https://www.europesays.com/people/278615/ America’s billionaire boom: Florida gains on New York as California dominates #Billionaires #california #ElonMusk #Florida #forbes #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #Massachusetts #MichaelBloomberg #NewYork #Texas #USNews
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Why did he take his name?
Martin Luther was a German who translated the Bible.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a black activist who was actually named "Michael" on his birth certificate, but later changed his name to that of the famous Christian.
The German Martin Luther was persecuted by the Catholic church, excommunicated, cursed, and condemned as a heretic.
The American Martin Luther King Jr. was friends with the Catholic church and has his own holiday.
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#michaelwestmedia #michaelpascoe #nacc #federalcorruption #auspol
NACC declares itself useless, the joke worsens
Hopes that the federal anti-corruption watch puppy might be resuscitated by a change of leadership have been dashed, writes Michael Pascoe. The NACC is only capable of embarrassing itself.
by Michael Pascoe - Michael West Media
https://michaelwest.com.au/nacc-declares-itself-useless-the-joke-worsens -
Sprzedaję :) / Polecam :) / Historia o niewiarygodnej Miłości / Świetny, tani prezent, dla Ukochanej / #Sprzedaż
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Now spinning at my house, a sunny Saturday beauty:
Fudge (2026), the 5th album by Michael Kiwanuka, full of dreamy acoustic soul and songs that cradle and squeeze your heart...he recorded it all before suffering a severe hemorrhagic stroke last year, and I pray for his steady and sure recovery
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https://www.europesays.com/si/274221/ Konec zmagovitega niza za City, Arsenal ga lahko ujame #vŽivo #AngleškoPrvenstvo #Arsenal #BenjaminŠeško #Brighton #Chelsea #JakaBijol #LeedsUnited #Liverpool #ManchesterCity #ManchesterUnited #MichaelCarrick #NicolasJackson #PremierLeague #SI #Slovene #Slovenia #Slovenija #Slovenščina #Šport #Sports #Tottenham
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https://www.europesays.com/at/474369/ Ladenöffnung: SPÖ nur für Lockerung digital und ohne Personal #AT #Austria #Ladenöffnungszeiten #MarcelHaraszti #Markt #MichaelaSchmidt #NEOS #Österreich #Regierungsprogramm #RepublicOfAustria #RepublikÖsterreich #REWE #SeppSchellhorn #Spar #SPÖ #Weihnachtseinkäufe #WolfgangHattmannsdorfer
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https://www.europesays.com/3328965/ Tech Guru Paul Wick Says ‘Doom and Gloom’ Over AI Is Overblown #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #asset #BusinessInsider #ChiefInvestor #CurrentBoom #doom #gloom #industry #MassUnemployment #MichaelBurry #Nvidia #OpenSourceModel #TechGuruPaulWick #wick #year
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/749145/ From Gaza to AI, Michael D Higgins warns of a world losing its moral compass ##IsraelPalestine #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence(AI) #ArtificialIntelligence #ClimateChange #DonaldTrump #education #Éire #EuropeanUnion(EU) #IE #Iran #Ireland #MiddleEast #Technology
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Fruits of Yzerman’s Labor Showing Up on Red Wings Roster https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/694201/ #AlbertJohansson #AntonJohansson #AxelSandinPellikka #CarterMazur #Detroit #DetroitHockeyNow #DetroitRedWings #DetroitRedWings #EmmittFinnie #Hockey #KrisDraper #LucasRaymond #MichaelBrandseggNygard #MichaelRasmussen #MoritzSeider #NateDanielson #NHL #RedWings #RedWings #SteveYzerman #WilliamWallinder
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Mammoth host the Lightning after Cooley’s 2-goal game https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/694194/ #event_preview #Hockey #JohnMarino #Lightning #LoganCooley #MichaelCarcone #NationalHockeyLeague #NHL #TampaBay #TampaBayLightning #TampaBay #TampaBayLightning #UtahMammoth
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🙏🏼 Danke für deine klare Meinung zu dem Thema der Veranstaltung am 5.11. in Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Dr. Michael Fuchs freut sich bestimmt, wenn du mit dabei bist, falls du in Berlin lebst. 🤗
👉🏼 Hier ist der Link zum kostenlosen Angebot: https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=794568
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Novo Pôster da Série BLADE RUNNER 2099
O Prime Video divulgou um novo pôster (na imagem em destaque) de Blade Runner 2099, série da Amazon MGM Studios que dará continuidade à franquia iniciada pelo clássico Blade Runner em 1982. A série limitada, que será lançada dia 25 de novembro no streaming Prime Video, terá no elenco, além de Michelle Yeoh e Hunter Schaffer como as protagonistas Olwen e Cora, Lewis Gribben, Katelyn Rose Downey, Daniel Rigby e Dimitri Abold. Ridley Scott, diretor do longa original, é um dos produtores executivos juntamente com Michael Green, que co-escreveu a continuação de 2017 Blade Runner 2049, de Denis Villeneuve. Silka Luisa é a showrunner e principal roteirista, enquanto Jonathan van Tulleken dirige os dois primeiros episódios.
