Mastodawn

📰 Commodore's new "digital detox" phone is here to save us from the vile clutches of tech addiction... by being slightly less dumb than a potato. 🤖 The #irony of a company named after a discontinued '80s computer making a "modern" device is almost as delightful as a fish riding a bicycle. 🚴‍♂️🐟
https://www.wired.me/story/commodore-made-a-digital-detox-phone-that-isnt-dumb #Commodore #DigitalDetox #TechAddiction #RetroTechnology #ModernDevices #HackerNews #ngated

Commodore Made a Digital Detox Phone That Isn’t Dumb

With a retro look and T9 texting, the Commodore Callback 8020 smart flip phone taps into the nostalgic yearning for simpler days. It can run Spotify and Uber, but Instagram is blocked.

WIRED Middle East

Zsolt Zsemba May 28

Your Brain Is Being Farmed. And You Keep Showing Up for the Harvest.
https://wp.me/p84YjG-aRq
#dopamine #socialmediaaddiction #attentioneconomy #digitaldetox #mentalhealth #modernmen #scrolling #brainhack #selfawareness #personalgrowth #techaddiction #addiction

https://zsoltzsemba.com/dopamine-and-social-media-addiction/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Your Brain Is Being Farmed. And You Keep Showing Up for the Harvest. - Zsolt Zsemba

Dopamine is the mechanism behind your social media addiction. Here's how the platforms exploit it, what it does to your baseline, and how to take it back.

Zsolt Zsemba

DoomsdaysCW May 15

Oxford Hills students look back at a full year under a cellphone ban

Story by Jacob Murphy
April 14, 2026

Excerpt: " 'It's gotten easier. You get used to it. It's just like a new habit,' said Joseph Bobrowski, a sophomore at the school.

"Inside a world history class, students are working on a group project based on the Industrial Revolution. There were no phones in sight, which would have been unusual to see a year ago.

" 'Everyone would be on their phones, be it texting, gaming, but now there's a lot of people actually talking and laughing,' said Caelynn St. Laurent, a sophomore.

" 'It's kind of reminiscent of pre-cellphone, in terms of kids interacting with each other and just being kids, which is great,' said school principal Paul Bickford.

"It follows the logic of a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The report tracks schools that use lockable pouches for phones, a system that was implemented at Portland High School."

#SmartphoneBan #LetKidsBeKids #BellToBell #TeenMentalHealth #MainePol #CellPhoneBans #PutThePhoneDown #SmartPhoneAddiction #TooMuchScreenTime #TechAddiction #LetKidsBeKids

MSN

Stephen Gutknecht May 13

#MAGavalues #TalibanValues
#Egoism #Egomania #EgomaniaUSA
#Americans #AmericanPride #AmericanEgoism #AmericanEgomania

1. USA society year 2026

2. #iPhoneFever the screen addiction to #Selfie #SelfAdmiration

3. #TruthSocialLesson Media Trump Family

4. #HotHead #SelfieHead #TechLover #TechAddiction

Stephen Gutknecht May 10

#ChoiceMarriageHonesty #TechAddiction #MinecraftAddiction
#CheatingWithMachines #FWakeChoiceMarriage
#MediaAddiction #Lesbian /\
#FWakeMinecraft #FWakeLesbian #Minecraft

>>> #PaleBlueDotARG #AlternateRealityGame

#RFP36 https://old.reddit.com/r/antimeme/comments/1t96fji/shes_a_typical_girl/

N-gated Hacker News Mar 28

Silicon Valley titans clutch pearls as the court dares to suggest their apps might be *gasp* addictive! 🤯 Meanwhile, tech bros furiously scroll Twitter, seeking solace in cat memes and hashtag activism. #EpicDenialFail 🐱📱
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86e3eglv2go #SiliconValleyDrama #TechAddiction #EpicDenial #CatMemes #SocialMedia #HackerNews #ngated

Silicon Valley reeling from social media addiction trial verdict

The landmark decision in an LA court may go beyond immediate impacts on defendants Meta and YouTube.

N-gated Hacker News Mar 7

Ah, yes, nothing solves "kids on screens" like building a retro monstrosity out of 1536 blinding LEDs. 🤯 Because if you can't beat the tech addiction, just blind them into submission. 😎💡
https://jacquesmattheij.com/48x32-introduction/ #kidsontheirphones #techaddiction #retrotech #LEDart #parentinghacks #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

48x32, A 1536 LED Game Computer · Jacques Mattheij

Eric Foltin Feb 12

Experiences Over Electronics

I used to be that guy. You know the type. First in line for every gadget, every shiny new toy. New computer? Already pre-ordered. New watch? I had it before you knew it existed. New phone? Please. I had one before it had a name. God forbid someone else had something cooler than me. I was wading knee-deep in consumer bullshit, thinking every new device was somehow going to fix the gnawing void that most of us pretend doesn’t exist. Then something weird happened. Life. Real life. It didn’t […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/12/experiences-over-electronics/