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@zellieimani Yep, I love radio. Especially alternative and donor funded stations.

Millennials, are we still listening to the radio? Millennials, are we still listening to the radio?

@0Beanie05923291 It's important to also recognize that cleanliness is nice, but it's not a moral failing if someone can't keep up, especially with the pace and expense of life these days. There's a basic standard of care, and then there's just Type A preference.

Growing up, my mom was a stickler about cleaning. We had to dust and vacuum daily, scrub baseboards and bathrooms weekly, wash windows, and clean out the kitchen cabinets and garage annually. As you can imagine, we didn’t love these chores, but we did them because, well, we didn’t have a choice. Our mom didn’t ask us to do these things, she told us to do them. Looking back, I’m grateful that I learned how to do these chores and that my mom taught me the importance of keeping a clean house. It seems that attention to detail when it comes to cleanliness has fallen away. I thought about this as I walked past the local McDonald’s today and saw the greasy handprints on the windows that have been there for some time. Once upon a time, restaurant and grocery store employees prided themselves on cleanliness. Now, I don’t think they look up from their phones long enough to notice. This is another habit that used to be taught at home and reinforced at school. We were taught and expected to keep our desks tidy. We had to take turns cleaning up the cafeteria and classrooms and the work we turned in was graded on neatness as well as correctness. I think our society has lost something as diligence about cleanliness and neatness have been neglected. Maybe someone will create an app to track those things so people will pay attention to them again.

@KeruboSk Also, consider that the vast majority of men do it all the time and nobody blinks. They save time and money not having to keep up with a ridiculous arbitrary beauty standard.

Are there women who leave the house completely barefaced? With no makeup at all. Just embracing their natural look. Curious...What’s that like for you?

@KeruboSk I'm chronically ill and have ADHD and am menopausal at 34. I just dgaf.

@prinkasusa Now do Rick Morianis.

Matt LeBlanc was at his peak -and walked away. For his daughter. At the height of Friends, he was one of the most recognized faces on the planet. Studios wanted more. The world wanted more. Then everything changed. His daughter Marina was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition. Doctors weren't sure what the future held. LeBlanc quietly stepped back - no press release, no dramatic exit. Just a father choosing presence over performance. He turned down projects. Cleared his schedule. Spent years focused on her recovery. “I just wanted to be there.” Marina recovered. Today,they watch Friends reruns together - and she laughs at his jokes. He returned to acting later, but never chased the old hunger. His biggest role was never scripted. Lesson: Fame can wait. A child's recovery cannot.

@nickimoraa *early menopause Elder Millennial screaming into the void* PERIMENOPAUSE CAN START AT 35 GET TESTED FOR ADHD IF YOU SUDDENLY CANNOT FUNCTUON IN PERIMENOPAUSE HRT ISN'T BAD FOR YOU, THE STUDY WAS FLAWED PUT DOWN THE INVISIBLE LOAD & LIFT WEIGHTS Love you

Dear Millennial Little Sisters, As you approach perimenopause, please reach out to us because our moms didn’t tell us shit either but we’ve been yelling at doctors for 15 years and found out some stuff. xoxo - Gen X

@g_meslin Vivid Grade 6 Memories

The Ontario Science Centre was intentionally designed to provide families and school groups with a series of experiences. Arrival, cross the bridge, through the Great Hall, down the escalators, terrace, down again, galleries… And it started with gathering your group right here.

@Mr_Husky1 You gonna complain when all the parking spots are full of carts, too?

Yes, I left the cart there. Right in the spot. On purpose. And no, I’m not “sorry” about it either. I just spent my money, stood in line forever, dealt with screaming kids and people moving like NPCs, and somehow you expect me to finish the experience by doing unpaid labor? Be serious. And the way some of you act like returning a cart is some heroic act of moral superiority is actually embarrassing. Congrats, you walked 10 extra steps, do you want a medal or a parade? If a random cart in a parking lot ruins your day, maybe the problem isn’t me… maybe you’re just way too invested in things that don’t matter.

@SandyofCthulhu Those are shit chips to begin with

When I took my Dad to England for a fun trip (not just him - also took two aunts, an uncle, mom, and my daughter), he was excited that they had "peas" as an addition at the fish & chips shop, so he ordered it. He loves peas. He apparently thought the peas would come on the side. Nope. A gigantic hideous glob of half-mashed peas on top of his chips. It looked exactly like spew. He tried to feed it to the seagulls, but even they wouldn't eat the stuff. Later on the trip, he again ordered peas as a side dish and they came mushy so he was properly horrified. I've heard Brits defend mushy peas but man alive, they violate the Third Law of Trying New Food. "Never eat something that looks like vomit." (The other two rules if you're curious are "Never eat anything bigger than your head" and "Never eat anything with tomatoes." But then Pizza actually breaks all three rules so whatever.)

@AnnaGorisch @Simon_Ingari Yes they can, actually

@Simon_Ingari They are welcome to take this approach, but they cannot get angry when someone else is willing to stay late for a large project without a raise or additional pay and the company opts to hire them instead of the Gen Z.

A Gen Z joined the team. Week one. During onboarding, the manager said, “We sometimes stay late during peak periods.” Gen Z nodded. Then asked, “Is that paid… or just expected?” The room went quiet. - No attitude. - No rebellion. - Just a question. Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.” Gen Z replied, “Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?” Again, silence. - No laziness. - No entitlement. - Just clarity. That’s when the team realized something. When people say “Gen Z is lazy,” what they really mean is: Gen Z watched old generation - skip meals, - miss birthdays, - work weekends, - and burn out only to be told “budgets are tight” and “be grateful you have a job.” So Gen Z chose differently. - They don’t romanticize overwork. - They don’t confuse suffering with ambition. - They don’t trade health for praise. They still work hard. They just refuse to work for nothing. It’s not laziness. It’s pattern recognition. And honestly, after everything old generation went through… Can you really blame them?

