Dr Lucy Carolan
@icarousse.bsky.social
Creative practice research about dementia.
'Picturing Clouds of Unknowing: Photography, Lostness, and Cognitive Decline' DOI: https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1862857
No DMs (sorry).
European (English origin, very sorry). Mainly fair: good occasionally rough.
'Picturing Clouds of Unknowing: Photography, Lostness, and Cognitive Decline' DOI: https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.1862857
No DMs (sorry).
European (English origin, very sorry). Mainly fair: good occasionally rough.
Time for my second (and perhaps last - for the next 4-6 years anyway) round of MS treatment
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Time for my second (and perhaps last - for the next 4-6 years anyway) round of MS treatment
In the interests of balance (or, well, because nobody wants to play this game with me) here's Tilda Swinton at 64 (pictured with Haider Ackermann)
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the interests of balance (or, well, because nobody wants to play this game with me) here's Tilda Swinton at 64 (pictured with Haider Ackermann)
People who are totally shaggable even though they're over 60
I'll start
I'll start
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
People who are totally shaggable even though they're over 60
I'll start
I'll start
You want performative?
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
You want performative?
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Meigh, N.J., Keogh, J.W.L., Schram, B. et al. Kettlebell training in clinical practice: a scoping review. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 11, 19 (2019).
bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Meigh, N.J., Keogh, J.W.L., Schram, B. et al. Kettlebell training in clinical practice: a scoping review. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 11, 19 (2019).
bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
![In research and clinical practice, hand grip strength is one component of the algorithm used to make a clinical diagnosis of sarcopenia [148] and improvements in grip strength from kettlebell training have been reported [98, 101, 102, 113]. This is encouraging as poor hand grip strength is a consistent predictor of falls and fractures in both sexes among older adults [149], and an independent predictor of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular diseases in community-dwelling populations [150,151,152,153]. Lower limb muscle strength is also independently associated with elevated risk of all-cause mortality, regardless of muscle mass, metabolic syndrome, sedentary time, or leisure time physical activity [154]. Significant increases in lower limb strength [101, 108], dynamic single leg balance [101], and reductions in postural reaction time [105] from kettlebell training, represent an interesting constellation of effects. If each of these are achievable for older adults, kettlebell training may have the potential to reduce falls risk, improve physical function and increase independence. Further research in this are appears warranted.
Similar data from pragmatic training among elderly adults with Parkinson’s disease is equally encouraging [99], especially following a recent systematic review of resistance training for Parkinson’s Disease which reported that it is hard to establish a correlation with improved physical parameters and quality of life [155]. Qualitative data has not been reported and so the potential uptake more broadly of kettlebell training with these older populations in clinical practice remains unknown.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjlow32xidvwlio5wsdjrdj4/bafkreidygtccicttsntig3fdbag6xblued3f4qztgdwlpntxta6fyykune@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Meigh, N.J., Keogh, J.W.L., Schram, B. et al. Kettlebell training in clinical practice: a scoping review. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 11, 19 (2019).
bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Meigh, N.J., Keogh, J.W.L., Schram, B. et al. Kettlebell training in clinical practice: a scoping review. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil 11, 19 (2019).
bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
What TF is going on here @theguardian.com? This article is peppered with references to 'beliefs' (see below), 'arguments', 'views' etc, as if the work of "special rapporteurs [as] independent experts appointed by the UN" is more personal opinion than fact-based!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What TF is going on here @theguardian.com? This article is peppered with references to 'beliefs' (see below), 'arguments', 'views' etc, as if the work of "special rapporteurs [as] independent experts appointed by the UN" is more personal opinion than fact-based!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Last day! And a sample of what this event is like. The winner of this particular round* (from Ukraine, of course 🇺🇦💪🏻🥇) threw a 32kg weight above his head 234 times in 12 mins 👀
It’s quite tiring to watch…
*of something called military snatch, which is not what you** expect
**Me. It me.
It’s quite tiring to watch…
*of something called military snatch, which is not what you** expect
**Me. It me.
October 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Last day! And a sample of what this event is like. The winner of this particular round* (from Ukraine, of course 🇺🇦💪🏻🥇) threw a 32kg weight above his head 234 times in 12 mins 👀
It’s quite tiring to watch…
*of something called military snatch, which is not what you** expect
**Me. It me.
It’s quite tiring to watch…
*of something called military snatch, which is not what you** expect
**Me. It me.
Dinner (at last)
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Dinner (at last)
And this is what we’re here for, in Kalisz, Poland - the world kettlebell championship, where my partner and just about everyone from our gym but me are representing England and Scotland
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And this is what we’re here for, in Kalisz, Poland - the world kettlebell championship, where my partner and just about everyone from our gym but me are representing England and Scotland
Good morning from Wrocław
October 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Good morning from Wrocław
A wine bar book shop!
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A wine bar book shop!
