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Kelsey.34. TX/CO. coffee, beer, sharks & feminism

[pizzagrenades]

Alrighty a pinned post:

UNAVAILABLE AND UNINTERESTED

#personal - all posts by me.

#me, #self - self explanatory.

#colorado - fishing, food, adventures, and hikes

#texas - stuff from Texas probably

#nature, #outdoors - I think I use nature more but idk. Both probably the same thing

#denton - bathroom graffiti of interest to me

#painting -also self explanatory

#crafts - I remember this for some things

#gaming - shitty photos of my living room tv and dumb takes

#cooking - food I made that looks ugly but tasted great

[bunneis]

Silly Symphony - The Goddess of Spring (1934)

[sapphireh3arts]

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.

[pizzagrenades]

What hypothetical names you got picked for baby 2? Orion?

Idk I haven't given much thought but I like Alexandra and Barbara

[soulakuarian]

[theworsethingsgettheharderifight]

[pmamtraveller]

Reader by Simon Leclerc

[theehorsepusssy]

[bobdylanyaoi]

tell me, frodo, Do you belive in life... ...after love?

[byjove]

“it’s because they’re always on that damn phone” -scientist studying the declining birthrate

[byjove]

It’s sooooo interesting that they keep studying the topic rigorously and writing piece after piece on what the cause could be but they never want to address the fact that America is not a good place to have a child. Even though the birth rate is falling across the board, they have to find some reason to make it a problem of the individual, a matter of selfishness or distraction instead of a greater societal struggle.

[assassin1513]

🍁✨🍁Autumn Stars🍁✨🍁

[andysambcrg]

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (2005 - ) but it’s just the memes

[sasj]

Geometric Shapes / 260610

[julieterbang]

pepper_udon

[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

[massarrah-deactivated20240905]

Recumbent Calf from Uruk

Made of limestone and lapis-lazuli, this small model of a recumbent calf may have been a votive object, intended as an offering to Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and war. 

Uruk, c. 3300-2900 BCE.

Vorderasiatische Museum, Berlin.

[pizzagrenades]

I may or may not be using an app other than American cable to watch the world cup

And I just got a fun glimpse into Canadian republican ads

[pizzagrenades]

Courtney's not coming tomorrow and I'm bummed but hopefully it's only postponed by a few days

Silver linings:

My apartment is sparkling clean

I don't have to worry about annoying her with my upcoming world cup watch

I get another bit of time to finish her pancho cape thing