inna

alive but ironically.

[inna @wheresinna]

girlhood🙂‍↕️🎀

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Instead of “I’m bad at this”.

Say “I'm new to this”.

This gives your brain the space to learn instead of shut down.

This is neuroplasticity in real time.

[blue @bluewmist]

every time you replace “this is hard” with “what’s the first step?” you shift brain activity from your amygdala (fear) to your prefrontal cortex (problem-solving).
that’s neuroplasticity in real time.

[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.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Repetition rewires your brain.

Repeat what you want to become.

This is neuroplasticity.

[inna @wheresinna]

Baby if the foods bangin idc what got us there

[Mija @hi_mija]

Guys be like “I know a spot” and then take you to their ex-girlfriend’s favorite restaurant

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Repetitive negative thinking is associated with the accumulation of Alzheimer's dementia protein in the brain.

Stay positive.

[Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez]

The older you get, the more you realize luck is just exposure.

If you sit in the same chair, same routine, talking to same people… nothing new happens.

You have to touch the world to win.

• Talk to strangers
• try a new coffee spot
• post on social
• Start a side hustle

The world rewards motion.

You don’t find opportunity sitting still.

You bump into it.

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.
Repetition rewires the brain.

[Path of Men @PathOfMen_]

If you knew you were 100 rejections away from your dream, think how excited you would be every time someone told you NO

[Tim Denning @Tim_Denning]

https://t.co/b9KrdmoMMS

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

2 weeks without smartphone internet significantly improved sustained attention.

The effects were similar to being a decade younger.

[Kekius Maximus @Kekius_Sage]

Neuroplasticity is proof that who you are is not who you must remain.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Walking behind an older couple holding hands, and the woman said "did you notice the daffodils are back?" And he said "I notice everything you love."

[✒️ @Literariium]

“I think you should always reread your favorite books at different stages of your life. The story never changes, but your perspective does.”

[corsaren @corsaren]

omg my gf is so dumb

“My mom keeps bugging me to visit her in Italy, but i don’t want to visit in spring! There’s nothing to do. I’d rather just hang out at home.”

Babe we literally went ring shopping in October. There is, in fact, one very big thing to do in Italy.

[J.D. Reeves @jdreeves]

took my wife to NYC last week for her bday and got stuck there for a couple of extra days because of the snow. we rarely get time away from our kids but we saw 2 standup shows, a broadway show, a movie and went to 2 museums. we smoked cigs walking down the street on the upper west side in the middle of the night. we ate expensive meals and tasted some of the best food we've ever had. I'm still just buzzing from it all. I love her.

[Zakia @zakiaonsol]

Just bartended a wedding where the best man said in his speech "ngl but we all shipped them together before they made it official bc he kept scoffing that he didn't like her and yet he always looked at her first whenever someone told a joke just to see if she was laughing too"

[Shannon @shanrocksnwa]

I don’t care how people feel about Jake Paul. Every girl prays she finds a love like this one day. You can see how much fun they have together. They are each others best friend. Women dream of this.

[Dustin Burnham @dustinthedad]

My wife calls me, panicked.

The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife.

‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as soon as you can, he’s really not doing well.’

Me- ‘Wow, that’s scary. Tell me our passphrase and then I’ll send the money.’

Her (it) - ‘What? What passphrase? This is your wife, our son is hurt. Send the money now!!’

Me- ‘I’ll call you back. I don’t believe that this is my wife. If it is, I’m sorry, but we discussed this.’

The number? Spoofed. Easy to do and there’s no way to tell if a phone number is being spoofed aside from hanging up and calling back to confirm.

The voice? AI generated. Easily done. A few seconds of audio is all it takes to create a realistic audio deepfake.

What can you do?

1) Create a family safe word or passphrase. Ours is definitely not ‘Keep Going’ although we considered it. Discuss the passphrase far away from phones or any recording device. This is as analog as possible. Don’t forget that the trigger for the passphrase is just as important as the phrase itself. So instead of asking ‘what’s the safe word?’ have a separate triggering question. For example, you could say ‘I’m eating banana cream pie’ and this would trigger your spouse to respond ‘purple velvet pillows’ if that’s the safe word.

Make it fun, silly, and easy to remember. And DON’T WRITE IT DOWN.

2) Cognitive security is an essential skill in 2026. Assume every image and video you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Expect scams and spammers, and be pleasantly surprised when it’s not.

3) Figure out a backup communication option with people who you absolutely need to be able to reach. Don’t just rely on a phone number for communication. Have redundant, ideally encrypted methods of communication with family.

What did I miss? I think (hope) Nikita is wrong on the timeframe- agentic bots like Claude bot are impressive but not quite ready to flood the phone lines in just 90 days. But I think it’s going to be a huge problem by the end of the year. I already get dozens of increasingly realistic spam calls and texts daily- it’s only going to get more annoying. Have a plan to keep your family and your finances safe!