im running out of posts to make is it cool with you guys if i just post smooth argonian again
yup. took a minute but i think this post finally got where it was supposed to
Stranger Things

JVL

祝日 / Permanent Vacation

Love Begins
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
i don't do bad sauce passes

@theartofmadeline
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YOU ARE THE REASON

Origami Around
Claire Keane

ellievsbear

roma★
sheepfilms
Alisa U Zemlji Chuda
Peter Solarz

blake kathryn
trying on a metaphor
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im running out of posts to make is it cool with you guys if i just post smooth argonian again
yup. took a minute but i think this post finally got where it was supposed to
girls night or smth
Holy shit a POKEMON SIGN
Few more of these and we can go to the Rainbow Cloud to find Mew
Outside
op this is good commentary but I’m mostly just captivated by how you drew the kid as a teeny little grub with a propeller hat
it's rotten work, but without the rot nothing can grow
it's rotten work but decay is an essential part of the cycle of death and rebirth
Now THAT'S commitment to the bit.
sabrina carpenter films her feather music video in a church in brooklyn > outcry at her being sexy in a church > the priest in charge of the church is investigated and stripped of his duties > the investigation reveals business deals between the priest and then mayor of NYC eric adams > adams is investigated further and is indicted on bribery, campaign finance, and conspiracy offenses > the charges are dropped by trump administration in exchange for help with ice raids and he can run for reelection > nyc obvious says fuck that guy and he drops out > zohran mamdani runs for mayor and wins
when schizophrenics say that this neurotype is like living in a horror movie sometimes, we don’t mean that we have like, intense reality-altering hallucinations 24/7 and we perceive the world like silent hill or some shit, we pretty much are talking about like, the experience of being mildly high on acid and feeling like everything is slightly “off” and everyone who is talking is talking about you, but not because you’re important, just because you’re disgusting and a freak and shouldn’t be out in public and they’re all whispering about whether you might be a drug addict or unhoused or a pervert or are just joking privately about how unhinged and filthy you look or how many scabs are on your face, and the shitty part about ableism is that sometimes they ARE saying this shit about you, and if you overhear it or god forbid they start harassing you, it just makes you spiral because it “confirms” everything you were paranoid about. that’s what a lot of sane people don’t get; like no, sometimes people ARE talking about you and laughing at you, and sometimes this leads to uncomfortable confrontations, and that leads us to be hypervigilant which makes us look more suspicious and it’s an endless cycle.
yes for a lot of schizophrenics sure. and like, total solidarity with you
but when i say im living in a horror movie, it means there are ants in my lungs that im choking on and people are hanging dead in my hallway and i can hear my exes through a device they planted in me and that im actually on a hospital bed somewhere and that my clothes are taking my vitals etc
not trying to one-up or anything lol
i’m just pushing back against the universal “we” of saying “schizophrenics don’t mean xyz” because like. some of us do
and destigmitizing with a universal we only further stigmatizes more “extreme” or “scary” cases
important addition! I didn’t mean to generalize at all, and I regret using generalizing language. I too have suffered from very intense psychosis that permeated my daily life and would hate to stigmatize people currently going through that, but I am currently in remission from those level of symptoms after over 15 years of treatment. I was wrongly using the reductive, generalized “we” to speak about people who share my exact experience.
I’m going to privatize the original post to discourage people from reblogging it without your addition, and hopefully that will help. I apologize again, and I hate that my carelessness made anyone feel isolated, stigmatized, demonized, etc. I will try to do better moving forward. I am so sorry for speaking over you when I myself talk so much about casual ableism.
Also... sometimes, in my experience, it's both at once. You can have the "I'm secretly in a hospital bed being fed all my nutrients through a tube because this is a simulation" psychosis alongside the "everyone is judging me and I've been found wanting" psychosis. And it can flip flop between the two in a maddening fashion. (Literally.) And the license plates have messages, and what song comes up next on shuffle is a message, etc etc.
