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A look at the book The Anxious Generation, as some say author Jonathan Haidt falls short in showing that social media is causing a teen mental health crisis (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)
https://www.platformer.news/anxious-generation-jonathan-haidt-debat…

Inside the debate over The Anxious Generation
Jonathan Haidt wrote a best-selling book about teens and social media. Not everyone buys its thesis

Decreasing Anxiety by Increasing Independence.
Lenore's chat with the smart, curious and compassionate child & adolescent psychologist Edward Plimpton:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-anxious-child/id937022377?i=1000652…

‎Your Anxious Child: Decreasing Anxiety by Promoting Independence: Interview with Lenore Skenazy President of Let Grow on Apple Podcasts
‎Show Your Anxious Child, Ep Decreasing Anxiety by Promoting Independence: Interview with Lenore Skenazy President of Let Grow - Apr 15, 2024

Hi @…, I'd love to know your thoughts on Jonathan Haidt's new book "The Anxious Generation" (https://www.penguinrando…

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: 9780593655030 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and ...

Colts LB Zaire Franklin anxious to play Texans, C.J. Stroud: 'I need to see that boy again' https://www.nfl.com/news/colts-lb-zaire-franklin-anxious-to-play-texans-c-j-stroud-i-need-to-see-that-boy-again<…

I'm about 30 minutes away from my MAJOR meeting at work and getting more and more nervous with every passing minute.
I'm anxious for the meeting, but I'm also hoping to get it done and over with as quickly as possible with no issues in any way.

A survey of US teens: 38% say they spend too much time on their phone, vs. 27% for too much social media; girls are more likely to report too much phone time (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/03/11/how-teens…

How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time
Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wants Boomers to fix 'retirement crisis': 'It's no wonder younger generations, Millennials and Gen Z, are so economically anxious' (Silla Brush/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2024/03/26/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-boomers-fix-retirement-crisis-millennials-gen-z-economically-anxious/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240326/p84#a240326p84

Dammit my mood crashed. It did cross my mind that the hyper productive and creative phase that I was experiencing was likely to lead to this. Had an afternoon nap but didn’t really sleep and felt anxious. Now I’m depressed and anxious. I’m away for work tomorrow for a day and a half. Hopefully the change of scenery and catching up with my best friend whom I mostly only see on screen will help.
#bipolar

MAGA Republicans to a tee.
"Paranoid thoughts can become delusions when irrational thoughts and beliefs become so fixed that nothing can convince a person that what they think or feel is not true."
:mastodon:
https://mhanational.org/conditions/par

🍳 California junk fee ban could upend restaurant industry
#food

California’s Junk Fee Ban Could ‘Upend’ the Restaurant Industry
California’s ban on so-called junk fees, SB 478, goes into effect on July 1. But the attorney general’s office has yet to outline how the law will be enforced, leaving restaurant and bar owners anxious and worried.

A survey of US teens: 38% say they spend too much time on their phone, vs. 27% for too much social media; girls are more likely to report too much phone time (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/03/11/how-teens…

How Teens and Parents Approach Screen Time
Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.

'Finally, a Moral Panic I can get behind'
The Guardian: Generation Anxiety: smartphones have created a gen Z mental health crisis – but there are ways to fix it
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/…

Not sure if The Post doesn’t understand the word “quixotic,” if they are convinced their readership defines it poorly or if the ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’ people are this far in the bag.
“‘If Trump’: Japan readies for the return of a quixotic American president”
#WashingtonPost
From: @…

The Washington Post :press: (@washingtonpost@press.coop)
‘If Trump’: Japan readies for the return of a quixotic American president Many capitals are anxious about Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House, but it’s particularly acute in Japan, which prizes predictability (and loves a snappy phrase). #press https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/06/japan-donald-trump-moshi-tora/?utm_source=press.coop

Me: giving cat liquid gabapentin to calm him before vet visit
Cat: immediately gets anxious and barfs it all up
🫠

Daaaamn. @…’s takedown of _ The Anxious Generation_ is masterful.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-coddling-of-the-american-paren…

The Coddling of the American Parent
Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.

by Lenore Skenazy
"As a toddler, my daughter was carefree. She climbed on everything. As she grew, I noticed any time some unfortunate event happened she’d cry and say 'If only I hadn’t…' or 'I shouldn’t have…' It broke my heart."
How a mom emboldened her 5th grader:
https://

Hope for The Anxious Generation!
A mom had her 5th grader do "The Let Grow Experience" and walk home alone, as the new book, "The Anxious Generation" recommends.