#AlconEntertainment #AmazonPrimeVideo #BladeRunner2099 #DanielRigby #DimitriAbold #HunterSchafer #JonathanVanTulleken #KatelynRoseDowney #LewisGribben #MichaelGreen #MichelleYeoh #RidleyScott #Séries #SciFiNews #ScottFree #SilkaLuisa -
#WalterKoenig Dead: #Chekov on Original 'Star Trek' Was 90
Walter Koenig, who memorably played Chekov in the original “Star Trek” series and seven “Star Trek” feature films, died Sunday in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. He was 90
[…]Koenig was also associated with another sci-fi franchise, J. Michael Straczynski’s “Babylon 5,” in which he played the evil #PsiCop #AlfredBester (named by the show’s creators after the science fiction writer). He appeared in 12 episodes of that show from 1994-98.
#babylon5 #StarTrek #obituary #deaths #diedhttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/walter-koenig-dead-chekov-star-trek-1236931312/
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Had the lovely opportunity to interview Gigi Masin earlier this year on the release of his new album, Movement, and he shared this about his debut: "my first album (Wind) is now considered an example of ‘ambient’ music, while when I made it I thought it could be a very Venetian version of something vaguely ‘jazz’ despite the presence of sequences made with a synth. Evidently the beat exists in me, and perhaps it has more to do with minimalism than with jazz (may purists forgive me!)"
It does sit in its own world, doesn't it? Gorgeous remaster from Michael Graves and lovely reissue presentation from Numero Group.
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Ben Affleck – „Air: Der große Wurf“ (2023)Ein Biopic über einen Turnschuh? Mit Verlaub, aber das klingt doch auf allen Ebenen nach der endgültigen Kapitulation des Kinos vor dem Produkt-Placement. Trotzdem hat Ben Affleck einen erstaunlich unterhaltsamen Film daraus gemacht. Denn „Air“ erzählt davon, wie Nike Anfang der 80er Jahre den Basketballmarkt erobert hat, weil sie einen jungen Spieler als Werbeträger verpflichten konnten, kurz bevor dessen Weltkarriere überhaupt begonnen hat. Michael Jordan bleibt in diesem Film allerdings weitgehend unsichtbar. Die wichtigste Figur dieser Geschichte ist seine Mutter. Mit Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman und Viola Davis. (ZDF, Neu!)
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“The Puerto Rican War” by John Vasquez Mejias. (2020/2024). Epic woodcut treatment of political upheaval and violence on and off the island. Painstaking all-caps block text annotates the dynamic, scary, cubist imagery. The idiosyncratic passion project includes cameo appearances by Michael Collins and Mahatma Gandhi. Successful. 12pp of notes.
