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[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

Every time you exercise you're telling your body to stay young.

Every time you skip exercise you're telling the body to get old.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

UNFORTUNATELY, the formula to a healthy life is...

1. 8 hours of sleep.
2. Drink a healthy amount of water.
3. Eat real food.
4. Lifting heavy.
5. Going outside.
6. Walk or move your body every day.
7. Reducing alcohol.
8. Taking care of your hygiene.
9. Minding your business.
10. Consume the right content.
11. Learning something new.
12. Showing up even on bad days.
13. Building healthy relationships.
14. Help where you can help.
15. Save and spend in a healthy manner.
16. Practice daily gratitude or mindfulness.
17. Cultivate a sense of purpose.

[D’Aubin @nf4005]

@jamiemonk I did the same recently. Used AI. It identified the problem, solution and even part numbers I needed. All from a few photos. Saved $.

[Stephen Koukoulas @TheKouk]

I hope the govt does not cut fuel excise as global oil prices spil over to local petrol prices.
The petrol price hike is as good as a rate hike in crimping demand, lowering non-oil inflation; an excise cut is a huge cost to the budget just when budget repair is looking very good.
Leaving excise unchanged with further push & speed the switch to EV's & renewables

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

The one exercise I see in people who live the longest:

Walking.

Getting 8,000 steps has been associated with up to a 50% reduced mortality rate.

It lowers stress and protects the brain through neuroplasticity.

It’s the most underrated exercise on the planet.

[Barbara Oneill @BarbaraOneillAU]

AFTER 60, MOST PEOPLE LOSE POWER BECAUSE THEY IGNORE THESE RULES:

1. If you stop walking, your body starts retiring before you do.
2. If you sleep less than 7 hours, your brain ages faster than your face.
3. If you avoid protein, your muscles disappear silently.
4. If you avoid sunlight, your bones weaken quietly.
5. If you stop lifting things, gravity wins.
6. If you complain more than you move, confidence dies first.
7. If you believe “I’m old,” your body obeys.

After 60, weakness doesn’t come suddenly. It comes from daily neglect.

[EVERALD COMPTON @EVERALDATLARGE]

Current #Superannuation debate is nonsense. When #Paul Keating introduced it I was invited to attend briefing in my then role as Chair of @NationalSeniors. He made it bluntly clear that its sole purpose was to have every Australian retire with income higher than #AgePension. That's it. Full stop.

[Kimchi Premium @kimchipump]

There are well-established diplomatic protocols for voicing disagreements in international forums.

Passing notes under the table is not one of them.

It’s rare to see such a sharp, composed, and witty public rebuttal to China.

Well played, Philippines.

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

A Chinese military attaché handed a Philippine defense secretary a note rejecting a 2016 legal ruling. He read it out loud to the whole room and took it apart line by line.

At the Seoul Defense Dialogue on September 8, Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro was speaking on a panel about South China Sea coercion when staff handed him a note. It came from a Chinese military attaché in the audience. The note repeated Beijing's usual line: the 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling, the one that struck down China's nine-dash line claims, is "illegal, null and void" and doesn't count.

Teodoro read it out loud, then responded point by point. When the note said the ruling violated international law, he asked if that meant UNCLOS itself violated international law. When it said China doesn't accept the ruling, he replied flatly: "Of course, because you lost." He also called out how the note was delivered, anonymously, mid-panel, in front of the South Korean hosts, saying China had "thrown UNCLOS to the floor and trampled upon it." Switching to Filipino, he added: "mahiya naman kayo" (have some shame).

He said he'd keep the note "as a memento of how desperate China is," and joked he hoped the attaché wouldn't "suffer in a gulag" for passing it. The room applauded.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

5 hobbies to delay aging:

1. A hobby that keeps you healthy
2. A hobby that brings you peace
3. A hobby that helps you stay creative
4. A hobby to connect with other people
5. A hobby that forces you to learn and grow

You don't need 20 random hobbies. You just need one from each of these pillars.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Australia needs migration. It also needs a migration system worth defending. That's why we urgently need a migration reform.