@thejasonkantor ...have you considered that when things get hard, a student with ADHD might need to regulate their emotions and physical reactions by taking a short break in order to break distraction and regain focus? Sometimes the distraction is internal, not external.

Student: "Can I go to the bathroom?" Me: No. You go to the bathroom every single time we have class, specifically when we need to write. Student: "But I have ADHD!" Me: Were you actually diagnosed, by a real medical professional...? Student: "No... but! Me: Look, you may have ADHD, I obviously don't know, but the real issue here is that you always leave when the work gets hard and it will never get easier if you keep leaving. You have to sit with it and actually try and I know you are absolutely capable and can do this. Student: "You're right and I'm going to try but I still do think I have ADHD..." I'm sympathetic to students and whatever possible "issues" they may have like ADHD but many students will try to exploit whatever they can to get out of doing the work all because its hard and they don't want to sit through that little bit of struggle We have to push them to not take the easy road!

@Rainmaker1973 Well ADHD isn't a deficit of attention, it's a condition of executive dysfunction.

New brain imaging research is challenging long-held views on how ADHD medications function. A team from Washington University School of Medicine examined resting-state fMRI scans from nearly 5,800 children aged 8–11 and discovered that stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall mainly enhance connectivity in brain networks tied to wakefulness and reward anticipation, rather than the attention-control regions traditionally considered their primary targets. Children who had taken stimulants on the scan day exhibited heightened activity in areas linked to arousal and perceived task reward, while showing minimal changes in classic attention circuits. This pattern was replicated in a small controlled trial with five healthy adults, where a single dose of stimulant similarly boosted arousal and reward systems—effectively "pre-rewarding" the brain to make mundane or challenging activities feel more motivating and sustainable. The research also revealed a compelling connection to sleep: in the large dataset, ADHD children on stimulants generally achieved higher grades and better cognitive test scores than those not medicated. Remarkably, stimulants appeared to normalize the brain's functional connectivity disrupted by sleep deprivation, counteracting many of its cognitive and behavioral effects and mimicking the neural benefits of adequate rest. However, this restorative impact was absent in well-rested, neurotypical children taking stimulants, prompting concerns about overprescription. The researchers caution that symptoms of chronic fatigue in kids can closely resemble ADHD, potentially leading to misdiagnoses where medications merely conceal underlying sleep issues rather than addressing true neurodevelopmental differences. [Kay, B. P.(2025, December 24). "Stimulant medications affect arousal and reward, not attention networks", Cell]

@0xCAFEBEEF Good job advocating for accomodations!

what exactly are you expecting them to give you? autism doesnt have a treatment, raw dog is the only option

@0xCAFEBEEF @Docko321 Um, the vast majority of meds don't work that way. For chronic conditions, anyway.

@Docko321 there is no medication that makes you not autistic

@munion_ryan @BoyanSlat It *is* extremely hard to get into school with a disability, and people with disabilities can be successful??? It's a lack of support (like you're proposing) that's the problem.

@BoyanSlat It should be unbelievably hard to get into top schools with a disability. These spots should be reserved for those that can be expected to make the best use of them. I do believe this change would also greatly reduce the prevalence of disabilities. Win/win

Some interesting things I learned this year: • 33% of the world’s population (= about 2.2 billion people) have never used the internet. • 38% of Stanford students are registered as having a disability (likely many of these are gaming the system to get extra time on exams). • HIV began spreading in the early 1900s in Africa but went largely unnoticed until the 1980s, as its deaths resembled other infectious diseases common in rural areas. • Manhattan today has about 650,000 fewer residents than it did in 1910. • Humans and octopuses evolved eyes independently, but in humans the optic nerve attaches in front of the retina, creating a blind spot, while in octopuses it attaches behind the retina, so they don’t have one. • Global suicide rates have declined by about 36% since 2000. • India is a major leather exporter, despite cows being considered sacred. Most hides come from water buffalo, which are not considered holy. • About 82% of dogs used by South Korea’s quarantine agency are cloned. Training costs are less than half those of randomly selected dogs, since only top performers are cloned. • Roughly 1% of the U.S. workforce is laid off each month, whereas in Germany it’s less than 0.1%. • Light pollution is causing birds worldwide to sing longer each day, extending their vocalizations by an average of 50 minutes. • Until the late 1980s, doctors often performed surgery on babies without anesthesia, due to the belief that infants did not feel pain. • People with Down syndrome have about half the rate of solid cancers compared to the general population, likely due to anti-cancer genes on chromosome 21. • At launch, SpaceX’s Starship produces instantaneous power equivalent to roughly 10% of the entire U.S. electricity grid. • China has built, on average, roughly one large dam per day since 1949.

@BellaBaddie__ Obviously it's The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald but it's been mentioned. Also I humbly submit The Woodbridge Dog Disaster by Stan Rogers as a sleeper hit.

The best story telling song you’ve ever heard?

@ArtOfMusic_ @DannyDrinksWine Every single actor outdid themselves. I've watched it 3 times in it's entirety and I'll do it again!

@ArtOfMusic_ @DannyDrinksWine Correct

What's your favourite HBO show that is not 'GOT', 'Oz', 'Wire' or 'Sopranos'?

@DannyDrinksWine Gotta be Boardwalk, I've watched it in it's entirety 3 times and I'll do it again 😂