John Trendler

Fountain Pens And Brain Science: Why Handwriting Is Making A Comeback A revived Swiss fountain pen brand and new brain science converge on the same thesis: handwriting activates neural networks that keyboards miss.

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Don’t Panic: ‘Humanity’s Last Exam’ has begun An enormous team of researchers from around the globe has designed an exam to show what AI can’t do, yet.

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Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5. Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy.

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Looking for a pen? Shoppers overwhelm Chicago stationery shops as social media touts 'return to analog' Stores like Paper & Pencil — packed with stickers, fountain pens and planners — have seen sales surge, but it's not because consumers are looking to get organized in the New Year.

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California residents can use new tool to demand brokers delete their personal data | TechCrunch A new tool should make it easier for California residents to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information.

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John Trendler on Instagram: "Just back from three day solo backpacking in the Cucamonga wilderness, amazing time. #icehousecanyon #ontariopeak" Solo backpacking in the Cucamonga Wilderness is a thrilling adventure that offers breathtaking views of Icehouse Canyon and Ontario Peak. In this video, I share my experience of navigating steep terra...

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Opinion | Paper-and-Pen Diaries Are Forever

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Pen and ink on paper ✒️

Check out these brilliant early Black Friday pen deals write now Because handwriting is back in fashion.

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Text of an alert warning there will be significant delays for the train due to flash flood warnings

Taking the train into LA today, glad I opted to leave earlier than I had previously planned

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Whoo hoo, look at all this time I saved 🫩

I sure hope so!

This is the first I'm hearing about this

FYI: Fountain Pen Day is the first Friday of November

Mystery of missing Picasso still life painting solved Art work that vanished en route from Madrid to Granada may never have made it on the van in the first place

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AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers AI Competencies for Academic Library Workers Approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, October 2025 PDF Version Contents Foreword Guiding Mindsets Competencies

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just back from Portland, where I bought Oregon Marionberry ink from Oblation Papers and Press - highly recommended shop

LA City Hall with police and protesters

#nokings LA

From the funny community on Reddit: Never mind the loss of cursive, these kids can’t make the Cool S! Explore this post and more from the funny community

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Lessons of the Fountain Pen (opinion) For Rob Franciosi, coming to the fountain pen later in scholarly life has been a revelation.

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there's a subreddit about trees sucking on things 😂

The delightfully analog art of letter-writing Tired of texting? Send your loved ones some snail mail instead. Rachel Syme, author of "Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence," shares whimsical ways to start a letter-writing habit.

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Tulip tree blossom

New insight into how the human motor cortex encodes complex handwriting Compared to other animal species, humans can plan and execute highly sophisticated motor tasks, including the ability to write complex characters using their hands. While many past studies have tried ...

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Pros of cursive abound <p>Once upon a time, “keyboard” meant an expensive typewriter that weighed 40 pounds, so teaching penmanship in school seemed pretty essential, though typically graded with the binary “I” (Improvement...

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California poppy

Pen and ink drawing of acanthus decorations, with fountain pen, pencil and eraser

Letter additions - based on acanthus, pencil and Lamy lx with EF nib

Stone bridge over water, and its reflection in the water

Rustic bridge, Golden Gate Park.

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

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‘Something to believe in, even if it’s deeply silly’: why 15,000 people signed up to a letter-writing project In a new book Rachel Syme extols the simple pleasure of connecting with friends and strangers through the mail

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