@memeorandum@universeodon.comRFK Jr. announces $700 million in funding to combat addiction and mental illness (David Zimmermann/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/4613049/rfk-jr-addiction-mental-illness-funding/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p112#a260617p112
@hex@kolektiva.socialOh, here's one of our docs for anyone in PNW. It's incomplete (also, from 2018):
Running list of disaster risks in the Pacific Northwest:
EARTHQUAKE (Three main faults - Cascadia, Seattle, )
PANDEMIC FLU (Global risk)
Especially high in Seattle compared to many other large US cities due to the high number of international flights and international organizations based in the Seattle.
STORMS
HEAT WAVES
Seattle lacks a familiarity with extreme heat. Less than half of people have air conditioning. Growing wealth inequity, homelessness, and addiction increases the risks posed by high temperatures.
VOLCANIC ERUPTION
Mount. Rainier.
WILDFIRES & WILDFIRE SMOKE
“Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues at Yale University, have created a watch list of hundreds of counties in the western United States at the highest risk of exposure to dangerous levels of pollution from wildfires in the coming decades. Among them, heavily populated counties such as San Francisco County, Calif., King County, Wash., Alameda County, Calif., and Contra Costa County, Calif., are projected to face the highest level of risk of wildfire smoke exposure in the coming decades.” [source]
@primonatura@mstdn.social"The rise of blue-space therapy: how the sea is helping people deal with trauma, anxiety and addiction"
#Nature #Environment
@KazuShuSora@social.tchncs.de
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFilings: YouTube and Snap reached agreements to settle a lawsuit headed to trial in June over claims addiction to social media has disrupted students' learning (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/sn…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social"I didn’t think I could get addicted to weed. I was wrong – and I’m not alone"
#TheGuardian
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Iran sends experienced and skilled negotiators to the talks, at some personal risk to their safety given Israel’s addiction to assassination, the US is represented by a pair of clowns — Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and real estate partner Steve Witkoff.
They are, to put it mildly, well out of their depth and their presence would be suitable for comedy were the issues at stake not so serious."
Trump To Blame For Renewed War in Gulf | Morning Star
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaFPF Submits Comments to Inform California Children’s Social Media Protections Rulemaking Process
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-submits-comments-to-inform-california-childrens-social-media-protections-rulemaking-process/…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialHow Ireland’s war-driven fuel blockades revealed the true cost of Europe’s oil addiction https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/22/how-irelands-war-driven-fuel-blockades-revealed-the-true-cost-of-europes-oil-a…
@newsie@darktundra.xyzScientists Gave Mice Cocaine. This Is What It Did to Their Brains https://www.404media.co/mice-cocaine-research-addiction-fens-forum/
@compfu@mograph.socialNew „waste a day by just clicking around“ game has dropped. Like the paperclip maximizer. This one is pokemon but just with numbers. Like you’re stripping away the cutesy cartoon and are left with the underlying math and addiction. https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina/116575726554458393…
@paulwermer@sfba.social"...the state has shifted its priorities away from the broad prevention and intervention across the mental health spectrum that it once supported, and towards, treating addiction and creating housing for people with severe addictions and mental health issues."
Yes, if we intercept people with peer counseling when they first become homeless or become addicted maybe we wouldn't have the pipeline of difficult cases we are now struggling to find housing and care for. We mig…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social"...the state has shifted its priorities away from the broad prevention and intervention across the mental health spectrum that it once supported, and towards, treating addiction and creating housing for people with severe addictions and mental health issues."
Yes, if we intercept people with peer counseling when they first become homeless or become addicted maybe we wouldn't have the pipeline of difficult cases we are now struggling to find housing and care for. We mig…
@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name> The largest review of medicinal cannabis to date found it doesn’t effectively treat anxiety, depression, or PTSD—despite millions using it for those reasons. Researchers warn it could even make mental health worse, raising risks like psychosis and addiction while delaying proven treatments
https://www.scie…
@cdarwin@c.imMeta is facing $1.4 trillion in damages in a social media addiction case brought by four states.
Thirty-three states have banded together to sue Meta,
alleging that the company was exploiting its young users on Instagram and Facebook for profit,
including by collecting data from children without parental consent.