Apparently #16 in a series of graphic history reviews. #usa #puertorico #island #independence #struggle #history #histodons #comic #graphicnovel #book
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Nasdaq-listed Evernorth, the Ripple-backed firm building an XRP treasury, has agreed to sell up to 5.22 million Class A shares to a Cantor Fitzgerald affiliate over about 14 months. SEC filings put gross proceeds at 80.7M USD, with much of it earmarked for buying more XRP. https://cryptoslate.com/evernorth-takes-a-page-from-michael-saylors-bitcoin-playbook-with-new-80-million-xrp-funding-plan/ #Web3 #Blockchain #InstitutionalAdoption
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#Proton hosts #Flock map revealing over 300,000 #cameras , defying cease-and-desist threats against creator — privacy-focused company hosts site on #Swiss servers, says users have the right to know who’s recording them | Tom's Hardware
By contrast, Proton’s Flock #camera map is easily accessible worldwide. Its location in #Switzerland also makes it a little more complicated for the #surveillance company to take legal action. Its move to preserve Michael’s work also follows the company’s #privacy ethos.
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In 1980, I turned 15 and started high school. I still love these songs, but for nostalgic reasons not because they are great songs.
Prince - Uptown
https://youtu.be/ZiuSRQHLv88Zapp ft. Roger Trautman - More Bounce to the Ounce (audio)
https://youtu.be/r_IPV2zeDIcBlondie - Rapture
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248gMichael Jackson - Off the Wall (audio)
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Tomlin describes TJ Watt as an ‘Angry Little Brother’: “T.J. is an angry little brother. He is. I know that because I’m an angry little brother. I think there’s something to being a little brother. Michael Jordan is a little brother. I think you’ll find a lot of people that are great at what they do are little brothers. I go to his Pro Day, and I take him out to dinner the night before his pro day. And I was like, ‘Man, there’s an underlying rage here that is familiar and attractive.” #Steelers #NFL
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Hurrah. Die Dokumentation über #UrsulaKLeGuin von 2019 ist im öffentlichen Raum angekommen, Dank des öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehens in USA (heißt dort PBS). Diese PBS-Fassung der Doku von Arwen Curry ist fast 10 Minuten länger als die Urfassung, die ich kenne.
Milde Warnung: Neil Gaiman war damals noch öffentlich unbescholten. Weitere Stimmen: Samuel R. Delany, David Mitchell, Annalee Newitz, Margaret Attwood, Michael Chabon sowie Familie und Freunde.
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English Sonnette
William Shakespeare writes with a quill amid books, candles, and theatrical manuscripts.Alighieri Dante (1265-1321)
Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)
Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533)
Toraquato Tasso (1544-1595)Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder (1503-1542)
Herny Howard, Earl of Surrey ( 1517-154 7)
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)
Thomas Lodge (1558-1625)Samuel Daniel (1562?-1619)
Herny Constable (1562-1613)
Barnaby Barnes (1569?-1609)
Michael Drayton (1563-1631)Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
William Shakespeare ( 1564-1616)–David Diego Rodriguez (1956-2056?)
(Translated, from the Spanish, after the sonnets of Joan
DDR #poetry #sonnet #WilliamShakespeare #writing
Brossa and Nicanor Parra, by the author and David
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Ich wäre so gerne dabei gewesen …
Sind schon wieder 8 Jahre seit meiner letzten Reise nach Israel vergangen? Ich mag es kaum glauben, aber selbst wenn ich alle Finger zu Hilfe nehme, um die Jahres eines nach dem anderen abzuzählen, es bleibt dabei: ACHT JAHRE
Nicht, dass ich nicht jedes Jahr hätte fahren wollen, aber, aber, aber … immer hatten andere Dinge Vorrang oder es lag an meinem Skiunfall oder an Corona oder an sonstigem Ungemach, das eine Reise verhinderte.
Vor acht Jahren nahm ich an der Gruppenreise der „Christlichen Israelfreunde Norddeutschlands“ teil – ein wunderbares, als Begegnungsreise geplantes Abenteuer. In diesem Frühjahr warben Ulrike und Michael Dierks, die Reiseleiter von 2018, für eine in diesen Herbst geplante Reise. Ich ließ mich sofort auf die Liste der Interessenten setzen, aber wieder machten mir schwierige und gesundheitliche Umstände einen Strich durch die Rechnung und ich musste sehr kurzfristig meine Zusage zurückziehen. Traurig, aber “ אין ברירה (Ein Breira)“ – keine Alternative, nicht zu ändern.