In my latest column, I argue for net overseas migration of around 200,000 a year, with flexibility as circumstances change. But who arrives, and whether they can build a future here, matters even more than the headline number.

Fewer temporary visas and more permanent visas. More deliberate selection of international students. Clearer permanent pathways for the workers we need. A national demographic strategy that connects migration with housing and infrastructure.

An ageing Australia cannot afford to get this wrong.

Read my column in The New Daily for free: https://t.co/wymrkrtFRQ

[Imperial Material ♚ @implmaterial]

6 September 2022 – Queen Elizabeth II carried out her final engagement at Balmoral Castle. The Queen accepted the resignation of her 14th Prime Minister & appointed the 15th Prime Minister of her 70-year reign.

It would be the last time we saw Her Majesty, two days before her death.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

There's one thing that cuts your risk of dying in half.

It's not weights, your diet, or a supplement.

It's walking.

Most Americans get 4,000 steps a day. Simply by increasing that to 7,000, you decrease your risk of all-cause mortality by 47%.

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

The most underrated fruit on the planet has to be kiwis.

They contain more vitamin C than oranges, more potassium than bananas, loaded with fiber, and can improve sleep quality.

I take these before a workout or as a snack. Super underrated.

[Kristie Leong M.D. @DrKristieLeong]

Your walking speed after 80 might protect your brain more than crossword puzzles ever could.

Researchers followed nearly 4,000 older adults and found something striking:

The fastest walkers in their 80s, called “super movers." were about 50% less likely to develop cognitive decline than their slower peers.

These weren’t elite athletes. They simply walked significantly faster than others their age (top 9%).

And they preserved more hippocampal volume—the brain’s memory hub—even when some still showed Alzheimer’s-related plaques.

Why does this matter? Walking pulls on muscle, balance, heart, lungs, and nerves at once.

Contracting muscle releases BDNF, a key protein that supports neuron survival and brain growth.

In short: muscle health is cognitive health.

Genetics play a role, but lifestyle still matters. Nearly half of dementia cases are linked to modifiable factors.

Limitations of study: Observational and focused on a relatively healthy older cohort.

The practical takeaway is simple:

Keep moving at a pace that challenges you. Consistency beats intensity. And don't forget to strength train too.

What’s one movement habit you’re building this week to protect both body and brain?

#BrainHealth
#HealthyAging

[WorldSkyWatch © @WorldSkyWatch]

Boeing built a rarest 747-400 Extended Range that literally nobody else on Earth wanted

Six airframes. Six tail numbers. All for Qantas. On the long westbound crossing back to Australia, Pacific headwinds were so brutal that Qantas had to block entire rows of seats and leave cargo on the tarmac just to stay legal on weight. They were flying empty air across the ocean and calling it a schedule.
So Boeing took the freighter’s extra strong structure, stuffed a 12300 litre fuel tank in the cargo hold, beefed up the landing gear and wings and created the 747-400ER.
Extra range. Extra payload. Problem solved.

Every other airline looked at the new 777-300ER (two engines, 20% less fuel) and walked away.
Qantas could not. Their whole operation was built around the Queen of the Skies.
Six jets. One ocean. One very specific wind.

That is it. That is the rarest passenger 747 ever made.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

#Aviation #AvGeek #Boeing747 #Australia

[Dan Go @CoachDanGo]

If I had 30 lbs of fat to lose, I'd copy this grocery list:

- Chicken breast
- Canned tuna
- Potatoes
- Broccoli
- Zucchini
- Eggs
- Apples
- Greek yogurt
- Wild caught salmon
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Frozen mixed berries
- Extra lean ground beef

Anything you'd add?

