Allen

“saltburn son or babylon daughter”

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Having an unemployed friend to text during work is so important. They’re like the window in your prison cell.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.

He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.

When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.

Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.

The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.

Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.

The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.

That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.

[Weirdly Wired @6drinkamy_]

First in my bloodline to be on letterboxd

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

I fell in love with this quote:
“Discipline is remembering who you said you wanted to be.”

[🤠 @heavensbvnny]

my red flag is: i don’t want to date. i want magically end up in a long-term, emotionally secure relationship.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

being so financially stable that you forget it’s payday >>>>

[James Hancock @colebrax]

While its runtime might be in excess of 3 hours (and feels twice that length), I ended up liking #AvatarFireandAsh a little more than I expected thanks to Oona Chaplin's performance as the villain Varang. Now please, Mr. Cameron, for the love of God, make just one movie not called 'Avatar'. My review: https://t.co/uaD3p578wP

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Not to be dramatic but being financially stable requires the "selfishness" to protect your money from the emergencies of other people.

[Jay @Wavymafia]

Sometimes the healed version of you is meaner.

[Meg ✦ @Flicky0ps]

Lack of discipline is the reason behind every single L I’ve taken in life

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

Video games are a healthier use of time than social media scrolling.

[Dhaboy 😎 @dhaboy01]

Re-entering your prime after a long downfall >>

[The Antihero @YourBoy_KG]

Are the developers at Outlook happy with their search function?

[Soleil @soleiljolina]

Whatever you’re going through you still have to wear deodorant

[B. @buhlesrevenge]

the universe has a funny way of reminding you to focus on yourself 😭

[Debbie Downer @ANGELBABYBITTY]

Upon further reflection I haven’t been evil enough

[GOLU @_molu___]

DARK humour 😭

[Katie Campione @katie_campione]

Film criticism, when done well, is supposed to make you think deeper about a film and engage with it in more complex ways. It is not really meant to decide for the entire population whether or not they should see something. You all have agency. You get to decide that yourself.

[erika @yeeeerika]

the crushing weight of two very manageable tasks