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NeeAnah

If you're struggling with the news, the reason with this fixation is that your brain is partly looking for danger but also partly because your brain is looking for safety and relief.

This is what I got from this podcast 👇🏽
open.spotify.com/episode/3xkZ6

Spotify385. How to Cope When You Don’t Feel OkUnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone · Episode
#thebrain#BrainHealth#BrainScience
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Charlie McHenry

What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures it - “Two months into 2025, the sense of dread is palpable. In the US, the year began with a terrorist attack; then came the fires that ravaged a city, destroying lives, homes and livelihoods. An extremist billionaire came to power and began proudly dismantling the government with a chainsaw. Once-in-a-century disasters are happening more like once a month, all amid devastating wars and on the heels of a pandemic.” #Dread #Doom #Despair #Depression #Coping theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · What is this era of calamity we’re in? Some say ‘polycrisis’ captures itBy Matthew Cantor
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Ω 🌍 Gus Posey

Instead of watching an evil gangster rapist make a room full of people uncomfortable while nothing of significance happens to make him stop talking, I'm going to start reading Scott O'Dell's classic tale 'The Island of The Blue Dolphins.'

If you're jealous it's completely understandable.

A slightly battered copy of Island of The Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell showing four dolphins playing below a yellow cliff while a young inuit woman stands atop the yellow rocks holding a spear, her hair and dress blowing in the wind.
#Books#Coping#Reading
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Different Than

I play with data sometimes. I try to find interesting #data sets, do fun or interesting analysis, etc. (mostly in R). I just today realized I've probably spent 50 hours in the past month obsessively finding and exploring data related to what's going on politically. Okay. Maybe that's one of my coping mechanisms.

Right now I'm trying to compile some statistics about police behavior from various sources. Probably reinventing the wheel, but I'll take it.

#Rstats#statistics#dataviz
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David Boles

Here is my latest Human Meme podcast episode!

humanmeme.com/regret-and-the-h

humanmeme.comDavid Boles: Human Meme: Regret and the Human Condition: Transforming Loss into Personal GrowthRegret, in its multifaceted complexity, is an embedded facet of the human condition—a reflective, often painful acknowledgement of choices that have led us astray from our idealized paths. It emerges from the interplay of memory, expectation, and self-assessment, functioning as both a mirror and a guide. The emotion of regret is not simply a byproduct of decision-making but a cognitive mechanism designed to heighten our awareness of moral and practical missteps, thereby enriching our capacity for future growth. 
#Regret#Loss#Coping
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