Ewa Nartowska

A retired teacher, freelance photographer .... nature lover...

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

#breathe

[Matthew LaBosco @matthew_labosco]

5. 4 seconds in. 8 seconds out.

You can't will yourself calm. But you can signal safety from the bottom up: the long exhale flips on the one brake your body has on cortisol.

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

amazing

[Channel 4 @Channel4]

In her debut performance, 13-year-old Lucy, who is blind and neurodivergent, played a highly-complex Chopin piece, leaving Mika and Lang Lang speechless #ThePiano @mikasounds @lang_lang

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

🎶💥Lang Lang - Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
#Chopin #Nocturne #LangLang #Piano

[Przewodzik @Przewodzik]

PrzewodzikMuzyczny

Śpiew alikwotowy dzięki różnym technikom wokalnym pozwala śpiewakowi na wydobycie pozornie więcej niż jednej wysokości dźwięku w tym samym czasie. Taki śpiew, wykorzystujący zjawisko rezonansu, jest szczególnie obecny w kulturach tradycyjnych Ałtaju, Mongolii, u Ajnów w Japonii, ale także u Lapończyków czy na Sardynii (zob. załączenie). Poniżej z kolei nieco inny, współczesny przykład śpiewu alikwotowego w wykonaniu multiinstrumentalistki i śpiewaczki Anny-Marii Hefele. Przyznaję - tyleż niezwykły, co jednak nieco niepokojący.

[The Hawk 🇵🇱🇨🇦 @LastHawk33]

Posadzenie tych trzech ziol wokol domu w naturalny sposob odstrasza kleszcze.

Bez chemii. Tylko rosliny.

Tymianek, kocimietka, piolun slodki;
bonus lawenda

[Amazing Nature @AmazingNature00]

Wildlife Photographer Of The Year has been won by amateur photographer

An amateur photographer from the UK has won a prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award 🏆 ⁠
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Nima Sarikhani captured the image of a sleeping polar bear on an iceberg off Norway's Svalbard archipelago.⁠
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The picture, titled Ice Bed, has been crowned the winner of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer Of The Year people's choice award, after being whittled down to a shortlist of 25 from almost 50,000 entries from around the world.

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

@Manifest_Lord Thank you!

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

true
"The people who love you do not need you to be useful. They need you to be present."

[Manifest_Lord @Manifest_Lord]

The people who love you do not need you to be useful.

They need you to be present.

The version of you that has given everything away and has nothing left is not more loveable.

It is less available for the actual intimacy you have been working so hard to deserve.

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

@Old_But_Gold50s amazing

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

Exquisite choreography performed with effortless grace — every movement alive with joy and smiling spirit.
May we all cherish what we have, smile more often, and keep beauty and peace alive in the world.

🌷Suite of Greek Dances “Sirtaki.” Ballet by Igor Moiseyev.

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

So true!

[shouko @shoukointech]

Mathematician Sir Roger Penrose: "AI is a bad term. It's not intelligence"

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

"They also will censor researchers when they do not like what the researcher has found."

[Big Brain AI @realBigBrainAI]

Investigative journalist Karen Hao on why the AI industry funds its own critics, and what that means for the truth you're being told:

Karen is asked whether AI companies are gaslighting the public.

Her response is direct: "In a way, they are."

She draws a striking parallel to make her case:

"If most of the climate scientists in the world were bankrolled by fossil fuel companies, do you think we would get an accurate picture of the climate crisis? No. And in the same way, the AI industry employs and bankrolls most of the AI researchers in the world."

According to @_KarenHao, this funding dynamic shapes the entire field of AI research in subtle but powerful ways:

"They set the agenda on AI research in soft ways simply by funneling money to their priorities so that only certain types of AI research are produced."

But the influence doesn't stop at agenda-setting. Karen argues that companies actively suppress findings they don't like:

"They also will censor researchers when they do not like what the researcher has found."

She points to a specific case from her book, Empire of AI:

"I talk about the case of Dr. Timnit Gebru in my book who was the ethical AI team co-lead at Google when she was literally hired to critique the types of AI systems that Google was building. She then co-wrote a critical research paper that was showing how large language models specifically were leading to certain types of harmful outcomes. And in an attempt to try and stop this research from being published, Google ended up firing Gebru and then fired her other co-lead, Margaret Mitchell."

Karen argues this extends beyond firing dissenting researchers to something more fundamental, monopolising knowledge itself:

"They project this idea that they're the only ones that really understand how the technology works. And so, if the public doesn't like it, it's because they don't actually know enough about this technology."

