vyvanseia

[Nαтe Blαncнeтт @NateBlanchett]

I wonder if Nancy Mace can ever eat beans without thinking about this tweet? I’m not even Nancy Mace and I cannot eat beans without thinking about this tweet.

[carou @vozdosastros]

passando por uma série de eventos que tao me deixando exatamente assim

[tkt @99teozer]

the gospel according to St. Matthew (1964)

[vyvanseia @anthizo]

@ibufalt are these patrick star nuggets o que

[♡ @taesdawn26]

shu qi for cosmopolitan china, 2023

[Neet @neet_sol]

when i found out what networking was i knew i had to walk this road alone

[they who walk silently 🔻 @meatRelic]

evergreen

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Romantic lip kissing has been documented in only about 46% of existing cultures**.

If it were an entirely irresistible instinct, I think we'd expect to see it in the exact same form across all human cultures; still, I don't think this means kissing can't have a biological basis.

As far as I know, there are three prominent theories about this: the Premastication (Pre-chewing) Theory, the Mate Selection and Genetic Compatibility (Scent Theory), and the Nerve Endings and Biological Reward theory.

++In recent years, an explanation rooted in grooming/cleaning behavior has also been added to these.

For much of human history, mothers in many societies would chew solid foods into a puree and transfer them directly mouth-to-mouth to their babies. According to this theory, even after food transfer disappeared during the evolutionary process, that very act -- lip-to-lip contact -- may have endured as a biological ritual for showing love, trust, and affection.

According to the Mate Selection and Genetic Compatibility theory, coming face-to-face at such close range allows us to pick up on general body scent and some chemical cues. In other words, the habit of sniffing may have evolved over time into kissing, a much closer form of contact.

Finally, there's the nerve endings theory. The lips are one of the areas with the densest nerve networks in the human body. The space dedicated to the lips in the part of our brain that processes the sense of touch is also disproportionately large. Stimulating the lips can trigger systems associated with reward and attachment; social contact and romantic bonding are linked to processes involving oxytocin and dopamine. This biological reward system may have ensured that the act became permanent.

I think kissing was shaped not by a single reason, but by a combination of these factors. While premastication (the mother-infant bond) laid the emotional and affectionate groundwork, scent/mate selection and the sensitivity of the lips may have transformed it into a romantic ritual.

** For the research: https://t.co/QQWBOPXelr

[🥀_ Imposter_🥀 @Imposter_Edits]

If you can get beaten over your 1st amendment right, and murdered over your 2nd amendment right, you have no rights.

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

I’ve watched the ICE shooting video. What it shows is a violent beating followed by an execution in the middle of a public street.

If local and state officials do not move immediately to arrest everyone involved on murder charges, they should resign.

Accountability de-escalates. Inaction guarantees escalation.

[5hahem @shaTIRED]

me telepathically reminding y’all that although these erika kirk memes are funny af, she’s literally the fucking devil with immense power and memeifying her just cements her space in the social lexicon, hence enhancing her political power

[vyvanseia @anthizo]

@ibufalt oh so u hate granny smith apple?

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

This child is journalist Anas Al-Sharif during Israel’s 2008–2009 bombing of Gaza.

At the time, he was just a boy watching reporters in action, dreaming of one day becoming one himself.

He grew up without comfort or privilege, only in the harsh reality faced by every Palestinian child living under the Israeli occupation.

[David Lo Pun-ch Nazis @helpmeskeletor]

‘Hardworking immigrant’ is dehumanising too. It implies their only value is labour and not personhood.

It actually sets immigrants up to be exploited since they constantly need to demonstrate their value rather than being granted it by default.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

hey! don't fall into the good protester bad protester binary! to the state there are no good protesters! don't do their propaganda work for them!

[artsartsarts @_artsartsarts]

how are you guys listening to all these new songs. im still not over lights by ellie goulding

[Mike Abrusci @mikeabrusci]

Hate when google tells me a bird I just saw is “very common”. The majesty of flight and the beauty of the natural world is anything but common

[COSMIC 🖖🏾 SLOP @afrocosmist]

Seiichi Hiyashi, 1981

[vyvanseia @anthizo]

@michiyalYT @hyunllxx ty for articulating this! I understand why people might be defensive about executive dysfunction (whether related to ad/hd, autism, or other cognitive or developmental disorders). But it’s not hurting anyone to admit, regardless of pathology, coping mechanisms are 1 way forward