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DATE: October 27, 2026 at 06:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Limiting sugar in the first 1,000 days of life is associated with later dementia onset, study finds
Limiting exposure to added sugar in the womb and during the first two years of life is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia decades later, according to a new study published in Neurology. By examining adults born around the end of post-World War II food rationing in the United Kingdom, researchers found that early-life sugar restriction corresponded with delayed dementia onset, healthier brain structure, and better scores on some cognitive tests in their 60s. The findings suggest that nutritional conditions during the earliest stages of human development may play a lasting role in how the brain ages.
Dementia is an umbrella term for progressive neurological conditions that impair memory, thinking, and the ability to perform everyday activities. The most common form is Alzheimer’s disease, which involves the gradual breakdown of brain cells and the buildup of abnormal proteins, followed by vascular dementia, which occurs when reduced blood flow damages brain tissue. Although lifestyle habits in middle and old age are well-known factors in cognitive decline, growing evidence points to the importance of the “first 1,000 days” of life, the developmental window spanning from conception to a child’s second birthday.
During this early period, the brain undergoes rapid growth, forming neural connections and building the structural foundation for lifelong thinking and memory. High sugar intake during pregnancy and infancy may disrupt this process by triggering inflammation or interfering with how cells respond to insulin. For instance, research covered by PsyPost in 2016 indicated that rats fed sugary drinks early in life developed changes in the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped brain region essential for memory, that resembled the biological effects of early-life stress. In humans, observational studies have similarly linked higher maternal sugar consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding to altered brain tissue organization in newborns and slightly lower cognitive scores in young children.
Studying how infant diets affect human brain aging is difficult because tracking people from birth into their 70s rarely happens in controlled experiments. To overcome this challenge, scientists have turned to a historical policy shift in the United Kingdom: the end of wartime sugar rationing. Introduced in July 1942 during World War II, the rationing system strictly limited added sugar and sweets to levels comparable to modern dietary guidelines while keeping overall calories and basic nutrients sufficient, unlike historical famines that caused severe starvation. When the British government abruptly ended sugar rationing in September 1953, national sugar consumption jumped by more than 50 percent, even as total calorie intake rose by only about 5 percent and other food groups remained relatively stable.
Researchers have used this sudden dietary shift to examine how early sugar limits relate to adult health, starting with a 2024 study by another team that linked rationing exposure during the first 1,000 days to lower adult rates of type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Extending this approach to respiratory health, a study covered by PsyPost in 2025 found that rationing exposure during pregnancy and infancy was tied to better adult lung capacity and lower rates of asthma. In the realm of mental health, a 2026 cohort study of British adults found that experiencing sugar rationing across the first 1,000 days of life was associated with a reduced preference for sweet foods and a lower risk of adult depression and anxiety.
Building on this line of inquiry, the new study was led by Jiazhen Zheng, an assistant professor at the School of Life and Health Sciences at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology in China, who also led the 2025 lung-health study. Zheng conducted the research at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) alongside co-corresponding author S. W. Ricky Lee of the same institution and their colleagues, examining whether early sugar restriction also relates to long-term dementia risk, brain structure, and cognitive ability in older age.
“While growing evidence suggests that early-life nutrition can shape long-term health, remarkably little is known about whether sugar exposure during this period is associated with dementia many decades later,” Zheng told PsyPost. “We were particularly interested in addressing this knowledge gap because most dementia prevention research focuses on risk factors in middle and older age. The end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in September 1953 provided a unique natural experiment to investigate this question.”
The researchers analyzed data from the UK Biobank, a large health study that recruited middle-aged and older British adults between 2006 and 2010. Starting with 74,213 participants born between 1951 and 1956, the team excluded 6,582 people born outside the United Kingdom, 2,424 from multiple births such as twins or triplets, 79 adoptees, 208 people already diagnosed with dementia at recruitment, and 108 who withdrew from the project. This left a final sample of 64,737 adults who were an average of 54.6 years old at enrollment, 56.4 percent of whom were women.
Using each person’s birth date relative to the September 1953 policy change, the authors sorted participants into groups reflecting how long they experienced sugar rationing during their first 1,000 days from conception. In total, 40,963 participants experienced rationing: 10,682 were exposed in the womb only, 15,025 were exposed in the womb plus up to one year after birth, and 15,256 were exposed in the womb plus one to two years after birth. The remaining 23,774 participants were born after July 1, 1954, meaning they were conceived after rationing ended and grew up in an environment of unrestricted sugar.
