The One

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[The One @_bha_x]

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[sterling 🌵 @_____sterling]

need that tl cleansing. Quote this tweet with beautiful jpegs

[Àshàké(not Ololade)❤️ @Molayoo_]

Feminism doesn’t stop you from taking care of your man.
Feminism doesn’t stop you from collecting penis.
Feminism doesn’t stop you from cooking for a man.
Feminism doesn’t stop you from spending your money on a man.

You people talk about feminism like it’s a cult created to be against men, it isn’t!

[The One @_bha_x]

A Michael Jackson & Daft Punk collab would have been insane

[Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) @Outdoctrination]

Red light + green tea powerfully reduces skin aging in clinical trial.

This is one month of progress utilizing:

◇ Green tea filled cotton pads applied to the face
◇ 670 nm red light

For 20 mins per day.

Both tools work on the key paths found in skin aging - collagen/elastin preservation + synthesis, reduction of ROS.

[N’wa Mucanyi 🫶🏾 @KhananiShingan1]

Girl to girl: study the patterns in your family. Look at what distracted, delayed, or derailed the women before you, then make intentional decisions to break those cycles.
refuse to be a victim of generational curses ❤️

[Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) @Outdoctrination]

Listening to music stimulates brain cell growth, reduces neuroinflammation and improves anxiety & depression, as shown in a new study.

The study used a well established model of postpartum depression, with some animals listening to music for 2 hours per day.

The music was "a comprehensive range of musical styles spanning various historical periods, including the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras."

Every single metric of depression + anxiety measured improved.

◇ Increased open field center time & travel distance → reduced anxiety
◇ Decreased immobility in forced swim test → less depression-like despair
◇ More entries into open arms in elevated plus maze → reduced anxiety
◇ Higher sucrose preference → less anhedonia (antidepressant effect)
◇ Shorter latency to eat in novelty-suppressed feeding → reduced anxiety/motivation restored
◇ Less immobility in tail suspension test → less behavioral despair

But it wasn't just a subjective assessment - the brains of the animals listening to music improved in biochemical metrics.

Notably, in measures of oxidative stress and energy production.

◇ Reduced NO & MDA → less oxidative damage
◇ Normalized SOD & CAT activity → restored antioxidant defense
◇ Preserved GSH levels → protection against ROS
◇ Maintained T-AOC → overall antioxidant capacity preserved
◇ Higher ATP → better mitochondrial energy metabolism
◇ Lowered glutamate → less excitotoxicity / stress signaling

Markers of inflammation in the brain also normalized with music.

This is one of the key drivers of not just depression + anxiety, but tons of other mental / cognitive disorders.

◇ Lower TNF-α, IL-1β, iNOS expression → reduced neuroinflammation
◇ Fewer activated microglia → the key immune cells of the brain

I've written here about how neuroinflammation contributes to brain fog and fatigue as well.

What is really crazy about this is that music prevented brain cells from dying.

It improves the brain's structural integrity:

◇ Preserved MAP2+ neurons in hippocampus & prefrontal cortex → less neuronal loss
◇ Maintained dendritic spine density → synaptic plasticity preserved
◇ Preserved DCX+ neurons → ongoing neurogenesis (new brain cells)
◇ Lower Bax & higher Bcl-2 expression → reduced apoptosis (cell death)

Music altered the expression of THOUSANDS of genes within the brain.

Some of these genes encode key proteins essential for the health, function and development of cells in the brain.

In the hippocampus (main memory storing region):

◇ Wnt6 ↑ → supports synapse formation & plasticity, limits inflammation
◇ Sele ↓ → less immune cell adhesion / neuroinflammation
◇ Sfrp5 ↓ → removes brake on Wnt, boosts neurogenesis & repair
◇ Nupr1 ↑ → stress-response, protects against oxidative stress

In the cortex (higher thinking brain region, consciousness, complex problem solving):

◇ Eya4 ↑ → aids synaptic repair & plasticity
◇ Lhx8 ↑ → regulates cholinergic neurons & synaptic function

The research on the benefits of music are accumulating.

➥ Better pain tolerance
➥ Lower stress hormones
➥ Better cognitive function

Are all being noted in the research.

While most studies are done on classical music, this study has shown that a wide range of genres has powerful benefits.

