We shouldn’t regulate with age verification for the many good reasons you cite! And kids/teens can be helped or harmed or both by social media. Regardless kids/teens have digital rights to access technology. www.digital-futures-for-children.net/about
Most research suggests that social media has some benefits and some harms, with different effects on individuals! Makes sense, also context matters www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Here is a good ref for nuanced/not alarmist discussion of benign social media use in teens vs a small subset with harmful patterns. Vast majority of teens use social media without addictive or harmful patterns— and with lots of bonding and enjoyment. psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....
Direct messaging is one of the ways that clinicians are concerned about social media harm. That does not mean we should surveil or limit access as a society. www.apa.org/topics/socia...
Yes, studies I am citing are the big population studies in this TechDirt post. High use >12.5 hrs/wk correlated with poor outcomes and 0 use correlated with poor outcomes. At any given time higher social media use in teens weak assoc with anxiety/depression sumptoms. www.techdirt.com/2026/01/21/t...
I agree with you, just want to encourage readers to engage with the research and understand that the person replying had a common and research-supported experience with social media. There are also other experiences!! I agree with you about the bad policy implications of fencing and moral panic.
The APA position paper is helpful; there are many ways that teenagers use social media that are harmful such as exposure to bullying, eating disorders, racism, interference with sleep, addictive patterns etc that are harmful.
The Manchester study cited found that social media use in teenagers was correlated with internalizing symptoms (anxiety, depression) at any given time. They found that social media use didn’t predict internalizing symptoms 12 months after the first survey. academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...
This research actually supports this person’s personal experience, there is a significant group for whom excess social media is very harmful. Using 12.5 hrs or more a week was associated with poorer wellbeing. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The research @taylorlorenz.bsky.social cites shows a u-shaped relationship where 0 hours of social media use and high social media use >12.5 hours/week are both associated with adverse outcomes.
Senator, I am a San Francisco parent who supports the teachers strike so that we can have staffed and stable classrooms. There are statements from @saikatforcongress.bsky.social and Sup. Connie Chan supporting UESF and they have showed up on the picket line. Are you supporting the teacher's union?
I am curious whether the progressive support for building is just for building in the Marina or if it will translate to more wealthy areas and/or housing overall. I am surprised that moderates are fleeing prohousing positions
(Yekutiel, Sauter, Mandelman) maybe campaign donors are in the Marina?
The most notable survey finding to me is SF political realignment w/progressives supporting housing (Saikat Charkrabarti, Shamann Walton, Natalie Gee, Jackie Fielder) and moderates equivocating. Connie Chan (progressive antihousing) and Scott Wiener (mod prohousing) now stand out as exceptions.
A new review of post-infection syndromes, including #LongCovid, and its diverse immunologic manifestations www.cell.com/trends/immun... by @virusesimmunity.bsky.social and colleagues
Farmworkers feed us year-round. This #Thanksgiving we should be even more grateful to the hands that feed us. #WeFeedYou
More than 1 in 4 physicians surveyed by the AMA in December said that prior authorization had led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care. And 8% responded that prior authorization led to a disability, birth defect, or death. #RSNA25
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His apology is right, the larger issue is whether he will continue working with the hawkish org JCRC or whether he will match the progressive values of district 8. The JCRC was the org that called a ceasefire resolution “antisemitic“ (this resolution was proposed by progressive Jewish supervisors)
I would also like to hear more about his positions on foreign policy. What does he think of weapons for UAE, endless war, war on Venezuela, weapons manufacturers. Has he ever been to a war protest? Nothing here, seems strange. www.scottwiener.com/priorities
I agree with Scott Wiener on housing but he has been v. bad for academic freedom— calling for Sonoma State Pres to get fired, calling for firing of a prof at UCSF, sponsoring a bill for K12 censorship. Like many progressive Jews, I am v uncomfortable that he works with hawkish orgs like the JCRC.
What’s the rationale for suspending a user rather than asking them to take down a post? eg if they serve the community for instance if a user being flagged has a 1000/1 ratio of guideline-concordant to guideline-violating posts.
Does anyone know if @scottwiener.bsky.social and @pelosi.house.gov still accept AIPAC funds?
Wonderful to hear there will be a competitive primary and there are now two pro-housing candidates jn the race! What do you see as your biggest differences with Saikat Chakrabarti?
Psst. Yeah, you.
The best time to introduce palliative care to a patient with a progressive condition was long ago when they were stable.
The second best time is now.
There is a huge power in #storytelling. Every morning, afternoon & night, I spend 10 mins with my mom, who is battling #Dementia, sharing stories from our lives, from the funny moments to the battles we fought together.
Photo of armed customs and border patrol agents and cars on the plaza in front of the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
As federal authorities sweep homeless encampments in D.C. , I want to resurface the reporting we @propublica.org did last year on the possessions people lose, which include the things they need to survive: projects.propublica.org/homeless-enc...
Trump just cut $186 billion from SNAP benefits. In San Francisco, about 25,000 households rely on SNAP for food. SF-Marin Food Bank is trying to fill the hole left by these cuts.
These issues are real challenges people face, and progressives shouldn’t be afraid to talk about making government work better if we want to make the case that we should invest in government programs.
A big reason Zohran won was he pushed for strong universal programs while ALSO talking about counterproductive red tape and bureaucracy (see his halal cart video or his video on small business fees).
Property management says the only elevator in this five story Bayview public housing building will be out for 19 days.
This isn’t the first time this has happened, and tenants feel trapped.
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