God this is like, the worst fucking disease. And then some normie comes at you with, "Van Gogh was schizophrenic" or some shit.
Anyway. Solidarity with all of us dealing with this garbage. Because it sucks. I lost my train of thought somewhere
the japanese “-ne?” particle and the british slang term “innit” serve the same function
Standard English: It’s cold, isn’t it?
Japanese: Samui desu ne?
British: It’s fuckin’ freezin’, innit?
i have to do everything around here
i hate this cause i did japanese for like a year and this explains the use of the -ne particle WAYYYY better than my teachers ever did. it took me ages to comprehend what this post makes abundantly clear.
my teachers: its like a, a little rise at the end of a sentence, to show that you are seeking a response, while not warranting the -ka particle which would make it a proper question.
me: ok. i guess i get that??
this post: its like saying “innit?”
me: oh. oh no.
fun fact: afaik, "-ne" was inherited from the Portuguese settlers/priests that stayed in Japan in the 16th century. It comes from "né?", which the contraction of "não é?", "isn't it?".
It's LITERALLY "innit".
oh so like "eh" in canadian
*un-Babels your Tower*
The Neuroscience Behind Self-Doubt: Breaking Down the Brain to Build Yourself Up
By Dr. Ayana Malone
I stood in front of the conference room, slides ready, years of research backing my presentation. Yet my hands trembled slightly as I gripped the remote. What if they think I don't know what I'm talking about? What if someone asks a question I can't answer?
That familiar voice of self-doubt was not just in my head; it was quite literally in my brain, firing along neural pathways that had evolved millions of years ago. Understanding this changed everything for me.
For years, I thought self-doubt was a personality flaw, something to be fixed. Then I started researching the neuroscience behind it, and I realized my brain was actually doing exactly what it was designed to do. The problem was not that my sense of self was malfunctioning. Those ancient protective mechanisms were working overtime in modern contexts.
Your Brain on Doubt
Pre-Frontal Cortex
Picture the prefrontal cortex, the region just behind your forehead, as an incredibly thorough project manager who never stops analyzing. Is it just me? No. Okay. Every morning, as I review my to-do list, I can practically feel it whirring: Is this good enough? Did you miss something? What if there is a better (option, way, choice, etc.)
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) supports executive functions such as planning, decision-making, and self-evaluation. When researchers use fMRI to observe people experiencing self-doubt, they see heightened activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, particularly in areas associated with self-referential thinking. I learned this the hard way during my doctoral program. I'd spend hours on a single paragraph, my PFC running endless simulations of how my advisor might respond. The more I focused on evaluating myself, the more my brain lit up those self-referential circuits, creating a feedback loop that amplified every doubt.
Amygdala
The first time I gave a public talk about my research, my heart pounded so hard I figured the audience could see my shirt moving. My palms were slick with sweat before I even reached the podium. That was my amygdala treating a room full of interested colleagues like a pack of predators. What is the amygdala? My brain's threat detection system.
The amygdala sits deep in your brain, and it is exquisitely sensitive to anything that could threaten your survival. The catch? It does not seem to distinguish between a hungry lion and a potentially critical comment. To the amygdala, social rejection, professional failure, and physical danger all look roughly the same.
Research shows that people with chronic self-doubt display increased amygdala activation even in response to mild or ambiguous feedback. I have watched this pattern in my own life: a neutral email from a colleague could send my threat system into overdrive, flooding my body with cortisol and making my mind race with worst-case scenarios.
Anterior Cingulate Cortex
I once sent an email to my entire team with a typo in the subject line. A typo. One letter. Yet I thought about it for days. That is my anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) doing its job…perhaps too well.
The ACC constantly monitors for conflicts, errors, and mismatches between expectations and reality. Studies suggest that in people prone to self-doubt, the ACC may be hyperactive, like a smoke alarm that goes off when you make toast.
