Quoted Coronavirus: Teens' anxiety levels dropped during pandemic, study finds (bbc.co.uk)
Anxiety levels among young teenagers dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, a study has suggested. Thirteen to 14-year-olds were less anxious during lockdown than they had been last October, according to the University of Bristol survey.

An interesting study. Nothing simple.

Replied to bookmarked: Pluralistic: 13 Aug 2020 – My Origin Story by Aaron DavisAaron Davis (collect.readwriterespond.com)
In light of his induction into the hall of fame, Cory Doctorow reflects upon his origin story. It makes me think that every origin story is unique. What stood out was that although Doctorow had support from a number of people his development involved keeping on going.

Thanks for sharing this Aaron, there are not many examples of successful people acknowledging the help they had on the way to that success. This brings some well needed reality to the idea of a meritocracy. Mr Doctorow does this beautifully.

Bookmarked Mona Chalabi: what if everyone had an air-mile allowance? – cartoon by Mona Chalabi (theguardian.com)
We could cut global CO2 emissions, and non-travellers could sell theirs to frequent flyers, argues the data journalist

This is brilliant, I’d vote for it in a second:
Mona Chalabi: what if everyone had an air-mile allowance? – cartoon

Replied to a tweet by Sarah Clark @Sfm36 (twitter.com)
First week back...how’s was yours? Would love to hear others thoughts on their return to school

I am in a good place, my class all pupils I taught last year, gone from a 4-7 multi-composite to 6-7 will cut down planning & prep. Having emptied the room before summer means I can’t find the duct tape and am missing my cardboard mountain. Mask on when I move about the room.

Replied to Re: Customizing WordPress Feeds by Aaron Davis (collect.readwriterespond.com)
Personally, I have been thinking about the possibilities of creating an alternative feed for Micro.Blog without the heading.

Hi Aaron,

I’ve got a snippet in my functions.php that removes titles from posts categorised as micro that have less than 280 characters in the content. That could be adapted. It is number 6 in the gist.  Some of the other functions in the list are a bit out of date.

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#tds1856 Invisible to you, obvious to someone else

Looks like a fascinating read. I didn’t find an expert. I find I learn to notice with a hint. I’ve walking same bits of countryside for years. Recently I’ve got my eye in for lizards. I see more & more basking or wriggling in the grass. #tds1856

Common Lizard