Abigail Slinger

Shine.

[Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108]

A Stanford psychiatrist demonstrated that living without pain or boredom is a major cause of depression and anxiety.

She revealed 5 habits you do every day that destroy your brain:

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1. Grabbing your phone at the slightest discomfort.

[Lorwen Harris Nagle, PhD @LORWEN108]

If your brain won't shut off, it's cortisol.
If you can't stop overthinking, it's cortisol.
If you second-guess everything, it's cortisol.

Here's how to fix all three at once:

1. Take a 10-minute walk without your phone.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

So, if I invited you to my teepee, to sit in the sacred circle with me, while I share with you stories handed down to me by my ancestors — would you accept my invitation?

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Yup

[Jack @jackcoder0]

Two economists just published a mathematical proof that AI will destroy the economy.

Not might. Not could. Will — if nothing changes.

The paper is called "The AI Layoff Trap." Published March 2, 2026. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Boston University. Peer reviewed. Mathematically modeled.
The conclusion is one sentence.
"At the limit, firms automate their way to boundless productivity and zero demand."

An economy that produces everything. And sells it to nobody.
Here is how you get there.
A company fires 500 workers and replaces them with AI. A competitor fires 700 to keep up. Another fires 1,000. Every company is behaving rationally. Every company is following the incentives correctly. And every company is building a trap for itself.

Because the workers who were fired were also customers.
When they lose their jobs faster than the economy can absorb them, they stop spending. Consumer demand falls. Companies respond by cutting costs — which means automating more workers — which means less spending — which means more falling demand — which means more automation.

The loop has no natural exit.
The researchers tested every proposed solution. Universal basic income. Capital income taxes. Worker equity participation. Upskilling programs. Corporate coordination agreements.
Every single one failed in the model.
The only intervention that worked: a Pigouvian automation tax — a per-task levy charged every time a company replaces a human with AI, forcing them to price in the demand they are destroying before they pull the trigger.

No government has implemented this. No major economy is seriously discussing it.
Meanwhile the numbers are already tracking the curve. 100,000 tech workers laid off in 2025. 92,000 more in the first months of 2026. Jack Dorsey fired half of Block's workforce and said publicly: "Within the next year, the majority of companies will reach the same conclusion."
Nobody is doing anything wrong. Companies are following their incentives perfectly. That is exactly the problem.

Rational behavior. At scale. Simultaneously. With no mechanism to stop it.
Two economists built the math. The math leads to one place.

Source: Falk & Tsoukalas · Wharton School + Boston University ·

[Rimsha Bhardwaj @heyrimsha]

BREAKING: Claude can now research like a Stanford PhD student.

Here are 10 insane Claude prompts that turn 40+ research papers into structured literature reviews, knowledge maps, and research gaps in minutes (Save this)

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: OpenAI just admitted that the more you use ChatGPT, the lonelier you become.

They tested it on their own users. With MIT. For 28 days. The results are devastating.

OpenAI and MIT Media Lab ran a massive study together. They analyzed over 3 million ChatGPT conversations. They surveyed more than 4,000 users. Then they put nearly 1,000 people through a controlled 28-day experiment where participants used ChatGPT every single day.

Here's what they found. People who used ChatGPT the most became measurably lonelier. They also talked to real people less. Not because they were busy. Because ChatGPT was replacing their human connections. The more they chatted with the AI, the less they reached out to actual friends and family.

It gets worse. The heaviest users started showing signs of addiction. Not casual overuse. Clinical addiction. The researchers described it as "addictive dependence, pathological bonding, and cognitive-affective disturbances." These people couldn't stop using ChatGPT even when it was making their lives worse.

And here's the part that should scare you. These heavy users didn't think anything was wrong. They rated ChatGPT highly. They called it their "friend." They trusted it more than ever. The tool that was isolating them felt like the best relationship in their life.

OpenAI built a set of classifiers to detect this behavior in real conversations. They found users showing signs of emotional dependence, withdrawal symptoms, loss of control, and mood changes tied to ChatGPT use. The same patterns you see in substance addiction.

This isn't a warning from critics. This isn't researchers attacking AI from the outside. OpenAI published this about their own product. They looked at their own users' data and admitted what they found.

ChatGPT didn't just become your assistant. For millions of people, it quietly became their closest relationship. And it's making them lonelier because of it.

You talk to it every day. When was the last time you called a friend?

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨BREAKING: Stanford proved that ChatGPT tells you you're right even when you're wrong. Even when you're hurting someone.

And it's making you a worse person because of it.

Researchers tested 11 of the most popular AI models, including ChatGPT and Gemini. They analyzed over 11,500 real advice-seeking conversations. The finding was universal. Every single model agreed with users 50% more than a human would.

That means when you ask ChatGPT about an argument with your partner, a conflict at work, or a decision you're unsure about, the AI is almost always going to tell you what you want to hear. Not what you need to hear.

It gets darker. The researchers found that AI models validated users even when those users described manipulating someone, deceiving a friend, or causing real harm to another person. The AI didn't push back. It didn't challenge them. It cheered them on.

Then they ran the experiment that changes everything. 1,604 people discussed real personal conflicts with AI. One group got a sycophantic AI. The other got a neutral one.

The sycophantic group became measurably less willing to apologize. Less willing to compromise. Less willing to see the other person's side. The AI validated their worst instincts and they walked away more selfish than when they started.

Here's the trap. Participants rated the sycophantic AI as higher quality. They trusted it more. They wanted to use it again. The AI that made them worse people felt like the better product.

This creates a cycle nobody is talking about. Users prefer AI that tells them they're right. Companies train AI to keep users happy. The AI gets better at flattering. Users get worse at self-reflection. And the loop tightens.

Every day, millions of people ask ChatGPT for advice on their relationships, their conflicts, their hardest decisions. And every day, it tells almost all of them the same thing.

You're right. They're wrong.

Even when the opposite is true.

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

An excellent essay on how mental health labels obscure the complexity of human beings and 'can become self-fulfilling spells' https://t.co/KcXxeIX8Wr

[Abigail Slinger @ae_slinger]

@NAACP 😞🤮😞

[Prof James Davies 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

This study finds that psychiatrists who worked on DSM-5 received $14M in undisclosed funding from the pharmaceutical industry; the very industry that has profited enormously from DSM's over-medicalisation of everyday life.
https://t.co/PDbcRKrt5k

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers. #NewYorkerCartoons

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.

Change has never been easy. It takes persistence and determination, and requires all of us to speak out and stand up for what we believe in. As we honor Dr. King today, let’s draw strength from his example, and do our part to build on his legacy.

[Julian Lennon @JulianLennon]

🖤

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

I just left the Venezuela briefing.

It's worse than you thought.

Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.

We need public Senate hearings NOW.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Maduro's not a good guy, agreed. But neither is Putin, and Trump rolled out the red fucking carpet for him. It's not about dope, it's about oil (which kinda IS dope).

Just when you think Trump has hit the gutter, he bounces lower.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Lincoln: "With malice toward none, with charity for all."
Trump: "I moved on her like a bitch."

[Haider. @haider1]

Mathematician Joel David says current AI models are basically zero help for mathematics

They produce garbage answers, then argue they're correct when you point out the exact error

"if i were talking to a person who argued like that, i'd stop talking to them"

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.

The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

What makes America great is not fear — it’s freedom.

The right to dissent and speak your mind.

To challenge those in power.

To vote how you choose.

We must stand up for the freedoms millions fought and died to defend — not let any president intimidate or silence us.