The team tracked hospital admissions and death registries through July 1, 2023, to identify new diagnoses of all-cause dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia. To account for other differences between the groups, the statistical models controlled for age, sex, race, birthplace, birth month, inflation-adjusted food prices, average national fat intake at birth, maternal smoking, breastfeeding, and parental dementia history. The researchers also adjusted for adult household income, neighborhood socioeconomic status, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and chronic illnesses such as heart, kidney, and liver disease.
In addition to tracking dementia diagnoses, the authors examined a subset of more than 7,500 participants who underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans at an average age of 61.8 years, alongside roughly 6,400 to 20,600 participants who completed computerized cognitive assessments. These brain scans measured total brain volume, gray matter (the outer layer of brain tissue rich in nerve cell bodies), white matter (the deeper nerve fibers that connect different brain regions), the hippocampus, and white matter hyperintensities, which are bright spots on a scan that indicate small blood vessel damage and tissue wear.
Building on the 2024 research linking rationing to metabolic and vascular health, the team also tested whether adult type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure explained the link between early sugar restriction and dementia, and they checked two conditions considered unlikely to be affected by early sugar intake, type 1 diabetes and melanoma (a form of skin cancer), as negative controls.
Over the follow-up period, 504 out of 23,774 unexposed participants (about 2.1 percent) were diagnosed with all-cause dementia, including 227 cases of Alzheimer’s disease (about 1.0 percent) and 178 cases of vascular dementia (about 0.75 percent). In raw numbers, the rationed groups had slightly higher dementia rates, largely because they were born earlier and were more than two years older on average than the unexposed group, with 251 dementia cases among the 10,682 people rationed only in the womb (about 2.3 percent), 388 cases among the 15,025 people rationed through age one (about 2.6 percent), and 456 cases among the 15,256 people rationed for one to two years (about 3.0 percent). Once the researchers adjusted for age and other background variables, the rationed groups showed a lower risk of developing dementia at any given age, though the association for those exposed only in the womb was smaller and not statistically significant.
Compared with adults who never experienced rationing, those exposed to sugar rationing in the womb plus their first year of life had a 21 percent lower hazard (the rate at which new cases appear at a given age) of developing all-cause dementia and a 23 percent lower hazard of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The association was slightly stronger for those exposed in the womb plus one to two years after birth, who showed a 23 percent lower hazard of all-cause dementia and a 28 percent lower hazard of Alzheimer’s disease.
For vascular dementia, the estimates pointed in a similar direction, though the results were not statistically significant. Looking at the timing of diagnoses, experiencing rationing from conception through ages one to two was associated with delaying the onset of all-cause dementia by 2.55 years, Alzheimer’s disease by 2.87 years, and vascular dementia by 2.49 years.
“The magnitude of the associations was particularly noteworthy,” Zheng said. “These are population-level estimates rather than predictions for any individual, but even modest shifts in dementia occurrence could have meaningful public health implications given the growing global burden of the disease.”
The results were less robust in one additional analysis. When the researchers accounted for the possibility that participants would die of other causes before developing dementia, rationing exposure was still linked to a roughly 15 percent lower likelihood of all-cause dementia, but the associations with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia were no longer statistically significant.
The link between early sugar rationing and dementia was stronger in women than in men, which the authors noted might relate to biological differences in how female neural circuits respond to early nutritional environments. The results held steady regardless of whether participants carried genetic variants of the apolipoprotein E gene that heighten Alzheimer’s risk. Mediation analyses indicated that lower rates of adult type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure accounted for 18.0 percent and 11.6 percent of the association, respectively, or 25.5 percent when combined, while birth weight accounted for just 2.7 percent. As expected, rationing exposure showed no association with type 1 diabetes or melanoma, and the primary dementia patterns were supported by a validation analysis in an independent British aging study, with an American cohort serving as a comparison group.
The brain imaging and cognitive test results aligned with the clinical dementia findings. Compared with the unexposed group, participants who experienced early-life sugar rationing had larger total gray matter volumes, averaging 618.9 cubic centimeters versus 618.5 cubic centimeters (an adjusted increase of 3.27 cubic centimeters), and smaller volumes of white matter hyperintensities, averaging 3.72 cubic centimeters versus 3.84 cubic centimeters (an adjusted reduction of 0.64 cubic centimeters).
Rationed participants also performed better on tests of complex processing speed, verbal and numerical reasoning, nonverbal pattern reasoning, and a timed test of visual attention that involves connecting numbered circles in order. Differences in total brain volume, white matter volume, hippocampal size, working memory, verbal memory, and a harder version of the connect-the-dots test that requires switching between numbers and letters were not statistically significant. These differences were modest: the gray matter difference amounted to about half a percent of total gray matter volume, and the cognitive differences were similarly small.
