Alex Dobrenko
@alexdobrenko
writer comedian just a lil guy head of vibes at Sublime
Alex Dobrenko
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Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse and a longtime researcher of this neurotransmitter, would like to set the record straight: “Dopamine is not the pleasure molecule in the simple, direct way it is typically portrayed in the media,” she says. “Its function is much more nuanced.”
Maia Szalavitz • Dopamine: The Currency of Desire
In 1920, New Orleans boasted six pumping stations, including the Melpomene. These allowed “the old swamps” to be drained and converted into new communities, like Lakeview and Gentilly. Today there are twenty-four stations, which together operate one hundred and twenty pumps. During a storm, rain is funneled into a Venice’s-worth of canals. Then
... See moreElizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
When people talk about the vibe here, they’re not talking about the same kind of vibes you might find at a party. They’re talking about the thing that GWF Hegel called Geist , ‘that Spirit whose nature is always one and the same, but which unfolds this its one nature in the phenomena of the World's existence,’ through the process that we, who are... See more
Sam Kriss • A universal, absolute, and infinite theory of vibes
dope fonts for the people
The Super Mario 64 patent lays out the internal order in which Mario reacts to hazards, essentially laying out his "preferences". This is what Mario believes is worth reacting to, in order from most to least important:
1. Quicksand
2. Poison gas
3. Low health
4. Being cold.... See more