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#3455430 23-Jan-2026 15:01

cddt: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/22/how-screen-time-affects-toddlers-were-losing-a-big-part-of-being-human"In the UK, 98% of two-year-olds watch screens on a typical day, on average for more than two hours"Boggles the mind

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#3455558 24-Jan-2026 09:54

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is now under the leadership from Ted Cruz, Republican from Texas.

Ted Cruz overseeing science is the modern equivalent of the Spanish Inquisition overseeing astronomy.

Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath tends to be a hit in organizations like the Center for Christian Virtue.

“Each generation outperformed their parents until Gen Z on basically every cognitive measure"

There isn’t a straightforward generational dataset showing every generation is smarter than the last up until a specific point and then reverses. There’s no consensus that Gen Z performs worse than Millennials/Gen X on any cognitive metrics, and spefically "all" metrics.

"Countries that adopted digital technology widely in schools saw performance down significantly; kids using computers ~5 hours a day score much lower than those who rarely use tech"

There is no continuous, comparable generational dataset supporting this.

There is no consensus that Gen Z performs worse than Millennials or Gen X on any cognitive metric, let alone “basically all.”

The ones that do only have observational correlation, not proof of causation. As you'd expect from anything before Ted Cruz, the claim oversimplifies complex, context-dependent research.

"Tech entering education causes learning to go down -- consistent for 60+ years"

This is simply false. Correlation is not causation.

"Biologically, humans evolved to learn only from other humans, not screens”

Biology does not issue platform bans. Humans also didn’t evolve to learn from books, whiteboards, or multiple-choice tests.

This is rhetoric, not neuroscience.

“Tests like the SAT were changed to short-sentence skim questions because of computers”

Evidence? No references anywhere I can find.

“All screens — not just phones — in schools hurt learning”

Overbroad and unsupported. The evidence consistently shows how technology is used matters more than whether it exists.

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#3456397 27-Jan-2026 13:16

I don't understand people sometimes. I'm a moderator on another forum and have seen a lot of things, but today's was fun.

Day 1: Member joins the forum and makes a post that's not permitted under our rules. It's "harmless", not spam or illegal, but it's not allowed under our rules. We delete the post and send a reminder of the rule.

Day 4: The member reposts the disallowed post. We delete the post and escalate to a warning, i.e. "if you do this again, we'll suspend your account".

Day 6: The member creates a second account and attempts to repost the disallowed post again. This gets caught in the automated filter so it doesn't actually get posted.

I really don't understand the thought process here. "I can't discuss this on this particular forum, so I'll just keep trying, instead of finding somewhere more appropriate for it." I should also note that neither account made any other posts, i.e. the person doesn't seem to have any interest in the other discussions. I understand spammers trying to spam things everywhere they can, but this wasn't spam.

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#3456404 27-Jan-2026 14:01

Behodar:

I don't understand people sometimes. I'm a moderator on another forum and have seen a lot of things, but today's was fun.

Mental disturbance. People do all kinds of weird stuff that doesn't make sense. Me included.

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#3456451 27-Jan-2026 17:59

Behodar: really don't understand the thought process here.

The person may be ignoring mail from your forum as "spam" or an automated filter may be doing the same thing for them.

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#3456556 28-Jan-2026 07:49

The alerts also pop up in the browser when you go to the site.

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#3457270 30-Jan-2026 14:37

Which product would you prefer?

EDIT These products were next to each other on the same page of a Temu website.

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#3459070 5-Feb-2026 13:30

It seems a little tone deaf to have the "Absolutely Positively Wellington" logo on a sign about the Moa Point waste discharge.

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#3459072 5-Feb-2026 14:02

Oops, looks like someone doesn't know the difference between before and after.

I wonder what an advert for weight loss would look like?

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#3459075 5-Feb-2026 14:07

Behodar:

It seems a little tone deaf to have the "Absolutely Positively Wellington" logo on a sign about the Moa Point waste discharge.

Although, It does show Just how long this sort of "crap" has been going on.

The Council hasn't used the APW branding for ages , those signs will likely be at least 10 years old

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#3459109 5-Feb-2026 16:46

wellygary:

Behodar:

It seems a little tone deaf to have the "Absolutely Positively Wellington" logo on a sign about the Moa Point waste discharge.

Although, It does show Just how long this sort of "crap" has been going on.

The Council hasn't used the APW branding for ages , those signs will likely be at least 10 years old

I've seen "Poositively Wellington" somewhere on Reddit.

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#3459112 5-Feb-2026 16:57

wellygary:

The Council hasn't used the APW branding for ages

It appears on the council homepage right now.

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#3459172 5-Feb-2026 18:20

Yesterday, a 36-year-old train conductor, who had been brutally beaten and kicked by a 26-year-old fare dodger on a train over the weekend, died. What is wrong with this world?

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