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[ari ☻ ✿ @idioticchronicl]

the amount of sobbing in doing to the end of outer banks is insane, i love this show so much and its always been such a big part of my summer since it came out. i genuinely grew up with this show man wow this is crazy :)

[ari ☻ ✿ @idioticchronicl]

experiencing my first snow in seattle ugh <3

[Adele Bloch @adele_bloch]

everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager

> drive your friends to the airport
> go to their party even when you're tired
> stop cancelling last minute
> host at your place
> support the wins & losses

it's worth every ounce of effort

[Pop Base @PopBase]

6 years ago today, COVID-19 was officially declared a global pandemic.

[ari ☻ ✿ @idioticchronicl]

period.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

Two thirds of Alzheimer’s patients are women. Not because women live longer, but because estrogen protects the brain. When it’s suddenly stripped away, the brain literally shrinks. Brain fog in your 40s isn’t “just stress.” It’s a red flag. But instead of addressing hormones, women are gaslight with antidepressants or told to meditate. Fast forward 20 years and she’s in a nursing home and can’t remember her own kids. This isn’t “normal aging.” It’s medical negligence. And despite most Alzheimer’s patients being women, much of the research is still done on male mice instead of female mice. That’s not science, that’s neglect.”

[Asanwa @Chizitere_xyz]

You wake up. You sit in traffic. You do your job. You pay the bills. You go to sleep.

​The next day? You press repeat.
​You think you’re just "being an adult." You think this is what responsibility looks like. But there is a reason the last five years of your life felt like they vanished in five minutes. It’s not just because you’re busy. It is because your brain is shutting down.

​Let’s look at the biology of it. Your brain doesn't age strictly because of time; it ages because of repetition. When you live the exact same day over and over again, your neurons stop firing with intensity. They quiet down. Your brain builds neural pathways based on experience, but when the experience is 100% predictable, your brain stops recording new memories. It stops encoding. It just goes on autopilot and references the old files.

​Think back to when you were still a child. A single holiday felt like a lifetime. Why? Because everything was new. Every day was a discovery. Your brain was lit up, building new connections every hour.

​Now you are 25,30,40. January turns to December in the blink of an eye. Why? Because you are living in a loop. Everything is familiar. Your brain is bored.

​And I need to speak to the men specifically because this is the silent tragedy of modern masculinity.

​Society has scammed you. We tell men: "Be consistent. Be stable. Don't take unnecessary risks. Just provide." We praise you for being predictable. So you turn yourself into a machine. You sacrifice your spontaneity for stability. You kill your sense of wonder just to keep the lights on.
​That is why you see men who are only 45 but their eyes look 70. The routine is eating them alive from the inside out. You are trading your perception of time, your actual life for a paycheck.

​But here is the truth they don't tell you: Neuroplasticity doesn't stop just because you have a stable job or source of income. You can still grow new neurons. You can still learn. You can still slow time down.

But you have to break the algorithm.

​You have to shock your system.
​Take a route to work that doesn't make sense. Quit the safe index fund and learn the market strategy that scares you.

​Your brain will only wake up when it doesn't know what is going to happen next.
​Don't let the "Grind" turn you into a zombie. If you don't break the loop, you’re going to wake up old one day realizing you didn't live a life. You just lived the same boring year 40 times in a row.
​Wake up.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

Bad Bunny’s setlist for his Super Bowl Halftime Show:

Tití Me Preguntó
Yo Perreo Sola
EoO
VOY A LLeVARTE PA PR
MONACO
Die With A Smile (Salsa Version)
BAILE INoLVIDABLE
NUEVAYoL
LO QUE LE PASÓ A HAWAii
El Apagón
CAFÉ CON RON
DtMF

[ִֶָ @puthelcain]

é uma pena que a maioria das nossas avós vão embora antes de virarmos pessoas que saibam aproveitar uma conversa

[lex @celebsnapzx]

Bad Bunny's Full #SuperBowlLX HalfTime Show

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

Today’s American History Lesson: Puerto Rico has been part of the U.S. since 1898, and Puerto Ricans have been U.S. citizens since 1917 🇵🇷 🇺🇸

We’ve cheered many non-Americans at the #SuperBowl. Bad Bunny isn’t one of them.
🏈 🎤

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 BREAKING: Even after the Super Bowl LX halftime show ended, Bad Bunny’s performers kept the party going outside Levi’s Stadium — fans and dancers continued celebrating the music, energy, and culture beyond the official broadcast.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Bad Bunny closed out his #SuperBowl halftime show saying “God Bless America” and going on to name every country in America:

“TOGETHER, WE ARE AMERICA”

[Zach Jacobson @zachjacobson]

bad bunny’s message on the jumbotron said “the only thing stronger than hate is love” and he held up a football that said “together, we are america” and hick ass racist motherfuckers are mad as hell for that. crazy to me

[Bad Bunny HQ @BBPRTV]

Bad Bunny officially has the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show in history, with more than 135.4 MILLION viewers.

[susa @prinkasusa]

Your brain doesn't age because of time. It ages because of repetition. The more predictable your days become, the faster your neurons quiet down. Your brain builds neural pathways based on experience. New experiences create new connections. Repetition strengthens old ones. But when you repeat the same patterns for years, your brain stops building. That's why time feels faster as you age. Your brain stops encoding new memories. It just references old ones. A year at 40 feels shorter than a year at 10, because at 10, everything was new. At 40, everything is familiar. But neuroplasticity doesn't stop. You can still grow new neurons. You can still learn. You can still change. You just have to break the loop. Your brain will wake up. And time will slow down again.

[casey❄️🐆 @JADEBEYLICIOUS]

love harry but he was so bitter that zayn left first and got to launch his solo career first. i KNOW harry wanted to take the crown of being the first british male solo artist to be number one here and in america with a debut album and single, but zayn did it. there were so many sly digs towards zayn after he left 1d and harry even carried those digs into the beginning of his own solo career. its sad really, it’s a shame.

[yass ❯❯❯❯❯ @payno_foreever]

pov: it’s 2012 and you’re watching one direction perform at the olympics closing ceremony.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

“Get the f*ck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here.”

— Minneapolis mayor sends message to ICE after one of their agents fatally shot a woman.