Quill Turner
@quintessential-gaming.itch.io
He/him. Dad. Pansexual. Living on unceded Shakori and Catawba lands. GM, hobbyist voice actor, lapsed TTRPG designer. http://beacons.ai/polyamorous_q
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Takeaways:
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Takeaways:
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
🔑 We need to talk about social media use more accurately and focus on addiction when it actually applies, rather than when it doesn’t.
🔑 For media and policymakers, don’t casually talk about ‘social media addiction’ as it risks pathologizing everyday behavior unnecessarily.
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Why? One major factor is media coverage, which makes ‘addiction’ the commonly used phrase to describe heavy or highly frequent use. Our media analysis showed that ‘social media addiction’ was used almost 500 times more than the amount that a more neutral phrase, ‘social media habit’, was...
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Why? One major factor is media coverage, which makes ‘addiction’ the commonly used phrase to describe heavy or highly frequent use. Our media analysis showed that ‘social media addiction’ was used almost 500 times more than the amount that a more neutral phrase, ‘social media habit’, was...
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Study 1: A sample (N =380) of adult US Instagram users showed that while 18% of users self-describe as addicted to Instagram, only 2% actually meet the ‘at risk’ criteria for clinical addiction.
Similarly, 9% of TikTok users (college student sample) were at risk but 59% self-described as addicts.
Similarly, 9% of TikTok users (college student sample) were at risk but 59% self-described as addicts.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Study 1: A sample (N =380) of adult US Instagram users showed that while 18% of users self-describe as addicted to Instagram, only 2% actually meet the ‘at risk’ criteria for clinical addiction.
Similarly, 9% of TikTok users (college student sample) were at risk but 59% self-described as addicts.
Similarly, 9% of TikTok users (college student sample) were at risk but 59% self-described as addicts.
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If you actually think people are poorer today than they were before the Industrial Revolution, or are so inarticulate as to express that when meaning something else, maybe just leave the posting to others
Wealth gain has not been even but you are infinitely wealthier than a peasant in 1789 🤦♂️
Wealth gain has not been even but you are infinitely wealthier than a peasant in 1789 🤦♂️
Throughout history technological developments have promised great wealth for all. However this has proved widely over optimistic. Farming, the industrial revolution, automation, the internet and now ai. Greater wealth has only been for those who control the means and systems. The rest get poorer
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you actually think people are poorer today than they were before the Industrial Revolution, or are so inarticulate as to express that when meaning something else, maybe just leave the posting to others
Wealth gain has not been even but you are infinitely wealthier than a peasant in 1789 🤦♂️
Wealth gain has not been even but you are infinitely wealthier than a peasant in 1789 🤦♂️
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It cost 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
Store: Bibipins.com
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It cost 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
Store: Bibipins.com
Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.
Store: Bibipins.com
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Closing the airspace over a foreign country is a de facto declaration of war but we’ve pushed so far into “let’s conspicuously underreact so everyone knows we’re savvy people not overreacting to Trump” that his de facto declaration of war is literally not even being reported on the news
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Closing the airspace over a foreign country is a de facto declaration of war but we’ve pushed so far into “let’s conspicuously underreact so everyone knows we’re savvy people not overreacting to Trump” that his de facto declaration of war is literally not even being reported on the news
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The top 4 are the same culprits who tried buying Cuomo the mayoral seat. Interesting.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The top 4 are the same culprits who tried buying Cuomo the mayoral seat. Interesting.
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This is essentially Vinay Prasad, who has an MD, declaring his intent to use the government to torture children to dead via preventable disease by knowingly withholding the cure.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is essentially Vinay Prasad, who has an MD, declaring his intent to use the government to torture children to dead via preventable disease by knowingly withholding the cure.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
To call this despicable is an understatement.
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Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
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So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Streetlight Manifesto
Orville Peck
Lizzo
Ripe
Pentatonix
Streetlight Manifesto
Orville Peck
Lizzo
Ripe
Pentatonix
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Ghost
Ghost
the Mountain Goats
Powerwolf
Ghost
Ghost
Ghost
the Mountain Goats
Powerwolf
Ghost
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Alestorm
Billy talent
Ghost
Alice Cooper
The Levellers
Alestorm
Billy talent
Ghost
Alice Cooper
The Levellers
November 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Streetlight Manifesto
Orville Peck
Lizzo
Ripe
Pentatonix
Streetlight Manifesto
Orville Peck
Lizzo
Ripe
Pentatonix
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Really good thread
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Really good thread
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
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Introduce yourself with four spaceships!
The Tempest
The Kingdom Come
U.S.S. Sally Ride
Carry A Light That Casts No Shadows
(Kingdom Come art source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuv9...; Carry art source, @greatbigjames.bsky.social)
The Tempest
The Kingdom Come
U.S.S. Sally Ride
Carry A Light That Casts No Shadows
(Kingdom Come art source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuv9...; Carry art source, @greatbigjames.bsky.social)
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships!
The Tempest
The Kingdom Come
U.S.S. Sally Ride
Carry A Light That Casts No Shadows
(Kingdom Come art source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuv9...; Carry art source, @greatbigjames.bsky.social)
The Tempest
The Kingdom Come
U.S.S. Sally Ride
Carry A Light That Casts No Shadows
(Kingdom Come art source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuv9...; Carry art source, @greatbigjames.bsky.social)
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Impeachment confession
NEW:
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
The DOJ tells Judge James Boasberg that Kristi Noem made the decision that flights that had departed should continue on to El Salvador, in contravention of the court’s orders.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Impeachment confession
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4. Just seven discontinued hormone therapy, and the researchers note that of those who stopped HRT, only four did so because their gender identity had shifted. Even then, those four continued to identify as “gender diverse,” not reverting to a cisgender identity.
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
4. Just seven discontinued hormone therapy, and the researchers note that of those who stopped HRT, only four did so because their gender identity had shifted. Even then, those four continued to identify as “gender diverse,” not reverting to a cisgender identity.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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Person who only knows about paintings from The Picture of Dorian Gray, seeing a Jackson Pollock: "Holy fuck what did this guy do?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Person who only knows about paintings from The Picture of Dorian Gray, seeing a Jackson Pollock: "Holy fuck what did this guy do?"
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
Truly, nobody does it like Billy Joel. What a legend.
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Truly, nobody does it like Billy Joel. What a legend.
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Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand
local TV stations' websites will display stories about crime in *cities in other states* when there isn't enough local crime content
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Demand for bad news is insatiable, and we’ve built a media ecosystem where the vast majority of content creators have total freedom to simply invent bad news to meet that demand