A piece from a fellow person who does not own a smartphone: https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/february/necessity-or-compulsion

#londonreviewofbooks #lrb #smartphones #phones #addiction #technology #elaineglaser #parenting

@JPSCHWEIZER63 Yeah, totally wild and a mind-blowing article to read. :/ I am fortunate enough to only kinda/sorta have known one person who died of an overdose but it is _rampant_ in many parts of America, particularly in the rural regions.

More than two out of five American adults know someone who has died of an overdose: https://www.wbur.org/news/2024/02/21/massachusetts-brookline-rand-study-grief-opioid-overdose-crisis

#wbur #rand #randcorporation #martharebinger #addiction #drugs #drugpolicy #overdose #overdoses #suicide #health #publichealth

Deep brain stimulation may provide a solution for those suffering from depression: https://apnews.com/article/treatmentresistant-depression-dbs-deep-brain-stimulation-26383d6e5f9eb797485b7bc277cac59c

#depression #psychology #deepbrainstimulation #dbs #treatment #health #ap #associatedpress #lauraungar

@Wbtphdjd Republicans/conservatives/rural folk/etc. will support all kinds of policies (a handful of wedge issues aside) if they are framed correctly, but their leadership generally are not interested in actually helping them.

Nebraska governor Jim Pillen realized that helping children is a good thing and decided to give poor kids money from a federal program: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/20/food-kids-summer-ebt-nebraska-governor

#guardian #theguardian #nebraska #jimpillen #11thhourproject #avaasani #ebt #summerebt #republicans #conservatives #conservatism

Elizabeth Warren opposes the acquisition of Discover by Capital One to ensure lower costs for consumers: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/20/elizabeth-warren-block-capital-one-discover-merger

#callumjones #guardian #theguardian #competition #discover #capitalone #consumerprotections #credit #creditcards #banking #monopoly

Following my last post, Reddit is complete trash, please do not ever use it: https://detailed.com/forum-serps/

#detailed #seo #forums #search #google #serp #glenallsop #viperchill #reddit #quora #verticalscope #digitalgoliath #crap

Private equity firms buy up established brands, spew out comtent (sometimes AI-generated noise), flood forums, and game Google to destroy independent research: https://housefresh.com/david-vs-digital-goliaths/

#housefresh #reddit #popularscience #popsci #comtent #giselenavarro #dannyashton #redventures #dotdashmeredith #popsci #rollingstone #rs #buzzfeed #realsimple #google

Capital One is buying Discover to create a huge internal processing network in addition to issuing third party cards: https://www.wsj.com/finance/capital-one-is-buying-discover-financial-sources-say-a7c43dd2

*Disclosure: I formerly owned stock in Discover, but do not now.

#finance #personalfinance #credit #creditcards #discover #capitalone #banks #banking #wsj #wallstreetjournal #annamariaandriotis #laurenthomas #consolidation

WikiFlix is a frontend for Wikidata-structured videos on the Wikimedia Commons (i.e. freely-licensed movies): https://wikiflix.toolforge.org/

#wikiflix #toolforge #wikimediacommons #commons #magnusmanske #wikimedia #openculture #freeculture #movies #film #cinema #movie #wikidata

WikiVibes is a frontend for Wikidata-structured sounds on the Wikimedia Commons (i.e. freely-licensed music): https://wikivibes.toolforge.org/

#wikiflix #toolforge #wikimediacommons #commons #magnusmanske #wikimedia #openculture #freeculture #music #wikidata

An Oklahoma lawmaker has introduced a bill that defines Hipsanics as terrorists and after he faced criticism, he is willing to change the language to “undocumented here illegally, or something like that”: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/18/oklahoma-bill-labels-hispanic-people-terrorists

#guardian #theguardian #oklahoma #racism #antihispanic #terrorism #actualterrorism #xenophobia #hate #law #erumsalam #stupidity

Over a half-million beds have been recalled: https://www.npr.org/2024/01/18/1225441201/beds-recall-break-collapse-injuries

#walmart #ap #associatedpress #recall #recalls #bed #beds #npr #wayfair #homedesign #unitedstatesconsumerproductsafetycommission #uscpsc #cpsc #overstock #overstock.com #wayfair.com

To all Americans reading this, note that seasonal infections (COVID, flu, and RSV) are up and vaccination rates are low: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/15/covid-flu-rsv-mask-policies-hospitals

#melodyschrieber #theguardian #guardian #cold #flu #rsv #covid #vaccine #vaccination #publichealth #us #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica

The FDA have cleared Florida to import drugs from Canada: https://apnews.com/article/florida-canada-prescription-drug-imports-c2893394e952754c3d2a5a19b0edb8bd

#florida #canada #drugs #fda #foodanddrugadministration #medicine #ap #associatedpress #matthewperone #health

@AskTheDevil @feloneouscat What metrics do you use to measure the health of an economy?

@AskTheDevil I try. If you have recommendations on what I can do, I am all ears.

@AskTheDevil Of course, if 57% have seen an increase, then that means that 43% have not and I appreciate that. I really hope that the subtle messaging that we are doing _a lot_ better than we could be and than virtually anyone else is _and_ that the current administration is laying down long-term planning for American jobs can somehow reach the electorate for November. :/

@AskTheDevil But to what extent is that actually true and to what extent is that a perception that is encouraged by right-wing nihilists hoping to harm America? The facts are that 1.) presidents can only do so much to impact an economy (especially positively: they can really wreck things, but are constrained in how much they can build up an entire economy) and 2.) the American economy is _much_ stronger than virtually anywhere, including Europe or East Asia.