Auch diese Reise, vom 12. – 20. Oktober war als Begegnungsreise geplant – und bevor ich nun ausführlich mit eigenen Sätzen Erklärungen zu einer Reise abgebe, an der ich nicht teilgenommen habe, setzte ich hier für Interessierte den Link zum Reiseblog. Man muss ein bisschen scrollen – Blogs laufen ja beim Schreiben vorwärts, aber das Tagebuch liest sich im Nachhinein vom letzten zum ersten Tag. Es lohnt sich, reinzuschauen. Mit Dank an die Blogger und an Ulrike und Michael Dierks!
cindev.de/2026/09/30/judaea-und-samaria-reise-okt-26/
Die Reise ist gerade auch im Hinblick auf die aufflammenden kritischen Berichte über „Siedler und Siedlergewalt“ sehr interessant, umso mehr bedauere ich es, nicht dabei gewesen zu sein. Wir sollten uns von den reißerischen Nachrichten nicht täuschen lassen, sie sind „nur“ eine weitere moderne Variante der uralten Behauptung, die „Juden seien unser Unglück“. Ginge es in der Berichterstattung tatsächlich um die gewaltsamen Vorkommnisse in Judäa und Samaria, hätten wir doch schon seit Jahren nahezu wöchentlich über Übergriffe von Arabern auf die sogenannten „Siedler“ lesen müssen, die ohnehin quantitativ sehr viel bedeutsamer waren als die so heftig kritisierten „Übergriffe“ auf Araber. Aber in alle den zurückliegenden Jahren waren Juden die Opfer, und das ist für die israelkritische Propaganda weit weniger interessant als wehrhafte Juden, die sich gegen feindlich gesonnene Nachbarn erwehren müssen …
Wenn, wie ach so kritisch berichtet, jetzt Judäa und Samaria von der israelischen Armee abgeriegelt werden, so sollten wir es als die notwendigen Maßnahmen aufgrund von Warnungen betrachten, dass vor den Wahlen in Israel Anschläge auf Israel und in den Gebieten wahrscheinlich sind. Nichts heizt nämlich die skandalisierende Berichterstattung über die schlimmen Israelis so an, wie eine wehrhafte Maßnahme des Staates gegen arabisch-palästinensische Terroristen. Die HAMAS und ihre Brüder im Geiste schrecken vor keiner Gelegenheit zurück, die der antiisraelischen Propaganda dienen könnte – und in Deutschland gibt es leider genug Menschen, die allzu gerne auf den Zug aufspringen, wie man unschwer an Zeitungsberichten und Nachrichtensendungen erkennen kann.
Darum wieder und wieder mein aufrichtiger Wunsch:
SCHALOM UVRACHA dem Volk und Land ISRAEL
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Even if the joint standing committee has no power to make decisions or laws on its own, any adverse finding that the Brethren was actively involved in the election campaign will cause significant headaches for the church. Under Commonwealth electoral laws, any individual or organisation, other than a political party, candidate or sitting parliamentarian, that actively spends or fundraises substantial amounts for the purposes of political advocacy or campaigning must register as a significant third party, as unions, peak industry bodies and lobby groups such as Advance or GetUp! are required to do, in order to limit their potential influence without strict financial oversight.
If the Australian Electoral Commission, which is already conducting its own investigation into the Brethren’s activities, finds the church did in fact breach electoral laws, Laxale says that would prove the church’s electoral involvement and probably trigger a separate investigation by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, as charities cannot keep their tax-free status if they are found to have engaged in party political campaigning.
This would deal a huge blow to the Brethren, as its enormous wealth and ecosystem of successful businesses and linked charities rely heavily on retaining the tax-free status.
“It’s a matter for the AEC to determine whether or not they breached electoral law, so that’s not on the inquiry to do that. We don’t have the power to do that. We’re inquiring into the 2025 election, and obviously there was significant involvement from the Brethren,” Laxale says. “But my understanding is that investigations are ongoing between the AEC and the Brethren. Obviously, they would be interested in the evidence that our inquiry is getting from people who have written submissions but also the public hearings.
