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WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business [Unofficial]2d ago

Spencer Pratt Is Creating Panic Over ‘Super Meth.’ It's Not Even Real

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/spencer-pratt-is-creating-panic-over-super-meth-the-drug-trope-that-wont-die/

Jeff Jarvis 5d ago

Morning Joe's DEI for gray-haired white men this morning (and I say this as a gray-haired white man): Deutsch (who opened the crypt and let him out?), Matthews (again?), VandeHei (in full kids-get-off-my-yard #MoralPanic), Barnicle (still?). Then Deutsch has the nerve to mock Biden's age.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis 5d ago

Morning Joe's DEI for gray-haired white men this morning (and I say this as a gray-haired white man): Deutsch (who opened the crypt and let him out?), Matthews (again?), VandeHei (in full kids-get-off-my-yard #MoralPanic), Barnicle (still?). Then Deutsch has the nerve to mock Biden's age.

Bryan H. Rombough 6d ago

#Kickstarter #MoralPanic #Censorship

Techdirt [Unofficial]May 6

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/06/more-liability-will-make-ai-chatbots-worse-at-preventing-suicide/

More Liability Will Make AI Chatbots Worse At Preventing Suicide

California recently passed a law that will, in practice, cause AI chatbots to respond to any hint of emotional distress by spamming users with 988 crisis line numbers, or by cutting off the convers…

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FinchHaven sfba May 1

@Nonilex

"“remains committed to protecting & strengthening #Medicaid for those who rely on it…while eliminating waste, fraud, & abuse.”"

"eliminating waste, fraud, & abuse"

And we're back to the #Repubican #MoralPanic about Chicago's #CadillacWelfareQueens and too many undeserving people scamming free #ObamaPhones

It's always the 1980s in #MAGA land

Protyus A. Gendher Apr 25

“Nobody Is Parenting These Kids” Is a Moral Panic #moralpanic #parenting

https://protyusagendherpoet.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/nobody-is-parenting-these-kids-is-a-moral-panic/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

“Nobody Is Parenting These Kids” Is a Moral Panic

Kids aren’t unparented — parents are working, commuting, split‑shifting, and night‑teaching. The panic hides the structural cause: families are doing everyone’s job. Check out my music! More Topics…

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Techdirt [Unofficial]Apr 21

The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright: New Pew Study Deflates The Social Media Panic

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/21/the-kids-are-mostly-alright-new-pew-study-deflates-the-social-media-panic/

The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright: New Pew Study Deflates The Social Media Panic

A couple weeks back, Jonathan Haidt published another entry in his ongoing campaign to convince the world that social media is inherently ruining kids’ lives. This one was a victory lap title…

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