Scientists put kids through 100 hours of reading, then scanned their brains. New wiring had physically grown inside the language regions. Communication between brain areas sped up by a factor of 10. Kids who didn't read showed zero change. That was a 2009 Carnegie Mellon study. It gets wilder. In 2013, Emory University scanned 19 students every morning for 19 straight days while they read one novel chapter each night. Mornings after reading, the brain areas responsible for understanding other people's emotions lit up with new connections. So did the region that processes physical sensation. Their brains were simulating what the characters felt, as if it were happening to them. Those changes stuck around for 5 days after they finished the book. Now flip to scrolling. A massive review published in Psychological Bulletin last September pulled together 71 studies covering 98,299 people. Heavy short-form video use (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) showed a clear pattern: worse attention, weaker self-control, and more anxiety. Consistent across teenagers and adults, across every platform tested. Oxford didn't name "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year for nothing. A 2024 brain wave study found that people hooked on short-form video had weaker activity in the front of the brain, the part that controls focus and impulse control. Separate brain scans showed the same thing: heavy scrollers had less activation in the exact regions that deep reading strengthens. UCLA neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf has been studying this for decades. Humans were never born to read. There's no gene for it. Reading is something we invented, and it hijacked neurons that were originally meant for recognizing faces. Over time, it built entirely new brain circuits connecting language, vision, and emotion. But those circuits only survive if you use them. Stop reading, and they fade. Wolf's conclusion is simple: screens built for speed produce a speed-wired brain. Books built for depth produce a depth-wired brain. One honest caveat: most of these studies are snapshots, not long-term tracking. People who already struggle to focus might just prefer short videos. But the same pattern showing up across nearly 100,000 people is hard to shrug off. The tweet repeats the line seven times. The research backs it up with brain scans, EEG data, and white-matter imaging across tens of thousands of people.

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🚨 Trump's AG Todd Blanche announces that the DOJ will not be releasing the 2.5 million remaining Epstein files they have. He says they have "moved on."

You mess with our kids, and you WILL be caught! Thank you to our partners in Ohio that helped facilitate Operation Playground Therapy. Together, we investigated health care companies in Ohio who offered community-based programs for Medicaid-enrolled children across the Southern District of Ohio. These companies allegedly passed children's Medicaid information to billing entities that submitted FRAUDULENT claims for behavioral health and mental health services that were NEVER provided. Total fraud of over $75M STOLEN from our children. THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND AND WILL FACE JUSTICE!

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Israel yesterday kidnapped four women. Two are footballers in the Palestinian National Team. Their names are: Natali Abu Dia and Rand Halwani. Is it normal to kidnap footballers, @FIFAcom? Where are sports media organisations? This story should be the headline everywhere.

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Referees for Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight between the Spurs and Knicks: 🏀 Tony Brothers (Crew Chief) 🏀 Josh Tiven 🏀 Tyler Ford 🏀 Mitchell Ervin (alternate)

🚨 Mayor Mamdani’s efficiency improvements are now projected to save NYC over $4.5 billion.

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