"It's a state of being alone, away from the company of others, minus sound or motion. To some, this state brings solace and peace, to others, solitude is considered negative or pessimistic. But being alone can facilitate mental recharge and rejuvenation, it can provide an opportunity away from distraction and all of the varied pressures of life that living tends to throw upon being..."

#opinions #writing #solitude #alonetime #society #interaction #individualism #being
https://write.as/for-much-deliberation/when-one-prefers-solitude

Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests | The Guardian…

Drinking champagne, eating more fruit, staying slim and maintaining a positive outlook on life could help reduce the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest, the world’s first study of its kind suggests... #health #heartattack

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/drinking-champagne-could-reduce-risk-of-sudden-cardiac-arrest-study-suggests-the-guardian/

“The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.”

– Shakti Gawain

#quote #mindfulness
#dailylife

Today’s Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the galaxy I Zwicky 18, which was captured in remarkable detail by the James Webb Space Telescope...

#imageoftheday #photography #EuropeanSpaceAgency #jameswebbspacetelescope #dwarfgalaxy #zwicky #space #universe
https://www.earth.com/image/dwarf-galaxy-i-zwicky-18-has-a-youthful-appearance/

Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day full ceasefire in the war with Ukraine in May to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the second world war...

#VladimirPutin #russia #worldwarII #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #ceasefire #SovietUnion https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/vladimir-putin-declares-72-hour-may-ceasefire-in-ukraine-war-to-mark-ww2-anniversary

“Godfather of AI” warns there’s a 10 to 20% chance AI could seize control | TechSpot…

Geoffrey Hinton, one of the three legendary computer scientists who have become known as the Godfathers of #AI, is once again warning that the rapidly developing and lightly regulated AI industry poses a threat to humanity... #technology #artificialintelligence

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/godfather-of-ai-warns-theres-a-10-to-20-chance-ai-could-seize-control-techspot/

Interesting Engineering: Unhackable quantum messages travel 158 miles without cryogenics for first time…

Are we ready for the day when quantum computers will become capable of hacking all the passwords on the internet?... #quantumcomputing #quantumscience #cybersecurity #cryogenics #physics #hacking #internet

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/interesting-engineering-unhackable-quantum-messages-travel-158-miles-without-cryogenics-for-first-time/

Aeon: To survive the Chaoscene, we will need resilient communities…

The climate crisis is here. In order to thrive in these dangerous and precarious times, we must build resilient communities... #society #climate #life #environment

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/aeon-to-survive-the-chaoscene-we-will-need-resilient-communities/

BBC: How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the ‘Blue Marble’ from space…

It is an enduring image of the beauty but also the vulnerability of our #planet – adrift as it is in the vastness of the #Universe, which hosts no other signs of life that we have been able to detect to date. But ours is also a planet of great change... BBC news #earth #bluemarble #space #geography #climatechange

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/bbc-how-50-years-of-climate-change-has-changed-the-face-of-the-blue-marble-from-space-2/