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Social Media Can Be a ‘Profound Risk’ to Youth, Surgeon General Warns?
Posted by Prisms on 5/23/23 at 1:33 pm
This warning is several decades too late. quote:
The United States surgeon general, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, issued a public advisory on Tuesday warning of the risks of social media use to young people. In a 19-page report, Dr. Murthy noted that although the effects of social media on adolescent mental health were not fully understood, and that social media can be beneficial to some users, “there are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.”
The surgeon general called on policymakers, tech companies, researchers and parents to “urgently take action” to safeguard against the potential risks.
Why It Matters: Young brains are particularly susceptible to social media.?
“Adolescents are not just smaller adults,” Dr. Murthy said in an interview with The New York Times about the advisory. “They’re in a different phase of development, and they’re in a critical phase of brain development.”
The report noted that “frequent social media use may be associated with distinct changes in the developing brain in the amygdala (important for emotional learning and behavior) and the prefrontal cortex (important for impulse control, emotional regulation, and moderating social behavior), and could increase sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
The report also cited research indicating that up to 95 percent of teens reported using at least one social media platform, while more than one-third said they used social media “almost constantly.” In addition, nearly 40 percent of children ages 8 to 12 use social media, even though the required minimum age for most sites is 13.
Researchers have been struggling to understand the impact of social media use on teen mental health. The data are not straightforward and indicate that the effects can be both positive and negative. For instance, social media enables some young people to connect with others, find community and express themselves.
But social media also brims with “extreme, inappropriate and harmful content,” the advisory noted, including content that “normalizes” self-harming, eating disorders and other destructive behavior. Cyberbullying is rampant. And the rise in social media use has coincided with declines in exercise, sleepand other activities considered vital to the developing brain.
Moreover, social media spaces can be fraught for young people especially, the advisory added: “In early adolescence, when identities and sense of self-worth are forming, brain development is especially susceptible to social pressures, peer opinions, and peer comparison.”
Background: The increased scrutiny comes amid a mental health crisis among American youth.?
The advisory joins a growing number of calls for action around adolescents and social media, as experts probe what role it may play in the ongoing teen mental health crisis. Earlier this month, the American Psychological Association issued its first-ever social media guidance, recommending that parents closely monitor teens’ usage and that tech companies reconsider features like endless scrolling and the “like” button.
What’s Next: The surgeon general is calling for immediate action.?
In the advisory, Dr. Murthy expressed an “urgent need” for clarity on several research fronts. They include the types of social media content that cause harm; whether particular neurological pathways, such as those involving reward and addiction, are affected; and which strategies could be used to protect the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.
“Our children have become unknowing participants in a decades-long experiment,” Dr. Murthy wrote. “It is critical that independent researchers and technology companies work together to rapidly advance our understanding of the impact of social media on children and adolescents.”
Dr. Murthy also acknowledged that, until now, “the burden of protecting youth has fallen predominantly on children, adolescents, and their families.”
“That’s a lot to ask of parents — to take a new technology that’s rapidly evolving and that fundamentally changes how kids perceive themselves" and ask parents to manage it, Dr. Murthy told The Times. “So we’ve got to do what we do in other areas where we have product safety issues, which is to set in place safety standards that parents can rely on, that are actually enforced.”
A Mental Health Crisis Among Our Youth?
Mental health issues among children and teens in the United States are on the rise. Learn more about this worrisome trend from various angles.?
Turning to TikTok: Teens are using the popular app to diagnose themselves with mental illnesses. Some are embracing ineffective or inappropriate treatments.
The Toll of Covid-19: During the pandemic, the number of children and adolescents needing urgent mental health care spiked.
Rise in Suicide Among Black Youth: A recent study uncovered a sharp rise in suicide rates among Black youth, especially among girls.
Prevention: With more young people reporting suicidal thoughts, concerned parents and loved-ones are looking for ways to help. Here are some suggestions.
Advocacy Efforts: To contain the crisis, teens are organizing to improve the mental health services available to them.
The Suicide Website: An online platform providing directions on how to die is linked to a trail of deaths among young people, a Times investigation found.
Where were these experts in 2012?
^The article is behind a paywall, but I posted it in it's entirety.
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re: Over 1900 Children Have Reportedly Been Abused In Illinois Catholic Churches
Posted by Prisms on 5/23/23 at 1:15 pm to dawgfan24348
It happens in all denominations.
I believe that churches are exempt from reporting abuse.
Religious loophole
I believe that churches are exempt from reporting abuse.
