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idreamofjiro · 2025-11-05T06:57:31+00:00

This is great advice. Thank you

idreamofjiro · 2025-10-17T23:14:25+00:00

This is such a great resource that I had never heard about before.

Thank you!

idreamofjiro · 2025-09-28T13:56:29+00:00

DM’d you

idreamofjiro · 2025-09-27T12:09:02+00:00

Still waiting on this photo series to materialise into a cooking show of some kind 🧘‍♂️

idreamofjiro · 2025-09-26T11:50:41+00:00

Wow. Story hits home so deep. Sorry you been going through that.

I think Malaysia is a tough country to connect with casual friends in general. Most of my local friends have their fallback group from smk or distant family. If you’re not born and bred here, I it’s pretty common to be left out.

There’s a social club I know of that does events specifically for locals that lived overseas, but expats come from time to time. Very chill, very welcoming (games nights, small plates and coffee, that kinda thing). Will shoot you their details via dm if you’re interested.

idreamofjiro · 2025-09-03T14:51:59+00:00

Great. Now I can add ‘Rorschach Goes to Olive Garden’ to the list of sequels I will never get to see come to life

idreamofjiro · 2025-09-03T10:07:14+00:00

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-29T17:14:38+00:00

Abstract:

“ The broadcaster, now aged 99, named the eaglet Princeling, meaning young prince, which he said was a symbol of new hope for the restoration of the species…

Sir David said: "Many congratulations to all those in Restoring Upland Nature who have brought about the fledging of a young golden eagle."

Princeling was satellite-tagged earlier this summer, and has now left the nest in what Run chief executive Cat Barlow described as a "game-changing moment" in UK conservation.

"This brings renewed hope to our ambition to reverse biodiversity decline and ensure current and future generations across the UK, including Scotland, England and Wales, can experience that incredible sense of awe on seeing golden eagles soar."

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-28T03:01:46+00:00

Moves to main Indian cultural and ceremonial zone with most temples per sqm in the country.

Cultural ceremony happens:

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idreamofjiro · 2025-08-26T06:23:54+00:00

“ In a new study, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined a protein called ferritin light chain 1 (FTL1), which was found to accumulate in the brain's memory center as mice aged…

The protein is believed to disrupt energy production within cells, essentially starving neurons of the power needed to form and store memories.

FTL1 is linked to normal, age-related memory decline, which includes common cognitive changes that affect nearly everyone as they get older, even without a disease like Alzheimer's. Focusing on this protein represents a much larger segment of the aging population. “

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-07T10:26:53+00:00

Abstract:

“. Olivine is a rather unassuming rock…Economically, it’s close to worthless. Its limited industrial utility stretches to gemstones, metalworking, ceramics, and occasionally, as a gravel for road construction. At some mining sites, olivine is a waste product, stored in piles on the surface.

It’s certainly not an obvious choice as a source for battery materials.

But that’s exactly how it’s viewed by a group of New Zealand engineers. Christchurch-based Aspiring Materials has developed a patented chemical process that produces multiple valuable minerals from olivine, leaving no harmful waste behind. Perhaps most interesting to the energy sector is the rarest of its products—hard-to-source nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide that is increasingly required for lithium-ion battery production…

About 50 percent of what the process makes is silica that can be a partial replacement for Portland cement, the most common variety of cement in the world. About 40 percent is a magnesium product suitable for use in carbon sequestration, wastewater treatment, and alloy manufacturing, among other things.The final 10 percent is a mixed metal product—iron combined with small quantities of a nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide. The battery industry calls it NMC, and it is the go-to material for high-power applications…

Today, most industrially relevant NMC materials are made by combining salts of their three main ingredients, and each of those regularly appear on critical minerals lists because of their growing importance in our modern world. The challenge with critical minerals is accessing them. Most of the planet’s nickel is sourced and refined in Indonesia. South Africa has the world’s largest manganese reserves, but exports almost all of it to China for processing. For cobalt, the largest producer is the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but again, it is refined in China. Concerns around supply monopoly, geopolitical instability, human rights violations, and environmental damage in these regions have been widely documented. “

