๐Ÿš€ #Finland bravely ventures where parents fear to tread: banning smartphones in #schools to finally stop Generation Z from TikToking their way through algebra! ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Meanwhile, Finnish students start studying the ancient art of... paying attention. ๐Ÿ˜‚ #BackToTheStoneAge
https://yle.fi/a/74-20158886 #SmartphoneBan #GenerationZ #PayingAttention #TikTok #HackerNews #ngated
Finland bans smartphones in schools

Pupils will be able to use their phones in some circumstances, but they will need to get permission from teachers.

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โ€œLife is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice.โ€™
-Kurt Vonnegut

๐ŸŒฑJoyous Earth Day! ๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿƒ
#EarthDay #gardens #FlowerPhotography #flowers #BloomScrolling #MyJoyfulPlace #butterfies #bees #birds #PayingAttention

โœจ๐Ÿ“œ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธโœจ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏโฃ๏ธโ€ฉโ€จ#PenQuote #April13th #PayingAttention #LendsPerspective #CanChangeLives

๐Ÿง Expounding on the theme of #PayingAttention, I've also noticed a proliferation of "journalistic slop" due, perhaps in large part, to #corporatized/billionaire-captured #newspapers which have made it increasingly difficult for us in #public to curate sources of #reliable #journalism. But this phenomenon with #news, reporting & commentaries is, sadly, entirely human-generated - just like genocide, racism, nuclear weapons, kids with guns, addictive drugs, corruption etc.

https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/114078333427642398

Freedom of the Press (@freedomofpress@freedom.press)

The White House has taken control of the press pool, removing wire agencies Reuters and the Associated Press, along with the Huffington Post. Kirstin McCudden of the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker warns: โ€œThe loss of AP & Reuters will fundamentally change the news weโ€™re getting.โ€ https://freedom.press/issues/how-trumps-press-pool-takeover-harms-public-including-red-states/

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โš ๏ธ"For the first time in #human history, the ability to produce #writing, art & expression has been decoupled from the necessity of actually #payingattention to what youโ€™re making or saying.. unless people become much better at #curation, #greatwork will be increasingly difficult to locate amid the flood of #loweffort #content, which is also known as โ€œ #AIslopโ€.. when it comes to #art, #expression & argument, if you want it done right, itโ€™s probably still best to do it yourself"
#PayAttention

I am so grateful to have a place to make and nurture a garden.

#grateful #MyJoyfulPlace #gardening #flowers #Bloomscrolling #Rumi The #payingattention

โ€œAnd speaking of stones, what about
The little ones you can
Hold in your hands, their heartbeats
So secret, so hidden it may take years
Before, finally, you hear them?โ€

-Mary Oliver

#poetry #rocks #Naturephotography #MaryOliver #shells #PayingAttention #hearts

Magnetic North Pole is moving and changing faster than ever, surprising scientists

Discover how the magnetic North Pole's rapid shift toward Russia impacts navigation and reveals Earth's dynamic core.

Earth.com

There is a strange human habit of taking for granted that which has not yet happened. Maintain your focus all the way through, and you will accomplish your goals. 

Where do you allow yourself to get distracted when manifesting something? How is your follow through?
 
.#FollowThrough #Completion #PayingAttention #Practice

paying attention. period. - Contexts

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