DrFolly
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How learning handwriting trains the brain: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Research has consistently shown that handwriting is more challenging and stimulating to the brain than is typing."
Interesting. I LOVE writing. Often mapping ideas with a (too fancy) fountain pen my first step...
"Research has consistently shown that handwriting is more challenging and stimulating to the brain than is typing."
Interesting. I LOVE writing. Often mapping ideas with a (too fancy) fountain pen my first step...
How learning handwriting trains the brain: the science behind the cursive wars
Handwriting requirements were cut from school curricula around the world. Now it’s looping back, riding on a wave of evidence.
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
How learning handwriting trains the brain: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
"Research has consistently shown that handwriting is more challenging and stimulating to the brain than is typing."
Interesting. I LOVE writing. Often mapping ideas with a (too fancy) fountain pen my first step...
"Research has consistently shown that handwriting is more challenging and stimulating to the brain than is typing."
Interesting. I LOVE writing. Often mapping ideas with a (too fancy) fountain pen my first step...
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
January 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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A BUSY, BUSY ICE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION
with apologies to Richard Scarry
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Brought to you by the rough and ready Inner Hive, including long-time member Brady Marsh and new member SquirrelSaver7. ( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Does anyone happen to know what the signs of whiplash are?
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Does anyone happen to know what the signs of whiplash are?
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Interesting choice for a would-be Canadian prime minister to be cheering what Trump is framing as the start of an effort to assert U.S. dominance across the Western hemisphere.
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Interesting choice for a would-be Canadian prime minister to be cheering what Trump is framing as the start of an effort to assert U.S. dominance across the Western hemisphere.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ask 100 random kids from any elementary school in Canada (& many parts of the USA) & the majority will tell you who is featured in this image. AI begs to differ... #Yesavage #BlueJays #NotOhtani #AIFail
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ask 100 random kids from any elementary school in Canada (& many parts of the USA) & the majority will tell you who is featured in this image. AI begs to differ... #Yesavage #BlueJays #NotOhtani #AIFail
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Doug Eddings doing his part advocating for the ABS ball/strike system to be implemented as soon as possible!
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Doug Eddings doing his part advocating for the ABS ball/strike system to be implemented as soon as possible!
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from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
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Check out Justice Eddins’ complete repudiation of the Roberts Court here. It’s worth reading in full. It’s quite brave—and exceedingly rare—for a sitting judge to speak so candidly and scathingly about SCOTUS’ partisan contortions of law, history, and fact.
www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...
www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...
September 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out Justice Eddins’ complete repudiation of the Roberts Court here. It’s worth reading in full. It’s quite brave—and exceedingly rare—for a sitting judge to speak so candidly and scathingly about SCOTUS’ partisan contortions of law, history, and fact.
www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...
www.courts.state.hi.us/wp-content/u...
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Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
September 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Over in the Bad Place, Conservative MPs are faking committee meetings to make people angry.
I wish I were making this up.
I wish I were making this up.
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I cannot tell you of just how tired I am of Jason Kenney lighting a fire, pouring gasoline on it, then dumping a glass of water on it to look like he's "helping."
And people Keep. Falling. For. It.
And people Keep. Falling. For. It.
Jason Kenney warns of 'deeply divisive' impact of a sovereignty referendum in Alberta
CALGARY - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney doesn’t mince words when asked about possible Alberta separation.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I cannot tell you of just how tired I am of Jason Kenney lighting a fire, pouring gasoline on it, then dumping a glass of water on it to look like he's "helping."
And people Keep. Falling. For. It.
And people Keep. Falling. For. It.
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There is genuine mismanagement, and then there is Ford underfunding school boards and then blaming the trustees for not balancing their books (on the backs of special needs children primarily), and he doesn't differentiate between the two while he centralises authority over education.
Doug Ford says people ‘done’ with school board spending scandals as his education minister considers axing trustees
"There's some good and there's some bad ones," the premier said Wednesday morning after an announcement in Caledon.
www.thestar.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
There is genuine mismanagement, and then there is Ford underfunding school boards and then blaming the trustees for not balancing their books (on the backs of special needs children primarily), and he doesn't differentiate between the two while he centralises authority over education.
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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For people who don't know DC at all...
All of the stations where National Guard is at are around the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
All of the stations where National Guard is at are around the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
For people who don't know DC at all...
All of the stations where National Guard is at are around the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
All of the stations where National Guard is at are around the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
“The Conservatives aren’t as much a political party as they are a ChatGPT-based slogan-generating algorithm speaking through the mouth of everyone’s least favourite muppet, Pierre Poilievre — who has accomplished nothing during his 20 years in Parliament.”
“Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Pierre Poilievre — none of these men became household names on merit, they simply cried the loudest. The entire conservative movement is composed of insufferable cry babies aided and abetted by spineless corporate media.” @taylornoakes.com
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“The Conservatives aren’t as much a political party as they are a ChatGPT-based slogan-generating algorithm speaking through the mouth of everyone’s least favourite muppet, Pierre Poilievre — who has accomplished nothing during his 20 years in Parliament.”
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During Covid, this was true. Since Covid, even more true. It’s a reflexive selfishness, a rejection of the social compact, of shared community and purpose, of citizenry, and often of reality.
Conservatism is fundamentally childish. “I don’t wanna and you can’t make me!”
August 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
During Covid, this was true. Since Covid, even more true. It’s a reflexive selfishness, a rejection of the social compact, of shared community and purpose, of citizenry, and often of reality.
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Little Rock, the capital city of Tom Cotton's home state of Arkansas, has one of the highest violent crime rates of any city in the United States.
D.C. doesn't even crack the top-10.
D.C. doesn't even crack the top-10.
August 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Little Rock, the capital city of Tom Cotton's home state of Arkansas, has one of the highest violent crime rates of any city in the United States.
D.C. doesn't even crack the top-10.
D.C. doesn't even crack the top-10.
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Moe really loves the taste of fascist boot, doesn't he? Just can't stop licking them, no matter what.
Moe disappointed by Trump's tariffs but says Carney should remove countermeasures nationalnewswatch.com/2025/08/01/p...
Moe disappointed by Trump's tariffs but says Carney should remove…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Moe really loves the taste of fascist boot, doesn't he? Just can't stop licking them, no matter what.
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Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
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Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
July 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
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“Anti-woke” is not a real thing.
It’s a euphemism for racism.
When you see someone described as “anti-woke,” just substitute the word “racist.”
It’s a euphemism for racism.
When you see someone described as “anti-woke,” just substitute the word “racist.”
July 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Anti-woke” is not a real thing.
It’s a euphemism for racism.
When you see someone described as “anti-woke,” just substitute the word “racist.”
It’s a euphemism for racism.
When you see someone described as “anti-woke,” just substitute the word “racist.”