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A critique of a large UK social media study that suggested measures like social media bans are unlikely to have an effect on teens' long term mental health (Casey Newton/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/social-media-screen-time-manchester-study-haidt/<…

What a big study of teens says about social media — and what it can’t
The “moral panic” framing misses how platforms actually harm kids. PLUS: Newsom investigates TikTok over Trump, and the Clawdbot frenzy

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116143024823038390
Software development these days really reminds me of what large political parties do—no shred of thinking about the whole, not even a little bit of conviction, just churning out mid ever more milquetoast "features" designed to eek out a little more compliance.
Moral stances and ethics be damned.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEssay
- The Death and Life of Christopher Marlowe
Jerry Brotton reveals the enduring influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare, how they seem to have collaborated on Henry VI, and assesses the relationship between the two dramatists.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vcd9

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
—Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Damian Jr. Gong Marley:
🎵 Welcome to Jamrock
#DamianJrGongMarley
https://originalriddim.bandcamp.com/track/damian-jr-gong-marley-welcome-to-jamrock-original-riddim-remix

Funding for scientific research and for broad provision of healthcare is such a clear moral good that it's hard to oppose
Yet, former senator from Nebraska
Ben Sasse was an opponent of funding the sort of thing that has helped him
https://bsky.app/profile/60minutes.bsk

60 Minutes (@60minutes.bsky.social)
With five cancers and a terminal diagnosis, Ben Sasse is in a clinical trial for a new drug that may be a breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment. cbsn.ws/3OseWcJ

What We Can Learn From North Carolina’s “Moral Mondays” | Portside
https://portside.org/2026-02-19/what-we-can-learn-north-carolinas-moral-mondays

"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
—Meryl Streep
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Moral Budgets, Human Decency – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2026/04/25/moral-budgets-human-decency/

Catholic bishops warn the Supreme Court that Trump is threatening the “moral foundations of American society.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/02/donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-immigration-catholic-bishops.html