“What struck us most was how strongly early-life nutritional exposure appeared to be associated with brain health more than half a century later,” Zheng explained. “Beyond dementia diagnoses, we also observed favorable differences in brain MRI measurements, including greater gray matter volume and fewer white matter hyperintensities, alongside better performance on certain cognitive tests. The convergence of these findings across clinical, structural, and cognitive outcomes was especially interesting and suggested that the associations might reflect broader processes of brain aging.”
These results are consistent with research covered by PsyPost in December 2025, which tracked broad diet quality across the lifespan starting at age four rather than isolating sugar restriction during the first 1,000 days of life, and similarly found that healthier early nutritional habits were associated with better cognitive performance and a lower risk of late-life dementia. They also align with another study covered by PsyPost in November 2025, which examined how chronic sugar consumption caused memory impairment and Alzheimer’s-related brain pathology in adult rats rather than how early-life sugar restriction affects long-term dementia risk in humans, yet similarly linked high sugar exposure to neurodegenerative decline.
“Our findings suggest that the nutritional environment during pregnancy and early childhood may have consequences for brain health that extend across an entire lifetime,” Zheng told PsyPost. “The key message is not that people should eliminate sugar entirely, but rather that limiting excessive added sugar during these sensitive developmental periods may be beneficial. Importantly, our findings demonstrate associations, not definitive causation.”
As with all research, there are some caveats to consider when interpreting these findings. Because this was an observational study that relied on birth dates during a historical policy change, the researchers did not have direct measurements of how much sugar individual pregnant mothers or infants actually consumed. Although national surveys confirm that household sugar purchases surged right after September 1953, personal eating habits within both the rationed and unrationed groups likely varied from family to family. Because exposure was determined entirely by birth date, the rationed participants were also older, so the findings depend on statistical adjustments for age; the authors checked this by confirming that dementia risk did not drift among never-rationed participants born at different times after the policy ended.
“One important distinction is that our study does not prove that reducing sugar intake in infancy directly prevents dementia,” Zheng noted. “Other dietary, social, or environmental differences associated with the rationing period may also have influenced the results. Furthermore, our findings should not be interpreted as advocating extremely restrictive diets during pregnancy or infancy; adequate and balanced nutrition remains essential for healthy development.”
Another consideration is the age and makeup of the study population. Because participants were born in the early to mid-1950s, they were only in their late 60s and early 70s by the end of the tracking period in 2023, meaning the study primarily captured relatively early cases of dementia rather than diagnoses occurring in the 80s and 90s.
In addition, the UK Biobank consists of volunteers who survived into middle age and tend to be healthier, wealthier, and predominantly white (over 96 percent of this sample), which may limit how well the findings apply to more diverse or disadvantaged populations. The authors suggest that future randomized trials testing practical nutritional counseling to limit added sugars during pregnancy and infancy could help establish how early dietary habits shape brain development and long-term cognitive resilience.
“We hope to better understand the biological mechanisms linking early-life nutrition with brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases,” Zheng said. “In this study, type 2 diabetes and hypertension together statistically accounted for approximately one-quarter of the observed association, suggesting that metabolic and vascular health may play a role. Future research should examine additional biological pathways, clarify the most sensitive developmental windows, and determine whether these findings can be replicated in other populations with more detailed dietary information. Ultimately, we hope this work will help inform evidence-based nutritional recommendations across the life course.”
“I believe one of the broader implications of our work is that dementia prevention may need to be considered from a much earlier life-course perspective,” Zheng added. “We often think of dementia as a disease of old age, but some of the factors associated with vulnerability or resilience may originate decades before symptoms appear. Understanding these early influences could open new opportunities for preventive research and public health strategies.”
The study, “Association of Sugar Restriction in Utero Through Age 2 Years on Dementia Risk Later in Life,” was authored by Jiazhen Zheng, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Zhuoni Zhang, and S. W. Ricky Lee.
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Mauricio Tabe busca que Miguel Hidalgo sea la alcaldía más segura
El alcalde afirmó que no bajará la guardia e intensificará las acciones de vigilancia y prevención del delito en barrios y colonias.
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Mauricio Tabe, alcalde de Miguel Hidalgo, afirmó que su gobierno no bajará la guardia en el combate a la inseguridad y continuará trabajando para que la demarcación pase del segundo al primer lugar como la alcaldía más segura de la Ciudad de México.
Al referirse a los resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Seguridad Pública Urbana (ENSU), que confirma que seis de cada diez habitantes de Miguel Hidalgo se sienten seguros, el alcalde destacó el avance de la demarcación en materia de seguridad: al inicio de su administración, Miguel Hidalgo ocupaba el lugar 13 entre las alcaldías de la Ciudad de México y hoy se ubica en el segundo puesto. Señaló que estos resultados son producto del trabajo permanente en materia de prevención, vigilancia y coordinación con las autoridades de seguridad.
