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My happy place 😌

On this day 30 years ago, Mike Legg pulled off the move that changed hockey forever - the goal now known as “The Michigan”

This song was written in 20 minutes of pure rage after hearing how a senator got his son out of the draft for Vietnam...

For the first time in his life, @BizNasty2point0 has Gout It might be due to the "couple a steaks" he has every night @spittinchiclets

@hubermanlab @RichieJDavidson Meditation and cold plunge - nothing comparable for resetting my brain

The remarkable benefits of 5 min per day of meditation. Which is simply, sitting quietly and observing your own thoughts, stress, etc. not clearing the mind etc. As explained by @RichieJDavidson on the Huberman Lab podcast out now.

Scientists put kids through 100 hours of reading, then scanned their brains. New wiring had physically grown inside the language regions. Communication between brain areas sped up by a factor of 10. Kids who didn't read showed zero change. That was a 2009 Carnegie Mellon study. It gets wilder. In 2013, Emory University scanned 19 students every morning for 19 straight days while they read one novel chapter each night. Mornings after reading, the brain areas responsible for understanding other people's emotions lit up with new connections. So did the region that processes physical sensation. Their brains were simulating what the characters felt, as if it were happening to them. Those changes stuck around for 5 days after they finished the book. Now flip to scrolling. A massive review published in Psychological Bulletin last September pulled together 71 studies covering 98,299 people. Heavy short-form video use (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) showed a clear pattern: worse attention, weaker self-control, and more anxiety. Consistent across teenagers and adults, across every platform tested. Oxford didn't name "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year for nothing. A 2024 brain wave study found that people hooked on short-form video had weaker activity in the front of the brain, the part that controls focus and impulse control. Separate brain scans showed the same thing: heavy scrollers had less activation in the exact regions that deep reading strengthens. UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has been studying this for decades. Humans were never born to read. There's no gene for it. Reading is something we invented, and it hijacked neurons that were originally meant for recognizing faces. Over time, it built entirely new brain circuits connecting language, vision, and emotion. But those circuits only survive if you use them. Stop reading, and they fade. Wolf's conclusion is simple: screens built for speed produce a speed-wired brain. Books built for depth produce a depth-wired brain. One honest caveat: most of these studies are snapshots, not long-term tracking. People who already struggle to focus might just prefer short videos. But the same pattern showing up across nearly 100,000 people is hard to shrug off. The tweet repeats the line seven times. The research backs it up with brain scans, EEG data, and white-matter imaging across tens of thousands of people.

The cover of the Lancet. It says it all.

Haha imagining the mens USA hockey team sitting there tonight, violently hungover, an hour in and realizing it's gonna be another 2 hours of speeches is so funny to me

NEJM: Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis after Measles Infection bit.ly/4rFkQ8w @NEJM #measles Get vaccinated.

@DerekJStevens @FlavorFlav @CircaLasVegas @stadiumswim @BarrysPrime Hey Derek! As a CDN living in a border town next to the UP I am thrilled to see your successes and generosity! Once things settle down and we are comfortable traveling to the US, we look forward to patronizing your LV establishments annually during World of Concrete.

Hay @FlavorFlav count @CircaLasVegas @stadiumswim & @BarrysPrime IN!! I love Vegas!!

Raccoon discovers an unusual way to have fun in life.. 😂

@gill_godwin @KathleenAldrid9

I don't ever recall Canadian Olympic athletes being used by Conservatives to boast about their former political masters. I thought Trump lacked class but these 3 take the cake. #cdnpoli

@scottandrewb @gerrydee Ha I noticed that too

In golf terms, Canada missed two 3 footers. You don’t win when that happens.

I might vomit.

@sillyrabbitfafo @Noellenarwhal What the actual fuck is wrong with America . Super power my ass.

Eric Dane, a millionaire with access to healthcare was staying in Johnny Depp's home to ease financial strain. Even then, he had to FIGHT insurance denials for nursing care while dying. Think about that before pushing privatized healthcare, Maple MAGA.

@gtconway3d Sad he needs to explain the three branches of government to the “President” it’s embarrassing wow

Think of how bad things must be for a Supreme Court Justice to feel he has to explain why it's a good idea to have laws enacted by legislators instead of decreed by wannabe dictators

@neal_katyal @MonicaLewinsky Canada appreciates the tenacity of you both! 🇨🇦 💕

@MonicaLewinsky Thank you. Your strength and resilience and grace have always inspired me.

you’re the best @neal_katyal … thank you for your hard work.

Mother who didn't vaccinate her son for measles, which has now left him paralyzed and near death, and says she wouldn't have done anything differently: "There will be a miracle." There WAS a miracle you absolute moron, it was THE MEASLES VACCINE.

@fordnation Is this a parody account?

The entire country will be watching on Sunday morning as our men’s hockey team plays for Olympic gold. To help us all celebrate Team Canada, the province will be allowing bars and restaurants across the province to sell alcohol starting at 6:00 a.m. EST. Let’s all come together, support local businesses and cheer on Team Canada! @douglasdowney