She concludes with a sweeping observation about the scope of this capture:

"They do this to the public. They do this to policy makers. And they've also captured the majority of the scientists that are working on understanding the limitations and capabilities of AI."

[GeniusThinking @GeniusGTX]

Karen Hao just revealed that laid-off workers are being hired to train AI on the exact job they were fired from.

MIT-trained journalist Karen Hao interviewed over 300 people for her book Empire of AI, including 90+ current and former OpenAI insiders.

She got the firing story scene by scene from people in the room.

Ilya Sutskever was OpenAI's chief scientist and co-founder. He cared about two things: building AGI, and building it safely.

He came to believe Altman was undermining both.

Sutskever told the board Altman was:
- Pitting teams against each other
- Telling different things to different people
- Creating an environment where no one could trust anyone

Mira Murati, then CTO, brought the same concerns to the board independently.

The independent board members began comparing notes. They asked themselves: if this was Instacart, would Altman's behavior warrant firing him?

Maybe not, they concluded. But this is not Instacart.

In Sutskever's own words:

"I don't think Sam is the guy who should have the finger on the button for AGI."

The board fired Altman without telling Microsoft, employees, or investors. Five days later he was back.

Sutskever never returned. Murati left shortly after.

— Karen Hao (@_KarenHao), author of Empire of AI, on The Diary of a CEO (@StevenBartlett) podcast

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

@drRafalBrzeski @MeklerRafal Poproszę o źródło.

[🎶𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 ✨ @Old_But_Gold50s]

Close your eyes, you can imagine all sorts of scenarios with people, places, romance, dance or even animals playing. For me, that inspiration is what tells a masterpiece - whether musical or art - from the good and the great.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 - Carion Wind Quintet

[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

Research shows playing in the dirt isn't just fun — it's critical to health.

And studies show it transforms children's immune systems in just 28 days.

A groundbreaking experiment in Finland replaced gravel and asphalt in nursery playgrounds with patches of forest floor, complete with mosses, leaf litter, and wild undergrowth.

The results were staggering: within just 28 days, children who played in these rewilded yards developed more diverse skin and gut microbiomes along with higher levels of regulatory T-cells. This suggests that the biodiversity hypothesis—the idea that our sterile urban environments are linked to rising allergy and autoimmune rates—is a tangible reality we can change by simply reintroducing nature's microbial network to our daily lives.

This shift from aesthetic gardening to functional micro-biodiversity is the driving force behind modern rewilding efforts. Whether you manage a sprawling backyard or a small city balcony, introducing native leaf litter, moss, and living substrates serves as a direct investment in human health. By replacing sterile surfaces like gravel or rubber with living ones, we are doing more than creating wildlife corridors; we are rebuilding the microbial foundation essential for human resilience. Embracing natural complexity—dirt and all—is a foundational step toward a healthier future for both our families and the planet.

source: Roslund, A. S., Puhakka, R., Grönroos, M., Nurminen, N., Oikarinen, S., Gazali, A. M., ... & Sinkkonen, A. (2020). Biodiversity intervention enhances immune regulation and health-associated commensal microbiota among daycare children. Science Advances.

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

@juleshorn01 How about legs fascia? My lower parts of legs (ankles included) are very stiff.

[Jules Horn @juleshorn01]

Fear destroys love

[🧬Maxpein🧬 @maximumpain333]

If music has ever given you chills…
Your brain is wired differently.

That wave up your spine.
That sudden rush in your chest.
That full-body shiver when the song hits.

It’s called frisson.

And not everyone experiences it.

Research shows that people who get chills from music often have:
• Stronger connectivity between emotional and auditory brain regions
• Higher openness to experience
• Greater emotional sensitivity
• Deeper imagination and empathy

When music builds tension and releases it, your brain responds like something meaningful just happened.

Dopamine is released.
Your nervous system activates.
Your skin literally reacts.

It’s not just “liking music.”

It’s your brain recognizing emotional significance.

People who feel music deeply often:
• Feel life deeply
• Notice subtle shifts in tone and mood
• Process emotion through sound
• Experience stronger memory-emotion links

Music doesn’t just entertain you.
It organizes your nervous system.

If you get chills from music, you’re not dramatic.
You’re highly attuned.

What song gives you instant chills?

[Ewa Nartowska @ewakentmere]

@withCaitLynch @juleshorn01 How are you doing that? Cait?