https://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3mtbxddjass2j53% of Americans cannot read above a fifth grade level in either English or Spanish, and 36 million American adults cannot read, write, or do basic math above a third grade level. One in seven American adults is what used to be called “illiterate.”17 Aug 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbxddjass2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3mqmu6uiz4k2gFalls, not cancer or diabetes, are the greatest preventable threat to healthy aging. For those over 65, falls are the leading cause of injury-related death and long term disability.14 Jul 2026 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmu6uiz4k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3mpp23gmsns2bLincoln's 1858 remarks on the meaning of the Fourth of July: Immigrants to the United States and those descended from them “have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence, and so they are.”02 Jul 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpp23gmsns2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3mcmw7xl4kk22A second by second breakdown makes it clear the White House version is demonstrably false: The ICE agent was not run over, and Renee Good was driving away when she was killed, and he shot and murdered her when he wasn’t even in front of her car https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/video/ice-shooting-renee-good-minneapolis-videos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.tg1p.YKcSn70Yp5f0&smid=nytcore-ios-share17 Jan 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcmw7xl4kk22https://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3mbexuo443s2sOnce when checking in at a hotel Europe the great English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley listed his occupation in Greek as “democrat, philanthropist, atheist” (δημοκράτης, φιλaνθρωπος, aθεος).01 Jan 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbexuo443s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m72biobmfs2cIf you’re older than 50, feeling thirsty is a sign of mild dehydration, because as we age, the thirst signal tends to be delayed and blunted, meaning that a person can be mildly or even moderately dehydrated before they even feel thirsty in the first place. Drink your salty waters!03 Dec 2025 01:09 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72biobmfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m6p57sbcl22sAI rebellion is far less scary than AI that’s “just following orders.”28 Nov 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6p57sbcl22shttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m6mrl2tfwk2bI’ve been enjoying rereading my old classroom notes from a personality theory course I took in college 31 years ago:27 Nov 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mrl2tfwk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m6ifvk4s4s2hI disagree w/ Huxley’s point, or at least feel I ought: “Rooted as they are in the facts of contemporary life, the phantasies of even a second-rate writer of modern Science Fiction are incomparably richer, bolder and stranger than the Utopian or Millennial imaginings of the past.” — Aldous Huxley25 Nov 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ifvk4s4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m63gjcgigk2kA massive longitudinal metastudy of more than 300,000 people over decades found that having a few meaningful relationships is associated with a 50% higher chance of being alive years later compared to people who are socially isolated. This is an effect thats even greater than not smoking or drinking20 Nov 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63gjcgigk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m5she3l3lc2vRelated: Average reading scores for U.S. high school seniors have hit a 32-year low, reaching their lowest point since the National Assessment of Educational Progress test began in 1992.17 Nov 2025 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5she3l3lc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m5rmjdqgx224The science fiction dystopia of the “silver tsunami”: more than 11,000 Americans are turning age 65 every single day in the United States at this point. Put another way, around 5 million Americans are going to turn 65 this year and every year through 2027.16 Nov 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5rmjdqgx224https://bsky.app/profile/djgrothe.bsky.social/post/3m5rjibljrk2xReels and TikToks may be bad to your cognitive and mental health. An analysis of 71 studies and 100,000 people shows that the more short-form videos both teens and adults watched, the more they struggled with attention, self-control, and even stress and anxiety.16 Nov 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:vj2raxaficbdbw3p5ucomvus/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5rjibljrk2x