Scott McGrew

In countries where students spent a lot of time using devices for leisure during the school day, test scores plummeted between 2012 and 2022. In countries where they spent less time, test scores merely slid. Thus there was a significantly larger decline in scores in the countries where students spent more time using devices for fun during school hours (see Figure 1). 505 500 495 performance mean 490 485 480 475 470 465 460 455 d • Science, less device use • Math, less device use Reading, less device use Science, more device use Reading, more device use Math, more device use 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Figure 1: Scores on standardized tests of math, reading, and science for 15- and 16-year-olds in 36 countries, by low or high use of electronic devices for leisure during the school day. Note: Controlled for GDP per capita. Source: Twenge (2025) using data from PISA.

The global decline in test scores since ~2012 is highly correlated with smartphone penetration

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Everyone, you MUST source the VIDEO you post.

In a war, situation, [eople need to know what is true. That means video has to be checkable.

Do not circulate decontextualized video.

If you don't link, at least name a source: AFP video, France 24, Reuters, etc.

WOW. 19 people, all who were imprisoned and mistreated in a foreign prison at the direct command of the United States, are brave enough to say “We are innocent, and we will endure more time imprisoned to prove that.”

I can only admire the enormous courage such a move takes.

The DOW! The DOW! The DOW right now!

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported. https://cnn.it/4tYqAf8

I kid you not - because I was a lifetime member, they're offering me a new discounted $79 lifetime membership.

Just found out a lifetime subscription to Rosetta Stone is the "lifetime of the product" and not your lifetime. Even tech support sounded sheepish.

More than 75,000 Post readers cancelled their subscriptions after the recent cuts. An even larger number bailed after Bezos killed the endorsement of Harris, but now the decline feels terminal. Bezos does not want a great paper with a conservative opinion page (like the Wall Street Journal). He seemingly barely wants a paper at all, treating one of the most important American media institutions like an embarrassing child from a previous marriage that no longer fits his lifestyle.

This sounds unbelievable but its true: since Bezos acquired The Post, his wealth has grown tenfold and the Post has been cut in half.
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🚨SCOTUS says President does not have power for blanket tariffs under IEEPA.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

That...is not why it's called that

Moriarty: State ‘in good shape’ to consider charging federal agents in slayings of Good, Pretti The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office continues to pursue federal evidence that is being kept from state investigators, but Mary Moriarty said there’s “no mystery” about how Renee Good and Alex Pretti died.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said state prosecutors and law enforcement have gathered enough evidence to consider charging decisions against the federal agents who shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

NYT "Headlines" podcast yesterday: "A Surge of Children in ICE Detention, and Meta’s Plans for Facial Recognition Plus, your Friday news quiz."

"A surge of children in ICE detention."

"Plus, your Friday news quiz."

That's… quite a journey.

Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

“Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words “biodefense” and “pandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained.”

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Now Hegseth wants to decide where troops can take college classes in their off-duty time. I’m glad I was able to use this program while on active duty to go to the accredited school of my choice.

Big win for CO2!

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For anyone wondering what Greg Bovino has been up to lately…

If you were curious, I would say I've seen about 500 Seahawks fans, 300 Patriots fans, and 16.3 million Bad Bunny fans. They're everywhere and it's awesome.

Already reposted the quoted post but just started cracking up all over again because I can’t believe we saw a wholesome example of this exact format in the wild

smiling, good looking couple seated on a porch (soft focus garden behind them) elegantly dressed, the lady in a sleeveless dress, patterned top, banded at the waist with a softly pleated long white skirt, the man wearing a light colored suit with white shirt and striped tie - body language relaxed and intimate

Portrait of Michelle
and Barack Obama

former First Lady and
President of the US

📷 Pete Souza

Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.

NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.

The NYT thinking it would be proper for their TV critic to comment on a televised plea for the life of somone's mother is... a choice they made.

The big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

That helicopter overhead? It's Super Bowl safety from the sky A mysterious helicopter spotted flying super low around the Bay Area turns out to be Super Bowl related.

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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Israel’s Military Now Accepts 70,000 Killed in Gaza – But Why Did Our Media Let Them Get Away With Denying It for So Long? I have spent the past two years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with supporters of Israel. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.

I’ve spent the past 2 years debating the credibility of the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers with Israel supporters. It turns out the Israeli military agrees with me, not them.

My latest for Zeteo on how the media was also complicit in the genocide denial:

Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it

An individual with short hair and glasses stands outdoors wearing a dark grey sweatshirt with an illustration of a tiger wearing a headband that reads "FIGHT ON." They have a neutral expression and hands clasped. Tall, dried grass is in the background. A headline reads: "She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again." Photo by Nick Oxford for The New York Times.

Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

Fun fact for IU fans who are learning that their football school also has a basketball team: A "field goal" can be either 2 or 3 points in this sport!