I have learned to recognize this pattern in myself. When I finish a project, instead of feeling satisfied, my ACC immediately starts scanning for everything that could have been better. You do not always have to chalk it up to negative thinking. It is a specific brain region working exactly as evolution designed it, just cranked up too high for the modern world.
Neuroplasticity: The Hope in Science
Here is what shifted for me: understanding that the brain can change.
Neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to form new neural connections throughout life, meant that every time I pushed through self-doubt and had a successful experience, I was literally rewiring my brain. Each time I gave a presentation despite anxiety, each time I shared an idea in a meeting despite doubt, I noted it. And over months, I observed something remarkable: the physical symptoms of anxiety decreased. The doubtful thoughts still appeared, but they lost their power to paralyze me.
I developed a practice based on this science. When self-doubt appears, start here:
First, I acknowledge it: "There's my amygdala, doing its protective thing." This simple recognition helps activate my prefrontal cortex, the rational part that can observe and evaluate rather than just react.
Second, I ask: "Is this proportional?" Usually, my threat system is treating a minor professional risk like a life-or-death situation. Naming this disproportion helps calm the physiological response.
Third, I take action anyway; even small actions count. Because I understand that experience-dependent plasticity means my brain learns from what I do, not what I think about doing.
I discovered that interventions like deep breathing, regular exercise, and adequate sleep were not just self-care luxuries. They were neurologically necessary for regulating the brain systems involved in self-doubt. When I'm well-rested and have moved my body, my amygdala is less reactive. When I'm depleted, even minor challenges trigger disproportionate doubt.
Here is something that helped me make peace with self-doubt: it exists for a reason.
Our ancestors who felt no uncertainty probably took reckless risks and did not survive long enough to pass on their genes. A moderate amount of self-doubt likely helped humans prepare adequately before challenges, avoid genuinely dangerous situations, and maintain social bonds through appropriate humility. Understanding this evolutionary context helped me stop seeing self-doubt as an enemy and start seeing it as an overzealous friend who needs gentle correction rather than harsh judgment. I have also learned to work with my neurochemistry rather than against it.
Silencing these systems is not the goal. That would be neither possible nor desirable. Some self-evaluation, some caution, and some preparation for challenges remain useful. The goal is to prevent self-doubt from being the only voice in the room AND to recognize when it is disproportionate. Mine is still learning. And that process of learning, of slowly rewiring those ancient protective systems for modern contexts, might be the most important work any of us do.
If self-doubt significantly interferes with your daily life or well-being, please consider speaking with a mental health professional. Understanding neuroscience can help, but sometimes we need additional support to work with these powerful brain systems. www.onxytherapygroup.com can help!
Source: The Neuroscience Behind Self-Doubt: Breaking Down the Brain to Build Yourself Up
I re-blogged this (the first time) in 2014. Today, I tried half a dozen times to re-blog it, and it wouldn’t work. So, I saved the images and re-posted it. I hope it helps make life a little easier. :-) The original post is by iraffiruse.
Long but cool as hell.
I’ve been using these tips for ten years and not one has failed me.
remember when “lifehacks” were useful?
Those where the days.
remember when lifehacks - good or not - were hacks and not fully just new products?
hey if it’s your first time being food insecure because of snap benefit cuts, hi! this ain’t my first rodeo and i’ve got tips.
1. dried beans and rice are infinitely cheaper than the canned/microwave stuff. just wash, soak (in the case of beans!), cook, and you’re done!
2. on that note, beans and rice, when eaten together, make a complete protein that is easily digestible by your body. if it comes down to it, you can live off that alone for a good long while.
3. when shopping, prioritize ingredients over premade meals. a frozen pizza is just one pizza, but flour, tomato sauce, and cheese can make many pizzas.
4. dry pantry goods will get infested if you’re not careful. adding a dried bay leaf to dried beans, rice, flour, etc. works wonders for keeping out weevils and other nasty stuff. adding a few drops of peppermint oil to a spray bottle filled with water will keep mice away if you spray it on your baseboards, too.
