@Klaatu_Veratta_Nectarine @corlin This is just a fact, speaking as a Hoosier and a friend to all rodents.

@IrelandTorin Or workplace injuries (which overlaps with professional sports). Either way, TBIs are far more common without a helmet than with. :/

Head trauma cases have risen dramatically in the United States, particularly with the use of e-bikes: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2815376 (academic) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/02/21/1232912369/e-bike-head-trauma-soars-as-helmet-use-falls-study-finds (popular)

Please wear a helmet if you ride, every time.

#health #biking #cycling #ebikes #headtrauma #tbi #tbis #traumaticbraininjuries #traumaticbraininjury #npr #shots #ronniecohen #jama #jamasurgery #adrianmfernandez #kevindli #hirenvpatel #isabelelaineallen #umarghaffar #nizarhakam #benjaminnbreyer

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?