First impression of Wrocław
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
First impression of Wrocław
Post you from a different era
1989 me getting pissed at a Magnum Photos anniversary party (with Glenn the printer photobombing) in my Diane Keaton hat
1989 me getting pissed at a Magnum Photos anniversary party (with Glenn the printer photobombing) in my Diane Keaton hat
October 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Post you from a different era
1989 me getting pissed at a Magnum Photos anniversary party (with Glenn the printer photobombing) in my Diane Keaton hat
1989 me getting pissed at a Magnum Photos anniversary party (with Glenn the printer photobombing) in my Diane Keaton hat
Does UK Gov have any contingency for when/if the AI bubble bursts? Does UKRI have plans for reviving a research ecology blighted by its monoculture funding focus on AI for everything - or does it expect people to ask the Magic 8 Ball for solutions to that issue as well?
#WakingBrainThoughtOfTheDay
#WakingBrainThoughtOfTheDay
October 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Does UK Gov have any contingency for when/if the AI bubble bursts? Does UKRI have plans for reviving a research ecology blighted by its monoculture funding focus on AI for everything - or does it expect people to ask the Magic 8 Ball for solutions to that issue as well?
#WakingBrainThoughtOfTheDay
#WakingBrainThoughtOfTheDay
When I read the Pepys diary extract below I thought, sounds familiar, stylistically... did Beckett read him? Answer: yes!
Two refs to Pepys (the only two) in Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon's 2013 book 'Samuel Beckett's Library' (Cambridge University Press)
Two refs to Pepys (the only two) in Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon's 2013 book 'Samuel Beckett's Library' (Cambridge University Press)
![[Footnote] 17. Beckett read Pepys throughout 1978, despite admitting that he was 'bored to death' with him. Quotations from Pepys's diaries already appear in the 1930s 'Whoroscope' Notebook (WN72r).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjlow32xidvwlio5wsdjrdj4/bafkreibp3msircih5xvmqkab4mwywfgkcgiiiafrz3gpg3zz3hsc5ef6sm@jpeg)
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When I read the Pepys diary extract below I thought, sounds familiar, stylistically... did Beckett read him? Answer: yes!
Two refs to Pepys (the only two) in Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon's 2013 book 'Samuel Beckett's Library' (Cambridge University Press)
Two refs to Pepys (the only two) in Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon's 2013 book 'Samuel Beckett's Library' (Cambridge University Press)
Mais bon, échappons ce merdier ! Demain, je serai en France, en route pour un week-end de vendanges chez des amis vignerons. Ouf...
September 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Mais bon, échappons ce merdier ! Demain, je serai en France, en route pour un week-end de vendanges chez des amis vignerons. Ouf...
It's my Mum's birthday today, and it's a biggie
This is my favourite photos of us from, ooh, 1967? when she was about 21 and me 3 (and though we've sometimes worried each other, or, in my case, been a pain in the arse... we've never really stopped making each other laugh)
Happy 80th Mibs! 💝
This is my favourite photos of us from, ooh, 1967? when she was about 21 and me 3 (and though we've sometimes worried each other, or, in my case, been a pain in the arse... we've never really stopped making each other laugh)
Happy 80th Mibs! 💝
September 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It's my Mum's birthday today, and it's a biggie
This is my favourite photos of us from, ooh, 1967? when she was about 21 and me 3 (and though we've sometimes worried each other, or, in my case, been a pain in the arse... we've never really stopped making each other laugh)
Happy 80th Mibs! 💝
This is my favourite photos of us from, ooh, 1967? when she was about 21 and me 3 (and though we've sometimes worried each other, or, in my case, been a pain in the arse... we've never really stopped making each other laugh)
Happy 80th Mibs! 💝
Our friend Garry* trying to remind people that flags are supposed to be objects of respect rather than something like the bins we put out for the council to collect
*whose dementia might be making it harder for him to remember the drinks he went to the bar for, but isn't diminishing his wit one bit
*whose dementia might be making it harder for him to remember the drinks he went to the bar for, but isn't diminishing his wit one bit
September 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Our friend Garry* trying to remind people that flags are supposed to be objects of respect rather than something like the bins we put out for the council to collect
*whose dementia might be making it harder for him to remember the drinks he went to the bar for, but isn't diminishing his wit one bit
*whose dementia might be making it harder for him to remember the drinks he went to the bar for, but isn't diminishing his wit one bit
Spin hopeful AI science fiction, get funding
[And yes, the image on the right really is used as an illustration in this piece...]
[And yes, the image on the right really is used as an illustration in this piece...]
September 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Spin hopeful AI science fiction, get funding
[And yes, the image on the right really is used as an illustration in this piece...]
[And yes, the image on the right really is used as an illustration in this piece...]
Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future (well, I've still got time to aspire)
September 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Drop an old person you are going to turn into in the future (well, I've still got time to aspire)
