11+ hour, 54+ min ago  (405+ words) Donald Trump doesn't know how to take an "L, though, so of course he simply picked up a pen recently and is attempting to executive order his way to trying to change those same vaccination schedules. As before, the AMA…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1076+ words) In the months leading up to the implementation of Australia's social media ban in December 2025, there was much discussion about the possible negative consequences. Among these were concerns that teenagers would consume less news. As'most young adults'use social media for…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (307+ words) At the beginning of this year I had actually set up my kids with some (very sandboxed) agentic coding tools, after walking them through how I used such tools for a fairly simple project so they could see both how…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (307+ words) At the beginning of this year I had actually set up my kids with some (very sandboxed) agentic coding tools, after walking them through how I used such tools for a fairly simple project so they could see both how…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (490+ words) While Haidt's research has been paramount to legislation stripping millions of young people of their rights to expression and connection, his conclusions are not without challenge, and many experts in the field argue that the evidence is less than ironclad....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (424+ words) Following criticism, lawmakers have narrowed the'GUARD Act, a bill aimed at restricting minors" access to certain AI systems. The'earlier version could have applied broadly'to nearly every AI-powered chatbot or search tool. The amended bill focuses more narrowly on so-called "AI…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1112+ words) 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 titled "Seven Lines of Evidence Against Social Media," treating…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (468+ words) But these are ideological people, with some of the stupidest possible ideologies governing their actions. That's how you get a situation where the CDC produces a report on the efficacy of recent COVID vaccines, following commonly used methodology, only to…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (800+ words) We've been covering Australia's under-16 social media ban since before it went into effect, first noting the confusion and obvious implementation problems as pretty much everyone realized it was a total mess, and then documenting how the ban was actively…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1880+ words) Laws prohibiting minors from accessing AI-powered chatbots like Chat GPT would violate the First Amendment. But that's not stopping lawmakers from trying. Banning minors from using chatbots is also bad policy. Last October, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the state's…...