PsyPost: Limiting social media to one hour a day reduces loneliness in distressed individuals. “A recent study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders suggests that limiting social media use to one hour per day can reduce feelings of loneliness among young adults experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/04/psypost-limiting-social-media-to-one-hour-a-day-reduces-loneliness-in-distressed-individuals/

Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/03/young-people-more-likely-to-leave-for-health-reasons-when-in-low-paid-insecure-jobs #Unemployment #Tuc #YoungPeople #Business #PatMcfadden #UkUnemploymentAndEmploymentStatistics #Labour #UkNews #Politics #ZerohoursContracts #Society #Health #TradeUnions

M&S calls for crackdown on ‘brazen, organised, aggressive’ retail crime https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/03/marks-spencer-calls-crackdown-retail-crime-clapham #MarksSpencer #Supermarkets #SadiqKhan #ShabanaMahmood #Labour #London #Crime #RetailIndustry #UkNews #Business #Politics #YoungPeople

Children as young as 12 buying and selling knives and weapons via the internet https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/02/children-as-young-as-12-buying-and-selling-knives-and-weapons-via-the-internet #Crime #KnifeCrime #YoungPeople #Society #UkNews

Conversion therapy survivors on edge as U.S. Supreme Court strikes down ban
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that banning conversion therapy for minors is a violation of free speech. But a man who once underwent the practice himself says it's about protecting vulnerable young people from serious — and sometimes fatal — harm.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/conversion-therapy-scotus-9.7150499?cmp=rss

Louisville Public Media: Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens. “Early research on social media’s impacts on teen mental health focused mostly on how much time they spent on these platforms, with some studies finding more time being linked with worse mental health symptoms, particularly depression. But in recent years, researchers have homed in […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/01/louisville-public-media-research-points-to-how-companies-could-make-social-media-less-addictive-for-teens/

boston, massachusetts
august 25, 1968

anti-war protesters, boston common

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The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/31/jobs-ai-cant-do-young-adults #Technology #YoungPeople #Society

PsyPost: Excessive smartphone habits tied to emotional dysregulation in the brain . “Young adults who struggle to manage their smartphone habits display altered brain connectivity patterns related to emotional processing and self-control. A newly released study maps how these neural differences correspond to difficulties in regulating negative feelings. The research was published in the journal […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/31/psypost-excessive-smartphone-habits-tied-to-emotional-dysregulation-in-the-brain/

boston, massachusetts
august 25, 1968

anti-war protesters, boston common

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/266256050
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dboo/36731611296/

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

#photography #film #bw #blackandwhite #35mm #boston #bostoncommon #protest #protesters #demonstration #antiwar #people #youngpeople #1960s