Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly:
- Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat)
- Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex)
- Humming (stimulates vagus nerve)
- Exercise (anything helps, outside even better)
- Impeachment and removal
The meaning of words is important! Learn about how people differentiate psychoactive vs psychedelic drugs in the Xylo Bio latest newsletter 🤓
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But also happy no kings, it’s a great way to start learning and getting involved in civil disobedience. If you see someone from General Strike US - definitely chat with them and sign up for a chapter !!
When you’ve moved from the “rally stage” of civil disobedience to the “creation of community system that will still be here when deliberate collective action happens” stage
Catch me resisting by fostering intergenerational community, growing my own food, and challenging prohibition daily.
Will never understand how the government can just be fine with the USPS not existing ???? One of the greatest US institutions ???
!!! And pretending it’s acceptable to tell your trainees to use AI to write something they’re struggling with instead of actually being a mentor !!!
Some people should never have access to students.
“AI requires no ramp-ups, no meetings, and absolutely no emotional support…The issue is not whether my students are valuable. In long run, they are invaluable. The issue is that their value emerges slowly, whereas AI delivers immediate returns.”
SLC punk top tier movie
Q: “Why did you call this one of the ‘craziest’ grants?”
A: “Because it says LGBTQ”
Having a moment today while working realizing that I’m literally doing exactly what I wanted to do since deciding to get into psychedelic/serotonergic research.
A truly amazing feeling.
Our last episode of Season 5 came out today!
Check out this great conversation with Dr. Leah Salinsky on poly substance use and serotonin effects on addiction circuits!
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Xylo Bio’s newest Neuroscience Newsletter is out!
Learn about 5HT receptor localization, signaling and the drugs that target these receptors!
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Nothin more American than starting a war
Science ! Industry ! Fun!
Presenting at ISRP this week!! Can’t wait!!
Next time you see me I’ll be ripped
Recently started full sending it on the smith machine doing squats and WOW. I’m obsessed. It’s incredible to
realize how strong you truly are.
Forgot how to pack for warm weather conferences lol
Today’s wtf is in my fridge for dinner episode:
Three leftover Italian sausages removed from casing and cooked with orange bell pepper, a quarter jalapeño, corn, and garlic. Add tomato paste, cauliflower gnocchi and finish with 2 tbsp cream cheese to make it a sauce.
Shocked at how good this was!
Can’t wait for our veggie CSA to start I wish I didn’t have to wait 3 more months 😅😅
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
This is why you hire a sci comms professional and not a marketing major that uses AI bc they failed biology 101
We really take for granted the ability to just go to the store and buy the products we need.
Making hygiene kits is a small thing I can do with my privilege and it’s 100% worth the loss of 100 bucks that i would have likely spent on beer and Panera.
Join your local mutual aid group or start one.
Making first aid / hygiene kits for a mutual aid event this weekend and it’s truly astonishing that I can afford to make these kits with decent products on a 55k salary meanwhile billionaires continuously hoard wealth and pass policies that don’t allow people to afford toothpaste and tampons.
In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
I know right??? I was like I hope they say something
This guy is getting death threats for returning the cars that ICE bashes and abandons to their rightful owners
Let that sink in