“Hoy quiero reconocer que llevamos todo el año siendo la segunda alcaldía más segura de la Ciudad de México. Nos propusimos trabajar para ser la primera y no vamos a bajar la guardia. Sabemos que todavía hay delitos en distintas zonas y vamos a seguir trabajando para que, en el último rincón de Miguel Hidalgo, en todos nuestros barrios y colonias, nuestros vecinos se sientan más seguros”, afirmó.
En conferencia de prensa, Tabe sostuvo que la libertad comienza donde termina el miedo y que el objetivo de su administración es consolidar a Miguel Hidalgo como el Bastión de la Libertad, mediante acciones que permitan a las personas vivir y transitar con tranquilidad.
Entre estas acciones destacó la reiluminación en las colonias, la recuperación de los módulos de seguridad, la instalación de los cinco centros de monitoreo, los operativos coordinados con la Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana (SSC), la instalación de carpas de vigilancia y el fortalecimiento de la presencia policial en distintos puntos de la demarcación.
El alcalde también señaló que su gobierno mantiene una exigencia permanente ante las autoridades responsables de la seguridad y la procuración de justicia para que cada denuncia tenga seguimiento y los responsables de cometer delitos sean detenidos.
“También estoy encima, presionando a la Policía y a la Fiscalía para que, cada vez que ocurre un delito, se obtengan las imágenes de las cámaras y se realicen las investigaciones correspondientes. No tienen idea del nivel de presión que ejercemos para que las áreas de investigación no dejen sueltas las denuncias y detengan a los delincuentes”, advirtió.
Acompañado por Marcela Gómez Zalce, titular de la Comisión en Seguridad Ciudadana; César Garrido, director general de Gobierno y Asuntos Jurídicos, y José Federico Piña Mendieta, director ejecutivo de Gestión Integral de Riesgos y Protección Civil, el alcalde anunció el operativo especial por el Día de Muertos, que se llevará a cabo del sábado 31 de octubre al lunes 2 de noviembre en los panteones Civil de Dolores y Sanctorum.
“Para el Día de Muertos desplegaremos un operativo especial en los panteones de Dolores y Sanctorum, donde esperamos recibir a más de 60 mil visitantes. Nuestro equipo no es reactivo: previene, se organiza y actúa”, señaló. –sn–
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I'm complaining a lot about work today, but it is what it is. My company uses ServiceNow, which has recently announced Arc, which is a new AI agent for enterprises. My company, like many, is currently exploring AI in multiple ways, so I was doing some research on this new "Arc". In the description I find, "Arc is governed and secured by the ServiceNow Super Intelligence Control Tower." What is that you ask? I check some video material, and it all refers to AI Control Tower. So, when they 1/?
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One thing I'm struggling with this year is my decision to teach an actual College Board AP © Chemistry class. I used to teach this class and spend time on complex topics because they're _cool_. This year, I feel the pressure of the test in May.
My class is also very different from last year. They're not really go-getters to dig into content, so I think I have to back off on some things and focus on the test material this year to get them through it.
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Inside the LiteLLM 1.107.0 supply chain compromise: Credential theft through Python startup hooks
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The week was great. 23 tasks cleared for Catgirly RPG and 8 for the fun side project. The balance and vibes are really good.
Catgirly RPG now has about 30 dev tasks left. That shouldn't be more than 2 weeks of work at this rate. Promo materials and release work are then certainly going to take at least a week. Then life and mishaps on top of that.
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This is very interesting. I think at this point anybody who has used AI in one form or another knows how useful it is. Regardless of how we handle this, if AI is ever going to become this amazing thing we want it to become (rather than the current iteration which is amazing in some things and horrendous at others), it will likely have to have access to books and other material, in one way or another.
I'm super curious to see how this develops.
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Con penas de hasta 30 años por reclutamiento forzado, protegemos a la niñez, jóvenes y grupos vulnerables: Mejía Berdeja
Esta conducta ilícita lacera a familias enteras, se agravó durante la administración de Felipe Calderón.
Por Gabriela Díaz | Reportera
El dictamen, que recibió 419 votos a favor y ninguno en contra en el pleno de San Lázaro, incorpora un capítulo específico sobre reclutamiento forzado en la Ley General para Prevenir, Sancionar y Erradicar los Delitos en Materia de Trata de Personas y busca cerrar vacíos jurídicos frente a la captación de personas para incorporarlas a estructuras delictivas.
