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The '10,000 hour rule' isn't real. Ericsson's 1993 violin study never said hours=mastery — Gladwell invented that math. A 2014 meta-analysis (Macnamara et al., Psych Science) found deliberate practice explains ~12% of skill variance. The rest is genetics, timing, luck.
#psychology
#psychology
September 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The '10,000 hour rule' isn't real. Ericsson's 1993 violin study never said hours=mastery — Gladwell invented that math. A 2014 meta-analysis (Macnamara et al., Psych Science) found deliberate practice explains ~12% of skill variance. The rest is genetics, timing, luck.
#psychology
#psychology
Amazon Prime Cancellation Maze | Daily Bloops
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September 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM
1967: philosopher Philippa Foot invents the trolley problem — pull the lever, kill one to save five? Half a century later, self-driving car engineers had to answer it for real.
#philosophy
#philosophy
September 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
1967: philosopher Philippa Foot invents the trolley problem — pull the lever, kill one to save five? Half a century later, self-driving car engineers had to answer it for real.
#philosophy
#philosophy
Surveillance Loophole: Cops Buying Data | Daily Bloops
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September 15, 2026 at 4:00 PM
1929: women march NYC's Easter Parade lighting cigarettes in public, hailed as a bold feminist statement. It wasn't spontaneous. Edward Bernays (Freud's nephew, hired by American Tobacco) recruited debutantes to smoke on cue and tipped off photographers beforehand.
September 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
1929: women march NYC's Easter Parade lighting cigarettes in public, hailed as a bold feminist statement. It wasn't spontaneous. Edward Bernays (Freud's nephew, hired by American Tobacco) recruited debutantes to smoke on cue and tipped off photographers beforehand.
Nevada's 750 Million Stadium Giveaway | Daily Bloops
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September 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Rejecting your gay kid isn't tough love, it's a health risk. Family Acceptance Project (SF State) found LGBTQ+ youth with high family rejection were 8x more likely to attempt suicide than peers with accepting families. Acceptance is the intervention.
#LGBTQ #TransRights
#LGBTQ #TransRights
September 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Rejecting your gay kid isn't tough love, it's a health risk. Family Acceptance Project (SF State) found LGBTQ+ youth with high family rejection were 8x more likely to attempt suicide than peers with accepting families. Acceptance is the intervention.
#LGBTQ #TransRights
#LGBTQ #TransRights
Socialism works at work | Daily Bloops
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September 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
$7.25/hour. That's the federal minimum wage — unchanged since July 24, 2009. Sixteen years, four presidents, one number frozen in place while rent, groceries, and CEO pay kept climbing. It's not economics. It's a choice Congress keeps making.
#Progressive
#Progressive
September 12, 2026 at 5:30 PM
$7.25/hour. That's the federal minimum wage — unchanged since July 24, 2009. Sixteen years, four presidents, one number frozen in place while rent, groceries, and CEO pay kept climbing. It's not economics. It's a choice Congress keeps making.
#Progressive
#Progressive
Willpower Myth Finally Tested | Daily Bloops
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September 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, NYC. Bosses had locked the exit doors to stop workers from stealing scraps. A fire broke out. 146 workers died, several jumping from the 9th floor rather than burn. That is why your office doors open from the inside.
#LaborHistory #WorkersRights #History
#LaborHistory #WorkersRights #History
September 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, NYC. Bosses had locked the exit doors to stop workers from stealing scraps. A fire broke out. 146 workers died, several jumping from the 9th floor rather than burn. That is why your office doors open from the inside.
#LaborHistory #WorkersRights #History
#LaborHistory #WorkersRights #History
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September 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
1965 killed the national-origin quotas, then built a new bottleneck: every country capped at the same 7% of visas, big or small. A Filipino sibling of a US citizen now waits 20+ years for a green card — check any month's State Dept Visa Bulletin.
#ImmigrationPolicy #AsylumSystem #PolicyHistory
#ImmigrationPolicy #AsylumSystem #PolicyHistory
September 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
1965 killed the national-origin quotas, then built a new bottleneck: every country capped at the same 7% of visas, big or small. A Filipino sibling of a US citizen now waits 20+ years for a green card — check any month's State Dept Visa Bulletin.
#ImmigrationPolicy #AsylumSystem #PolicyHistory
#ImmigrationPolicy #AsylumSystem #PolicyHistory
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September 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The FDA doesn't approve most new food additives. Under the 1958 GRAS loophole, a company can pay its own hand-picked panel to declare an ingredient 'Generally Recognized As Safe' — no FDA review, no public notice required. Self-certification, dressed up as science.
September 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The FDA doesn't approve most new food additives. Under the 1958 GRAS loophole, a company can pay its own hand-picked panel to declare an ingredient 'Generally Recognized As Safe' — no FDA review, no public notice required. Self-certification, dressed up as science.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Watch what companies DON'T report. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta all break out cloud revenue, ad revenue, even YouTube revenue in earnings — but none discloses actual AI revenue, despite spending billions on it. A number that vanishes every quarter isn't hiding good news.
September 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Watch what companies DON'T report. Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta all break out cloud revenue, ad revenue, even YouTube revenue in earnings — but none discloses actual AI revenue, despite spending billions on it. A number that vanishes every quarter isn't hiding good news.
Trans youth suicide myth debunked | Daily Bloops
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September 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Title I is federal money for poor kids' schools. But part of the formula pays MORE per poor student to states that already spend more overall — so a well-funded state can pull bigger checks for the same poverty than a broke one.
#EducationPolicy #StudentDebt #PublicSchools
#EducationPolicy #StudentDebt #PublicSchools
September 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Title I is federal money for poor kids' schools. But part of the formula pays MORE per poor student to states that already spend more overall — so a well-funded state can pull bigger checks for the same poverty than a broke one.
#EducationPolicy #StudentDebt #PublicSchools
#EducationPolicy #StudentDebt #PublicSchools
Paid Leave: America Alone | Daily Bloops
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September 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Paying a disabled worker pennies an hour isn't a labor violation. It's legal — Section 14(c) of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act lets employers get a federal certificate to pay below minimum wage. Sub-minimum wage, by design, not by accident.
#DisabilityRights #ADA #Accessibility
#DisabilityRights #ADA #Accessibility
September 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Paying a disabled worker pennies an hour isn't a labor violation. It's legal — Section 14(c) of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act lets employers get a federal certificate to pay below minimum wage. Sub-minimum wage, by design, not by accident.
#DisabilityRights #ADA #Accessibility
#DisabilityRights #ADA #Accessibility
The 40-Hour Week's Violent Origin | Daily Bloops
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September 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Celsius offered 18% yield on your crypto. Ask where that comes from: they lent your coins to hedge funds like Three Arrows Capital, who bet big and lost. When 3AC imploded in 2022, Celsius couldn't cover withdrawals.
#crypto #investing
#crypto #investing
September 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Celsius offered 18% yield on your crypto. Ask where that comes from: they lent your coins to hedge funds like Three Arrows Capital, who bet big and lost. When 3AC imploded in 2022, Celsius couldn't cover withdrawals.
#crypto #investing
#crypto #investing
Immigration Law's Ten-Year Trap | Daily Bloops
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September 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Project 2025 wants to fire the federal government's own experts and replace them with loyalists. Not a rumor — it's spelled out in the Heritage Foundation's Mandate for Leadership, the ~900-page blueprint the project is built on.
#Project2025
#Project2025
September 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Project 2025 wants to fire the federal government's own experts and replace them with loyalists. Not a rumor — it's spelled out in the Heritage Foundation's Mandate for Leadership, the ~900-page blueprint the project is built on.
#Project2025
#Project2025