in the distance. KODAK Easy2 Max Progressive Lens £149 The KODAK Easy2 Max Lens uses patented Vision First Design Technology to prioritise wearer clarity at all distances.

— from Lens Selection | Glasses Direct as of 5 March 2026

Skydio Bulletin : A warning, not an exception – sUAS News

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“The recent service bulletin from Skydio, warning operators not to use handheld radios within a foot of its X10 and X10D controllers, looks like a narrow technical advisory. In truth, it reveals an epidemic problem that runs far deeper than one manufacturer. The wider drone industry. DIU “trusted” providers have a systemic blind spot: survivability in contested electromagnetic environments.”

— from Skydio Bulletin : A warning, not an exception – sUAS News as of 4 March 2026

Are New Police Drone Programs A Big Help Or Big Brother? - Law360

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“"Should we be okay with our police departments having the ability to type in your license plate and find out everywhere you've ever driven in the last two months? Should the police departments be able to put cameras over communities 24/7?" the ACLU's Stanley asked.”

— from Are New Police Drone Programs A Big Help Or Big Brother? - Law360 as of 4 March 2026

I would have been better off working in a restaurant than getting my 2:1 degree | The Independent

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“With ghosting from prospective employers and rising unemployment, the jobs market for Britain's university graduates has changed beyond all recognition, writes Izzy Combi”

— from I would have been better off working in a restaurant than getting my 2:1 degree | The Independent as of 2 March 2026

The health condition people now fear more than cancer | The Independent

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“Around 31 per cent of family carers fear dementia, a 4 per cent increase from last year, while concerns around cancer dropped from 30 per cent to 21 per cent in the same amount of time, according to Home Instead. 

Almost two-thirds of those surveyed (63 per cent) called for the government to declare dementia a health emergency as the disease takes a growing toll on families, according to the research. Almost 90 per cent of carers called for a dedicated dementia allowance to help fund care.”

— from The health condition people now fear more than cancer | The Independent as of 1 March 2026

Google Calendar - 5 days, starting Sunday, 1 March 2026

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“The aim of the study is to investigate if three ‘geroprotector’ drugs can change the biological processes associated with ageing. The drugs are: fisetin, spermidine and metformin. These drugs have been chosen for two reasons.”

— from Google Calendar - 5 days, starting Sunday, 1 March 2026 as of 1 March 2026

More people are moving out of the U.S. than moving in for the first time since the Great Depression—a bad omen for the $38.8 trillion national debt

More people are moving out of the U.S. than moving in for the first time since the Great Depression—a bad omen for the $38.8 trillion national debt | Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/02/27/trump-immigration-crackdown-worsen-national-debt/

small round rimless glasses

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“ Although it's optional, we highly suggest you uploading the prescription paper for double-checking.”

— from Select Lenses | TendaGlasses.com as of 26 February 2026

Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI

No, this book is not a Luddite treatise—if, by Luddite, you mean a consummate techno-pessimist that believes all technological advancement is an anathema to human flourishing. But if by Luddite you mean a conscientious objection to top-down dictatorial automation of human thought and skill as a capitalist ploy for the devaluation of labor and therefore the devaluation of laborers and human life in general … Then, yes. This is a Luddite treatise.

Williams, Rua M.. Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI (p. 3). (Function). Kindle Edition. 

Decades of feminism paved the road to Andrew’s arrest | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian

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“The definition of trafficking is dealing in illegal goods, and sex trafficking turns human beings into goods. Feminism could be described as a long campaign to reclaim rights, freedoms, and dignity lost under patriarchy. This week it had an impact. The work continues.”

— from Decades of feminism paved the road to Andrew’s arrest | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian as of 24 February 2026

Thousands of men with prostate cancer are being denied 'a quality of life-preserving' treatment by the NHS | Daily Mail Online

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“It is also much cheaper than other treatments, with patients usually in and out of hospital in a day and less likely to need follow-up care. But it is still rarely available on the NHS despite around 15,000 men who could benefit. Only a few specialist centres, mostly in London, carry out the focal therapy, as doctors warn that most patients are not told about the treatment and face life-changing side effects. Around 60,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year but a mere 600 to 700 are thought to be offered it, although it is widely available privately for an average £16,000. David Cameron paid to be privately treated with focal therapy after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.”