👻“One night, researcher Vic Tandy was working very late, alone in his lab. He started feeling very anxious and had a strange sensation that he wasn’t alone in the lab. From the corner of his eye, Tandy saw a moving gray cloud that disappeared as soon as he turned around. The vision scared Tandy enough to hurry home and not return until it was daytime.”
https://theleonardo.org/history-ghost-frequency/

How Politico's untested leadership team is changing the outlet in an election year, as Politico faces increased competition in DC from its former staffers (Charlotte Klein/Vanity Fair)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/politico-2024-media

“Complacency, It Really Frightens Me”: Inside Politico’s Ambitious, Anxious Drive to Stay on Top
Since the last Biden-Trump face-off, the media company has a new owner and global mandate, as well as increased competition in DC from Politico alums. Managers are mobilizing accordingly, pressuring staff to up their game—and leaving some “demoralized and frustrated” in the process.

Our Nectar memory foam mattress has arrived!
As you can see, we've already removed it from the box and the plastic and we are currently letting it expand.
Anxious to give it a try tonight and hoping it's comfortable.
#MemoryFoam #Mattress

A surprisingly honest must-read on Xtianity's twisted narrative re: #adoption , written by a Xtian adoptive parent. #FamilyPreservation

Adoption Was Beautiful, Precious, and God-Ordained. Then I Adopted.
Facile expectations hurt everyone in the process, including my new son.

Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
TARRANT: She stays with us. [Caliph uses neuronic whip on Tarrant.]
CALIPH: Take her. She will come to no harm, provided that you cooperate of course. Groff is especially anxious that you should cooperate. He is Krandor's senior technician, and has many, many targets that must be met.
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/304/273 📺 B7B6

I’m attending Building Bridges for America Action Fund’s event, “Conversations That Break Through- Talk Politics with People Who Do Not Care or Do Not Agree” – sign up now to join me! https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/398888/

Conversations That Break Through- Talk Politics with People Who Do Not Care or Do Not Agree · Mobilize
## Does directly engaging people to talk politics make you anxious? Learn to understand and break through to people who may disagree or not care. Get the skills to build up the muscles to keep your cool and have effective conversations. This session and accompanying workbook will give you the practice you need so you can connect with all voters. ## Grab the _Workbook_ and view the _Slides_ here https://www.buildingbridgesforamerica.com/courses/conversations-that-break-through ## The _Power_…

"Change by the boatload has left Americans anxious":
Rebuilding A Common-Good Society – Digby's Hullabaloo
https://digbysblog.net/2024/03/23/rebuilding-a-common-good-society/

Rebuilding A Common-Good Society - Digby's Hullabaloo
Truthiness doesn't care about your prescription drug plan

Just text banked a bunch of people for No on Prop E. Lots of good conversations!
Don't be a defeatist about SF politics, or politics in general. *Do* something about it! Yes, there is a lot of pro-carceral tech money, and yes, the city seems to be in an anxious mood that might lead people to vote for dumb stuff. That's not the end of the story tho. The rich tech jerks still have us to contend with, doing our best to block their way.

#Food I really, really don't know what I would do without my dear and treasured Hearts of Space, especially on days like today that just beg for softness. I'm accompanying it with a big mug of hot chai tea and some chocolate hazelnut cookies under my fluffy weighted blanket because it's finally cold enough in here again for me to Winter right. Sometimes I wish these moments would just streeeeetch themselves long enough to touch the anxious places...but then they wouldn't be special, I suppose.

This summer there will three babies born here, one to a couple living in a shepherd's hut, one to a couple living in an old caravan, one who will be living in a yurt. This is us erecting the yurt.
In much of remote rural Scotland, people of child-bearing age cannot afford homes.

There is a dawning recognition that Europe urgently needs to step up its own defense, especially as the U.S. wavers
In Munich, the mood was both anxious and unmoored, as European leaders faced confrontations they had not anticipated.
Warnings about Mr. Putin’s possible next moves were mixed with Europe’s growing worries that it could soon be abandoned by the United States, the one power that has been at the core of its defense strategy for 75 years.
The war in Ukraine was …

As Putin Threatens, Despair and Hedging in Europe
There is a dawning recognition that the continent urgently needs to step up its own defense, especially as the U.S. wavers, but the commitments still are not coming.

