I hate to say it but brain rot didn’t begin with ChatGPT. Short-form videos are designed to be addictive, and too much exposure can destroy your focus, curiosity, and joy in living. You need to be ingesting long-form content: novels, essays, educational books and videos.
@GianmarcoSoresi Revoking a visa over political activism is a dangerous precedent. It undermines the freedom of expression and sets a troubling example for how dissent is treated in the U.S.
As someone training to be a therapist I think about this often... Therapy as an institution has been shaped by/ born from capitalism and colonialism. It's a poor replacement for things typical to indigenous life (community, elders, connection to body and land, griefwork etc)
the internet was better when it was on a computer in your house and didn't consume our whole lives. time passed more slowly before there were endless distractions. you had space to read, space to think, space to grow bored and create something.
you can be driven into homelessness by someone like brian thompson, then legally murdered by someone like daniel penny, while the money that could have saved you is spent on murdering children in gaza.
all im gonna say is americans need to abandon american individualism. and im saying this with love too, you need community to survive this. support each other. all minority struggles are interconnected
trump is on stage thanking elon musk and joe rogan by name. the most powerful world leader is thanking token red pill internet alpha podcasters for their support in polluting the internet with fascist ideas and upholding misogyny racism & xenophobia enough to win him an election
please keep the “we survived him once, we will do it again” tweets in the drafts or better yet delete them. millions of people did not in fact survive him, and millions more will not survive him again.
idk shoutout to people who voted for kamala despite knowing they're in heavily red areas
voting matters, YOUR vote mattered, even if it doesn't seem like it 💙
not voting today as a form of “protest” against american politics is only proving how stupid you are. dont cry over the outcome if you are part of the problem