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Tai Chi at Baby Point // 108 moves Tai Chi// CTCA

[taichibabypoint @taichibabypoint]

#taichi and tree
Great spot for Stork cools wings :)
#health #martialarts

[Friends of Smythe Park @SmytheParkTO]

sign our petition to protect our ravine and watershed https://t.co/dtclPZCM1a
Send a letter https://t.co/GnGpko21T9

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Yes: handwriting still matters.

A new study has confirmed that writing by hand activates far more complex and widespread neural networks in the brain than typing, underscoring its importance for learning and memory.

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology used a high-density EEG cap with 256 electrodes to record brain activity in university students. They found that the intricate, sensory-rich movements involved in handwriting, especially cursive, trigger highly synchronized brain waves across extensive areas of the parietal and central regions. These coordinated patterns are strongly linked to memory formation, cognitive processing, and encoding new information.

In contrast, typing, which involves repetitive, simpler finger movements, produced significantly less neural connectivity and engagement. The difference was striking: the brain appears much less active during digital writing.

The researchers conclude that the unique motor and sensory experience of holding a pen plays a key role in brain development and learning. As a result, they argue that handwriting instruction should remain a core part of education to support deeper comprehension and cognitive growth in the next generation.

[ “Handwriting vs. Typing: A High-Density EEG Study on Brain Connectivity During Learning” — Norwegian University of Science and Technology (published in Frontiers in Psychology, 2025)]

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

That bread you're tossing to the ducks malnourishes the adults and can leave the babies unable to fly for the rest of their lives.

Bread is junk food for a duck. It fills them up so they quit foraging for the bugs, plants, and seeds that actually feed them.

In a growing duckling, a diet that heavy in empty carbs makes the wing grow too fast and twist at the joint. The feathers jut out sideways, the wing never works right, and the bird is grounded for good. It's called angel wing, and in an adult it can't be undone.

It doesn't stop at the birds. A pond where people dump bread gets crowded and aggressive, ducklings never learn to find their own food, and the soggy leftovers rot into algae blooms and draw rats.

If you want to feed them, give them food, not filler: cracked corn, oats, halved grapes, chopped lettuce, a handful of thawed peas.

Better yet, just watch them. A healthy pond already feeds its ducks. They were doing fine before the bread showed up.

[Petrichor ❤🇨🇦❤ 💙💛 @Chasingharmony1]

The ruination of Toronto waterfront is a deal breaker for me. I live in the GTA & Toronto holds a very special place in my heart. I will oppose anyone allowing this horrific city-skyline killing move to go forward. Support this US funded mess & lose my vote forever. @MarkJCarney

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

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[taichibabypoint @taichibabypoint]

@JoshMatlow In the meantime the City of Toronto destroyed Smythe Park. It is called "flood remediation".

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

The Cedarvale ravine almost became an expressway. But the people took a stand, and fought back. And now this remarkable park is ours to enjoy.

[Friends of Smythe Park @SmytheParkTO]

Please keep your dog on a leash & away from wildlife. If you see someone who has their dog off of a leash in an undesignated area please inform them of the by-laws & that it is baby season. If they don't, call 311. Hearts are broken AGAIN because of a dog attack. Thank you

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.”

Let Ursula K. Le Guin remind you of why you should go have a real, sprawling, delicious conversation with someone: https://t.co/R7O79AQx2K

[Frank Lipman MD @DrFrankLipman]

Study debunks the long-standing myth that cognitive decline is an inevitable part of aging. Tracking nearly 4,000 participants aged 19 to 94, researchers found that the human brain remains “trainable and rewirable” across the entire lifespan.
https://t.co/eYuOAjR1qh

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

No water wasting data centers on Native land.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Feeding ducks bread seems harmless. It isn't.

In young ducks, bread causes a painful condition called "angel wing," a permanent deformity where the wings twist outward. The duck will never fly.

It's almost entirely caused by humans feeding waterfowl high-carb junk food while they’re growing.

The ducks that eagerly run toward you with a loaf of bread are often the ones that become dependent, malnourished, and least likely to survive winter.

Peas, corn, oats, and lettuce are all better duck feeding options.

Or better yet… just don't feed them at all. They're perfectly capable of finding their own food.

[Ban Blood Sports @banbloodsports]

"Hunting is a coward's pastime" - Sir Roger Moore

[Friends of Smythe Park @SmytheParkTO]

It would be nice to swim/put our feet into Black Creek to cool off. Nobody can because of the sewage. This flows to Lake Ontario. The City is spending hundreds of millions of taxpayers money & will still dump sewage into this watershed. petition https://t.co/27QQCEIvXS

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists have identified a reversal of the long-standing Flynn effect—the roughly 200-year trend of rising average intelligence (measured via IQ and cognitive tests) across generations.

For the first time in modern recorded history, Generation Z (born roughly 1997–2012) shows lower performance than previous generations in key cognitive domains, including attention, memory, literacy, numeracy, executive function, problem-solving, and general IQ—despite spending more years in formal education than ever before.

Neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on January 15, 2026, highlighting this shift. In his written testimony, he stated that cognitive development in children across much of the developed world has stalled or reversed over the past two decades, with declines evident in international assessments (e.g., PISA, TIMSS) and other large-scale data starting around the mid-2000s and accelerating post-2010.

Horvath attributes the primary driver not to reduced schooling, but to the widespread integration of digital screens and educational technology (EdTech) in classrooms. He argues that human brains evolved for deep, focused learning through face-to-face interaction and sustained attention, not fragmented skimming or constant task-switching encouraged by devices.

Key points from his testimony include:

- Teens now spend over half their waking hours on screens, with significant portions in school involving computers or tablets—often leading to off-task behavior and shallower processing.

- Evidence from meta-analyses and national/international studies shows a consistent pattern: higher classroom screen exposure correlates with weaker outcomes in reading, math, science, and higher-order reasoning.

- Digital tools may aid narrow, repetitive skill practice in controlled settings, but in core academic contexts, they tend to reduce depth of understanding, retention, and critical thinking.

Horvath describes this as a "structural mismatch" between human cognition and how digital platforms are designed (to capture and fragment attention), warning that unchecked EdTech adoption risks long-term harm to workforce skills, innovation, and societal reasoning.

[Horvath, J. C. (2026). Written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. U.S. Senate]

[taichibabypoint @taichibabypoint]

"Our findings underscore the need to instill or magnify the positivity of age beliefs and to redefine aging so that it includes the possibility of improvement."
https://t.co/PgX5Dhd6yS

[Humber River Calling @HumberRiverTO]

This world water day we wish the @cityoftoronto will reverse their decision to remove 80 hectares of meadows & wetlands and replace that with concrete along Black Creek.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

The Compassionate Mind - In this short clip His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains why developing a compassionate mind is essential for inner peace and human happiness. When our thoughts are dominated by self-centered attitudes, fear, anger, jealousy, and distrust naturally arise. But when we cultivate genuine concern for the well-being of others, our hearts open and our minds become more transparent, honest, and peaceful. Video was originally recorded on November 19, 2010.