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The world is gripped by 3am dread thanks to an unhinged US president. Can someone turn the history machine off? | Brigid Delaney
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (944+ words) Amid the daily horror show in the Middle East is the realisation the so-called adults in the room are insane or powerless or just as bewildered as you are That funny feeling is back " the one many of us felt…...
Social media was once a great global conversation. Now it's just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (326+ words) I met the mother of my children on Twitter " and made lasting friendships. But now social media isn't so social I met the mother of my children on Twitter " I moved to Berlin to be with her, and then we…...
Always in crisis mode? You might be catastrophizing " here's how to stop
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (1074+ words) When your boss asks to meet, do you assume you're about to get fired? Experts explain this common pattern Your boss asks you for a meeting later in the week; you have never received negative feedback, but you automatically assume…...
Officials who made errors before Southport murders "may still be making same mistakes
11+ hour, 25+ min ago (671+ words) Former victims" commissioner Vera Baird says disciplinary action is essential to ensure people are held accountable Families in Southport cannot be sure that officials who made "catastrophic" errors before the murder of three girls are not still making the same…...
AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak " and think | Bruce Schneier
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (1167+ words) Large language models aren't trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own Because of the way they are trained, large language models capture only a slice of human language. They're trained on the written…...
Domestic abuser jailed in Scotland for killing wife who took her own life | Crime
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (958+ words) Lee Milne sentenced to eight years in landmark case after being found guilty of culpable homicide of Kimberly Milne A man convicted of killing his wife, who took her own life after repeated domestic abuse, has been jailed for eight…...
Fifteen-year-old Noah hasn't been kicked off any social media platforms " he's still fighting Australia's under-16 ban in court
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (796+ words) Millions of accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December, but Noah Jones found it was easily circumvented Since Australia's under-16s social media ban began four months ago, Noah Jones's online experience has been "pretty much…...
Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (671+ words) How a reductive worldview is stripping meaning from our most valued activities This article was originally published as The six-second hug on Aeon. co More profanely, we are even given instrumental reasons to orgasm. A headline from the Telegraph in…...
Mental health and poverty remain a struggle for Maui wildfire survivors, new study says
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (466+ words) Two years after the devastating fires, many lack access to food, stable housing, work and healthcare Mental health problems and economic hardship remain widespread among survivors of the Maui wildfire, as access to food, stable housing, work and healthcare remains…...
Man took own life after Turkish dental visit left him toothless, UK inquest hears
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (553+ words) Wife of Pawel Bukowski criticises care husband received over depression he suffered following failed procedure A man who took his own life was suffering from depression after a failed dental procedure in Turkey left him without any teeth, an inquest…...