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UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 hours ago

Milburn warns of shameful' failings trapping young people on benefits

The welfare system spends far more on keeping young people on benefits than on employment support, reflecting failures across schools, skills, and health systems.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 months ago

Everyone's a "narcissist" now: how diagnosis culture took over the internet - Silicon Canals

Therapy terms have become everyday social-media labels, causing oversimplification and a mismatch between popular certainty and empirical research.
fromSubstack
6 months ago

We've all bought into technosolutionism, but we can opt out.

Addressing those who are critical of using the technology in this way, Zuckerberg said, "If you think that something someone is doing is bad, and they think it's really valuable, most of the time, in my experience, they're right and you're wrong, and you just haven't come up with a framework yet for understanding why the thing that [they're] doing is valuable and helpful in their life."
Mental health
Business
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Lego sales rise as parents steer children to activities away from smartphones

Lego's sales rose 12% to a record 34.6bn DKK in H1, driven by Botanicals and Formula One sets and parents favoring screen-free play.
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