“We’ve got our final report due and then it’ll be a matter for the AEC to determine whether or not electoral law was breached.”With Liberal and National members of the committee running what Monique Ryan said amounted to active interference on behalf of Bruce and Gareth Hales, Liberal MPs from the party’s moderate wing are openly questioning why the party is so keen to help an obscure sect that has only about 16,000 members in Australia and just over 50,000 worldwide.
Michael Bachelard, a journalist at The Age who has led much of the reporting on the Brethren over the past two decades, traces the group’s involvement with the Liberal Party back to the mid 1970s, when Bruce Hales identified his local member of federal parliament, newly elected member for Bennelong John Howard, as a potential ally of the church.
“The politician and the Brethren leaders had a mutual antipathy to trade unions, and a determination to minimise their influence in Australian life,” Bachelard wrote in his 2008 book Behind the Exclusive Brethren.cont 4/5
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DATE: October 25, 2026 at 06:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Your body makes its own cannabis-like chemicals as you run, and neuroscience research finds they keep rising all the way to the marathon finish line, a possible clue to the runner’s high
A long run appears to keep the body’s own cannabis-like chemical messengers active for hours. New research published in BMC Medicine indicates that one of these compounds, anandamide, climbs steadily during a marathon and stays elevated 45 minutes after the finish, and that levels are also higher after ultramarathons of up to 230 kilometers. These chemical changes occurred alongside shifts in mood, such as reduced anxiety after running, although the study did not test whether one caused the other.
The runner’s high is a state some people report during or after endurance exercise, marked by euphoria, reduced anxiety, less pain, and a sense of calm afterward. Early explanations credited endorphins, the body’s natural opioid painkillers, but endorphins are large, water-soluble molecules, and there is no convincing evidence that they cross the blood-brain barrier, the protective filter between the bloodstream and the brain, in meaningful amounts.
Endocannabinoids offer an alternative: they are small, fat-soluble molecules made on demand from cell membranes, they can cross that barrier, and they act on the same cannabinoid receptors targeted by THC, the main psychoactive compound in cannabis. The two best studied are anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, often shortened to 2-AG.
Laboratory experiments began supporting this shift in thinking when a 2015 animal experiment led by Johannes Fuss, the senior author of the new study, showed that wheel-running mice relied on cannabinoid receptors, rather than opioid receptors, to experience reduced anxiety and lower pain sensitivity. Human research soon followed, including a 2021 clinical trial by the same group where researchers gave participants a medication that blocked opioid receptors. The runners still reported the typical calm and euphoric sensations of a runner’s high, suggesting that endorphins were not required for those effects.
In a 2022 systematic review, the same group found that 14 of 17 studies detected a rise in endocannabinoids after a single bout of exercise. But as the authors of the new study note, nearly all of that human research involved workouts lasting under an hour, leaving open what happens during true long-distance events.
“Humans are capable of running for many hours, sometimes even days, and we wanted to understand what happens to the endocannabinoid system during such extraordinary endurance efforts,” lead author Michael Siebers, a psychiatrist at LVR University Hospital Essen, told PsyPost.
“I believe that our ability to run long distances cannot be explained by anatomy alone,” Siebers explained. “We probably also need an entire orchestra of neuromodulators that reward us for sustained physical activity and help us continue running despite fatigue and discomfort. Thanks to a wonderful collaboration with researchers from Ulm and the German Sport University Cologne, we were able to investigate these processes during marathon and ultramarathon running, including distances of up to 230 kilometers.”
To investigate these biochemical and emotional shifts under real-world conditions, Siebers and his colleagues, including senior author Johannes Fuss of the University of Duisburg-Essen and collaborators at University Hospital Ulm and the German Sport University Cologne, designed two field studies of trained endurance athletes.
