#habits — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #habits, aggregated by home.social.
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Excellence hides in repetition. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” See why it matters in the full blog. #Excellence #Habits #Consistency #Discipline #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #DailyPractice #ThoughtOfTheDay
https://stayingalive.in/thought-of-the-day/excellence-becomes-ordinary.html -
Excellence hides in repetition. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.” See why it matters in the full blog. #Excellence #Habits #Consistency #Discipline #PersonalGrowth #Leadership #DailyPractice #ThoughtOfTheDay
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The wallet is full of receipts you'll never look at. You keep them anyway. It's not clutter — it's a record of the last two weeks, held in your pocket.
https://riftlymedia.com/?p=2892
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The wallet is full of receipts you'll never look at. You keep them anyway. It's not clutter — it's a record of the last two weeks, held in your pocket.
https://riftlymedia.com/?p=2892
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The wallet is full of receipts you'll never look at. You keep them anyway. It's not clutter — it's a record of the last two weeks, held in your pocket.
https://riftlymedia.com/?p=2892
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The wallet is full of receipts you'll never look at. You keep them anyway. It's not clutter — it's a record of the last two weeks, held in your pocket.
https://riftlymedia.com/?p=2892
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The wallet is full of receipts you'll never look at. You keep them anyway. It's not clutter — it's a record of the last two weeks, held in your pocket.
https://riftlymedia.com/?p=2892
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DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49610988
#HackerNews #DHS #Predictive #Policing #Financial #Habits #Privacy #Concerns #Surveillance
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DATE: August 25, 2026 at 01:53PM
SOURCE: SCIENCE DAILY MIND-BRAIN FEEDTITLE: Your brain may not actually “make” decisions
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823094148.htm
A neuroscientist is challenging the idea that the brain contains a central system that actually “makes” our decisions. What we experience as choosing may instead emerge from the continuous interaction of perception, movement, the body, and the world around us.
URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260823094148.htm
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How Do You Stay Productive When You Don’t Feel Motivated?
Motivation feels great when it appears.Work becomes easier.Goals feel exciting.Progress feels natural.The problem is that motivation is unpredictable.Some days it is strong.Other days it disappears completely.Many people assume that successful entrepreneurs, creators, and business owners are always motivated.The reality is very different.Most successful people experience the same lack of motivation as everyone else.The difference is that they have learned how to remain productive even when […] -
Why Is Delayed Gratification Becoming a Superpower in the Digital Age?
Modern technology has made instant gratification easier than at any point in human history.Entertainment is available within seconds.Food can be ordered with a few taps.Products can arrive the next day.Information can be accessed immediately.Social media delivers constant streams of content designed to capture attention and provide instant rewards.While these conveniences offer many benefits, they have also created an environment where patience is becoming increasingly rare.This is why […] -
Why Do Most People Give Up Right Before Success?
One of the most frustrating realities of success is that it often becomes visible only after a long period of uncertainty.People see the successful business.They see the growing audience.They see the profitable product.They see the achievements.What they rarely see are the months or years spent working without obvious results.This creates an interesting question.Why do so many people give up right before success?The answer often comes down to expectations.Many people start new projects with […] -
@joplinapp I really love Joplin! You took my note taking (and notes habits) to a whole new level!
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👀 Oh, joy! People actually read privacy policies now—who knew? 🙄 Cape and Proton must be so proud of their "genius" #experiment that took a whole two weeks to crack. 🎉 Next time, maybe hide a free trip to the moon—at least that would be original. 🌝
https://www.cape.co/blog/easter-egg-in-privacy-policy #privacypolicy #reading #habits #onlineprivacy #technews #satire #HackerNews #ngated -
Scientists finally explain the real reason people ‘knock on wood’
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Clean your space, clear your mind. You deserve a sanctuary, not a storage unit. #mentalhealth #cleanhome #joy #habits
https://artsincubator.ca/motivation/space-mind-connection.html
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Who REALLY Watches Porn? 4 Surprising Truths
Originally Published on November 4th, 2025 at 08:00 amWhen we think about who watches pornography, stereotypes often paint a simple, one-dimensional picture.
These assumptions, however, are largely based on older research that relied on self-report surveys, a method notoriously prone to bias when dealing with a stigmatized topic. What happens when you set aside what people say they do and instead look at what they actually do online?
A massive new study did just that. Using objective, anonymized web-tracking data from 1,933 individuals across five countries, researchers identified 392 pornography consumers, providing one of the most accurate and nuanced portraits of this group to date.
The results challenge many deeply held beliefs about age, gender, politics, and online behavior.
This article distills the four most counter-intuitive truths from this groundbreaking research, revealing a reality that is far more complex and fascinating than the stereotypes suggest.
1. Viewers Are Creatures of Habit, Not Explorers
The internet seems to offer an endless buffet of adult content, leading to the belief that pornography use is a relentless quest for novelty. The data, however, paints a picture not of explorers, but of creatures of habit.
The study found that consumption is highly concentrated on a few dominant platforms, such as Pornhub, Xvideos, and Xhamster.
The most surprising statistic revealed a strong sense of brand loyalty and routine. Approximately 46% of users visited only a single, unique adult website during the entire three-month study period.
This behavior suggests that for nearly half of all viewers, pornography is less about exploration and more about visiting a familiar, trusted source.