Religious loophole
Latino Advocacy Group Issues Travel Advisory For Florida
Posted by Prisms on 5/23/23 at 1:12 pm
The League of United Latin American Citizens? has issued a travel alert warning immigrants to stay clear of Florida.
hmm...
quote:
FLORIDA — The League of United Latin American Citizens has issued a travel alert warning immigrants to stay clear of Florida following the passage of Senate Bill 1718 by Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 10.
Additionally, LULAC leaders said they are considering legal action in federal court against the state of Florida following the signing of the new law, which goes into effect July 1.
The new law mandates that hospitals and health clinics check the legal status of patients before treating them and prevents the hiring of undocumented immigrants by Florida businesses.
"Only once before in its 94-year history has LULAC issued this level of travel-related alert," said LULAC spokesman David Cruz.
quote:
DeSantis said Senate Bill 1718 is designed to combat the dangerous effects of illegal immigration "caused by the federal government’s reckless border policies."
hmm...
re: Should this teaching assistant quit her Onlyfans to keep her job. (NSFW)
Posted by Prisms on 5/21/23 at 4:07 am to lsufan1971
It was proven this guy was a troll antagonizing the school system, because he had been in trouble before for making racist, disparaging marks.
Megan Thee Stallion's new wax figures at Madame Tussauds Museum
Posted by Prisms on 5/21/23 at 12:11 am
Remarkable Realism
Megan is very good looking with minimal makeup
Megan is very good looking with minimal makeup
Kid screams during an 8 hour flight (Turn volume down)
Posted by Prisms on 5/20/23 at 7:26 pm
Future, but also Current Problem Child
Absolute Nightmare...A great philosopher once said:
"Frick them kids" and no NOT in that way
Absolute Nightmare...A great philosopher once said:
"Frick them kids" and no NOT in that way
Daniel Penny breaks silence: ‘I am not a white supremacist’
Posted by Prisms on 5/20/23 at 6:59 pm
quote:
In his first public comments since the caught-on-video May 1 tragedy on an F train, Penny was both soft-spoken and stoic about being at the center of a political and racial firestorm, as he faces criminal charges that could send him to prison for up to 15 years.
“This had nothing to do with race,” said Penny, 24, sitting under a gazebo at Argyle Park in Babylon, not far from the Long Island beaches where he grew up surfing.
Dressed in black slacks, a blue zip-up jacket and beat-up Vans sneakers, Penny didn’t flinch when asked about Neely, a black, 30-year-old mentally ill homeless man.
“I judge a person based on their character. I’m not a white supremacist.
“I mean, it’s, it’s a little bit comical. Everybody who’s ever met me can tell you, I love all people, I love all cultures. You can tell by my past and all my travels and adventures around the world. I was actually planning a road trip through Africa before this happened.”
Daniel Penny has a nose ring...WTF?!
WYHI? She has an accent.
Posted by Prisms on 5/19/23 at 9:47 pm
Woman with shapely hips complains that plane aisles are discriminatory
Posted by Prisms on 5/19/23 at 5:52 pm
Her name is Big Curvy Olivia and you well respect her girth.
If she lost 200+ lbs she would be quite the looker
Fatphobia
If she lost 200+ lbs she would be quite the looker
quote:
A plus-size TikToker is arguing that airlines should make plane aisles wider to accommodate larger passengers, calling the current layout “discrimination.”
The woman, who posts to the platform as Big Curvy Olivia, shared a video this week showing herself struggling to traverse a United Airlines plane, having to turn sideways as she walked past the rows of seats.
“Honestly, it’s discrimination that they can’t build wider aisles in airplanes 2023,” she wrote on the clip, which has landed about 700,000 views.
quote:
Her post drew more than 5,000 comments, with users divided over how to handle the situation.
“That’s why I fly business or first class. I’m not as big, but I’m not small. Everyone is happy and I get peace!” one user confessed.
“Look I’m a really big guy and I don’t fit in things either but like I just accommodate and accept that for myself,” another declared.
quote:
Others slammed the woman for her “audacious” observation.
“Got a problem with it, don’t fly,” one TikToker snarked.
“How is that discrimination?” another wondered.
“Real talk though they should be accommodating for tall people,” a user quipped.
Some users pointed out airlines would lose seat space if they widened aisles.
“Wider aisles mean less seats. And they would be cutting into profits to accommodate the super sized,” one person wrote. “That wouldn’t make sense.”
Fatphobia
Arizona Construction Owner Brent Hospelhorn Filmed Slapping Mexican Female Contractor
Posted by Prisms on 5/19/23 at 4:21 pm
Tirade Rant Tiktok video link
LINK
quote:
A recent video showing a man slapping a woman and repeatedly insulting her spurred reactions on social media claiming a lack of response from Phoenix police, who arrested and later released the man following the recorded assault.