The first investigation examined 19 experienced runners, including seven women and 12 men, who completed a marathon course consisting of three 14-kilometer loops around Lake Baldeney in Essen, Germany. To establish a realistic comparison, each runner returned one to two months later to complete an identical-duration walking session along the same route at their preferred pace. Blood samples were drawn at the start, at the 14-kilometer and 28-kilometer marks, immediately after the full course (about 43 kilometers), and after a 45-minute rest period. Alongside blood draws, participants completed visual rating scales to score their current levels of euphoria, anxiety, and physical pain.
The second investigation followed 36 athletes (16 ran 100 kilometers, 7 ran 160, and 13 ran 230) taking part in the TorTour de Ruhr, a non-stop ultramarathon in central Germany. These athletes, comprising 13 women and 23 men, provided blood samples and mood ratings before the race and shortly after crossing the finish line. In both studies, laboratory technicians measured several key lipids, including anandamide and 2-AG.
In the marathon study, levels of anandamide rose progressively across the entire run. By the mid-race mark, anandamide was higher during running than during walking, which produced only modest changes, and it remained higher 45 minutes after the marathon ended. Running was also far more intense, with runners averaging about 83 percent of their estimated maximum heart rate, compared with about 58 percent while walking. The compound 2-AG displayed a different trajectory, showing lower levels early in the run compared to walking, but climbing during the final kilometers and staying elevated during early recovery.
The ultramarathon runners exhibited similar biochemical patterns upon completing their races. Anandamide and 2-AG concentrations were both higher after the race across all three ultramarathon distances compared to pre-race baselines. In an exploratory comparison, post-race anandamide levels after the marathon were nearly double those seen after the ultramarathons (32.4 versus 17.1 in the study’s measurements), which the authors suggest may reflect the higher running intensity of the shorter race.
Mood ratings also shifted during running. Marathon participants reported higher euphoria while running than while walking at several points, although at the 28-kilometer mark, a stage where runners often describe “hitting the wall,” euphoria was no longer different from walking. Anxiety ratings started slightly higher before the marathon than before the walk, then fell toward the end of the run, and pain ratings showed little change after 14 kilometers but rose markedly from 28 kilometers on. In the ultramarathon group, anxiety decreased after the race, more so at 100 and 160 kilometers than at 230, while pain rose and euphoria did not change in a statistically significant way.
When asked afterward, only 3 of the 19 marathoners said they had experienced a runner’s high during the marathon, while 8 said they had not and 8 were unsure; among the ultramarathoners, 12 said they had and 19 said they had not.
The findings are in line with research covered by PsyPost in 2022, which found that acute exercise consistently increased endocannabinoid levels, especially anandamide, with moderate intensity yielding stronger boosts than low intensity.
“This is an interesting study, particularly because it’s not easy to investigate physiological responses to exercise over marathon and ultramarathon distances,” said Danielle McCartney, a research affiliate at the University of Sydney who was not involved in the study. “The key finding is that circulating concentrations of anandamide (AEA), an endocannabinoid, increased progressively throughout the marathon and were also elevated following ultramarathons of 100, 160 and 230 km.”
“Previous studies have consistently shown that moderate-intensity running increases blood concentrations of AEA,” McCartney told PsyPost. “However, most of this research has focused on relatively short bouts of exercise (less than 60 minutes). This study fills an important gap by examining much longer running distances, and shows that increases in AEA also occur during marathon and ultramarathon running.”
The researchers see the sustained activity as a possible clue to how humans manage hours of running.
“One of our most important findings is that the body’s own cannabinoid system remains active even during extremely prolonged exercise,” Siebers noted. “We observed substantial increases in endocannabinoids, particularly anandamide, not only during marathon running but also after ultramarathons lasting many hours.”
“These molecules are sometimes described as the body’s own cannabis-like substances because they act on the same cannabinoid receptor system targeted by THC,” he said. “They may contribute to the rewarding, calming, and potentially pain-modulating effects of running. From an evolutionary perspective, I find this particularly fascinating. Humans have an extraordinary capacity for endurance running, and the endocannabinoid system may be one of the biological mechanisms that make prolonged running not only physically possible but also psychologically rewarding.”
Siebers described the shift many runners report over the course of a run.