As the researchers note:
This suggests that pornography consumption is not as exploratory as assumed but rather characterized by routine engagement with familiar providers.
This finding is significant because it reframes consumption as a routine online habit, much like checking a favorite news site or social media platform, rather than a relentless quest for new stimulation.
2. It’s Not Just a Young Person’s Game
Conventional wisdom says porn is a young person’s fixation, a habit that fades with age.
The data shows this is simply not true.
Objective tracking reveals that pornography consumption is common across all age groups. It goes from young adulthood well into the 60s and beyond.
The data shows a clear trend, with consumption peaking among people in their 30s before seeing its most pronounced decline after age 60.
However, the study’s key takeaway is that these variations between most adult age groups aren’t large enough to be statistically significant. This means, for the most part, engagement remains remarkably stable throughout adulthood.
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Pornography isn’t just a phenomenon of the “digitally native” youth. It’s an integrated part of online habits for a wide and diverse range of adults.
3. Political Ideology is Surprisingly Irrelevant
In a hyper-partisan world, it’s easy to assume our media habits, even private ones, fall along political lines. But when it comes to pornography, a person’s political ideology is surprisingly irrelevant.
When researchers compared who watches porn and non-watchers based on their self-reported political ideology on a scale from left to right, they found no statistically significant difference between the two groups.
In simple terms, knowing a person’s political leaning gives you no predictive power in guessing whether or not they consume pornography. The user base is ideologically diverse and spans the entire political spectrum.
But the research did uncover an interesting twist. While personal ideology didn’t matter, media consumption habits showed a small but statistically significant difference. The study found pornography users tended to have slightly more centrist and balanced partisan media diets compared to non-users.
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4. The Gender Gap is More Complicated Than You Think
One stereotype the data confirms is men are the primary consumer of pornography.
But that’s where the simplicity ends.
Digging into the web-tracking data revealed crucial nuances, showing female engagement is “more substantial than previously estimated” and challenging the idea of pornography as an exclusively male domain. This was especially clear when looking at cross-country variations.
In Spain, for example, women constitute nearly 30% of pornography users.
The study hypothesizes this may be linked to the country’s significant progress in gender equality, such as being the first nation to create a Ministry of Equality in 2004 and the third to legalize same-sex marriage in 2005, suggesting cultural shifts can directly influence female consumption patterns.
The study also produced fascinating data on same-sex content.
It found that 16.5% of male users watched gay pornography. A figure significantly higher than the 5-10% of men who typically identify as gay or bisexual in surveys.
This complexity extends to lesbian content, which the study found was consumed by a higher percentage of male users (15.4%) than female users (9.4%), further challenging simple assumptions about consumption, gender, and sexual orientation.
Conclusion
The objective, behavioral data from this study makes one thing clear: the reality of pornography consumption is far more complex, habitual, and ideologically diverse than common stereotypes suggest.
It is a widespread digital behavior that cuts across demographics in ways we are only just beginning to understand.
As objective data continues to pull back the curtain on our private digital lives, what other deeply held assumptions about human behavior will be the next to fall?
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#genderAndProblematicPornographyUse #genderEquity #habits #politicalIdeology #politics #porn #pornAddiction #pornography #research #researchArticle #researchStudy #sexualRolesByGender #sexuality #sexualityAndAging #stereotypes #study
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Why #BadHabits Stick (and How to Finally #BreakFree)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjXY-l1EnhQ
Bad #habits feel hard to break because they’re wired into the #brain’s reward and #identity systems. This video explains why #willpower isn’t enough—and what actually works. Learn practical strategies to interrupt #patterns, shift your #mindset, and build lasting change.
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'Long Live the Old Year'
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Ring out the old, ring in the new. But how easy is it to do this?
My contemplation on the transition from the old year into a new year
https://medium.com/@weareji/long-live-the-old-year-db7557261f8d
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#NewYear2025 #NewYearsDay #Tradition #History #calendar #NewYearResolutions #Life #culture #habits #newyearsresolution #newyearseve #Time -
Sure, it's good to promote healthier life #habits, but doing so via #CreditScore still seems to be a way to punish the #poor for being poor (and thus having to do grocery irregularly, esp. for those living check-to-check). Also, desire to seek more #correlation with #creditworthiness will result in more and more factors being collected, furthering various biases... Not to mention #privacy...
https://theconversation.com/no-credit-score-a-grocery-list-could-be-the-next-best-thing-234887
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We Begin Again
You always have two options.You can push harder.You can remove friction.— Greg McKeownWe all know where we should push harder in our lives to reach personal goals. We also ought to think more about elimination. Shedding ourselves of artificial expectations and dreams
https://alexandersmap.com/2023/01/01/we-begin-again/
#PersonalGrowth #Fitness #Habits #Learning #Lifestyle #Poetry #Productivity #goals #GregMcKeown #Habits #Leuchtturm1917 #Lineperdayjournal #MaryOliver -
We Begin Again
You always have two options.You can push harder.You can remove friction.— Greg McKeownWe all know where we should push harder in our lives to reach personal goals. We also ought to think more about elimination. Shedding ourselves of artificial expectations and dreams
https://alexandersmap.com/2023/01/01/we-begin-again/
#PersonalGrowth #Fitness #Habits #Learning #Lifestyle #Poetry #Productivity #goals #GregMcKeown #Habits #Leuchtturm1917 #Lineperdayjournal #MaryOliver