Suburbs have long been idealized as the perfect place to raise children. But a growing body of evidence suggests that suburban upbringings may be incredibly harmful to children's physical, mental, and social development. Today, we explore why that is. youtu.be/RrsL2n9q6d0

I really think the physical & psychological isolation of suburbs is an underrated contributor to America's general meanness and political dysfunction. Suburbanites live in controlled environments isolated from any public. It's the bubbliest of bubbles.

But seriously the suburbs are correlated with increased mental health issues even controlling for external factors. A 10-30% higher risk of depression than cities or rural areas.

‘Experiencing boredom in streetscapes is actually a matter of public health’ Neuroscientist Prof Colin Ellard at Humanise Symposium

Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive, publicly subsidized, and publicly consequential form of human habitation in human history. #SuburbanSprawl #CarDependency

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back. But just an hour. Not like years or decades.

I've never received so many prayers from atheists.

“Democrats better get their shit together before the 2028 election,” says adorable friend who thinks there’s going to be a 2028 election thebeaverton.com/2024/11/democr…

Loblaws credits record profits to “raising prices on things humans need to live” thebeaverton.com/2023/02/loblaw…

And today’s word is….

Academics: “one thing I love about this job is the freedom to make my own hours” Also academics:

Academics will be like "finished is better than perfect" and then not finish

Pierre Poilievre: "All the socialist policies, in practice, take, redistribute from the working-class to the super wealthy, in practice." Literally describing capitalism but calling it socialism.

“That’s when they suspended the constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t any rioting in the streets. People stayed home, watching their televisions, looking for direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put a finger on.” - Margaret Atwood, Handmaids Tale

Retiring from academia to live out your wildest fantasies, like reading and writing occasionally

The Toronto Blue Jays’ total attendance over 82 games in 2024 was 2.68M. Doug Ford wants you to believe twice as many people are going to go to a European day spa on the corpse of Ontario Place that taxpayers are paying billions for. At least come up with a better lie, man.

The hardest part of academia is deciding whether to spend your day failing to write or failing to read

Writing deadlines really make you appreciate the joys of tidying up the house

Academic articles may pay nothing and take years to publish but at least they're read by virtually no one