ElizabethL.

Teacher on sabbatical, impassioned writer, habitual poet, bookaholic, crazy cat lady, world traveler. I hug trees and sing shower arias.❤️God1⃣ hubby2⃣

[ElizabethL. @ElizabethLanius]

Somewhere in the silence I find myself kneeling at the altar of my madness, each word an offering, metaphors curling around me like incense.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A recent study has demonstrated that continuous exposure to rose essential oil through inhalation can lead to measurable increases in gray matter volume in the human brain.

In this randomized controlled intervention, 50 healthy women participated: 28 in the experimental group applied rose essential oil to their clothing daily for one month, while 22 in the control group used plain water. Before and after the period, researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess changes in brain structure. The results indicated a significant increase in gray matter volume (GMV) across the whole brain, with a particularly notable effect in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), a region involved in memory processing, self-referential thinking, and emotional regulation. No significant changes occurred in areas like the amygdala or orbitofrontal cortex.

The olfactory pathway likely explains this effect: aromatic compounds from the rose oil travel directly to the limbic system, providing sustained stimulation that may promote neuroplasticity and help counteract age-related brain atrophy. The authors suggest this could have implications for dementia prevention, as the PCC is among the regions affected early in conditions like Alzheimer's disease.

This appears to be the first evidence that prolonged scent inhalation can induce structural changes in the adult human brain.

[Kokubun, K., et al. (2024). Continuous inhalation of essential oil increases gray matter volume. Brain Research Bulletin, 208, 110896. DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2024.110896]

[Nils Smith @NilsSmith]

The best leaders aren't trying
to impress the room.

They're trying
to serve it.

Influence follows.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

On Peter Rabbit creator Beatrix Potter's birthday, her little-known scientific experiments and mycological illustrations https://t.co/kjTklrhCag

[Amazing Nature @AmazingNature00]

The first ever recorded sighting of a rare orange-colored snowy owl in Michigan 🦉❄️🌕

This extraordinary bird was photographed flying directly in front of the full moon, creating a scene that feels almost unreal. Snowy owls are already rare to see in the wild, but one with this unique orange plumage has never been documented here before. A historic moment for birdwatchers and wildlife enthusiasts alike.

📸 Matthew Collins Photography

[Andy Jenkins @AndrewEJenkins]

The Lord's discipline isn't for what you've done (wrong).

The Lord's discipline is for what you're going to do (right).

[Andy Jenkins @AndrewEJenkins]

Well done, good and faithful _____________.

(business builder, team leader, entrepreneur, influencer, inventor, record-holder, SERVANT)

[Andy Jenkins @AndrewEJenkins]

If your vision is for--

>>> 1 year = plant wheat

>>> 10 years = plant tree

>>> A lifetime = plant people

(African Proverb)

[Matthew Dominick @dominickmatthew]

Peering out a Dragon Endeavor window that frames red and green aurora streaming by Dragon Freedom docked to the front of the International Space Station.

When Crew-9 arrived I moved out of my crew quarters on the ISS to make room for @AstroHague. I now sleep in Dragon Endeavor while we wait to undock. We take most of our images from the cupola, but sleeping here has been amazing. This is the view out the window this evening . . . I miss my family and friends but we would have missed today’s insane aurora if we had undocked today. I watched the aurora with @astro_Pettit today from the cupola and on a later pass I watched it from Endeavor with @AstroHague.

0.8s, 14mm, f1.4, ISO 3200

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Pandas are natures toddlers…😂😂

[ElizabethL. @ElizabethLanius]

The shot heard ‘round the world…

[Target Reporter @Target_Reporter]

African kids perform reenactment of the Trump assassination attempt.
#Trump2024 #Trump #TrumpAssasinationAttempt #BREAKING

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Every IT worker walking into work this Friday knowing that the global Crowdstrike BSOD global IT meltdown means they’ll have to cancel all weekend plans and work non-stop for the next 72 hours

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

😂

[Secular Chad @SachabhartiyaRW]

Linux users 😎💪💪

#Microsoft #Windows #crowdstrike #Infosys

[Anne Brooke Books @AnneBrookeBooks]

#opportunity

[Susan McCann @Susanjmccann]

Remember we all have struggles; but it's how we choose to deal with them, that makes the real difference - Susan McCann
#motivation #mindset

[Inversionism @Inversionism]

All suspicions have been confirmed about Maui. They did this on purpose.

This was not an accident or a freak force of nature. It's geoengineering and using weather as a weapon to level and evict people from their land for their sociopathic sustainable development goals and transhumanist smart cities.

No one in their right mind would give up their land in Maui. It was beautiful and as close to perfection as one could get in a place to live.

Knowing that, the only solution is to force people out, and because no one would sell, they just destroyed it and leveled it to have a clean slate for the smart city where all the rich assholes will live.

Coincidentally the government signed a bunch of bills in the days to weeks prior with anti-housing proclamations allowing them to take lands from the people.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

Grandma gave her special talent to her grandchild. It's so lovely!

[The Father Effect @thefathereffect]

#TheFatherEffect https://t.co/9jWd0q2s0K

[The Father Effect @thefathereffect]

#TheFatherEffect https://t.co/9jWd0q1Ubc

[TRUTH PILLS 💊💊 @pills_truth]

This fire thing on Maui doesnt add up.  How did all the boats on the water burn as well and there is a perfect circle of fire around the city.