Mejía Berdeja, quien impulsó dicha modificación legal desde 2025, sostuvo que este cambio legal representa un avance para proteger especialmente a niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes, quienes pueden ser captados mediante engaños, amenazas, intimidación, extorsión, violencia o falsas ofertas laborales difundidas incluso por medios digitales.
El planteamiento del legislador federal por Coahuila busca que la legislación responda a los distintos mecanismos utilizados por organizaciones criminales para atraer o incorporar personas a sus actividades; y así combatir esta grave conducta ilícita que lacera a familias enteras, que se agravó durante la administración de Felipe Calderón, que declaró una “guerra” contra los grupos delincuenciales y ocasionó una espiral de violencia sin precedentes en nuestro país.
Durante los trabajos de la Comisión de Justicia, Ricardo “El Tigre” Mejía se refirió al avance del dictamen que incorpora disposiciones específicas sobre esta conducta y contempla penas de prisión para quienes incurrieran en los supuestos establecidos por la reforma.
El diputado advirtió sobre la necesidad de atender las nuevas modalidades de captación, en las que las redes sociales, las plataformas digitales y las ofertas laborales engañosas pueden servir como primer contacto entre los reclutadores y sus posibles víctimas.
La preocupación, explicó el diputado federal coahuilense, radica en que el acercamiento no siempre ocurre mediante amenazas directas desde el inicio. En algunos casos, las personas pueden ser atraídas con promesas de empleo, ingresos o supuestas oportunidades que después derivan en coacción, violencia y participación forzada en actividades criminales.
Uno de los puntos centrales de la reforma, detalló Ricardo “El Tigre” Mejía, consiste en considerar como reclutamiento forzado la incorporación de niñas, niños y adolescentes en los supuestos previstos por el nuevo marco legal, independientemente del mecanismo utilizado para captarlos.
“Las sanciones generales aprobadas van de 10 a 20 años de prisión. Cuando concurran circunstancias agravantes, como intimidación, amenaza, coacción, violencia física o moral o abuso de poder, las penas pueden alcanzar hasta 30 años, conforme a los supuestos establecidos en el texto aprobado”, detalló.
La modificación contempla, además, agravantes relacionadas con víctimas indígenas, afroamericanas o migrantes, así como con la participación de funcionarios públicos o personas que hayan pertenecido a corporaciones de seguridad o a las Fuerzas Armadas.
Para Mejía Berdeja, la protección de la infancia y la juventud debe ocupar un lugar prioritario en la respuesta institucional, ante el riesgo de que las organizaciones criminales aprovechen condiciones de vulnerabilidad económica y social para captar nuevos integrantes.
Mejía Berdeja advirtió que la aplicación efectiva de las nuevas disposiciones también requerirá investigación, prevención, atención a las víctimas y coordinación entre las autoridades responsables, pero reconoció que este avance constituye un paso en la discusión de herramientas jurídicas específicas para perseguir el reclutamiento de personas por organizaciones criminales.
La iniciativa promovida por Ricardo Mejía Berdeja desde 2025 forma parte de ese proceso legislativo. El objetivo planteado por el diputado es que la captación de personas para incorporarlas a grupos delictivos tenga consecuencias penales específicas y que niñas, niños, adolescentes y jóvenes cuenten con una protección reforzada frente a esas prácticas ilícitas. –sn–
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#^Ohořelá kávová sedlina může zvýšit pevnost betonu až o 30 procent
Australští vědci zjistili, že biochar vyrobený z kávové sedliny může při přimíchání do betonu zvýšit jeho pevnost až o 30 procent. Sedlina se zahřívá bez přístupu kyslíku při teplotě přes 350 °C, čímž vznikne uhlíkatý materiál schopný vázat se na cementovou směs. Postup by mohl omezit množství organického odpadu na skládkách i spotřebu přírodního písku při výrobě betonu. Výzkumníci zatím prověřují dlouhodobou odolnost materiálu, například vůči vodě, mrazu a opotřebení. Technologie už byla vyzkoušena na chodnících ve státě Victoria, kde pomohla využít odpad odpovídající asi 140 tisícům šálků kávy.
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Some really cool ideas...
136 #DIY #HalloweenCostumes So Good, No One Will Believe You Made Them
Your friends will be so impressed!
By Amanda Garrity, Laura Millar
Updated: Oct 19, 2026"While you might think homemade costumes always take a lot of work, there are actually tons of options that are easy enough to DIY even in a time crunch—think materials like common craft supplies and clothes you already have in your closet."