So, get to listening. 🎵

[Weffrey Jellington @jeffwellz]

Half of Ghanaian youth didn’t grow up watching Rosalinda, Storm Over Paradise and other Mexican telenovelas to end up supporting South Africa. #FriendsOfMexico

[Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) @Outdoctrination]

You need to be vagus nerve maxxing.

This critical nerve is indispensable for:

◇ Digestion (coordinates enzyme / HCl secretion)
◇ Reducing inflammation (cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway)
◇ Lowering heart rate and increasing heart rate variability
◇ Reducing stress / anxiety
◇ Gut motility

It mainly uses acetylcholine as its neurotransmitter, and thus:

◇ High choline foods (eggs, liver)
◇ Cholinergics (Alpha-GPC, huperzine A, nicotine, etc.)
◇ Methylation support
◇ Humming
◇ Grounding
◇ Slow breathing practices

can all help in its activation.

[Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō @agyasika]

You just said this is AIS prom night meaning a high school event. So why do you think anyone there is not under 18? You mfs are so weird.

[LAW ROACH @LUXURYLAW]

I did! A few times.

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

i’ll tell you for free: there’s an insane level of confidence that comes from knowing money is never your problem.

[Kobe Boujee @kobe_boujee88]

This is going to be the day the whole Africa continent will go against one of our own and get a pass

[Alabi @the_Lawrenz]

At this point, Tems is no longer singing for Nigerians alone. She has transcended our music scene and she is one of our biggest export right now....maybe bigger than oil. I love you Tems ❤️❤️

[L O L A @lolitascak3]

เริ่มน่ากลัวละ อินฟลูบราซิลคนติดตามสองล้านเจอยูเอฟโอ มีคลิปถ่ายยูเอฟโอหลังบ้านแบบชัดๆ หลายรอบ ทีนี้หลังจากลงคลิปดันมีรถสีดำมาป้วนเปี้ยนแถวบ้าน ไม่รู้ต้องการอะไร มาแอบดักตอนกลางคืนจนเขากลัว ถ้าอินฟลูคนนี้หายตัวไปก็น่าจะคอนเฟิร์มได้ละว่ามีองค์กรอะไรซักอย่างอยู่เบื้องหลัง

ในไอจีคือเวลาจะเห็น เขาได้ยินเสียงจากที่ไกลๆ ด้วย แล้วเสียงชัดมากเหมือนเสียงวิ้งๆ ของเครื่องยนต์ แล้วเขาถ่ายรถสีดำที่ขับมาวนเวียนแถวบ้านเขาไว้ด้วย เรื่องเพิ่งผ่านมา 4 วันยังไม่จบเลย ภาวนาให้พี่เขาอย่าหายตัวไปนะ

[Sun Treska @SUNTRESKA]

This recipe just changed my life.

1. Soak dates in espresso overnight.
2. Serve over yoghurt with a bit of salt and/or honey

Thank me later.

[KALYJAY @gyaigyimii]

Why has Nigeria never produced a world leader on the level of Kwame Nkrumah or Kofi Annan? 🥴

[Nikolaus Klaus @nikolausklaus17]

In horror movies the ghost is always a woman or a child because there's nothing a man can do as a ghost that he can't already do as a man

[Boluwatife @TEEPHTREND]

After giving birth, a woman's internal wounds take six months to heal, 12 months for physical recovery, two years for hormonal balance, and up to five years to rediscover her identity. Relationships frequently fail during this time due to a lack of understanding. Be kind and patient with new mothers; they are facing more challenges than it appears.

[shaunn armah @shaunnarmah]

my heart goes out to ALL the hardworking Ghanaians who wake up everyday of the week, spend ridiculous hours sitting in traffic to get to work, get stressed by their bosses at work, then have to spend ridiculous hours in traffic to get back home.

you get home and realize your whole house is flooded.

i’m so sorry you have to deal with this. you don’t deserve this.
you truly don’t.

you make this country bearable. your light, your resilience indicates there can be light at the end of the tunnel.

don’t give up though. we will fix this together. WE WILL.

[Lexis @niilexis]

This is just the bird, the rope, the tortoise and the hunter story.

Areas in Accra that have never flooded before were submerged last night. May not be today, may not be tomorrow, but eventually… bad planning and corrupt leadership will bring rain water to your doorstep.

[Sheena🌻 @noiriiee]

Once you choose to receive payment via momo, the charges on the money you have now received becomes yours to pay. The sender pays their charges when making the transaction. They don’t have to pay YOURS as well