mahiwaga

I'm not really all that mysterious

This Brave New Social Media World

I guess I can’t really call this social media world “new” considering that I signed up for Facebook, Twitter, and Friendfeed in 2007, but—despite my reputation as an oversharer—I am still astounded what people post online for all the world to see.

Thanks to FoaF, I got to witness the dissolution of a long-distance international relationship.

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Sleep Deprivation and Obesity

More on that study that demonstrated that sleep deprivation makes you hungry by causing levels of 2-arachidonylglycerol—an endocannabinoid—to rise, mimicking the munchies caused by THC.

I am becoming more and more convinced that the main culprit for the obesity epidemic in the U.S. is sleep-deprivation.

Sleep Munchies: Why It’s Harder To Resist Snacks When We’re Tired • 2016 Mar 2 • The Salt • NPR

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