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It’s Time To Vote In The Fat Bear Contest (opens the original)
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My Back-To-School Roundup (opens the original)
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I’m hoping you’ll have a minute or two to check out this roundup of some pieces that I wrote that got a lot of love. And some surprising updates. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="296" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IHaK!,w_1456,c_li
We Are Smiling. And Our Teeth Are Cracking. (opens the original)
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If You Let Your Kids Use IG, They're Gonna Be Dumb AF (opens the original)
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The evidence is solid. This is not some observation study. These are not strung together anecdotes. It’s long-term longitudinal research published in prestigious, peer-reviewed Nature Human Behavior. What does it say? Researchers did a look-back on the school performance of 5000+ Italian 10th and 11th graders. Their findings: students who started social media before 9th grade were six months behind their peers in reading and math. But, you say, Brittany is a great student! She likes posting her
Some Things To Be Happy About Right Now (opens the original)
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Here are some things I’m happy about. Solar Panels You Can Hang Off Your BalconyA lot of you know that I’m all in on the energy transition. Coal plants, still coming on line in China (ugh), are playing back up to renewables. Big Oil is in its death throes. Rooftop solar panels, especially since this administration got rid of the subsidies are expensive and fiddly. If you calculate energy prices staying the same (hint: they do not. They rise) the payback period is around seven years. It’s a big u
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