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   Quinn Norton (quinn@social.circl.lu)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:38:44 JST Quinn Norton

   Young people are waking up every day to media about war, genocides, dead children. They are unsure of being able to make a living, scared by debt, violence, addiction, homelessness. They are unsure if the burning planet will even support their lives. They are struggling for secure basic housing after having their lives upended by a pandemic...

   meanwhile the NYT:

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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 09:24:51 JST Sick Sun

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     @quinn teens are pretty resilient to almost everything except peer abuse so I believe it is the phones.
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 09:32:34 JST Sick Sun

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     @mrsaturday @quinn I swear they did this exact article slightly before COVID (and the responses on Fedi were identical)
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     John Fediverse (mrsaturday@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 09:32:35 JST John Fediverse

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     @quinn Yes, Karen, it is the smartphones
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 09:38:10 JST Sick Sun

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     @mrsaturday @quinn OK I found a Ross Douthat article about it from early 2023 on NYTimes, and I believe there was a followup by another NYTimes writer, so this is like the third time in two years that NYT has done the same article
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     frogzone@wizard.casa's status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 19:25:24 JST frogzone

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     @sun @mrsaturday @quinn i wouldn't blame communication itself, i blame the bigtech that control and pervert how the communication channel operates... if the article doesn't bring attention to bigtech then its effectively calling for more communication censorship imo.

     the difference is subtle but it means the difference between freedom vs further inflicting mass narratve control. we should start actively informing folkthat the o/ses and firmare on their phones is bad for them, #fdroid is all well and good, but it means zip nada null if the underlying technology is a black box.

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