Four of those states—California, New Jersey, Colorado and Kentucky—also claim that the company misled consumers about the addictive design features on the pla…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Meta asks a judge to overturn the jury's verdict in the Los Angeles social media addiction trial or order a new trial, citing Section 230 protections (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/m
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
@NFL@darktundra.xyzBrendan Sorsby's turbulent timeline: From gambling addiction to NFL supplemental draft denial
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brendan-sorsby-timeline-gambling-nfl-supp…
@relcfp@mastodon.socialCall for Edited Book Chapter: Disability and Addiction in Japanese Literature (Springer Nature, Metzler)
https://ift.tt/mZpKO6Q
updated: Monday, May 11, 2026 - 11:43amfull name / name of organization: Marmara University and…
via Input 4 RELCFP
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Jane Says (live)
#JanesAddiction
https://dirtyneedlz.bandcamp.com/track/jane-s-addiction-jane-says-dirty-needlz-dusk-to-dawn-rework
https://open.spotify.com/track/7c1Dar0pIAW7w5TzaGjt9t
@paulwermer@sfba.socialSO it looks like San Francisco "moderate" supervisors and #MayorLurie are happy to talk public safety, but still don't have a functional plan to actually address the complex intersection of #addiction, #HealthServices
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialSO it looks like San Francisco "moderate" supervisors and #MayorLurie are happy to talk public safety, but still don't have a functional plan to actually address the complex intersection of #addiction, #HealthServices
@cdarwin@c.imThe only federal program dedicated to family planning for poor women has gotten a "pro-life" MAHA makeover
Is Trump Taking Taxpayer Dollars for Contraception and Spending it on Erectile Dysfunction, Porn Addiction, and Faster Sperm?
https://www.throughline.news/p/is-trump-ta
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics90sForever
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Been Caught Stealing
#JanesAddiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Qievb8Mqy0qxdLNVl02zt
@grumpybozo@toad.socialI’m starting a partial trial. Muting a bunch of accounts and hashtags here for a month. Probably gonna just not log into bsky. @… https://
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SeekAndDestroy
Couch Slut:
🎵 Replacement Addiction
#CouchSlut
https://couchslut.bandcamp.com/track/replacement-addiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/65NZxHcKNnPeNODEU56n4p
@edintone@mastodon.greenStunning Mosaics Made by Londoners with PTSD Offer Pieces of Healing in Community Artwork https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/stunning-mosaics-made-by-londoners-with-ptsd/
@sherold@mastodon.onlineInterestingly, the German word for curiosity, “Neugierde,” contains the word “Gier” (greed), which expresses a strong, conscious desire for “more.” Much like an addiction.
The hypercurious mind, by Anne-Laure Le Cunff.
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-hypercu
@Techmeme@techhub.social @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: TikTok settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harm to minors for an undisclosed sum; Meta and Snap remain defendants (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/tikto…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Summertime Rolls
#JanesAddiction
https://campbudcassettes.bandcamp.com/track/summertime-rolls-janes-addiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ziWygUNToqsrm3yNOD6SZ
@servelan@newsie.socialNon-Invasive Stimulation of the Brain Ended Opioid Addiction, Cigarette Craving - Slashdot
https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/06/26/221205/non-invasive-stimulation-of-the-brain-ended-opioid-addiction-cigarette-craving
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhat is the NFL supplemental draft? How would it work if Brendan Sorsby enters? https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7244212/2026/05/01/nfl-supplemental-draft-brendan-sorsby/
@Techmeme@techhub.social @kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Summertime Rolls
#JanesAddiction
https://campbudcassettes.bandcamp.com/track/summertime-rolls-janes-addiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ziWygUNToqsrm3yNOD6SZ
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: TikTok settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harm to minors for an undisclosed sum; Meta and Snap remain defendants (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-30/tikto…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsOkay, I'll give you that: LLMs aren't the root of the problem.
Capitalism is. The idea of infinite growth. The idea that people can't just live, they must with 40 hours a week to justify their existence, and they must be purchasing something all the time. Companies must keep selling new stuff. All the resources must be tapped into and exploited.
And companies are making software. They must keep selling new features and pointless complete redesigns nobody wanted. The code must keep being churned over and over again. Programmers must justify their existence by churning out absurd amounts of meaningless code. The companies must exploit them.
Then, companies are entering the #OpenSource "market". They are acquiring and enshittifying. They are hiring and exploiting. And then so many volunteers just jump on the bandwagon and keep cosplaying them. And they too churn out useless code, "sell" pointless complete makeovers, "profit" off their users (even if they actually aren't making any real profit).
And then come LLMs, perfect tools for the job. Perfect tools for exploitation, for churning out useless code, for creating addiction, and for turning everyone into mindless corpospeak bullshit machines.
#AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #AntiCapitalism
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics90sForever
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Been Caught Stealing
#JanesAddiction
https://janesaddictionlive.bandcamp.com/track/been-caught-stealing
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Qievb8Mqy0qxdLNVl02zt
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Jéroboam:
🎵 Sweet Addiction
#Jéroboam
https://favoriterecordings.bandcamp.com/track/sweet-addiction