Police identified the man as Brent Michael Hospelhorn, 46. Online records show Hospelhorn owns a construction company in Scottsdale called BPH Construction LLP.
The incident happened on Tuesday at about 12:30 p.m. at a property near Deer Valley Drive and 56th Street in north Phoenix, police said. The video shows Hospelhorn using coarse language and acting aggressively toward a woman who he says scratched some cabinets inside a property under construction.
Hospelhorn is seen in the video slapping the woman, belligerently ordering her to leave the building and threatening to fire her.
The video showing the assault originally posted on TikTok by Guadalupe Solano has a text in Spanish that translates to "no one can treat you like this, even if they're the owner simply because the cabinet was scratched."
TikTok users reshared the video and demanded accountability from police, asking why they didn't arrest Hospelhorn.
In a statement released Wednesday, Phoenix police said the claims from social media users were spreading an "inaccurate narrative" and that there was no lack of action from officers. Hospelhorn was detained for assault, cited instead of being arrested and then released on site after being "recommended for charges," the statement read.
LINK
Montana becomes first state to ban TikTok; law likely to be challenged
Posted by Prisms on 5/19/23 at 5:11 am
TikTok vowed to fight for Montana residents to be able to use the video-sharing app
China Spyware APP Ban
quote:
Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday when the state's Republican governor signed a measure that's more sweeping than any other state's attempts to curtail the social media app.
The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
Some lawmakers, the FBI and officials at other agencies are concerned the video-sharing app, owned by the Chinese tech company ByteDance, could be used to allow the Chinese government to access information on American citizens or push pro-Beijing misinformation that could influence the public. TikTok says none of this has ever happened.
When Montana banned the app on government-owned devices in late December, Gov. Greg Gianforte said TikTok posed a "significant risk" to sensitive state data. More than half of U.S. states and the federal government have a similar ban.
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Montana's new law prohibits downloads of TikTok in the state and would fine any "entity" — an app store or TikTok — $10,000 per day for each time someone "is offered the ability" to access the social media platform or download the app. The penalties would not apply to users.
Opponents argue this is government overreach and say Montana residents could easily circumvent the ban by using a virtual private network, a service that shields internet users by encrypting their data traffic, preventing others from observing their web browsing and other activities. Montana state officials say geofencing technology is used with online sports gambling apps, which are deactivated in states where online gambling is illegal.
TikTok, which has said it has a plan to protect U.S. users, has vowed to fight back against the ban, along with small business owners who said they use the app for advertising to help grow their businesses and reach more customers. The ACLU of Montana opposed the bill, arguing it was an unconstitutional restriction of free speech.
China Spyware APP Ban
College Wrestler Dies After Desperately Looking for Water
Posted by Prisms on 5/18/23 at 9:22 pm
This is so sad. May he RIP.
Completely preventable
Completely preventable
quote:
The parents of Grant Brace, a University of the Cumberlands wrestler, say their son died from an "exertional heat stroke" after struggling to find water. When he became exhausted and begged for a water break during training, one of his coaches allegedly told him to keep going or he'd be kicked off the team. Brace’s grieving parents say he desperately tried to find water but he collapsed and later died. The parents sued the university and two of Brace’s coaches for wrongful death. Without admitting any wrongdoing, the university and the two coaches settled the lawsuit with his parents, with the school agreeing to pay $14 million. The university says it will work with an expert to help raise awareness about heat-related injuries. Grant's coaches did not respond to Inside Edition's requests for comment.
I've observed a lot more black people and women in STEM over Hispanics interestingly enough.
Naked Man attacks people in gym and fights off police
Posted by Prisms on 5/18/23 at 2:46 pm
Mental Health Crisis in America
Florida Man is no longer a meme
quote:
Chaotic video footage captures the moment a naked man attacked people at a Florida gym and then rampaged through the street.
The unidentified nudist was taking a boxing class Tuesday night at UFC Gym in midtown Miami when he suddenly stripped down, according to cops.
Outrageous footage shows the man attempting to use the machines — while completely naked — before trying to pick fights with people who were working out.
“The boxing coach said he was a little off, he wasn’t hitting the bag as usual,” UFC Gym assistant general manager Ray Lopez told NBC Miami.
“The member walked his way downstairs and he was just acting very bizarre.”
Gym staff tried to control the man, who kept fighting back.
“He was just becoming dangerous, so at that point, the coaches just picked him up and took him out, but I just hope he gets the mental help he needs to overcome this with whatever he’s going through,” Lopez recounted.
After being manhandled out of the gym by staff, the rowdy man began trying to attack people on the road outside the facility.
