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Social media addiction trial: 20-year-old plaintiff KGM testifies her social media use, which began in childhood, exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-instagram-faceboo…

Young woman testifies against social media giants over technology addiction
A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. She began using the platforms as a young child and claims her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts. Meta and YouTube are the two remaining defendants in the case, which TikTok and Snap settled. The woman, who has been identified by her first name, Kaley, and initials, KGM, has testified before a jury in the …

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Pure Hell:
🎵 Noise Addiction
#PureHell
https://beatgeneration1.bandcamp.com/album/pure-hell-noise-addiction
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kuJBKhNTmeYhswN9TKAAm

I used the recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction (using cooked.wiki) and they turned out great!
Nice crispy tops, though I had about half of the brown sugar/cinnamon mix left, as it seemed like way too much.
I didn't have sour cream or plain yogurt but I did have blueberry yogurt, so that seemed appropriate. I used oat milk because that's all we have in the house.
I normally do not use liners but I did this time.

Snap reaches an agreement to settle a social media addiction lawsuit, a week before the start of a trial in the first of several such lawsuits (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/technol

Snap Settles Lawsuit on Social Media Addiction, Avoiding a Landmark Trial
The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.

Snap reaches an agreement to settle a social media addiction lawsuit, a week before the start of a trial in the first of several social media addiction lawsuits (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026…

Snap Settles Lawsuit on Social Media Addiction, Avoiding a Landmark Trial
The settlement means Snap will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.

Sometimes I feel that I could have my introduction much better. So I'll leave another piece here, and maybe one day I'll be able to find it again and use somewhere…
I'm a radical. I believe that every human has a right to dignity in life. Yes, even these people who allegedly "are too lazy to work".
I believe that everyone deserves safety, that nobody should be cold or starve, that everybody should be able to use a toilet or wash themselves, have access to healthcare and public transportation.
I think that restricting access to drinking water and toilets is a crime against humanity. The latter is also plain stupid, because it only leads to people using other places as toilets.
I'm so tired of the postsoviet labor cult (a kind of Polish thing). Seeing labor as a value in itself. Everyone must work, and it doesn't matter whether the work is actually beneficial, or outright harmful.
And last of all, I can't tolerate smokers. There is no excuse to harm yourself and everyone around you, just to satisfy your stupid addiction. And I'm also talking of all the random people who breathe all the toxins because smokers think they deserve to smoke everywhere, all the time.

White House reverses $2 billion cut to mental health, addiction grants (Sandhya Raman/Roll Call)
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/14/hhs-cuts-2-billion-in-mental-health-addiction-grants/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p24#a260115p24

Trump administration letter wipes out addiction, mental health grants : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677104/trump-administration-letter-terminating-addiction-mental-health-grants

Studie: Wenn man bei Instagram von "Sucht" spricht, dann beeinträchtige das sowohl die Fähigkeit, die Nutzung für sich besser zu kontrollieren als auch die Einsicht, dass die App mit ihrem speziellen Design schuld an der Übernutzung ist - und nicht die nutzende Person.
Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly

Addiction aux réseaux sociaux : Meta a enterré une recherche qui ne lui convenait pas #meta

Next (@next.ink)
Addiction aux réseaux sociaux : Meta a enterré une recherche qui ne lui convenait pas http://dlvr.it/TR1vRs

I’m confused. When did MTG become the voice of reason and the sane one in the US Republican Party…?
bird.makeup - Tweet https://bird.makeup/users/repmtg/statuses/2000597575901327850

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
Rob Reiner and his wife were tragically killed at the hands of their own son, who reportedly had drug addiction and other issues, and their remaining children are left in serious mourning and heartbreak. This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies. Many families deal with a family member with drug addiction and mental health issues. It’s incredibly difficult and should be met with empathy especially when it ends in murder.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Stop!
#JanesAddiction
https://regenxband.bandcamp.com/track/jane-s-addiction-stop-regen-x-live-version
https://open.spotify.com/track/1oeybzUQEnEsNR2couGr6B

