Michael

Love anything anime, k-drama, films, sitcoms, books, news, and light-hearted Bluey episode to fill in.

My account: 80% anime 10% news 10% theology.

[Michael @RestWorkNPraise]

To find good faithful friends is hard, but it's possible.

But to be a good faithful friend- a good presence, a good listener, a good interactor, are much more harder still. We will fail, and will always learn and unlearn something along the journey. But it's possible :)
#YoriMoi

[Oce ₍ᐢ. .ᐢ₎ ₊˚⊹♡ @NotReallyOce]

Kaoruko & rintaro kiss (>/////<) ♡

the art is always so beautiful .. it make this moment even more special ♡

[薫る花は凛と咲く【公式】 @kaoruhana_mp]

『薫る花』最新話
マガポケで更新されました✨

薫子の家で2人きり。
予想外の状況に、凛太郎の中で
色々な想いが駆け巡りーー。

【第192話】本心

[VIZ Media @VIZMedia]

Announcement: Chased by murder and betrayal, Yona flees to survive. Protected by her bodyguard Hak and four legendary Dragon Warriors, Yona’s journey begins! Yona of the Dawn (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 1 by Mizuho Kusanagi releases Fall 2026.

[Sugoi LITE @SugoiLITE]

Pointing out the illiteracy and ignorance of anitwitter in general about anime production is considered "shitting on" a specific anime??!

Some people feel ‘very personal’ than my tweet originally intended to. 🤔

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

I was surprised to read this headline from the New York Times.

“Sliding back” might not be the right expression, but it points to something true.

I’ve had countless conversations with people in the past year or so who have said things to me like “Why do things feel more…medieval?”

What they’re feeling is the modern notion of “secular” collapsing—like the lines between “spiritual” and “material” getting blurred.

Expect to feel much more of this over the next few years.

[Patrick Bateman @GullimansBurner]

@NightSkyToday Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things

[Night Sky Today @NightSkyToday]

JUST IN🚨: According to Research, the more we focus on beautiful things, the more the brain gets used to seeing beautiful things.

[Essential Mastery @EssentialMastry]

Dostoevsky was right; “Every self-betrayal is a sin. Whenever you go against your nature, your body reminds you.”

If you spend enough time with anything, you start liking it, even sadness. So let’s choose people and spaces that truly elevate us. Your peace is worth it.

[maude @maevemanga]

unironically, out of all the pics we took at important historical landmarks we visited, one of my favourite photos from the trip is this one my dad took of me while i was manga shopping

[Jpnexpert @jpnexpert]

In Japan, there is little opportunity in life for late bloomers, people who are not academically strong, or those who do not possess special talents, even if they come from middle-class families. At the same time, even the simplest low-paying jobs are made extremely demanding through strict rules, procedures, and expectations.
As a result, many people find themselves condemned to a lifetime of difficult, low-wage, menial work. Some refuse to accept this fate and withdraw from society, becoming Hikikomori. This is a phenomenon that is particularly associated with Japan.
If similar social and economic conditions existed elsewhere, a much larger percentage of people in other countries might also become Hikikomori. What would you do if you were faced with such a future? Maybe I myself would become a Hikikomori if my fate was like that.

[Tallow Twins | Skincare @Tallowtwins]

But on a serious note, this is why homeschooling just makes sense. Not only does it have endless benefits for the child, but for the entire family dynamic.

• More individualized learning tailored to the child’s strengths, interests, and pace.
• Flexibility to spend more time on challenging subjects and move quickly through easier ones.
• Greater opportunity for hands-on, real-world learning experiences.
• More family time and stronger parent-child relationships.
• Flexible scheduling for travel, extracurricular activities, appointments, and family needs.
• Ability to incorporate personal values, culture, or faith into education.
• Reduced exposure to bullying and negative peer pressure.
• More time for hobbies, entrepreneurship, sports, arts, and life skills.
• Opportunity to learn in a quieter environment with fewer classroom distractions.
• Increased independence and self-directed learning skills.
• Ability to accommodate different learning styles and special educational needs.
• More mixed-age social interactions with siblings, community groups, and adults.
• Greater flexibility for outdoor learning and time in nature.
• Potential for better sleep schedules since families can often adjust learning times.
• More opportunities to teach practical skills such as cooking, gardening, budgeting, and household management.
• Freedom to pursue deep interests and passions that may not fit into a standard school curriculum.

[Josiah Lippincott @jlippincott]

I was in church once and the boy next to me, about 9 or 10, was just absolutely out of control. Single mom couldn't control him.

The boy was loud, interrupting the service, insulting to his mother, and absolutely refused to obey her gentle pleading.

He kept rolling around on the floor and knocking into me. I didn't say anything, but I was growing increasingly annoyed. We were in the back and this kid was damn near throwing a tantrum, just refusing to sit in his chair and instead laying underneath his seat, clinging to its legs while kicking.

Eventually, a father carrying his infant daughter was trying to walk through the aisle and the boy wouldn't move.

At that point, I had had enough. I yanked the chair off of the boy, set it down to the side, stared straight into his eyes, and gave him a direct order: "Stand up right now, get out of the aisle, and listen to your mother."

Kid was stunned. You could tell no one had ever spoken to him with that kind of directness and authority. He immediately obeyed without making a peep. Kept quiet for the rest of the service, too.

