Month: June 2019

NOTICE ANYTHING MISSING?: Latest Suicide Data Show the Depth of U.S. Mental Health Crisis.

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via Bloomberg: Mental health problems manifest in a number of ways and encapsulate a wide range of conditions, including substance abuse disorders, crippling anxiety, schizophrenia, and suicidality. A person’s susceptibility depends on genetic, social, and environmental factors. These contributors are believed to be intertwined; psychological stressors can activate a genetic predisposition, so life circumstances matter … Read more

George Orwell Underestimated The World We Live In

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via theatlantic: No novel of the past century has had more influence than George Orwell’s 1984. The title, the adjectival form of the author’s last name, the vocabulary of the all-powerful Party that rules the superstate Oceania with the ideology of Ingsoc—doublethink, memory hole, unperson, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Thought Police, Room 101, Big Brother—they’ve all entered the English language as instantly recognizable signs of a nightmare future. … Read more

Reddit has been bought by Big Media. They use bots to upvote their content and proceed to control the views of users through headlines.

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by The18YONormie Let’s state two things first: More and more people are relying on headlines to get all the information. According to this Forbes Article “A recent study confirmed this phenomenon isn’t in our heads; in fact, 59 percent of all links shared on social networks aren’t actually clicked on at all, implying the majority of article shares aren’t … Read more

Twitter says it will shadow ban Donald Trump tweets it deems harmful

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4ae2VGjk_4 Recently Twitter has decided that it will start shadow banning or removing any tweets by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, which they deem offensive. They state they will start by labeling these tweet as potentially offensive, thus diminishing their exposure. This no doubt raises a lot of questions as what Donald … Read more