Cameron Jerde

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Cited Study: Michael T. Treadway et al., "Dopaminergic Mechanisms of Individual Differences in Human Effort-Based Decision-Making," Journal of Neuroscience 32, no. 18 (2012)

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- from Jane McGonigal's "Super Better - A Revoltionary Approach to Getting Stronger, Happier, Braver, and More Resilient - Powered by the Science of Games."

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This explains precisely how challenging video games - like 'Re-Mission' - could prime us to tackle other everyday challenges with higher effort and more determination."

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...Work ethic is not a *moral virtue* that can be cultivated simply by wanting to be a better person. It's actually a *biochemical condition* that can be fostered, purposefully, through activity that increases dopamine levels in the brain...

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"As a result of these findings, scientists have proposed that higher dopamine levels in the brain may actually be the most important driver of a solid work ethic. This is a crucial rethinking of one of the most universally valued and admired character strengths...

Happy "Miami Paid Oregon $8 Million to Take Mario Cristobal Off Our Hands" Day to all who celebrate.

Carson Beck admitted on national television that he hates Mac and Cheese.

Aside from their play, this is enough of an offense to exclude Georgia from the College Football Playoff.

At my mother-in-law's for Thanksgiving weekend, and we're watching the Oregon State - Boise State game.

I don't think it will ever feel normal that the Friday or Saturday after Thanksgiving is no longer Oregon - Oregon State.

Which one would you recommend for those of us who have never played one?

MLB: Seattle Mariners
NFL: Seattle Seahawks
College: Oregon Ducks
NBA: Portland Trail Blazers
NHL: N/A
Soccer: Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns
Racing: N/A

(Ball is life)

Democrats seem to have forgotten how to talk to the working class.

You know who might have helped? Cori Bush, who was a nurse before she got to Congress, and Jamaal Bowman who was a principal.

Sadly, establishment Dems let the pro-apartheid lobby group AIPAC spend millions to throw them out.

Hey Donny, the eighties called, they want their shitty ideas back.

Post by John Nichols: Harris is now winning a higher percentage of the popular vote than Trump in 2016 or 2020. Trump 2016: 46.1% Trump 2020: 46.8% Harris 2024: 48.4% Trump didn’t win a “landslide” in 2024. In fact, his victory margin is one of the smallest in US history.

This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.

Well that was an embarrassing first half.

Starting a phony transgender bathroom debate and hiding behind the guise of “protecting women” to distract from your attempts to push through the confirmations of alleged rapists, sex traffickers, and fraudsters at the highest levels of government is peak Republican Party.

ABC News: The House Ethics Committee has records showing Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly paid more than $10,000 to two women who later testified in front of the panel, ABC News has learned.

Wait. He did this over Venmo?!

News Wire: Walmart raises concerns over Trump tariff proposals, warns they could lead to higher prices for customers.

People who voted for Trump because they want lower prices are in for sticker shock.

Andrew Tate got banned from Bluesky in less than one day.

Another reason things are so much better here than Twitter.

Some of the same people who want to ban library books and drag shows seem perfectly fine with sexual predators serving in the cabinet. Make that make sense.

Those Nazis marched through Columbus yelling the n-word and other slurs over a bull horn. You think the black people who marched the next day weren’t scared? Maybe our fear means nothing to you.

Black people in Columbus were scared and marched ANYWAY. Other scared groups just put out statements.

Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System The bipartisan task force would investigate structural reforms like multimember districts and adding more House members in an effort to address growing polarization and distrust of Congress.

Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposed a new task for to look at electoral reforms which could break up the two party system in Congress, expand the number of House districts, and move the House to a form of proportional representation.

It's a very, very good idea.

Tweet from Jasmine Crockett: If @HouseGOP really wanted to protect women, they'd release the Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz' alleged sex trafficking - not try to ban their colleagues from using the bathroom. Stop the bigotry and release the report.

Rep. Jasmin Crockett is always 🔥

"Gaza has become a graveyard for children"

Israel has killed at least 17,400 Palestinian children since last October.

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Text of speech by Rep. Jim McGovern: McGovern: What the hell is going on here? And their cabinet picks so far? These are like beyond insane. Someone who paid hush money to cover up a sexual assault accusation, you know, to lead our military? Someone who says that tap water turns kids gay.

More of this energy please!

Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

It’s worth reminding everyone barely two weeks ago Elon Musk was openly saying he and Trump are going to crash the economy and cause “hardship.”

Lots of people are about to be really mad that price of eggs goes up but they can’t get a 2nd job because they can’t afford childcare and when they do finally get the eggs they get E Coli because there’s no FDA but can’t go to the doctor because they got kicked off their health plan. #FAFO