This is why discipline is important. The son had zero fear or respect of his mother. That's why he was acting like a brat in public to the detriment of everyone around him.

A few good spankings from a father would have put paid to that nonsense and brought happiness of the boy, his mother, and society at large.

Gentle parenting only works if there is a strong foundation of authority and respect from child to parent.

[Byronic Heroine @byronicgirl]

Mad Men explores this cultural shift really well. It gets harder for Don to maintain his double identity and for everyone else to separate their work and personal identities as the show progresses and the post-1960 surveillance state becomes increasingly powerful, making people more connected and making it more easy to ‘look up’ information on each other’s pasts or ruin reputations across different states. The show has a sense of rising paranoia and rising desperation to escape everything and be ‘off-grid’ (California represents this ideal), yet a sad nostalgia knowing that true anonymity might never be possible again. It is fitting that the 1971 Coca Cola ad is the the final scene of the show, it captures this eerie interconnectedness well and foreshadows the even more globalized panopticon in the years to come.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Scientists shut off the dopamine in some rats and they stopped eating. Food everywhere. They starved in a full cage, not because they hated it. Put sugar on their tongue and they licked their lips. They still liked it. They just lost the drive to go get it.

This is one of the strangest things we know about the brain, and it traces back to a researcher named Kent Berridge at the University of Michigan. Your head runs two different systems. One is wanting, the push that gets you off the couch and moving. The other is liking, the good feeling once you are in it. Dopamine runs the wanting. The enjoyment runs on separate wiring. So you can be sure you will love something and still feel almost no pull to start it.

That is the man in the cartoon, swinging at rock with diamonds all around him. He could see the good stuff. He just could not make himself dig toward it.

Once you see why, the usual story about procrastination stops making sense. We say lazy, or bad with time. Mostly, it is neither. Two psychologists, Fuschia Sirois and Tim Pychyl, argued back in 2013 that it runs on emotion. A task makes you feel something you would rather not feel, even just the small dread of starting, and putting it off makes that feeling vanish on the spot. So you scroll, or you suddenly need to clean the kitchen. Dodging the task is a quick hit of relief, and your brain grabs it. The bill goes straight to future-you, who is left holding the guilt and the deadline.

You can even see it on a brain scan. In 2018, a team in Germany scanned 264 people and matched the scans against how much each person put things off. The big procrastinators had a larger amygdala, the little alarm bell deep in the brain that flags anything risky. They also had a weaker link to the part meant to quiet that alarm and get you moving, a region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex. Loud alarm, weak off-switch.

And if this is you, you have plenty of company. A big 2007 review found that 80 to 95 percent of college students procrastinate, that roughly one in five adults does it long-term, and that more than 95 percent of them wish they could quit. Students alone burn about a third of their day on it.

The fix falls out of that same split. If wanting and liking are two different systems, then waiting to "feel like it" is waiting for a bus that may never come. The main treatment for the severe version, called behavioral activation, flips the order. You start first, as small as you can stand, before any motivation shows up. The wanting tends to arrive a few minutes after you begin. The diamonds were there the whole time. You just have to swing the pick before you feel ready.

[Sugoi LITE @SugoiLITE]

SEASON 2 (aka Cour 2) for TV Anime "AKANE BANASHI" is currently in development!

Based on original ‘rakugo’ coming-of-age drama manga by Yuki Suenaga × Takamasa Moue.

[Sugoi LITE @SugoiLITE]

Have nice weekend, everyone!! 🤭

[Nekaishi ✟ Kitsune VTuber 🦊🦋 @nekaishi]

The reason it’s so controversial for men to have basic, perfectly reasonable standards for women in marriage is because we’re in an age that rewards and pushes most women into a lifestyle where they could never meet those standards

Instead of confronting themselves, taking accountability, and becoming better, many decide you shouldn’t have standards at all. Your standards are “evil.” You need to settle and compromise because they refuse to meet them

It’s not surprising when you look at how deeply our culture is ingrained in OnlyFans, Fansly, promiscuity, and e-prostitution in general—on top of the sheer amount of irrational hatred and disdain toward men—The amount of misandry

Men are seen as disgusting for just existing in so many ways. Interchangeable dogs, sex-driven idiots good only for money and provision. A tool

It’s offensive for a tool to have standards. A tool expecting them to hold themselves to higher standards is disgusting to them. You should be whipped back in place, expect nothing, and accept whatever you’re given without question to these people

You’re not allowed to have standards because, frankly, in the culture we’re in now, many people couldn’t even meet the bare minimum—so those standards must be lowered in their eyes

Don’t settle for less than what you deserve, Brothers. Work on yourself every day, strive to be the best version of yourself, and find a woman who deserves you, and who you deserve

Don’t let the world abuse you because you want a family and an amazing woman to protect and provide for

[Joan @_Meloku]

Incredible manga you should be reading

[Altechdev @altechdev]

Bro walked her home safely, got a kiss, made sure she got in okay, then left like a gentleman… and y’all laughing? The real ones understand: Respect > desperation. This man just earned date #2 while the sideline squad stays single forever. Who else sees the W here?

[Bri @wordsandsense]

My good friend Ursula K. Le Guin has some thoughts on this