10 Interesting Things I Found on the Internet #144

This week’s #InterestingThings include mesmerising progressive #house by Bryz, the life expectancy of cats, cosy #Cat #art, iconic art by Kaoru Yamada and much more.

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Bryz – Stellar

A high-quality progressive house track from Emmanuel Coman AKA Bryz, a Romanian producer of immense talent. One of those tracks that slowly builds a hypnotic wall of sound all around you, best heard on good speakers or noise-cancellation headphones.

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Cuddle-wranglers cosy up together for sweet dreams

Via Dreamy Archive

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Life expectancy of different breeds of cats discovered

For me it highlights why it’s not a good idea to get a designer breed of cat but rather just a good old moggy rescue. Via Phys.org

A team of pathobiologists at The Royal Veterinary College, in the U.K., working with a colleague from National Chung Hsing University, in Taiwan, has created a life expectancy chart for approximately 8,000 domestic cat breeds.

In their paper published in Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, the group outlines their findings and offer some insight into why some cats live longer or shorter lives than others.

Prior research and anecdotal evidence suggest that some cat breeds have longer or shorter lifespans than average. The research team sought to more specifically categorize life expectancy in domestic cats by creating a chart showing the average lifespan of thousands of house cats.

The work by the team involved pulling death certificate data from the VetCompass Program, for the years 2019 to 2021. In so doing, they were able to learn the details of 7,936 cat deaths in the U.K., which they then used to create a chart listing cat breeds in order of life expectancy from longest-lived to shortest.

In looking at their data, they found that life expectancy for the cats overall was 11.74 years and that males lived on average 16 months less than females. They also found that the Burmese breed was the longest-lived, with a life expectancy of 14.42 years, and that the Sphynx, was the shortest, with a life expectancy of just 6.68 years.

They also found that, like humans, lifestyle had an impact on longevity—overweight cats, for example, tended to not live as long. They also found that the types of breeding that have been done to generate new or different types of breeds have had an impact on life expectancy as well.

Such breeding, they note has been linked to common birth defects in cats, such as heart defects, eye disease and weaker than normal muscles. The Sphynx breed, they note, is a prime example of breeding that has led to a popular but unhealthy pet.

The hairless cats (bred to allow people with fur allergies to have a cat) have an increased risk of several different types of diseases, many of which can lead to an early death.

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Quirky chairs from the early 20th Century

Designed by Carlo Bugatti. His son Ettore founded the famed Bugatti car company. Via Design Porn on Reddit

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Neurodiversity in the workplace – a great webinar

Do you identify as being neurodiverse or work with others who identify that way? here is a great webinar to know about the myths, advantages and differences between neurodiverse and neurotypical people

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A mysterious ASMR hair parlour from the Victorian era

This is a bit offbeat and weird but in a delightful way. Moonlight Cottage ASMR is a very popular Youtube channel which averages several million views on each video. This is because in a very soft and gentle French accent, talented actress Diane creates realistic and believable worlds of first-person storytelling – sometimes as a medieval storyteller, a witch or Queen’s handmaiden. It’s reminiscent of online gaming in many ways. Because Diane is speaking to the camera there is a truly immersive sense of being in conversation with her. This is trippy but enjoyable to say the least!

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L’enfant du rivage by Philippe Charles Jacquet 1957

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Strange morphing fantasy creatures and mysterious music by Tetouze

I don’t know what it means or if indeed there is any meaning, but this is my kind of jam – very psychedelic.

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Sunset with lenticular clouds in Patagonia

By HolyShot on Reddit

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Easy Red Lentil curry recipe by Will Yeung

For an even easier version, replace the various spices with a curry powder and you’re good to go.

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More by Kaoru Yamada

Tokyo based illustrator and copywriter Kaoru Yamada / 山田カオル was born in Kamakura, Japan.

Yamada finds beauty in nature, in people’s expressions and gestures, and in living things.

She believes that people find something beautiful when they are at peace and when they have the space to feel compassion.

– “As an illustrator, I enjoy drawing seasonal landscapes and illustrations of everyday life.https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2024/01/kaoru-yamada.html

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“May you be forever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn’t such a moment sufficient for the whole of one’s life?” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

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