Mark Closa

miserable & magical

[militant @alasiye7e]

Win Gatchalian voted YES to:

- TRAIN Law
- extensions of Duterte's Martial Law
- Anti-Terror Law
- Maharlika Fund
- requesting ICC for house arrest of Duterte
- oust De Lima & halt the drug war probe
- abstained on the burial of Marcos Sr. in LNMB

All of which Risa voted NO to.

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

🚨 GOOD NEWS TIMES TWO:

San Miguel Corp. has withdrawn its ₱7 Billion Boracay Bridge project…

…AND stopped the cutting of trees in Quirino Avenue.

Thank you to Ramon S. Ang for listening to my tweet.

Charot! 😂

Complaining works. Protest works. Congrats everyone! 💯

[Kantala fc @ifOnlyKantala]

If you never dated in college and never got your heart broken, life will hit differently later.

Heartbreak in your younger years teaches you things no classroom ever can how people change, how attachment works, how pain feels, how to handle rejection, and how to grow from it.

It sounds weird, but it is what it is

[Mark Closa @markclosamd]

sinusubukan ako ng mga tanga

[Felipe Lupion @FelipeLupion]

Qualquer homem solteiro vive tranquilamente num apartamento desses, mesmo sendo multimilionário…

A gente só vai atrás de algo maior quando quer dar uma vida boa pra mulher e pros filhos.

tô errado?

[Goodgirltattoo @Goodgirltattoo1]

Hhmmmmmm

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Winston Churchill fought his depression with bricks. He'd lay them for hours at his country home in Kent. He joined the bricklayers' union. And in 1921 he wrote about why it worked. It took psychology another 75 years to catch up.

He called his depression the "Black Dog." It followed him for decades. His method for fighting it back was as basic as it sounds: laying brick after brick, hour after hour.

Churchill spelled out his theory in a long essay for The Strand Magazine. People who think for a living, he wrote, can't fix a tired brain just by resting it. They have to use a different part of themselves. The part that moves the eyes and the hands. Woodworking, chemistry, bookbinding, bricklaying, painting. Anything that drags the body into a problem the mind can't solve by itself.

Modern psychology now calls this behavioral activation. It's one of the most-studied depression treatments out there. Depression sets a behavior trap. You feel bad, so you stop doing things, and doing less means less to feel good about. Feeling worse makes you do even less. The loop tightens until you can't breathe inside it.

Behavioral activation breaks the loop from the action side. You schedule the activity first, even when every part of you doesn't want to. Doing it produces small rewards: a wall gets straighter, a painting fills in, a messy room gets clean. Those small rewards slowly rewire the brain. Action comes first, and the feeling follows.

Researchers at the University of Washington put this to the test in 2006. They studied 241 adults with major depression and compared three treatments: behavioral activation, regular talk therapy, and antidepressants. For the people who were most severely depressed, behavioral activation matched the drugs. It beat the talk therapy. A 2014 review of more than 1,500 patients across 26 trials backed up the result.

Physical work like bricklaying does something extra on top of this. It crowds out rumination, the looping bad thoughts that grind people down during the worst stretches of depression. Bricklaying needs both hands and gives feedback brick by brick: each one is straight or crooked. After an hour you can see exactly how much wall you built. No room left for the mental chewing.

The line George Mack used in his post, "depression hates a moving target," is good poetry. The science behind it is sharper. Depression hates a brain that has somewhere else to be.

[Noble Masculinity @Noblemasculin1]

7 TED TALKS IN 7 DAYS:

1. How to Learn Anything in 20 Hours
2. How to Speak So That People Want to Listen
3. The Power of Vulnerability
4. The Paradox of Choice
5. What Makes a Good Life?
6. The Power of Introverts
7. Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

I’m in love with this sentence:

“Consistency looks like nothing is happening, until everything changes.”

[‏ً @itsnwts]

in order to become a better person, you must first realize how horrible you really are. not in the dramatic sense, but in the quiet ways you sabotage yourself, repeat unhealthy patterns, hurt people who care about you, or tolerate what wounds you. you cannot grow if you keep pretending you're innocent in the story you created.