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/halloween-ideas/g73392905/diy-halloween-costume/
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UltraNothing (post-punk / Luxembourg) + Easily Distracted by Ducks (punkrock) im Schokoladen Berlin
Schokoladen, Saturday, November 14 at 07:00 PM GMT+1
UltraNothing is a post-punk band from Luxembourg, formed in 2023. After the disbanding of their former band Office of Weird, Mich and Mig asked Pit whether he'd like to join them on drums in a new, undefined band. After more than a year of creating material and tireless rehearsals, in July 2024 they recorded their debut EP at Holtz Sound Studio and had Julien Rosenberger (L'Autre Oreille Studio) master the 4 tracks. UltraNothing's 10" vinyl EP was released on the 26th October 2024, during a gig at the Mix 'n' Kawa Bar in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, with the support of instrumental noise rock band TVESLA and the up-and-coming band FULVOUS.
UltraNothing have nothing to add to the usual, standard litany of "punk" phrases and ideologies: of course, they are anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-sexist and anti-everything else that discriminates people, however, as they see it, punk slogans and phrases unfortunately didn't leave much of a dent on the institutions and on the main causes of discrimination and suffering of people around the world during the past 50 years. Nevertheless, the trio are very much intent on grinding on ferociously and defiantly to the rhythm of modern fallacy in an empty ode to daily exhaustion, ennui, spleen and existential tiredness.
In 2026, UltraNothing and their friends from the Luxembourgish noise punk band GOFAI decided to collaborate on a joint split LP release. This time round, UltraNothing took a fully D.I.Y. production approach and had their tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by Christophe Rippinger, who also carries out bass duties with GOFAI. The tracks were recorded live on 28th February 2026 at his "Dip Space" studio in Kayl, which also doubles as GOFAI's rehearsal room. UltraNothing's offering in the new split LP consists of five previously unrecorded tracks: four older tunes and a more recent track.
The split LP is due for release on 23rd October 2026, at the Mix'n'Kawa Bar, Esch-sur-Alzette (Belval), Luxembourg.https://youtu.be/H4CazIcVf2Q?is=rR6IGA3hfXOMUR6F
https://www.instagram.com/ultra.nothingband
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61563845039096
https://soundcloud.com/ultranothing
https://ultranothing.bandcamp.com/Die Band Easily Distracted by Ducks liefert tanzbare, experimentelle Punk-Rock-Musik. Die vierköpfige Band aus Berlin spielt seit etwa drei Jahren und liebt es, vor Live-Mengen aufzutreten.
Mit ihren aneckenden Texten haben sie an über zehn lokalen Veranstaltungsorten in Deutschland und England gespielt. Wo sie die Aufregung und Kämpfe des Lebens in Berlin auf die Bühne bringen und der Ansporn herrscht, diese Gefühle in ein gemeinsames Musik- und Tanzerlebnis umzuwandeln.
Links:
https://easilydistractedbyducks.bandcamp.com/
linktr.ee/easilydistractedbyducksVideolink:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2k7yoyHhdMÜ16, Rollstuhlrampe vorhanden, Barrierefreie Toilette über den Hof
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"The Luddites, in nineteenth century England, were highly skilled workers, who saw a few capitalists growing rich by introducing machinery to substitute for their own skill. They set to work to burn the factories down. The Luddites thought that if they could only destroy the machines, the problem would be solved. But technological advances could not be stopped by a few broken frames. The Luddites ultimately failed in their efforts because they failed to grasp the material forces driving the march of history. The machines prevailed because the ruling class wanted to cut costs and increase profits. The evils of the Industrial Revolution grew out of the possession of the means of production which grants the power to determine how technology is used. The same is true today, and it is why similar attempts to boycott AI are doomed to fail. Those who want to stop these systems from being put into production are merely attacking the symptoms of the underlying material relations.
It is not the inherent qualities of machinery that ought to be condemned, but rather the class relations within which it happens to be applied. This aspect of the problem was articulated clearly for the first time by Karl Marx. He showed that technology does not exist as an isolated phenomenon, but is dominated by the social structure of the society in which it happens to occur. To control the means of production collectively is to make technology serve human needs rather than merely increase the profits of the rich. That is the very lesson that the Luddites missed, and that a great many critics of AI are missing today as well."
https://dialecticaldispatches.substack.com/p/how-ai-exposes-the-class-character
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Probosque renueva sustratos en 17 viveros para impulsar la reforestación
Probosque incorpora sustratos con composta en sus 17 viveros forestales del Estado de México para mejorar la producción de árboles, aprovechar el agua de riego y prevenir enfermedades en las plantas.
Por Mireya Estrada | Corresponsal
La Protectora de Bosques del Estado de México (Probosque) comenzó a incorporar nuevos sustratos con composta en sus 17 viveros forestales para mejorar la producción de árboles destinados a las jornadas de reforestación y aprovechar de manera eficiente el agua de riego.