— from Thousands of men with prostate cancer are being denied 'a quality of life-preserving' treatment by the NHS | Daily Mail Online as of 23 February 2026

How Fast Is Warp Speed In Star Trek?

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“Warp travel is the primary method of travel for almost all interstellar species in the Star Trek universe, and has no true viable replacement. Given how it's how almost all travel is carried out, the question arises of whether it's safe or not. In the year 2370, it was discovered that Warp engines were damaging the fabric of spacetime, causing subspace rifts. Captain Picard compared it to how walking over a carpet repeatedly will eventually cause enough gradual damage to wear it down. The temporary solution to this was for Starfleet to impose a speed limit of Warp 5 outside of emergencies, to try and reduce the damage caused to subspace. It was believed that lower speeds would cause less damage.”

— from How Fast Is Warp Speed In Star Trek? as of 23 February 2026

Why The Enterprise Warp Speed Might Be Possible — A New Era Of Space Travel | by Amelia Settembre | Medium

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“So What’s The Verdict? Can We Enter Hyperspace And Light Speed? It’s pretty much impossible, for both. For the Enterprise: if the exotic matter turns up, then a form of the Alcubierre drive could be used to create a “warp drive”. For right now, it’s not happening. For the Falcon: if we find hyperspace to exist, and we find a way to safely enter it, then it could exist. Right now, our best bet is to look at a string theory which could suggest if we could enter hyperspace.”

— from Why The Enterprise Warp Speed Might Be Possible — A New Era Of Space Travel | by Amelia Settembre | Medium as of 23 February 2026

The truth about “NASA’s impossible drive” / Emdrive - YouTube

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“The concept of Emdrive appeared in early 2000. The drive that should violate laws of physics but also the drive that works, at least according to the inventors. There were some controversial test results, so let’s figure out what this drive is, how it’s supposed to work and look at the most recent data”

— from The truth about “NASA’s impossible drive” / Emdrive - YouTube as of 23 February 2026

I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid

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“AI feels magical. It isn’t. It is built from spectacularly ordinary pieces. At the foundation, you have basic math: addition, multiplication, averages, probability estimates. On top of that, you stack statistics, linear algebra, and massive grids of numbers called matrices. Then come algorithms that aren’t mysterious in the slightest as they simply adjust those numbers by small increments whenever the computer guesses wrong. That is all “learning” means. You feed in enormous volumes of data like sentences, images, recordings, and the computer repeats the same routine billions of times, slowly tuning itself. Add hardware that can perform these tiny operations at extraordinary speed, and suddenly you get a model that can spot patterns and generate predictions. Wrap that model in software that lets you chat with it or assign it tasks, and you get what most people now call AI. ”

— from I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid as of 23 February 2026

Reviews of Dr A Shehu - Page - iWantGreatCare

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“what an amazing doctor he is, seen him privately then with the nhs, finally know whats wrong with me and can hopefully get better, he has gone above and beyond for me and im so grateful.”

— from Reviews of Dr A Shehu - Page - iWantGreatCare as of 23 February 2026

Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer

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“Assistant Chief Constable Matt Welsted from the Force Executive team said: “Working with the Civil Aviation Authority, the project is fully funded by the Home Office via the NPCC. This includes the costs of staffing, meaning we get extra resources to prevent and detect real crimes, affecting the communities we serve. “As if that was not enough, we benefit from all of the learning in real-time, while shaping British policing’s future use of drones, further cementing our national reputation as leaders in the use of technology in policing. “Drone First Responders is a hugely exciting innovation related to the very latest capability around police use of drones.”

