Strength of trans women drops slightly after year of treatment, research claims | Sport

 Posted on April 7, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  470 words  |  Kary Bruening

Sport This article is more than 3 years oldStrength of trans women drops slightly after year of treatment, research claimsThis article is more than 3 years oldLoss of lean body mass around 5% after testosterone blockersStudy raises questions for sport related to safety and fairnessMen have a greater performance advantage over women in cricket, golf and tennis compared to sports such as running or swimming according to new research, which also finds that testosterone blockers taken by transgender women only minimally reduce the biological advantage underpinning performance. [Read More]

Wolves pay tribute to grieving Mario Lemina with cruise past sorry Everton | Premier League

 Posted on April 7, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  879 words  |  Kary Bruening

The ObserverPremier LeagueWolves pay tribute to grieving Mario Lemina with cruise past sorry EvertonEverton started the month with four consecutive wins and finished it with three losses to remind them of the precarious position their 10-point deduction has left them in. They were outclassed by Wolves who made it eight unbeaten at home on an afternoon where the grieving Mario Lemina was honoured by his teammates. Wolves have come a long way in the space of a year. [Read More]

Davos 2014: Pope's leftie message launches WEF in unusual style | Davos 2014

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  448 words  |  Valentine Belue

Economics blogDavos 2014AnalysisDavos 2014: Pope's leftie message launches WEF in unusual styleLarry Elliott in DavosYou could sense many of those present were happier when the opening moved on to a special gong for Matt Damon's campaign to provide clean water in developing countriesIt was, to say the least, an unusual way to launch the 44th World Economic Forum. Having failed to persuade the pope to show up in person to Davos, the shindig's founder, Klaus Schwab, did the next best thing by arranging for a message from the pontiff to be read out on his behalf. [Read More]

From Beyonc to Kendall: the stylist who turned internet culture into fashion | Fashion

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2297 words  |  Kary Bruening

Marni Senofonte: ‘I don’t have a black pair of socks or pants.’ Photograph: Amanda Friedman for the GuardianMarni Senofonte: ‘I don’t have a black pair of socks or pants.’ Photograph: Amanda Friedman for the GuardianWeekend ​magazine ​fashion special autumn/winter 2017FashionInterviewFrom Beyoncé to Kendall: the stylist who turned internet culture into fashionJess Cartner-MorleyShe was behind Beyoncé’s infamous pregnancy shot and has reinvented the look of Insta-models like Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner. [Read More]

I see people ageing - I dont always see us: one family, 30 years, 30 photographs

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  10 minutes  |  2015 words  |  Aldo Pusey

FamilyIt was a simple idea: one family, photographed at the same time every year. Zed Nelson has traced Sue and Frank’s transition from new parents to grandparents. What’s it like to see your life pass in front of you? In the summer of 1991, photographer Zed Nelson, then 25, invited a couple of new parents he was acquainted with to visit his London studio. Oh, and bring your baby, he said. [Read More]

Its a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of s

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  23 minutes  |  4766 words  |  Kary Bruening

David Mayman at the Red Bull Air Race in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in 2018. Photograph: Andreas Langreiter/Limex ImagesWhen inventor ​David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he’d answered an age-old longing. So why did no one seem to care? by Dave EggersWe have jetpacks and we do not care. An Australian named David Mayman has invented a functioning jetpack and has flown it all over the world – once in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty – yet few people know his name. [Read More]

Pink Floyd at the Rainbow: many of the audience left in tears archive, 1972

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  310 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

From the Guardian archivePink FloydReview19 February 1972: Pink Floyd perform music from their as yet unrecorded new work, The Dark Side of the Moon This was one of the finest rock concerts I have heard. Ever since their days as house band at UFO – the first “underground” club – the Pink Floyd have been in the experimental vanguard, but have never before progressed quite this far. Their dabbling in electronic games (which marred the first part of their latest, disappointingly pedestrian album) has been transformed into the most complicated, yet, integrated use of electronics and sound systems that any band has devised. [Read More]

Pownce sells up, closes down | Technology startups

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Technology blogTechnology startupsPownce sells up, closes downMessaging startup finds solace with blogging company Six Apart in face of tough competitionJust a few weeks ago blog developers SixApart laid off 16 workers, but now it's all smiles as they're out hiring again - or, more accurately, buying the team and technology behind messaging startup Pownce. Developers Leah Culver (something of a starlet in a startup world notoriously devoid of female coders) and Mike Malone will be joining SixApart later this month - and closing down the service as a result: [Read More]

Sex parties, bloody duels and blackmail: life at court of last German emperor | Germany

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  636 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Germany This article is more than 13 years oldSex parties, bloody duels and blackmail: life at court of last German emperorThis article is more than 13 years oldHistorian suggests Princess Charlotte, sister of Kaiser Wilhelm II, may have hosted orgy to entrap aristocratic rivalsIts public image was one of prudery and Prussian punctiliousness, but a historical investigation into the sexual habits of the court of the last German emperor has revealed a previously unknown predilection for swinger-style parties and late-night orgies. [Read More]

The 2023 Great British Bake Off contestants ranked!

 Posted on April 6, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1163 words  |  Kary Bruening

The Great British Bake OffCheer up – Bake Off is just days away! We rate this year’s batch of contestants, from the pet therapist to the veg grower and … the Terminator? The 14th series of The Great British Bake Off is now only days away. And for a show that prides itself on consistency, a few things have changed this year. Alison Hammond is now a presenter, and hopefully the show won’t cause as much of an international racism furore as it did last year. [Read More]