La estrategia del gobierno del Estado de México, encabezado por Delfina Gómez Álvarez, contempla preparar mezclas adaptadas a las condiciones ambientales de cada región y a las especies que se cultivan. La medida busca favorecer el crecimiento de las plantas y reducir la dependencia de la tierra negra de monte.
Como parte de esta iniciativa, más de 70 servidores públicos, especialistas e investigadores participaron en Metepec en el Taller de Sustratos y Manejo de Mezclas para la Producción de Planta Forestal, donde recibieron capacitación sobre preparación de materiales y prevención de enfermedades vegetales.
Agua y producción forestal
Alejandro Santiago Sánchez Vélez, director general de Probosque, señaló que la disponibilidad limitada de agua y las condiciones climáticas obligan a mejorar los procesos de producción en los viveros y buscar alternativas para aprovechar los recursos disponibles.
El funcionario también advirtió sobre las altas temperaturas previstas ante el posible impacto del fenómeno climático de El Niño. Ante ese escenario, planteó la necesidad de combinar materiales y técnicas que permitan utilizar de manera eficiente el presupuesto destinado a la producción forestal.
Durante el taller, los investigadores Arnulfo Aldrete y Manuel Aguilera Rodríguez, del Colegio de Postgraduados, explicaron las propiedades físicas, químicas y biológicas de los componentes empleados en los sustratos. También detallaron los criterios para establecer mezclas acordes con las necesidades de cada instalación.
Composta para fortalecer los viveros
La capacitación incluyó medidas para evitar la acumulación excesiva de humedad y reducir la aparición de enfermedades que pueden afectar el desarrollo de las plantas antes de su traslado a las zonas de reforestación.
Probosque distribuye actualmente el nuevo sustrato, elaborado con composta, entre sus 17 viveros forestales. Los responsables de cada instalación definirán las proporciones de los materiales según las condiciones ambientales, la ubicación y las especies que producen. –sn–
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DATE: October 25, 2026 at 07:00AM
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-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Romantic breakups correspond with changes in sexual identity during adulthood
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-material-fallout-of-a-breakup-correlates-with-shifts-in-sexual-identity/
Ending a committed relationship can prompt people to fundamentally reevaluate who they are, and a recent study suggests this process may extend to a person’s sexual orientation. Research published in The Journal of Sex Research indicates that individuals who experience highly disruptive material changes after a breakup report higher levels of ambiguity regarding their sexual identity. These findings highlight how major life transitions might correspond with shifts in sexual development throughout adulthood.
To understand these findings, it helps to look at how social scientists view human development. Life course theory suggests that human development is a lifelong process shaped by both expected milestones and unexpected events. Major life disruptions often act as turning points that influence a person’s future trajectory and sense of self.
Identity process theory builds on this idea by proposing that people constantly evaluate and adjust their identities to fit their environments. When a person’s social context changes rapidly, they often enter a processing period. During this time, they might assimilate new identity traits or discard old ones to maintain a coherent sense of self.
For many people, a romantic breakup is one of the most jarring transitions they will experience. Exiting a relationship requires a person to untangle their individual identity from their former partnership.
This untangling process can affect many facets of a person’s life, including their sexuality. Sexual orientation is not a single, unchangeable trait. It encompasses a person’s attractions, behaviors, and internal identity labels.
Sometimes, these different components do not perfectly align. Sexual orientation ambiguity refers to a period where a person feels their sexual identity is incongruent, unpredictable, or in a state of flux. While adolescence is frequently viewed as the primary time for sexual exploration, adults can experience changes in their sexual orientation at any point in their lives.
Grace A. O’Toole and her colleagues at Kansas State University conducted the study to explore these lifespan changes. The research team included O’Toole, Peyton Woods, Kristin M. Anders, Jared Durtschi, and Anthony J. Ferraro. They wanted to see if the end of a committed romantic relationship corresponded with periods of sexual ambiguity.
The researchers were particularly interested in differentiating between two types of relationship fallout. They wanted to separate the psychological toll of a breakup from its material consequences.
To investigate this, the researchers recruited 493 adults living in the United States through an online survey platform. Every participant had experienced the end of a committed romantic relationship within the past two years. The group included a wide age range, spanning from 18 to 76 years old.
Participants completed questionnaires assessing how the breakup impacted their lives. The survey split these impacts into two distinct categories. Psychological impacts measured changes in a person’s thoughts, emotions, and attitudes following the split.
Material impacts measured concrete lifestyle changes. This category included tangible disruptions like having to move to a new home, losing shared friend groups, or facing altered financial circumstances.
