"Using longitudinal data from the Global Mind Project, a massive mental health database assembled by Sapien, a team led by the company's cofounder and chief scientist Tara Thiagarajan found that among the more than 100,000 18-to-24-year-olds whose outcomes they tracked, those who got phones when they were younger experienced more suicidal ideation, aggression, reality detachment, and hallucinations as they aged.

In that same cohort, girls reported lower self-image, self-worth, confidence, and emotional resilience, and boys were less calm, stable, and empathetic as compared to their counterparts who got their first smartphones when they were above the age of 13."

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Step away from that phone....

"Katie Giede, a single mother and waitress in Conyers, Georgia, is one of the 42 million Americans who use the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap). Even with the maximum benefit permitted, she struggles to afford food for her and her child.

She makes $3 an hour plus tips at the fast-food chain Waffle House, where she has worked for 11 years. The company deducts meals from workers' pay check per shift, regardless of whether they eat one or not.

"Our pay is already so little that we're struggling with everything," Giede told the Guardian.

"Single mothers like myself are reliant upon the benefits like Snap and Medicaid. So when you go and you cut that as well, now you have mothers out here that are not only worried at night because they already can't afford housing or a vehicle, but we're also worried what is our kid is going to eat? Because we no longer have help."

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As someone around here keeps saying, the problem is that CORPORATIONS DON"T PAY A LIVING WAGE!

That's OK.

Israel's Favorite Son is going to rebuild Gaza with Hotels, Casinos, and a personal Gold Palace.

You may have have noticed that all the Trumps like the way Kings, Sheiks, Priests, and Women are treated in Saudi et al.

Oops wrong link!

Um, my concern is for the Palestinian people in Gaza who are starving, and obviously Hamas is more of a problem than a help, as usual as I have always said.

But Israel is supposed to be the adult in the room, and they are acting like MAGA... whom they adore with a passion rarely seen for any foreign leader anywhere.

Israel loves Trump:

"Poll shows Israelis massively favor Trump over Harris in US election

Channel 12 survey finds 66% prefer Republican candidate; separate poll finds Netanyahu preferred to former PM Bennett as Likud rises amid war successes

By ToI Staff and Agencies
29 October 2024

- is a civilized democracy

You're joking, right?

- practices religious extremism

The Building Permit for the 3rd Temple is ready to be executed in Jerusalem, and the Priests are all rounding up all the implements and necessities to operate the Temple, everything from Alters to a perfect Red Heifer to start the legion of Sacrifices they will perform.

'The First Time After 2000 Years': Israel's Biblical Red Heifers Attract World Attention

Of course, VLAD is the Evil Vampire who benefits greatly from this distraction from his dirty little war in Ukraine.

Which, as a prelude to invading Poland and Finland after taking a few more former SU states, is a much more dangerous situation for Europe.

And why Vlad pays Iran and Hamas and several other terrorist groups in the Region to keep things hot. Also China is complicit in this fight over the ME.... and Africa as a whole.

Personally, I always believe whatever the IDF tells me.

"The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis " the first such device to be cleared for an autoimmune condition, potentially paving the way for broader uses.

The pill-sized device is surgically implanted along the vagus nerve " a bundle of nerve fibres connecting the brain to most vital organs " in the side of the neck.

For up to a decade, it then automatically delivers electrical pulses that stimulate the nerve and reduce inflammation."

more at the thread link

Ways to stimulate the vagus nerve

I'm not sure I'd want to starve the people who are holding my hostages... that might not werk out so well.

And as a tactic, it looks like Israel may have run out of good Military planners and are themselves endangering the hostages.

#134

Thanks, RLR... I'd never heard them before. I'll ck out their other music.

Ah, the Good Ol' Days!

When white men were the only men... and sheep were scared to death.

- Biden

1WhataboutismNut.

Are logical fallacies commonplace in China?

I have been and still am weirded out that people think there are any good guys in this fight... other than the ones on both sides who just want it all to stop.

"July 29, 2025

32% in U.S. Back Israel's Military Action in Gaza, a New Low"

He talks about these things a lot:

What is the big deal about 'job growth', anyway?

Before we can imagine it, that will only mean how many AI robots will we need to produce.

I mean, it's not like the Oligarchs are actually planning on keeping dirty nasty stupid humans around that they can't actually own outright and have to pay!

Isn't it enough that they listen to us whining about being replaced now?

Now that the nasty Libs are done for, we might even be able to start bombing black people... or at least getting back to enslaving them if they don't want to be Deported.

- "My love is killing you." - God

This death thingy is possibly a matter of perspective; if there is a God, and it's this one, it's like that old song:

#110

"My people are a stiff-necked people." - God

#19

Is spot on.

And made #20 cry.

#101

Hard to see when your eyes are closed, ain't it?

#6

Someone pull your queue?

Replacement Theory is a long held Rwing conspiracy theory:

AI Overview

The "Great Replacement" theory is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that asserts a deliberate plot to replace white populations with non-white immigrants and people of color.

more

Trump, the Inevitable Downfall of a Demagogue

- political primate

#109 hahaha!

Romans 3:23
New International Version
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Everyone sins; misses the mark of perfection. JC said that even if you think of doing a wrong thing you have sinned... the point being that everyone does, some more than others.

Being sinless isn't part of current ability.

Paul asked his people whether if since Grace abounded, should we not sin all the more? No, he said, that would be like a dog returning to it's vomit.

We do the best we can and ask forgiveness for the rest.