— from Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer as of 22 February 2026

Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org

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““We will not fund the Board of Peace; there is no reason to,” Elkin, who sits in Jerusalem’s Security Cabinet, told state channel Kan Reshet Bet. “We were attacked,” Elkin noted, referencing the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led cross-border terrorist invasion from the Gaza Strip. The minister concluded: “There is no reason for us to pay for the reconstruction.””

— from Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org as of 22 February 2026

A Guide to UK Vehicle Registration Years | TopReg

https://www.topreg.co.uk/news/guide-to-uk-registration-years/

Experian - Personal Information

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“The secure document upload service is used to provide additional documentation to support your pending request. For further instructions go to Experian's Document Upload Service. Initial dispute requests should not be submitted using this platform. To submit a dispute online, visit Experian.com/disputes. ”

— from Experian - Personal Information as of 19 February 2026

(4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs

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“OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertising into AI chat interfaces should not be read as an aberration. It’s a signal. It’s the first visible crack in a wall that was never going to hold indefinitely.”

— from (4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs as of 14 February 2026

U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES

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““There is a ‘dwindling middle’ in the U.S. in terms of skills,” Commissioner Carr explained. “Over time, we’re seeing more Americans clustered at the bottom levels of proficiency. The result has been a widening skills gap between adults at the higher and lower skill levels compounded by a growing number of very low-skilled adults. In fact, the U.S. gap in numeracy between the highest and lowest skilled adults is the widest among all countries.””

— from U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES as of 10 February 2026

Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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“Cis-lunar space (Latin for “on this side of the moon”) is the spherical volume that extends outward from Earth’s geosynchronous region to encapsulate the moon’s orbit and its Lagrange points, or “L points”—defined as the locations where the combined gravitational acceleration due to the Earth and moon allow a small object, such as a spacecraft, to orbit the Earth at the same rate as the moon.”

— from Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as of 9 February 2026

Connected toys for Christmas, 2015

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“This is the start of artificial intelligence”

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/12/15/5-things-connected-toys/

Memberships — Professional Speaking Association

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“Professional Member £275 PER YEAR Professional Members are those who are using speaking to promote their business and are being paid to speak. They want to take their business to the next level, by improving their speaking skills and business competences.”

— from Memberships — Professional Speaking Association as of 2 February 2026

KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club hours

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“KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club.”

— from Diary as of 31 January 2026

Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design

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“Those jigs and reels can be fiery and fast, encompassing rather more chords than you’d expect. Butterworth is one of the finest, and has become an ubiquitous figure at Celtic Connections and elsewhere, as a member of the feisty Kinnaris Quintet, in duos with Will Pound and with Kinnaris buddy, Laura-Beth Salter. as well as propping up such notaries as Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton (Symbiosis), when they need some extra ballast.”

— from Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design: Album Review : At The Barrier as of 25 January 2026

Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators

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“Varela’s neurophenomenological research program (NRP) aspires to bridge the gap between, and integrate, first-person (1P) and third-person (3P) approaches to understanding the mind. ”

— from Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators as of 19 January 2026

Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin

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“100% freeze-dried chicken breast cat food topper The healthy topper that tempts even fussy cats into devouring every meal. 100% freeze-dried chicken breast, made in the UK. Sprinkle and watch the magic.”

— from Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin as of 14 January 2026

New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham)

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“West Midlands Police is piloting a new generation of remotely controlled drones that could transform the way officers respond to 999 calls.”

— from New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham) as of 13 January 2026

Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune

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““Friends and colleagues often ask me how I stay optimistic in an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” Gates wrote. “My answer is this: I am still an optimist because I see what innovation accelerated by artificial intelligence will bring.” But, that optimism comes with a deadline, or as Gates puts it “there are footnotes to my optimism.””

— from Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune as of 10 January 2026

MENSA IQ info

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“ someone whose score was one standard deviation above the mean, and who thus outperformed 86% of his or her contemporaries, would have an IQ of 115, and so on”

— from What is IQ? – Mensa International as of 5 January 2026