Hypothesis: Rising youth depression may be linked to the offloading of core cognitive functions (memory, navigation, attention, social interaction) onto personal devices. With less external demand, the brain may redirect activity inward, manifesting as anxiety and depressive rumination.
September 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Hypothesis: Rising youth depression may be linked to the offloading of core cognitive functions (memory, navigation, attention, social interaction) onto personal devices. With less external demand, the brain may redirect activity inward, manifesting as anxiety and depressive rumination.
Except for house prices, I can't think of a problem today where the cause isn't the phones.
August 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Except for house prices, I can't think of a problem today where the cause isn't the phones.
It seems clear to me that Trump doesn't care about winning 51 percent in an election, but gathering enthusiastic support of 25 percent who will defend him to the death in a constitutional crisis.
August 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It seems clear to me that Trump doesn't care about winning 51 percent in an election, but gathering enthusiastic support of 25 percent who will defend him to the death in a constitutional crisis.
The guy from the Cracker Barrel logo is probably just in an El Salvadorian prison because he signed his name to an op-ed saying, despite its name, people from all races are welcome at the Cracker Barrel.
August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The guy from the Cracker Barrel logo is probably just in an El Salvadorian prison because he signed his name to an op-ed saying, despite its name, people from all races are welcome at the Cracker Barrel.
Thank you! Thank you! We’ve got a wild one for you today. Two ex-friends who used to be inseparable are now at each other’s throats. What happened? Well, Laura says her former bestie Marjorie has been hiding a little secret. And folks, it involves Arby’s... in the pants.
Let’s meet Laura!
Let’s meet Laura!
August 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thank you! Thank you! We’ve got a wild one for you today. Two ex-friends who used to be inseparable are now at each other’s throats. What happened? Well, Laura says her former bestie Marjorie has been hiding a little secret. And folks, it involves Arby’s... in the pants.
Let’s meet Laura!
Let’s meet Laura!
Dean Cain is about to work for the first time in 20 years.
August 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Dean Cain is about to work for the first time in 20 years.
Tired: Jerome Powell renovating Fed offices is a major scandal.
Wired: A $200 million ballroom in the White House.
Wired: A $200 million ballroom in the White House.
August 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Tired: Jerome Powell renovating Fed offices is a major scandal.
Wired: A $200 million ballroom in the White House.
Wired: A $200 million ballroom in the White House.
The U.S. will enjoy a brief window where we can extract concessions as a new trade and security regime forms that excludes us. But that will come. Leadership isn't our divine right. With these tariffs, we are choosing retreat—and the vacuum we leave behind will not stay empty.
August 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The U.S. will enjoy a brief window where we can extract concessions as a new trade and security regime forms that excludes us. But that will come. Leadership isn't our divine right. With these tariffs, we are choosing retreat—and the vacuum we leave behind will not stay empty.
The American people agree or can accept most liberal political ideas.
They don't agree and won't accept liberals' reaction to the Sydney Sweeney ad.
They don't agree and won't accept liberals' reaction to the Sydney Sweeney ad.
August 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The American people agree or can accept most liberal political ideas.
They don't agree and won't accept liberals' reaction to the Sydney Sweeney ad.
They don't agree and won't accept liberals' reaction to the Sydney Sweeney ad.
I don't think we can fix the long-term effects of chronic poverty in the short term. It really is a cheap solution to say if we just give some cash today, problems associated with poverty would be solved in 25 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
Study May Undercut Idea That Cash Payments to Poor Families Help Child Development
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I don't think we can fix the long-term effects of chronic poverty in the short term. It really is a cheap solution to say if we just give some cash today, problems associated with poverty would be solved in 25 years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...
I don't support Trump's homeless executive order, but Democrats need a better alternative. The public should expect that they can go to a park or walk down a city street without encountering someone in severe distress. Without results, patience for humane solutions runs out.
July 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I don't support Trump's homeless executive order, but Democrats need a better alternative. The public should expect that they can go to a park or walk down a city street without encountering someone in severe distress. Without results, patience for humane solutions runs out.
Call me cynical, but if Mamdani announced a plan to open up city owned drycleaners with home delivery and fast turnarounds, he would be a hero to the upper class.
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Call me cynical, but if Mamdani announced a plan to open up city owned drycleaners with home delivery and fast turnarounds, he would be a hero to the upper class.
How many weeks away are we from MAGA influencers explaining that old men sleeping with 16 year olds isn't really that bad? It just means he's the new Thomas Jefferson.
July 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
How many weeks away are we from MAGA influencers explaining that old men sleeping with 16 year olds isn't really that bad? It just means he's the new Thomas Jefferson.
Cover up? What cover up?
July 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Cover up? What cover up?
I’m an NPR listener. I value what they offer. But I don’t think people who don’t listen should subsidize my information consumption.
If we can’t wind down their federal funding in 2025—when media is everywhere—then we’re admitting we’ll never cut any government program past its expiration date.
If we can’t wind down their federal funding in 2025—when media is everywhere—then we’re admitting we’ll never cut any government program past its expiration date.
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I’m an NPR listener. I value what they offer. But I don’t think people who don’t listen should subsidize my information consumption.
If we can’t wind down their federal funding in 2025—when media is everywhere—then we’re admitting we’ll never cut any government program past its expiration date.
If we can’t wind down their federal funding in 2025—when media is everywhere—then we’re admitting we’ll never cut any government program past its expiration date.
I really like Colbert, when it comes up on my YouTube algorithm. And that's the problem.
July 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I really like Colbert, when it comes up on my YouTube algorithm. And that's the problem.
Save the children. Release the list.
July 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Save the children. Release the list.
I just feel like we're at the point where a filibuster is cosplaying doing something.
July 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I just feel like we're at the point where a filibuster is cosplaying doing something.
My news alerts over the last 24 hours may as well have been, Welcome to dystopia.
July 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My news alerts over the last 24 hours may as well have been, Welcome to dystopia.
Fox News managed to write this article without using any pronouns to describe the subject:
www.foxnews.com/sports/caitl...
www.foxnews.com/sports/caitl...
Caitlyn Jenner, stuck in Israel after Iran strike, posts pictures of chaos and shelter
Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner documented an experience in Israeli shelters as Iran launched missile strikes, posting photos from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
www.foxnews.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Fox News managed to write this article without using any pronouns to describe the subject:
www.foxnews.com/sports/caitl...
www.foxnews.com/sports/caitl...
Are you kidding me? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Are you kidding me? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
What kind of man has regrets posting mean tweets about the President but not saying their child was dead to them on a podcast? Despicable human.
June 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
What kind of man has regrets posting mean tweets about the President but not saying their child was dead to them on a podcast? Despicable human.
We are going to need this bumper sticker for all the MAGA’s with Teslas.
June 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We are going to need this bumper sticker for all the MAGA’s with Teslas.
This will happen, just like social media brought the world together and made misinformation obsolete. www.wired.com/story/google...
Google DeepMind’s CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish
Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we’ll need to radically change how we think and behave.
www.wired.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This will happen, just like social media brought the world together and made misinformation obsolete. www.wired.com/story/google...