5. canned veggies is veggies. canned fruit is fruit. you ain’t too good for it, so get those micronutrients if you can.
6. potatoes are super nutritionally dense and a good source of fiber. use them to stretch meals. just don’t store them next to onions because they’ll sprout way faster.
7. coupon clip like a crazy person, and get ready to use the math skills you swore to leave behind in high school. saving pennies starts with getting the most for your dollar. if all cabbages are $1.00, get the biggest cabbage you can find. if tomato sauce is cheaper by the ounce in a quart jar compared to a pint jar, get the quart if you can. be smart with how you spend.
8. lentils are a great way to stretch any kind of ground meat. they’re really cheap and if you’re like me and can’t cut meat out of your diet completely for health reasons, they help it last a lot longer.
9. portion control is so key. if a meal is meant to make four servings, make it last four servings. it’s better to be a little hungry four days in a row than stuffed for two and starving for two. weigh it out if you have to.
10. never say no to free food. whether it’s potlucks, community events, religious gatherings, or student food pantries, a free meal is one less you have to cook for yourself. pro tip: hit up wednesday night suppers at churches, shabbat dinners at synagogues, and sikh gurdwaras pretty much any time for a free (if not really cheap) meal. you might have to endure some proselytizing, but as long as you’re respectful and mind your business, you’re golden.
Hope you don’t mind me adding some extra tips of my own op!
11. Bullion cubes tend to be real cheap and making things into a soup is a great way to make small portions feel bigger. A serving of beans and rice doesn’t feel like much but when you add a bullion cube and some hot water now suddenly that’s soup and you’ve got a big bowl full + extra flavor
12. If you’re diabetic or insulin resistant and suddenly faced with eating lots of carbs because they’re what’s cheap and available pre cook your food then chill it!! Starches in most everything from potatoes to rice to bread will change form when cooked and then cooled. They start converting to resistant starch and our body basically processes them like fiber instead of like carbs, so you can lower the glycemic index of your rice by quite a bit if you cook it then freeze it overnight before thawing and eating. Is it perfect? No but it helps!
13. Frozen fruit and vegetables can also be a great and less expensive way to get your fruit and veg. Canned is often cheaper but do the price-per-ounce math and check! Grocery stores near me still occasionally do 10 for 10 sales on bags of frozen veg! And if you can get some on sales like that they become a great way to bulk out other foods. Mac n cheese? Add some frozen veg. Hamburger helper? Frozen veg. Top ramen? Frozen veg.
14. Reiterating the never turn down free food if it’s something you can eat. Hit up food pantries, check if Facebook has a buy nothing group for your area, people will give away food for absolutely free! Groups like this are also super useful even if you don’t find food, look for things like toiletries on offer, if you can get your body wash for free that’s a couple bucks you can devote to food.
We are lunatics.
@what-are-even-humans
Yup that’s humanity for ya
Fucking shredddd itttt
That’s Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa, appearing impossibly calm as he rides down the face of this liquid avalanche. The behemoth, which Koxa surfed in November 2017, is considered the biggest wave ever ridden, topping out at 80 feet (24 meters) off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal.
https://www.livescience.com/63328-biggest-wave-surfed-underwater-canyon.html
Surfer's Monster, 80-Foot Wave Came from a Hidden, Underwater Canyon
Bedtime Story.
Short story by Jeffery Whitmore! Wanted to make this into a comic for a while :] just in a girl boss sorta mood hehe
have you all seen one of my new favorite reddit posts
Can one of the infinite people who played silk song tell me how far into the game/how difficult moss mother is.
first boss, about five-ish minutes in
Fantastic, tysm
so I started a new anxiety medication this past week and so far it’s been going very well except that I have extremely vivid dreams and apparently sleep texting. I seem to have sent this at 3am and i have no memory of it
but i am Right
okay this reminded me. i’m disabled and i’ve gone to the hospital a lot and one time in college during finals season i had to write my professor an email excusing my absence but the dilauded kicked in and well
i was not born in 1998
okay but if i get that note from a student, i am in fact excusing them