“At the beginning of a run, everything may feel uncomfortable,” he observed. “Your calves are aching, your back feels stiff, and every step requires some effort.”
“But after a while, something can change,” he noted. “Your movements become smoother, running feels increasingly effortless, and you may enter a state of flow. Sometimes this develops into euphoria, while everyday worries and stress seem to fade into the background.”
Siebers also sees potential relevance for mental health.
“As a psychiatrist, I find this especially interesting because running can become a valuable tool for coping with stress, improving mood, and supporting mental well-being,” he added. “Of course, exercise is not a replacement for professional treatment when it is needed, but for some people, it can be an important part of their recovery and everyday life.”
The study did not test whether runners whose anandamide rose the most felt the most euphoric or calm.
McCartney cautioned, however, against assuming that these chemical increases directly generate the emotional sensations reported by participants. “It’s important to recognize that this study doesn’t establish that increases in AEA are responsible for the ‘runner’s high,'” she explained. “It shows that prolonged running increases blood AEA concentrations and is associated with changes in mood, including increased euphoria and reduced anxiety. While these findings are consistent with the idea that AEA contributes to the runner’s high, they don’t establish a causal relationship.”
The TorTour de Ruhr presented extreme physical demands, requiring runners to navigate unfamiliar routes for up to 230 kilometers, often through the night and in isolation.
“What impressed me most was witnessing what humans are capable of achieving,” Siebers recounted. “Some of our participants ran distances of up to 230 kilometers, maintaining their effort for many hours, sometimes running alone through the night on unfamiliar trails. Equally fascinating was the atmosphere among the ultramarathon runners. Despite the enormous physical demands, there was a remarkable sense of community and positivity.”
“I was particularly struck by participants who reported very little anxiety after these extraordinary distances, even after spending hours alone in unfamiliar surroundings,” he said. “Some runners also reported surprisingly little pain despite covering distances that would seem almost unimaginable to most people. These observations make me wonder how strongly our internal neuromodulatory systems can influence the way we experience physical effort, pain, and fear.”
Pain was still common: 29 of the 36 ultramarathoners reported pain during the race, only five reported none, and eight said they used pain medication, particularly in the longest race.
As with all research, there are some caveats to consider. The marathon study used walking as a comparison rather than having participants sit quietly, meaning the control condition still involved mild physical exertion. Participants also selected their own running and walking speeds, which preserved a realistic race environment but introduced variation in how hard each individual was working.
“I have reasonable confidence in the main findings, particularly because the increases in AEA were consistent across the marathon and ultramarathon studies and align with previous research,” McCartney told PsyPost. “However, there are some limitations worth considering. Measuring endocannabinoids in blood can be technically challenging, and although the authors used established analytical methods, they don’t explicitly report whether these methods were validated.”
“I’d also have liked more information about what participants ate during and after exercise,” McCartney added. “We know that nutrient intake can influence blood AEA concentrations, so it’s possible that dietary behavior affected the measures.”
The authors describe their laboratory analysis as following established, standardized protocols, including adding chemically labeled reference versions of each compound to every sample to allow exact measurement. They also acknowledge that participants’ nutrition, rest, and time of day were not fully controlled.
Every participant also ran the marathon before doing the walking session, which the authors note may have raised anxiety at the start of the running day. The samples were also small, with 19 marathoners and between 7 and 16 runners at each ultramarathon distance, and no blood was drawn during the ultramarathons themselves.
The emotional measures relied on brief, single-item rating scales, which capture only a snapshot of complex mental states like flow or emotional relief. Logistics during the ultramarathon also meant that pre-race samples for the 230-kilometer group had to be collected the previous evening rather than right at the starting line.
“One important distinction is that we measured endocannabinoids in the blood, not directly in the brain,” Siebers pointed out. “Although our findings show substantial changes in circulating endocannabinoid concentrations, we cannot yet determine precisely what happens in the brain during prolonged running.”