The footage shows the aggressive nudist harassing an older man who is sitting in a wheelchair outside before getting whacked in the back of the head with a bag by a bystander.
Police finally arrived and used a Taser on the man twice, which did not seem to immediately stop him
Florida Man possibly high on bath salts goes on a nude rampage
re: Packed like Sardines in a Stuck Elevator
Posted by Prisms on 5/18/23 at 6:31 am to SlowFlowPro
They could have been crushed and other elevator malfunctions could have transpired due to the over capacity of the carriage.
I'm not sure how you're not seeing how this could have been far worse.
I'm not sure how you're not seeing how this could have been far worse.
Mexico court sentences woman, 23, to six years in prison for killing the man who raped her
Posted by Prisms on 5/18/23 at 6:27 am
quote:
A young woman is going to spend the next six years behind bars in Mexico for killing a man who assaulted and raped her at her home two years ago.
Roxana Ruiz will be appealing the sentence, which was handed down by Judge Mónica Osorio in Mexico on Monday, her attorney said.
'I feel sad, disappointed in (the) justice (system), they locked me up for nine months, they give me a sentence,' she said following the court hearing. 'If I had not defended myself, I would be the dead one.'
Her lawyer, Ángel Carrera, fears that Osorio's ruling could set 'a bad precedent' going forward if is not overturned.
'It's sending the message to women that, you know what, the law says you can defend yourself, but only to a point,' he said. 'He raped you, but you don't have the right to do anything.'
Judge Osorio backed her sentencing by indicating that Ruiz 'could have given him a blow to the head to defend herself and leaving him unconscious would have been enough.'
She also ordered Ruiz to make a $16,000 reparation payment to Sinai Cruz's family.
LINK
Packed like Sardines in a Stuck Elevator
Posted by Prisms on 5/18/23 at 6:05 am
The look on the firefighters face was pure disgust. Initially he seemed happy to save them, then as more and more people got out his expression changed.
Not one person said Thank You for their lives being saved
Not one person said Thank You for their lives being saved
re: NYC women wearing baggy ‘subway shirts’ over clothes to deter train creeps
Posted by Prisms on 5/17/23 at 7:40 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Oh crap! We posted this thread simultaneously, except I linked to reddit.
Someone delete my thread
Someone delete my thread
She can still enjoy conjugal visits while doing time
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Swarm of Bees Drop Kick Volunteer Officer and is rejected by LAPD to receive medical care
Posted by Prisms on 5/17/23 at 4:09 pm
Bees are assholes
KTLA Instagram News Link
quote:
‘NOT LIABLE’: A Los Angeles Police Department volunteer is on the mend and recovering in the hospital after he was attacked by a swarm of bees. The volunteer, Gary, was stung as he tried to help with traffic control in a residential neighborhood. Gary is an Air Force veteran who has been an LAPD volunteer for nearly 18 years, according to his son, Daniel. Since Gary is a volunteer, he’ll be responsible for his medical bills. Visit the link in bio for the full story and GoFundMe link.
KTLA Instagram News Link
Brawl breaks out at Disney World after family refuses to move for photo op
Posted by Prisms on 5/17/23 at 1:10 pm
Right at the entrance too
quote:
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - A day wasn't so magic for two families at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom after an apparent disagreement over a photo op led to punches and an all-out fight.
The fight happened Monday afternoon at Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park just past the entrance gates and in front of a 100th Anniversary sign, celebrating 100 years of The Walt Disney Company.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said it responded to the theme park around 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Apparently one family was standing in front of the sign, where another family wanted to take a photo. That family asked the other family to move – and one family member then punched another member of the other family in the face.
Then an all-out fight ensued.
A bystander captured the fight on camera and shared the video with FOX 35 News.
"Did you see how it broke out?" someone could be heard saying in the video. "I was just walking right here and I saw it just happening."
The Happiest Place on Earth
Ooops! Britney did it again!
Posted by Prisms on 5/17/23 at 5:42 am
This crazy woman should have never been released from her Conservatorship.
How many times can one woman do the same awful rhythmless dance?
Comments Turned Off btw...I wonder why that could be?
How many times can one woman do the same awful rhythmless dance?
Comments Turned Off btw...I wonder why that could be?
Parents protest about Mayor Adams’ new plan to house illegal immigrants in gymnasiums
Posted by Prisms on 5/16/23 at 6:47 pm
Why can't they re-purpose the countless unused, abandoned buildings for illegals instead?
Topsy Turvy World
quote:
Mayor Adams claimed Tuesday that his new policy of housing migrants in public school gymnasiums won’t directly impact students s — even as parents protested his latest effort to find ways to shelter the more than 60,000 migrants who’ve come to the city since last year.