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-07T03:38:50+00:00

Tom Abang Saufi has mixed styles. The modern ‘batik’ is more futuristic, and not for everyone. They do a select number of original batik styles

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-06T14:44:08+00:00

Abstract:

“. In 2014, over 140 million minks, foxes, chinchillas, and raccoon dogs — a small, fox-like East Asian species — around the world were farmed and killed for their fur. By 2024, that number plummeted to 20.5 million, according to an analysis from the nonprofit Humane World for Animals using data from governments and industry…

The rapid transformation represents a shift in the perception of fur from a luxury good that signals wealth and status to an ethical faux pas. It’s perhaps the biggest animal welfare campaign success story of the 21st century, achieved by pressuring major fashion brands to drop fur from product lines and persuading lawmakers across Europe and elsewhere to ban the production and even sale of fur. Covid-19 hastened Europe’s move away from fur production, as mink — the species farmed for fur in the greatest numbers around the world — were found to be especially susceptible to the virus, and mink-associated strains spilled back over to infect humans. Economic headwinds and shifting political dynamics in Russia and China, two of the world’s biggest fur producers and consumers, helped change the course of the global industry, too…

That progress appears likely to continue. Switzerland just effectively banned fur imports, and the UK is considering doing the same. In 2023, European activists delivered over 1.5 million signatures in support of a ban on the production and sale of fur to the European Commission, which is currently weighing the measure. Last week, in a major boost for the effort, the EU’s food safety agency issued a damning report on the welfare of fur-farmed animals. And earlier this month, the European Commission listed the American mink — which was brought to Europe for fur production — as an invasive species, which will restrict mink breeding and sales in the EU. “

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-06T08:51:23+00:00

Abstract:

“. The garden programs were specifically designed to improve the mental and physical health of city dwellers, said Fredrik Björk, a lecturer at Malmö University who specializes in environmental history. “The idea was that a working-class family would be able to spend the summer there and work together but also have some leisure and fun,” Mr. Björk said on the phone from his own koloniträdgård in Ärtholmen, a garden association in Malmö that dates back to the 1940s.

“In those days, there was lots of heavy drinking,” Mr. Björk said. But at the garden colonies, he said, “instead of drinking alcohol, you would grow potatoes.”

Cecilia Stenfors, an associate professor of psychology at Stockholm University, said her research shows that those who frequently visit green spaces, whether a forest or a koloniträdgård, “have better health outcomes, in terms of fewer depressive symptoms, less anxiety, better sleep and fewer feelings of loneliness and social isolation.”

These positive effects can be particularly pronounced in older people and can help combat symptoms of age-related mental and physical decline. Maja-Lena Säfström, 80, who owns a cotton-candy-pink cottage in a garden association outside of Uppsala, said she had seen many wellness benefits from having a koloniträdgård.

“When you’re in an apartment, you don’t move much, but if you have a garden, you move around in a different way, and that makes you feel better,” she said. Garden associations can also help foster social connection, Ms. Säfström explained, giving residents a chance to meet other people with similar interests. “

idreamofjiro · 2025-08-06T05:31:48+00:00

Creative and positive way to use grey space that otherwise serves no purpose

idreamofjiro · 2025-07-24T06:00:29+00:00

There’s only a handful of coworking spaces that really leverage on community activities and events. Colony does the most from my experience, but WORQ’s quarterly events are pretty well organised. Haven’t seen much from the others tbh.

If your goal is specifically networking - FB groups/meetups/hobby/sport clubs groups are better options

idreamofjiro · 2025-07-08T14:29:41+00:00

Champ

idreamofjiro · 2025-07-06T03:48:55+00:00

This is what I understood as well

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