In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/youtube-social-media-addictio…

YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial
The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

I have many ranty thoughts about this, but I don't have the energy to express it all right now.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/14/nx-s1-5677104/trump-administration-letter-terminating-addiction-mental-health-grants

Society has lost its direction. We are now driving blind, and the reason is reductionism. We’ve become so obsessed with breaking the world into tiny parts that we’ve forgotten how the whole thing actually hangs together.
https://www.ocrampal.com/too-narrow-to-be-

Too Narrow to Be Wise: The Tunnel Vision Trap of Modern Expertise
We live in a Kafkaesque paradox: the very people we turn to for wisdom about life’s biggest questions—meaning, society, the future of humanity—are systematically selected for their inability to think about such things. Consider this absurd pattern: A tech entrepreneur optimizes engagement algorithms for maximum user addiction,

Landmark social media trial to begin over addiction claims - BBC Business
#TikTok #YouTube #Google #Snapchat #Meta #Instagram #Zuckerberg #Facebook

I had a single "YouTube" category in the feeds classified in Freshrss. I decided to separate the channels related to GNU/Linux and Selfhosting from the rest. 84% are in the first category.
It's not a thirst for knowledge, it's an addiction... It's just that I know so little...

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Jane's Addiction:
🎵 Mountain Song
#NowPlaying #JanesAddiction
https://thekingsofquarantine.bandcamp.com/track/mountain-song-janes-addiction-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/5fKZJHzJ9d3MADArbm9muW

"What are transition credits? Philippines takes novel approach to coal phase-out"
#Phillippines #Coal #FossilFuels

Could ‘transition credits’ be the key to unlocking a coal-free Asia?
This novel take on carbon credits could cure Asia's coal addiction - but critics are sceptical.

Take some time today to detox from your online addiction! Just go out without a phone. The world is still beautiful!

"The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury."
YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/youtube-social-media-addiction-trial.html

I’ve tried different ways in the past to manage my phone and social media addiction, but what’s finally started working for me, especially now that I’ve been living in my own apartment since October 2024, is deleting social media altogether and setting up network firewalls to block those sites, including federated addresses.
Moving forward, I know I’ll have to cut even more of my online life. I’ve been using my Pi-hole to block distracting domains at the network level, and since I’m to…

Oil and drugs have a lot in common. Their very presence is a problem. It has enabled unscrupulous forces to foster wide-spread addiction to both. The addiction to oil is arguably worse, as there are few rehab facilities, and besides, it is slowing down any necessary remedies to prevent climate change to dramatically damage the world we live in.

“So I would advise and caution against purchasing an AI toy for Christmas and think about other options of things that parents and kids can enjoy together that really build that social connection with the family, not the social connection with a parasocial AI toy.”
Many of these toys are happy to engage in discussions inappropriate for children, such as dangerous activities or sexual practices. Some are programmed to cause addiction.

Social media addiction trial: Mark Zuckerberg says increasing engagement on Instagram is not a company goal and that Meta removes underage users it identifies (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/meta-mark-zuckerberg-social-media-safety-trial.html…

Zuckerberg testimony: Upping engagement on Instagram was not a company goal
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand in a closely watched social media and safety trial that could reshape the industry.

H.H.S. to Expand Faith-Based Addiction Programs for Homeless (Ellen Barry/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/health/hhs-rfk-faith-based-addiction-programs.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p154#a260202p154

idman - Turkish for "training"
idman - Azerbaijani for "sport"
ʔidmān/إدمان - Arabic for "addiction, mania, excess"

An agent used to be someone with a suit and cool sunglasses and an amphetamine addiction. Now they are just a piece of software that logs in under your name and posts libel on Reddit

Police, jail, and banning stuff seem to be this board's/mayor's only "solutions" to the public health crisis of addiction, and not, for example, voluntary treatment: we still lack enough treatment facilities to accommodate every San Franciscan who comes in ready and wanting help to kick their habit.
This policy is particularly dumb because of its obvious harm to nightlife. People want to be able to buy snacks when they leave the club.