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

Dark Attraction Psychology

1. Ask someone for a small favor. They’ll start liking you more. (Ben Franklin Effect)

2. When laughing in a group, glance at the person you like. They’ll remember it as a moment of connection.

3. Don’t correct people when they’re wrong—let them feel smart around you. It makes you magnetic.

4. Say their name once in the middle of a conversation. It makes them feel seen without even realizing why.

5. Slow your speech by 10%. Calm equals authority. People lean in when you don’t rush.

6. Mirror their body language subtly. It builds subconscious trust and makes them feel closer to you.

7. Be unpredictable. Mystery triggers desire more than perfection ever will.

8. Make intentional pauses before answering questions. It creates tension and makes you seem more thoughtful and confident.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

WHAT THEY DO NOT PUT IN YOUR OFFER LETTER:

1. Your manager will shape your career more than your company.
2. Being liked matters as much as being skilled.
3. The first 90 days decide how people see you for years.
4. Lunch and coffee conversations close more doors than emails.
5. Every company has a real org chart and an official one.
6. Visibility is a skill. Learn it.
7. The loudest person in the meeting is not always the smartest.
8. Loyalty has limits. Know yours.
9. Your job title means less than your reputation.
10. Raises rarely come to those who wait quietly.
11. Most feedback is political. Filter it carefully.
12. Culture is what happens when the manager leaves the room.
13. No one cares about your last company as much as you do.

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

Some CAREER LESSONS 2026

1) Be easy to work with.
2) Show up early.
3) Don’t wait to be asked.
4) Push information to your boss.
5) Be reliable and consistent.

[Murray Hill Guy @MurrayHillGuy1]

Sex positions ranked:

1. Missionary after arguing all day
2. Missionary
3. Cowgirl
4. Doggy
5. Reverse cowgirl
6. Any “We shouldn’t be doing this”
7. Just waking up, half doggy
8. Against a wall, standing
9. Lotus
10.Shower

[Helen Casanova | Seduction Palace @HelenCasanova_]

A famous sex therapist explained the difference between making love and f#cking.

Women crave both at different moments.

Bedroom kings know when to give each.

Here’s how....

[dr. Adam Prabata @AdamPrabata]

Izin menjelaskan mengapa wanita lebih mudah untuk berhubungan seksual beronde-ronde (multiple rounds) dibandingkan pria.

Yuk kita bahas masing-masing pada pria dan wanita.

𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗮
Pria memiliki Post-Ejaculatory Refractory Time (PERT) yaitu periode dimana sulit ereksi atau orgasme, setelah ejakulasi. Durasinya bisa bervariasi, bisa beberapa menit (pada pria muda) hingga berjam-jam (semakin tua semakin lama).

Nah video tadi menyebutkan prolaktin sebagai dasar mekanismenya, padahal itu TIDAK TERBUKTI. Mekanisme terjadinya PERT adalah
-Peralihan sistem saraf otonom, dari simpatik ke parasimpatik
-Penurunan dopamin dan peningkatan serotonin di otak
-Kemungkinan efek prostaglandin dan somatostatin

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮
Wanita tidak memiliki refractory period yang kaku seperti laki-laki. Respons seksual wanita lebih fleksibel dan variabel, sehingga bisa mengalami orgasme berulang dengan jeda sangat pendek atau bahkan tanpa jeda.

Wanita memiliki hormon estrogen dan oksitosin yang membantu mempertahankan sensitivitas klitoris, lubrikasi, aliran darah, dan rasa “aman & terhubung” sehingga lebih bisa "multiple rounds" dibandingkan pria.

Namun ini bisa berbeda antara masing-masing wanita ya.

Semoga bermanfaat!

[Nithya Shri @Nithya_Shrii]

In the corporate world, if you have:

- a decent salary,
- a manager who trusts you without micromanaging,
- the flexibility of a hybrid work setup,
- the freedom to take time off when needed,
- opportunities for growth and skill development,
- a supportive and inclusive company culture,

You’re already among the top 1% of professionals enjoying a truly balanced and fulfilling work life.

[David Daines @daviddorg]

Stanford paid 35,000 people to quit Facebook and Instagram for 6 weeks

Depression dropped. Anxiety dropped. Happiness went up. Women under 25 on Instagram saw the biggest gains

That was 6 weeks. I'm going a full year.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT:

1. Couples who laugh together daily stay married longer. Shared humor is relationship glue.
2. Holding your partner's hand reduces pain by 44%. Love is a literal painkiller.
3. Married people heal from surgery faster than singles. Love accelerates physical recovery.
4. Couples who eat dinner together have fewer fights. The table is where conflict goes to die.
5. Saying "thank you" to your partner daily increases relationship satisfaction by 50%. Gratitude is romance.
6. Couples who sleep in the same bed live longer than those who don't. Proximity is medicine.
7. Partners who exercise together are 34% less likely to break up. Sweating together = staying together.
8. Couples who argue respectfully have stronger bonds than those who don't argue at all. Healthy conflict builds trust.
9. Wives who feel heard by their husbands report 60% higher happiness. Listening is the greatest love language.
10. Couples who try new things together release the same dopamine as when they first fell in love. Novelty reignites passion.