[Pablo Kang @AusAmbBKK]

Honoured to host @MiltonDickMP here in Bangkok, the first official visit by an 🇦🇺 Speaker of the House of Representatives ever to 🇹🇭! Thank you to PM Anutin for receiving us at Government House this afternoon

[Thenationthailand @Thenationth]

A surgeon in Bangkok remotely operated on a prostate cancer patient at a hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima, about 250 kilometres away.

The Public Health Ministry described the procedure as Thailand’s first interprovincial robotic telesurgery.

Doctors remained with the patient in the operating theatre while the surgical robot was controlled from Bangkok.

#Robotics #Telesurgery #RemoteSurgery #TheNationThailand #TheNation

https://t.co/CiJgZpBn2p

[Pravit Rojanaphruk @PravitR]

When FM Sihasak Finally Had Enough With the Chinese Ambassador

Deputy PM & FM Sihasak appears to have reached his limit. On Weds Aug 5, he publicly warned China's ambassador to Thailand over the recent chaos at Suvarnabhumi Airport, saying that the Chinese Embassy should help its citizens understand Thai rules & regulations. He stressed that this was not the first such incident and that the role of diplomats is to foster good relations between 2 countries, not merely defend the interests of their own nation.

"Because the ambassador is in Thailand, his primary duty is to promote relations between our countries and mutual understanding between our peoples. Any public statements by the ambassador must take that responsibility into account and should not inflame these controversies. I have already raised this matter with him, and he understands. Sometimes ambassadors come out to defend their citizens, but the duty of both the Chinese ambassador to Thailand and the Thai ambassador to China is to preserve good relations between our countries," Sihasak was quoted as saying by Thai Rath.

The significance of Sihasak's remarks goes beyond a simple message directed at the ambassador. By speaking publicly, he was also addressing Thai society at large, signalling that the current Thai gov't is not subordinate to Beijing or acting as China's junior partner — even if PM Anutin avoided raising concerns about the contamination of the Kok River during his meeting with President Xi last month.

Sihasak deserves credit for making his concerns public. Such a warning allows both Thais & Chinese observers to better understand Thailand's anxieties, recognise where the Chinese Emb may have fallen short & decide for themselves how bilateral relations should evolve before tensions escalate into a broader crisis affecting both gov'ts & peoples.

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jianwei may be surrounded by Thai politicians & sections of the Thai press eager to please Beijing, creating the impression that everything is harmonious.

Critics of China may even be dismissed as voices orchestrated by the US. In reality, growing unease over what many perceive as China's increasingly assertive & overbearing behaviour is genuine & diverse.

Many of those expressing concern are Thai of Chinese descent. The criticism comes from different sectors of society & reflects a convergence of frustrations over a range of issues. As someone with Chinese ancestry, I have never witnessed such a broad & spontaneous wave of criticism against China.

Is the Chinese Embassy now attempting to redefine Thailand-China relations in a way that effectively reduces Thailand to the status of a semi-client state, similar to the role Beijing has sought and succeeded with some neighbouring countries in Indochina?

Thailand is not the subordinate of any foreign power, and we should not allow ourselves to become a tributary or semi-client state of any superpower.

Thailand has never fought a direct war with China, unlike neighbouring Vietnam. The closest historical parallels might be China's support for the Communist Party of Thailand during the Cold War, or the Korean War, when Thai troops fought as part of the United Nations forces against North Korean troops and Chinese PLA volunteers.

Nor has Thailand experienced the anti-Chinese violence and ethnic riots that marked the dark histories of countries such as Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia where neighbours butcher one another due to ethnic hatred.

There is still time to steer Thailand-China relations towards a framework based on genuine mutual respect and as much equality as possible, despite the vast imbalance in economic and political power. Yet I remain convinced that allowing Thailand to drift into the role of a semi-client state under China is something that many Thais, including many Thai-Chinese, would never accept.

The real test of modern Thailand-China relations has begun.

#ThailandNews #Thailand #China #ThailandChina #Sihasak