“Another important point is that the runner’s high is not simply caused by one molecule,” he added. “Endocannabinoids are probably part of a much larger and highly complex orchestra of neuromodulators, including dopamine, serotonin, endogenous opioids, and other signaling systems. Furthermore, not everyone experiences a runner’s high, and running does not necessarily become more enjoyable the longer someone continues.”
When considering future research, McCartney highlighted both pharmacological and nutritional avenues for follow-up testing. “Ideally, I’d like to see whether blocking cannabinoid receptors prevents the runner’s high,” she said. “Unfortunately, the safety concerns associated with drugs like rimonabant make that a difficult experiment to conduct in humans!”
Rimonabant, a drug that blocks the main cannabinoid receptor, was pulled from the European market in 2008 after it was linked to depression and suicidal thoughts.
“More realistically, I’d be interested in seeing whether nutrition influences the endocannabinoid response to prolonged exercise,” McCartney told PsyPost, “particularly given that runners typically consume substantial amounts of carbohydrate during marathon and ultramarathon events.”
Looking ahead, the authors hope to examine how these chemical messengers operate directly within the central nervous system during physical exertion.
“One of my main interests is understanding how running influences mood changes and the brain itself,” Siebers said. “So far, our research has primarily focused on measuring endocannabinoids in peripheral blood. However, the runner’s high ultimately involves processes within the central nervous system, and we still know surprisingly little about what actually happens in the human brain during running. I would therefore like to investigate these central mechanisms more directly, potentially through neuroimaging and other methods that allow us to study neuromodulation in the brain.”
“In addition, I am particularly interested in how the endocannabinoid system interacts with pain regulation during prolonged exercise,” he continued. “Why can some individuals continue running for hours despite considerable physical stress, while others experience increasing discomfort? Understanding these mechanisms could provide valuable insights not only into endurance exercise but also into pain regulation and mental health.”
Beyond laboratory measurements, the researchers also reflected on the broader personal and evolutionary dimensions of sustained running.
Siebers emphasized that the effect requires no outside substance. “What fascinates me is that our bodies can produce their own cannabis-like substances simply through physical activity,” he told PsyPost. “Under the right circumstances, this can contribute to a completely natural high, without consuming any external substance.”
“For me, the most exciting message is that running is much more than moving our legs,” Siebers said. “It is a fascinating interaction between our body and brain, and understanding this interaction may help us discover why humans have developed such an extraordinary relationship with endurance running.”
The study, “Endocannabinoid dynamics across marathon and ultramarathon running: evidence from two field studies,” was authored by Michael Siebers, Dana Huvermann, Christoph Siebers, Deborah Canales-Romero, Alexandra Florea-Ghile, Lina Keite, Lucas John, Moritz Munk, Roman Bizjak, Jens Witzel, Sebastian Schulz, Johannes Kirsten, Laura Bindila, Anke Hinney, Marijke Grau, Daniel A. Bizjak, Harald Engler, and Johannes Fuss.
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Today is the anniversary of the death of Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany who died in 1957. An English-Irish author, poet, and playwright, he was commonly known as Lord Dunsany and is considered by many critics to have laid the grounds for the fantasy genre.
Dunsany's most notable fantasy short stories appeared in collections from 1905 to 1919, before fantasy had been recognised as a distinct genre.
He is best known today for the 1924 fantasy novel The King of Elfland's Daughter and his first book, The Gods of Pegāna, which depicts a fictional pantheon.
Among his best-known characters was Joseph Jorkens, an obese, middle-aged raconteur who frequented the fictional Billiards Club in London and would tell fantastic stories if anyone bought him a large whiskey and soda. These books were among the first of a type that would become popular in fantasy and science fiction writing: highly improbable "club tales" told at a gentleman's club or bar.
An impressive list of later writers have said they were influenced by Dunsany’s work including: Terry Pratchett, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, Clark Ashton Smith, Fletcher Pratt, Jorge Luis Borges, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, C. L. Moore, Jack Vance, Arthur C. Clarke, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, David Eddings, Michael Moorcock, Clive Barker, and Neil Gaiman.
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Cyprus police launch investigation into Deloitte backdating scandal
after revelations that the Big Four firm faked documents to help Roman Abramovich conceal his fortune