reading before bed is proven to help unwind for better sleep quality

https://sleep.me/post/reading-before-bed

the three important files of ai

https://x.com/davemorin/status/2040999146694553761?s=46&t=nluSw7cwYGx8zFxfoYi5Iw

good summary of a podcast with Anthropic's Head of Growth

https://x.com/lennysan/status/2041166073794592926?s=20

pebbling

https://x.com/lovedropx/status/2041335831668097284?s=20

How to Start Researching as a Hobby #BM

“How do I know what my interests are?” Date around.

Zines, poetry, smaller books.

To “find your type” you need to “go on dates.” You don’t need to full on date every topic, you are “falling in love” and should never feel obligated to continue anything for the sake of continuing.

https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/how-to-start-to-researching-as-a

this blog post reminds me of starting your own curriculum: https://t.me/humblespace/498

learning what you are interested in without the pressure of grades or exams, just deep curiosity and passion for knowledge

you can just do things

Also, if you’d like two books on research as an art, I’d recommend:

On the Art & Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania

Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods - Shawn Wilson

good case study on the marketing and branding of toilet paper by PRINT

turning something so boring into something exciting

https://x.com/linafahizul/status/2041364788010508482?s=20

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another toilet paper company: Who Gives A Crap

https://blog.startupstash.com/debugging-marketing-myths-a-case-study-on-who-gives-a-crap-dcfaad1189e3

why are men always okay with doing nothing for their birthday?

Neuroscientists at Georgia State found this in 2019. Your brain has a reward center called the VTA, the part that decides how good socializing feels, and in females, it fires harder during social interaction. The male brain gets a smaller chemical hit from the same room.

The hormone driving the gap is oxytocin, often called the "bonding hormone." Men carry less of it. When researchers gave men and women the same dose during social tasks, the men's reward circuits lit up more, but the women's actually went quieter. Women's brains are already near the sweet spot for social reward, so extra oxytocin overshoots it. Men start further back, so the same dose pulls them toward it.

https://x.com/anishmoonka/status/2041251581501587700?s=20

inner game of tennis

https://x.com/thorstenball/status/2041396536819478780?s=20

Read articles without annoying paywalls

might be a nifty tool to have, i have not tried it, use it at your own risk

https://www.removepaywall.com/

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Caffeine helps restore memory function after sleep loss, NUS Medicine study shows

https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/news/caffeine-helps-restore-memory-function-after-sleep-loss-nus-medicine-study-shows/

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https://x.com/CoachDanGo/status/2042193366130057598?s=20

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The Twins of Auschwitz by Eva Mozes Kor

the second book i picked up in NZ. it is a recount of Eva and her twin sister Miriam's experience at Auschwitz when they were just 10. reminded me a lot of Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

5/5

[2026 NYR Reading Goal]

Total: 10/15
- Fiction: 3/8
- Non-fiction: 7/7 ✅

1. The Diary of A CEO - link
2. Purple Cow - link
3. Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop - link
4. This is Marketing - link
5. Ogilvy on Advertising - link
6. The Creative Act - link
7. The Tipping Point - link
8. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - link
9. Everything is Beautiful and Everything Hurts - link
10. The Twins of Auschwitz - link

while i'm used to the convenience of an ereader, nothing truly beats reading physical books

the recent 2 reads have reminded me so

anyw, back to my kobo clara!

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the problem with singapore's leaders & why scrapping the gifted program was a mistake

https://youtu.be/GiM1X-M2gSc