Jacqui Montgomery

[juan @juanbuis]

ok fine, i built it

paste any recipe link, get the table, skip the life story

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Your brain at 2 AM writing a paper you started at 10 PM is operating in a neurochemical state that most productivity systems spend thousands of dollars trying to replicate.

Sleep deprivation suppresses your prefrontal cortex. That's the region responsible for self-criticism, second-guessing, and the voice that says "this paragraph isn't good enough." At 2 AM, that voice goes quiet. Not because you've achieved some zen state. Because the hardware running it is shutting down for the night and you won't let it.

Meanwhile the deadline is dumping norepinephrine and cortisol into your system, which narrows your attention to a single point. Your brain physically cannot multitask in that state. No checking your phone. No opening a new tab. The stress response has commandeered every available resource and pointed it at the Google Doc.

Lowered inhibition plus chemically forced single-task focus. That combination is almost identical to what Csikszentmihalyi documented across 30 years of flow state research. Clear goal, immediate feedback, challenge matched to skill. A 12-page paper due in 8 hours hits all three criteria by accident.

The lo-fi beats matter more than people think. Repetitive audio at 60-70 BPM synchronizes with resting heart rate and suppresses novelty-seeking circuits. You stop hearing it within minutes. It becomes an auditory wall that blocks interruption without costing you any cognitive load. It's the cheapest sensory deprivation chamber ever built.

And the black coffee at midnight is pharmacologically different from your morning cup. Your adenosine levels have been building all day, so the caffeine is fighting a much stronger sleep signal. The subjective experience of "wired but calm" at 1 AM is a different drug interaction than alert-at-9-AM. Same molecule, completely different neurochemical environment.

Every semester, twice a semester, four years straight. That's 40 sessions of accidental deep work before anyone had a name for it.

The grade was an A- because the conditions were perfect. Not despite the chaos. Because of it.

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

@DaveTaylorOH Ohioans are worried about the cost of living, good jobs, and our schools. We need leaders who will show up and get to work on real problems—not take more vacation time. Please focus on what Ohioans actually care about.

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

@davetaylorOH, I see you are taking more vacation time. Ohioans are worried about the rising cost of living, good jobs, and our schools. We elected you to tackle real problems for real people, not sit at home. Please get to work on what Ohioans actually care about

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

@davetaylorOH, it’s time for you to go back to work. Ohioans are worried about the rising cost of living, good jobs, and our schools. We elected you to tackle real problems for real people, not sit at home. Please get to work on what Ohioans actually care about

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

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[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

@untilnextstop @MrsSheehanMath https://t.co/B0HHaZA9RY

[Carl Hendrick @C_Hendrick]

An important paradox about learning: to remember something in the long-term, we often need to forget it in the short-term.

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

Back to School Bash! #MTProud

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

Math Gym (online) — Wednesday, July 24 at 7:00 pm ET https://t.co/Oy9jmdFPN8

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

In what kind of global climate have your family members lived, and how will they live in future?
What legacy would you like to leave them?
Fantastic tool by NASA: enter names and birthdays of your loved ones to get their personalised climate timelines! https://t.co/Vr2hl1OTDY

[Tiffany Shlain @tiffanyshlain]

Watch my new 10 min film "The Teen Brain"
Executive Produced by @goldiehawn and @MindUP

https://t.co/bM55t8nJxE

#Neuroscience #Teens #Teenagers #Adolescence #Brain

[Ryan Breton @RyanBretonWX]

The difference between totality and not?
Day and night.
Good example from https://t.co/8rFuCjTcby of how Hartford (93%) and Burlington (100%) will appear.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will cross North America from Mexico to Canada across most part of the U.S.

It will be the most visible & longest total solar eclipse for the United States in 100 years.

A simulation for each US state.
https://t.co/GV3qqpwmjg

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

today’s date is 123123

once in a lifetime experience

[Jacqui Montgomery @jacqui43128]

@RipperMD41 @ravenscimaven I wanted to suggest substitute teaching as a temporary possibility, also.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In less than 3 days, on October 14, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America in one of the best observational paths on the American continent ever.

Bonus: it will show up as a "ring of fire"

[more: https://t.co/9HBt59YiKL]