#ClassicalMusic "Lutoslawki Concerto for Orchestra, Partita for Violin and Orchestra, Novelette” <https://alpo.gitlab.io/jots/posts/2024…

Today's college students are lonely, sad, and socially anxious.
It's easy to see how a generation that was never allowed to walk around the neighborhood without anxious adults watching and assisting them might just be unprepared for the real world.
https://

College Students Are Lonely and Anxious. Blame Coddling Parents.
The Wall Street Journal reports that today's college students are so lonely, sad, and socially anxious that they grab their dining hall food to go.

From @mmasnick:
"[Jonathan] Haidt is coddling the American parent: providing them with a clear, simple, and wrong solution to what is ailing their children...
Unfortunately for those seeking an easy solution, the data doesn’t support Haidt’s conclusions."
https://www.thed…

The Coddling of the American Parent
Jonathan Haidt’s new book “The Anxious Generation” blames youth mental health issues on social media in a way that’s easy, wrong, and dangerous.

👻“One night, researcher Vic Tandy was working very late, alone in his lab. He started feeling very anxious and had a strange sensation that he wasn’t alone in the lab. From the corner of his eye, Tandy saw a moving gray cloud that disappeared as soon as he turned around. The vision scared Tandy enough to hurry home and not return until it was daytime.”
https://theleonardo.org/history-ghost-frequency/

I'm still using my Apple Goggles every day. I still love them. I'm anxious they're going to end up as iPad goggles. [insert all the hopes & dreams for the ipad, but *goggles*]
#applevisionpro #visionos

Behind the scenes, Biden has grown angry and anxious about re-election effort (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/biden-anger-rcna143729
http://www.memeorandum.com/240317/p7#a240317p7

🏀 Will there ever be another great men’s college basketball team?
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/18/will-there-ever-be-another-great-mens-college-basketball-team

Feeling sad and anxious this morning. Obsessing over C. Can’t get her out of my head. I’m a super tactile person and last night as I sat at the dinner table with her, I was stroking her leg and she said ‘wow you really can’t stop touching me can you?’. It didn’t feel as though she said it in a good way. I know I’m falling into an unhealthily obsessive state with her and I know how that ends. I feel really shitty about it. I’ve stopped doing important things just to spend time with her…

Stimulate the Potential of Robots via Competition
Kangyao Huang, Di Guo, Xinyu Zhang, Xiangyang Ji, Huaping Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10487 https://…

Stimulate the Potential of Robots via Competition
It is common for us to feel pressure in a competition environment, which arises from the desire to obtain success comparing with other individuals or opponents. Although we might get anxious under the pressure, it could also be a drive for us to stimulate our potentials to the best in order to keep up with others. Inspired by this, we propose a competitive learning framework which is able to help individual robot to acquire knowledge from the competition, fully stimulating its dynamics potentia…

Overprotection changes the function of parenting from “preparation for life” to “protection from pain.”-Steve Baskin
Why camps can be the the antidote for an Anxious Generation:
https://www.afterbabel.com/p/why-kids-need-summer-camp

Why Kids Need Summer Camp
A 160-year-old solution to a modern mental health crisis from Steve Baskin, board chair of the American Camp Association.

Anxious job search update
So I've actually managed to gather sufficient energy to apply for a bunch of jobs yesterday. It was stressful, it devoured all my energy and put me in a pretty bad state. On top of everything, I'm not enthusiastic at all — most of them look like crap jobs, the kind of proxy companies that don't build cool projects, merely take orders from people, have underpaid employees develop it and then sell the resulting crap for a much higher price. Not something that'll make me happy, but hopefully something that will let me save up some money before my health collapses again and I will have to quit.
And indeed, as if to make sure I don't forget how far #enshittification goes, one of the applications was immediately followed by an automated reply to fill a questionnaire, hosted on #Google forms.
That said, this time I've decided to put it straight away that I'm a person with ASD, and can't work full-time, on my CV. I really don't want to go through all the communication stress just to learn that they're looking for someone healthy.
#GAFAM #JobHunting #ActuallyAutistic