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so much to smile about | she/her | duke

[Steph @greenstephh]

gassing my friends is my favorite pastime

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

here is Mamdani's entire speech at the Knicks parade, which is easily the best speech I've ever heard at an event of this sort

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Fred Rogers met with a child psychologist every week for 22 years to build his show. She shaped everything: every script, prop, and song. The whole point was to give a child's nervous system time to slow down. In 1984, a single regulatory decision ended all of it.

The psychologist was Dr. Margaret McFarland, who co-founded the Arsenal Family and Children's Center alongside Benjamin Spock and Erik Erikson. She and Rogers understood that the prefrontal cortex in children, the part of the brain that controls impulse, emotion, and attention, takes decades to fully develop. At the start of every episode, Rogers tied his sneakers and changed his sweater while children settled in. Those pauses were intentional, designed to help a child's nervous system shift into a calmer, more focused state.

What ended it had nothing to do with child development science. In 1984, Reagan's FCC chairman Mark Fowler abolished the advertising limits that had protected children's programming from commercial pressure. Toy companies moved within months. Between 1984 and 1985, cartoons tied to toy lines increased by 300%, from a handful of shows to more than 40 animated series. In almost every case, the toy was designed first. The cartoon was built to sell it.

Researchers later put numbers to what parents were already noticing. A 2011 study in Pediatrics from the University of Virginia tested 60 four-year-olds across three groups: one watching SpongeBob, which cuts scene every 11 seconds; one watching a slow PBS show, which cuts scene every 34 seconds; and one drawing. Nine minutes later, all three took tests on attention, impulse control, short-term memory, and problem-solving. The SpongeBob group scored significantly worse across every measure.

In the 1970s, children began watching television around age 4. Research from pediatrician Dimitri Christakis found that by 2009, the average age of first screen exposure had dropped to 4 months, as the content got faster and the audience got younger. Researchers separately found that each additional hour of daily screen time at ages 1 or 3 raised the risk of attention problems at age 7 by 9%.

[kat @yslnadi]

when you finally understand that it didn't work because you would have hated that life

[Lady Lawya @Parkerlawyer]

In 1998, I was fired from my corporate job while 9 months pregnant because and I quote, “my priorities would be elsewhere after the baby is born.”

The lawyer I hired told me I didn’t have a case because discrimination like “that” was almost impossible to prove.

So I got pissed.

Took the LSAT. Went to law school. Passed the bar. Had 3 more kids.

Twelve years later, another woman from that same company was fired for the same reason. She sued them for a million dollars, and won, partly because I had kept every piece of evidence from what happened to me years prior demonstrating a systemic pattern of discrimination against women.

That company no longer exists. My law practice is thriving. And that baby they said would derail my priorities? She’s a brilliant attorney now working at my firm.

Turns out my priorities were indeed, elsewhere.

[ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ @justprince]

i miss the golden age of DVD where every menu would be like this

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

It’s annoying that we realize children need a summer break and several vacations a year because they attend school, but we think it makes sense for adults to work 40 hours a week all year and probably get 2–3 weeks off in a whole year if you’re lucky.

[MrBanks💰 @Mrbankstips]

I pray you experience this at least once in your life.

[💗 @ma1ybe]

anyone who makes you sad on your birthday hates you

[Steph @greenstephh]

@ellasinluv !!!!

[B @breionasimone]

I'm just a woman who is rebuilding her life;
unlearning bad habits, reinforcing good ones. Fully embracing me & spreading love while doing it.

[Steph @greenstephh]

@ellasinluv AT LEAST

[Steph @greenstephh]

@soiled_plants2 if you’re taking orders I’m first in line

[NBC Sports @NBCSports]

Coco Gauff WINS the 2023 U.S. Open at 19-years-old for her first career Grand Slam title! 🏆🇺🇸

[Steph @greenstephh]

Jackie not coming on the live reunion...🐔🐔🐔

[MSU Police and Public Safety @msupolice]

SUSPECT PHOTOS: The suspect is a Black male, shorter in stature, red shoes, jean jacket, wearing a baseball cap that is navy with a lighter brim.

[ؘ @twtdudaa]

assistindo o super bowl sem entender nada, só esperando o show da Riri #SuperBowl

[Nneka M. Okona 🇳🇬 @afrosypaella]

Don’t nobody have no damn Citibank card. 💀

[M ✨ @thespicexqueen]

Keith Lee has a crazy impact on business owners. That woman who sells pickled veggies went from 50k followers to 121k. He went on her live for 10 mins and she got 100 orders