the love revolution is on!

[capybaralovers]

[dmdog]

Still no more dnd art sorryyyyy have coyote

[stardustpainter]

Ilya trying to outplay his demons

[vurtual]

[eyesteeth]

ryan gosling i am speaking directly in your ear now. in the mid-2000s you pivoted from turning Dead Man's Bones into a musical to making it an album because you and zach shields deemed a staged musical too expensive of a production. it has been 20 years mr gosling. you are richer now. you won a golden globe that one time. surely it is not that big of an expense for you now mr gosling. you said in 2011 you wanted to record a second album. in 3 and a half years it will be the 20 year anniversary of the album. you know what you must do

[geopsych]

Solstice morning of another year

[geopsych]

Early morning, 20th of June another year

[midwestbirdingclub]

Saw this lil baby downtown! The little guy was just chilling on the sidewalk.

[rythms-of-synthax-deactivated20]

Quote of the day

[baffledtreesquid]

I’m seeing a lot of people saying this post changed their brain chemistry, and as a neuroscientist I wanted to say yes!!! Yes it does!

Wanting something requires dopamine signaling, but liking something doesn’t.

If you have a mental illness/disorder that affects dopamine, you might feel that you don’t want to do the things that you like. You do still like them. You will appreciate having done them.

Let your likes guide you.

(If you want to read more, here’s one experimental paper about it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5171207/ This theory called the incentive-sensitization theory was originally created to explain behaviors in addiction but can be applied elsewhere as well)

Rewards are both ‘liked’ and ‘wanted’, and those two words seem almost interchangeable. However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psych

[magicratfingers]

[pilgrimattinkercreek1974]

Oh ok so it turns out ive been borrowing grief from the future ! it turns out ive been preparing to lose the things i love rather than basking in the light of them while they last. Maybe i should nt do that

[capybaralovers]

[raccoonmilf]

Why does my dad text like this??? Who taught him this??

[weltenwellen]

Joy Sullivan, “My Mother Says Kissing a Man Without a Mustache Is Like Eating Eggs Without Salt”, Instructions for Traveling West

[intercrusher]

pre DISASTER (cliff marlow)

[ashstfu]

idk but when i discover new books and music i’m just excited to be alive again. yes a bit dramatic but that’s how i feel when i discover them

[anticurses]

[snoopymania]

[daciancatamite]

"you couldnt make seinfeld today" you couldve made seinfeld in 45 B.C.