S.F. supervisors say late-night store ban is working. Not so fast, say criminologists. 
Researchers urge caution on policy implications, as San Francisco supervisors use study's results to push for a broader late-night ban.

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/tikto…

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial
The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.

Social media addiction trial: Adam Mosseri says social media is not "clinically addictive" and that Meta was careful to test features used by young people (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/technology/adam-mosseri-instagram…

Who Calls 1-800-GAMBLER? Around Big Sports Events, It’s Often Young Men. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/us/sports-gambling-addition-super-bowl.html

Watch live: Top health officials launch initiative addressing mental health, addiction (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/video-clips/5718261-watch-live-rfk-jr-mehmet-oz-mental-health-addiction/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p45#a260202p45

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technology/tikto…

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of a Landmark Trial
The settlement means TikTok will avoid a trial where plaintiffs had planned to argue that social media platforms are inherently defective and subject to personal injury liability.

Slaying Sober
Where we tell stories of addiction, recovery and hope...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #AusPods

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Mountain Song
#JanesAddiction
https://thekingsofquarantine.bandcamp.com/track/mountain-song-janes-addiction-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/5fKZJHzJ9d3MADArbm9muW

H.H.S. Reverses Decision to Cut $2 Billion for Mental Health and Addiction Services - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/health/samhsa-funding-cuts.html

On peut dire que les membres du Sillon sont des addicts, des camés, des dépendants… non pas tant aux paradis chimiques qu’aux librairies. Cette passion est dévorante : on dévie, on détruit des vies en empilant des livres dans nos maisons ; nos relations sont mises en danger par cette addiction. Nous risquons des chutes Š cause d’une lecture traînant dans un couloir, ou encore d’acheter plusieurs fois le même livre.
🌊

In opening statements in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles, YouTube argues it is an entertainment service like Netflix rather than a social network (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/technology/youtube-social-media-addictio…

😇 Religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-01-religionspirituality-depression-young-adult-online.html

Religion/spirituality may protect against depression among young adult online gamers
Internet use is part of daily life for many people in work, social interaction, entertainment, shopping, and many other activities. Many people engage in online gaming to facilitate social connection, though the activity can also contribute to other internet activities that could increase symptoms of internet addiction and depression.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Been Caught Stealing
#JanesAddiction
https://janesaddictionlive.bandcamp.com/track/been-caught-stealing
https://open.spotify.com/track/7IwSzyIOateDVsVCL6nrqF

Watch live: Trump to unveil federal initiative addressing drug addiction (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/video-clips/5712327-watch-live-donald-trump-announcement-federal-drug-addiction-initiative/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260129/p103#a260129p103

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Mountain Song
#JanesAddiction
https://thekingsofquarantine.bandcamp.com/track/mountain-song-janes-addiction-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/5fKZJHzJ9d3MADArbm9muW

Tech Oversight Project: ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial, Meta paid for 3,500 ads on CNN, Fox, and others to promote Instagram's Teen Accounts (Annie Bang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

As Section 230 turns 30, a look at how upcoming court cases involving Meta, Alphabet, and others in the US could reshape the bounds of Section 230's protections (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/875300/section-230-tu…

Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet
Tech’s legal liability shield, Section 230, has survived 30 years of attacks, but it is about to face a series of major court challenges.

In this edition of "Conversations with LLMs".
#LLM #technology #addiction #upselling #desperation

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Been Caught Stealing
#JanesAddiction
https://janesaddictionlive.bandcamp.com/track/been-caught-stealing
https://open.spotify.com/track/5JfNMUCUs6FjvmT1xApKi9

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Just Because
#JanesAddiction
https://janesaddictionlive.bandcamp.com/track/just-because
https://open.spotify.com/track/3k6L0H08zSY5yRDgqI8fqx

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Sympathy
#JanesAddiction

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Rock 'n' Roll
#JanesAddiction

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Jane’s Addiction:
🎵 Been Caught Stealing
#JanesAddiction
https://janesaddictionlive.bandcamp.com/track/been-caught-stealing