“They will not be impacted directly,” Adams said during an interview on 1010 WINS. “They’re not going to be impacted. I’m never going to put our children in harm’s way.”
The Daily News reported Monday that Adams was either housing or attempting to house migrants in seven public schools, but on Tuesday he sketched out a broader plan that could potentially impact 20 or more public schools.
“This is not something we want to do,” Adams said. “What we did was identify 20 standalone gyms — this is not every gym in every school — 20 standalone gyms as one of the potential locations as we have exhausted our hotels and other locations.”
But parents disagree with the mayor’s assessment of how children may be affected.
More than 100 parents and students protested at the building that houses PS 17 and MS 577 Tuesday morning. According to event organizers there, migrants were housed in the building overnight, but cleared out ahead of the demonstration.
The city’s repurposing of the gym at the school is particularly fraught because it just opened in January, after years of parents advocating for it.
“We have a new building that we fought for so our children could have a gym,” said Stacy, whose 10-year-old son receives special education services. “They worked hard to get these activities. They have a carnival next week, and they may not have it now.”
Topsy Turvy World
It's a heavy set Puerto Rican Teacher in a red shirt and glasses. He's seated behind his desk, and the student throws a tantrum and throws all his paper work on the floor, the kid demands his phone back, until the teacher reluctantly places the phone on the desk.
With the way these kids are behaving over an overpriced Chinese Spyware littered device, you'd think they contained the secrets of the Universe in that cell or the blue print to a billion dollar invention or something.
With the way these kids are behaving over an overpriced Chinese Spyware littered device, you'd think they contained the secrets of the Universe in that cell or the blue print to a billion dollar invention or something.
Another Teacher attacked by their student over a phone
Posted by Prisms on 5/16/23 at 4:30 pm
I'm tired of seeing entitled kids treat teachers like this. And I'm annoyed that charges are not being pressed against these miscreants.
You could promise these kids a $1000 to go without their phone for a week, and they wouldn't last 24 hours.
The student should be doing time
You could promise these kids a $1000 to go without their phone for a week, and they wouldn't last 24 hours.
The student should be doing time
Restaurants are adding service fees up to 22%, and they don't plan on stopping soon
Posted by Prisms on 5/16/23 at 4:19 pm
The Restaurant Service Charge Isn’t Going Anywhere
LINK
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Here’s a familiar restaurant scene: Dinner is over, the plates have been cleared and the server discreetly drops the bill on the table. But there’s something less familiar at the bottom of the check — a service charge, tacked on with little explanation.
Questions immediately swirl. Is this a tip? Does it go to the wait staff? If not, should I leave more money? Is it rude if I ask my server any of this?
“You shouldn’t have to ask,” said Chloe Lynn Oxley, a project manager in Washington, D.C., who dines out frequently and — like many diners — is often bewildered by the fees. “It should be very clear what the service charge is, and what it is for.”
One thing is clear: The charges are meant to help shore up a restaurant industry that has long run on slim profit margins and now faces a host of challenges, including inflation, labor shortages and an expectation — or mandate, in rising minimum wages — that workers get better wages and benefits.
To deal with all of this, an increasing number of restaurants across the country, from fast-food chains to fine-dining destinations, have in recent years added service charges of up to 22 percent, and sometimes more.
For restaurateurs, these service charges offer some flexibility. Gratuities are tightly regulated by law and can be distributed only to tipped workers. A service charge belongs to the employer, who can choose how to spend it, said Brian Pollock, an employment lawyer in Miami.
Despite that difference, many diners still conflate service charges with tips, he said. “It is a fundamental misunderstanding that nobody clarifies.”
From restaurant to restaurant, the charges are imposed in such a variety of ways — the amount added to the check, how the restaurant spends it, how all of that is communicated to diners and staff — that many customers and employees are frustrated.
The confusion often begins with the word “service,” which leads some diners to associate the charge with the quality of their experience.
“Even if the service was bad, we have to pay the service charge,” said Shaniah Alexander, a flight attendant who lives in Romulus, Mich. She questioned why it isn’t included in the pricing of dishes.
Many restaurant owners view the service charge with ambivalence, as a necessary but imperfect fix for an industry that looks increasingly unsustainable.
“If we didn’t have the service charge, we might be out of business in a couple weeks,” said Graham Painter, who last year added a 22 percent charge at Street to Kitchen, a Thai restaurant in Houston that he runs with his wife, the chef Benchawan Jabthong Painter.
LINK
Sailor captures Giant Orca on film
Posted by Prisms on 5/15/23 at 8:54 pm
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