The participants also answered questions designed to measure sexual orientation ambiguity and sexual orientation uncertainty. Ambiguity questions assessed whether a person viewed their sexual orientation as changing rapidly. Uncertainty questions asked if participants felt a general sense of doubt about their sexual identity.
The researchers used statistical models to look for associations between the severity of the breakup’s impact and the participant’s reported levels of sexual ambiguity. They accounted for variables like gender, race, sexual orientation, and the seriousness of the past relationship.
The results revealed a link between the material consequences of a breakup and an individual’s sexual identity. Participants who reported higher levels of material impact from their relationship dissolution also reported higher levels of sexual orientation ambiguity. Those who faced greater concrete lifestyle disruptions were more likely to feel that their sexual orientation was in a state of flux.
The psychological impact of the breakup did not show the same relationship. The statistical models revealed that changes in a person’s emotional or mental state following the breakup were not statistically significant predictors of sexual orientation ambiguity.
The study also revealed notable differences across various demographic groups. People who identified as bisexual reported higher levels of sexual ambiguity compared to those who identified as heterosexual. This aligns with past research suggesting that bisexual individuals often navigate social environments that question the legitimacy of their orientation, which can prompt feelings of incongruence.
Participants who identified as genderqueer reported higher ambiguity than those who identified as cisgender men. Racial identity also correlated with these feelings of ambiguity. Black participants reported higher levels of sexual orientation ambiguity than White participants.
The nature of the ended relationship played a role in the findings as well. Participants who had been cohabitating with their former partners reported lower sexual ambiguity than those who had only been seriously dating.
The authors suggest that these findings point to a need for broader public education regarding sexual development. Recognizing that sexuality can be fluid across the entire lifespan could help individuals navigate periods of uncertainty. The researchers suggest that therapists and counselors should be attuned to how material disruptions might trigger identity shifts in their clients.
The study relies on cross-sectional data, meaning the researchers collected all the information at a single point in time. Because of this design, the results can only show correlations rather than cause and effect. It is possible that navigating the material fallout of a breakup leads to sexual ambiguity, but it is equally possible that existing sexual ambiguity contributed to the end of the relationship.
The participant pool was predominantly heterosexual, cisgender, and White. This demographic makeup limits how broadly the conclusions can be applied to other groups. The experiences of individuals with diverse sexual and gender identities might differ substantially from the patterns observed in this specific sample.
The survey measures used to assess sexual ambiguity have primarily been tested on young adults in past research. Applying these measures across a broader age range provides a useful first step, but the questionnaires may need further testing to ensure they capture the nuances of older adults’ experiences accurately.
Future research could track individuals over time to better understand the sequence of these identity shifts. Tracking participants over several years would help clarify whether the material disruption of a breakup directly prompts people to reevaluate their sexual orientation. Examining a more diverse group of participants could also reveal how different cultural and social backgrounds influence identity development after a major life transition.
The study, “Understanding Sexual Orientation Ambiguity: Perceptions of Transitional Impacts in the Context of a Relationship Dissolution,” was authored by Grace A. O’Toole, Peyton Woods, Kristin M. Anders, Jared Durtschi, and Anthony J. Ferraro.
URL: https://www.psypost.org/the-material-fallout-of-a-breakup-correlates-with-shifts-in-sexual-identity/
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Lo que las iniciativas globales de China aportan al mundo
Fuente: Instituto Tricontinental de Investigación Social El Chasque 25/10/2026 En tiempos de guerra, deuda, poder corporativo y dependencia tecnológica, cinco propuestas chinas retomaron una pregunta largamente silenciada: ¿qué instituciones se necesitan para que la paz, la soberanía y el desarrollo sean materialmente posibles? […]https://elchasque.com/2026/10/25/lo-que-las-iniciativas-globales-de-china-aportan-al-mundo/
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Hi, I’m an artist and currently live in Berlin.
I enjoy spending time in nature, visiting historic sites and museums or forgotten places, and I love anything to do with crafts. Especially when done with hands and using natural materials.We could all benefit if life moved a little slower.
#presentación #presentation #berlin #berlinkultur #berlinart #spandau #berlinspandau #oilpainting #sailing #pottery #painting #art #artlover
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[#TRADESHOW] 140th #CantonFair #Phase 2 2026 will be held from October 23 to 27, 2026, at #China #Import and #Export #Fair Complex in #Guangzhou. Officially themed Quality #Home #Life, Phase 2 focuses on #housewares, #gifts and #decorations, #building #materials, #furniture, #ceramics, sanitary #products, #gardening products, and #household goods. https://chinaexpohub.com/event/140th-canton-fair-phase-2-2026/