Reminder to go touch grass
A scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest strengthens your immune system for a full month
The study is incredibly fascinating:
Qing Li, an immunologist at Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, took 12 men on a 3-day forest trip. These were slow walks with no breathing exercises and no set route.
Then he tested their blood and found a surge in natural killer cells -- the immune cells your body uses to fight cancer and virus-infected cells.
Remarkably, the effect didn't fade when they went home, it was still measurable 30 days later.
A control group that walked the same distance through a city showed no change at all.
Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release compounds called phytoncides to defend themselves from insects and bacteria. You breathe them in, and Li believes they switch your immune cells into high gear.
He estimates one forest walk a month may be enough to keep those cells elevated all year.
The best medicine might not even need a prescription -- just a walk among the trees.
✨🇨🇳Xi Jinping:My father required us to live a very simple life. Our daily clothes were patched and patched again. When eating at home, not a single grain of rice or a bite of dish could be left in the plate. He always thought that I should stay among the people and not be separated from them. My grandfather was also a farmer, who embarked on the revolutionary path from being a farmer. I myself also worked as a farmer for seven years. I also hope that I can persist in this for my whole life and accomplish the things I have set for my life. I think this is not much; at most, it's just one thing, and that is to do more for the common people.
You know why this is so disturbing?
When a national athele (yes, I see no difference even if she was a para athlete) wins seven gold medals and three silver medals in the Asean Para Games and has to struggle to make ends meet.
MEANWHILE, shitty footballers live the ballin' life while NEVER doing anything for the name of the country or even their sport.
✨🇨🇳China has built driver homes at many highway service areas. These driver homes open 24 hours a day, with beds, showers and round-the-clock hot water. They offer free laundry, shared kitchen, free haircuts, foot baths and birthday noodles. With exclusive truck parking and all-day security, they bring warmth to traveling truck drivers.
Today’s trending heartwarming story on Chinese social media:
A 44-year-old apple farmer from Shaanxi drove over a thousand kilometers to Xianfeng, Hubei to sell his harvest.
Right after arriving, he collapsed from a cerebral infarction — alone, far from home, with 4,000 kg of apples baking in the summer heat.
The hospital stepped up immediately. They set up a stall right outside the gates. Doctors, nurses, and locals all pitched in.
As the story spread online, even more people rushed over to help. In less than a day, every single apple was sold.
He came to sell fruit… and left with something far more valuable: proof that kindness still exists.
Our bank CEOs are gloriously overpaid for the profits they generate.
Take Public Bank's RM 64.8M payout for RM 7.2B profit. Compare that to Jamie Dimon’s RM 190M package at JPMorgan—which generated RM 250B in net income, with 85% of his pay tied to stock performance.
When executives are rewarded for scale rather than efficiency, it's the shareholders and public who lose out.
#FMTNews The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy says the reduction will have direct consequences across hospitals, clinics and other healthcare facilities nationwide.
Full Article: https://t.co/IyS9sR0g68
When asked for comment on Indonesia’s consideration of a proposal to give the #US military permission to fly over Indonesian territory and the military ties between #Washington and #Jakarta, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that the #ASEAN Charter and the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia explicitly stipulate that member states share the responsibility to strengthen regional peace, security and prosperity, and shall not participate in any policy or activity, including the use of its territory, that threatens the sovereignty and territorial integrity of member states. “We consistently believe that defense and security cooperation between countries should not target or harm the interests of any third party, nor should it affect regional peace and stability,” Guo said.
A Malaysian businessman is under investigation after officials in Songkhla discovered 100,000 liters of diesel fuel secretly stored in underground tanks.
Absolute panic in Europe. GB News confirms Germany is preparing to ban fighting-age men from leaving the country as they edge toward compulsory military service. France is also launching national service. Western governments are quietly preparing their citizens for WW3.
PM Anwar Ibrahim said that PETRONAS is now a net importer of fuel, no longer the exporter it was once regarded as, and that we now have to purchase oil.
"Our reserves are sufficient for April and May. For June, it is uncertain, and we will have to wait," he said.
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Loving this video♥️
Chinese farmers carrying their farm tools are proudly walking in this fashion show during a county football league's halftime😊
Ordinary people like them lift our country up, keep us fed, they deserve more platforms like this to be seen!💪
🔗 Read the full story: https://t.co/AMKUTI77Uf
The ongoing hot weather in Perak is affecting paddy fields in Seberang Perak and Sungai Manik, covering areas in Perak Tengah and Hilir Perak.
Over 13,000 hectares of paddy fields are impacted, with crop growth disrupted due to extreme heat and lack of rainfall.
“ Please don’t lecture me on human rights — I am well aware of your record.
Chemical weapons were used against Iranians, and I lost many friends at the age of 17. ”
Professor @s_m_marandi is deeply familiar with the history & the narratives surrounding Zionism.
THIS IS VERY BRUTAL 🔥
Journalist 🇺🇸: If the US wants, wouldn't Iran get wiped away?
Iran Prof 🇮🇷: "That's your wishful thinking. All you do is run misinformation and nonsense to serve people and mislead them. Stop doing that" 🫡
Bro came, Bro confronted and Bro destroyed the whole Western media in just 30 seconds. COLD 🥶
"36 years of what we call the neoliberal period:
State-owned companies were sold. Those that were of the people of Mexico.. and a lot was delivered abroad.
A bank bailout was made. Their private debt was made public.
In a nutshell, governments that were dedicated to serve those at the very top. To serve those who had the most.
They still dared to say that if they support those at the top, one day it will trickle down... well it never trickled."
— Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
War steals more than lives, it steals childhoods, classrooms, laughter, and futures.
No child should ever have to pay the price for conflict.
Children should be protected, not buried by war 💔