Maggie

Lover of learning, corny jokes, dresses, and Diet Coke. Walmart enthusiast. Gardening amateur. Behavior analyst.

[captive dreamer @captive_dreamer]

I've been telling my son, who is 2 years and 8 months old, that if he doesn't go to bed he won't grow "big and strong" and this past week he's been telling me "I don't want to go to bed i want to stay small forever."

Logic trapped

[Maggie @maggwow]

@HeatherMJames3 As a HELLP survivor, I really struggle to understand anyone who doesn’t take pre-eclampsia seriously. Sending prayers your way!

[Maia Bittner @maiab]

traveling with kids is hard but idk man staying home in my living room with kids is ALSO hard so I might as well see something new

[A Finance Guy’s Ex-Wife @WifeFinance]

What do the highest earners in the US actually make? (2025 stats)

Top 1% single income - $4,050,100/yr

Top 5% single income - $3,052,700/yr

Top 10% single - $1,049,000/yr

23.1% of workers earned over $1,000,000/yr in 2025

Does this surprise you?

Does this make you feel behind?

It should because I just made it up.

[Lady Nimby, pitiful bigot @LadyNimby]

Absolutely nuts that in like six months a baby goes from a potato barely holding things and babbling to a toddler helping you unload the dishwasher and saying “thank you!”

[𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖞❤️‍🔥 @Charlygotyou]

the ADHD urge to use parentheses in every sentence (because every thought comes with bonus thoughts (and those have bonus thoughts too))

[𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗲𝗲 ♛ @muheediva01]

I READ A QUOTE THAT SAID:

"The more the mother enjoys her motherhood, the more the child enjoys their childhood."

That has become my standard.

[vittorio @IterIntellectus]

US fertility reached 1.57 last year, the lowest ever recorded, and the WSJ explanation is "uncertainty about finances, relationship stability, and the political climate"

my great grandma had eleven children during the second world war, in a country being bombed, in a house with no running water, on rations.
poor people have always had kids. the poorest people on earth right now still have kids and the financial excuse is a story we tell ourselves because it makes us feel good and the real one is unbearable

the real mechanism is that we got rich enough to redefine children as an expense instead of the point. somewhere in the last fifty years the cultural goal inverted and a child stopped being what life is for and became a line item competing with the lifestyle. once you frame it that way the math never works, because the math isnt supposed to work. that's the point

we are living in the richest moment in human history and we decided to use the surplus to buy ourselves out of the future. the most prosperous civilization that has ever existed is committing demographic suicide at the altar of personal optimization and comfort, and the official line is that we cant afford it

the birthrate is a lagging indicator of a civilization that forgot why it was alive

[Jake Olson @JakeOlson61]

This past August, we were flying cross‑country with our 8‑month‑old son after his sixth round of chemo. His stomach hurt, his little body was exhausted, and he kept letting out that soft, broken whine babies make when they’re uncomfortable but trying so hard to settle. Not screaming. Not throwing a fit. Just hurting in the only way he knew how.

In front of us was a family taking their daughter to SMU’s freshman welcome week. Their biggest stress was how she was going to fit all her clothes in her dorm room — and she was the one who kept turning around. Every few minutes, this privileged freshman would glare at my wife like our son was ruining her trip and her wardrobe planning.

It lasted maybe 30 minutes before he fell asleep. But the way those looks made my wife feel… man. I’ll be honest — I was praying she got a nightmare roommate who “borrowed” every outfit she brought.

That flight reminded me of something important:
you never know what that baby is going through,
you never know what those parents are carrying,
and you never know what that tiny cry is coming from.

So yeah, maybe a baby whining on a plane is annoying. But sometimes that sound is coming from a kid fighting battles you can’t see — and parents doing everything they can just to make it through the day.

A little grace goes a long way.

[1926 Live @100YearsAgoLive]

During a recent influenza outbreak at Northwestern University, the Lambda Chi fraternity house, containing 23 brothers, was quarantined.

None of the fraternity brothers knew how to cook, but they tried their best - until on Friday, one of them blew up the stove.

Yesterday the quarantine was lifted, and the 23 hungry young men dashed for a restaurant. It is said that they now support home economics classes for males.

[jourdain searles @judysquirrels]

if we want to talk about disney channel guys, ryan merriman was a real fixture. and he didn’t even have a show. he was just a DCOM star.

[MA LE BO @Melo_Malebo]

Kids will never appreciate the amount of extroverting that introverted parents have to do for them.

[Clare Anne Ath @clareanneath]

Women grow an entire human being for nine months, push it out of their body, and then are expected to be back in the office in 6-8 weeks and see the baby for a handful of hours a day.

We’ve genuinely normalized this.

It doesn’t register as insane until you say it out loud.

[Stunna ⛧ @wentsickomode]

i can still hear the talk my mama gave me when she spent $84 on this

[Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene]

Today at church a friend jokingly asked my 3 year old daughter if she was going to watch Bad Bunny.

My daughter looked at her like she was the dumbest person on earth and said “it’s BUGS Bunny.”

[Drew DeBiasse @DrewDeBiasse]

The University of Minnesota dance team is arguably the most dominant program in all of college sports, and no one is talking about it.

Today, they’re competing in the national finals in both Jazz and Pom at UDA Nationals.

That’s not an anomaly.
That’s the norm.

Minnesota’s dance team has won 23 national championships since 2003—the most in college dance history. Year after year, they’re either standing on the top step or right next to it. They’ve produced viral routines (like the 2024 Jazz to Aerosmith’s “Dream On” that blew up with millions of views, even catching Aerosmith’s attention), international gold medals, and a standard that other programs openly measure themselves against.

That’s dynasty-level stuff on par with Oklahoma State wrestling (34 NCAA titles) or UNC women’s soccer (21+ titles), but in a niche where they own the record books even harder.

This is what sustained excellence actually looks like.

And here’s the part worth sitting with:

Many of the dancers on that floor today have massive social followings. They drive visibility. Engagement. Culture.

Yet they receive no scholarships.
No NIL money.
No headlines outside their sport.

What they have instead is process, pride, and a ruthless commitment to the work when no one is watching.

In an era obsessed with exposure and compensation, Minnesota’s dance program keeps answering the same question the same way:

What does mastery look like when the outcome is overlooked and the reward isn’t monetary?

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Tune in to Varsity TV for highlights if you missed it. LSU and Ohio State also brought the heat this year.

Below are a few clips of the UofM dance standard and athleticism over the last few years, plus their full 2026 jazz routine.

#udanationals

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P.S. I train pro athletes, teams, and executives. I write about the intersection of somatics and performance. Ring the 🔔 to join the community.

[Maggie @maggwow]

I’m down BAD with the flu and I keep getting targeted ads for DayQuil and NyQuil lol

[Momsplaining is my job @Momsplaining101]

Have I spoiled my baby by warming her bed up with a heating pad before putting her down? Probably.
Do I get better sleep by doing this? Absolutely!
Highly recommend.

[Thrilla the Gorilla @ThrillaRilla369]

Me in summer at 4 PM:
Perfect time to grab groceries.

Me in winter at 4 PM:
Oh, that's basically nighttime.
Doors locked, pajamas on,
day officially over.

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

This is one of the best transitions I've ever seen 🔥