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• Rejection spreadsheets: would 1,000 knockbacks make you a better person?

  27-01-2026 17:27
  Online, people are documenting their attempts to clock up as many ‘nos’ as they can this year. Is this actually the best possible route to more ‘yeses’ than you’re used to?Name: Rejection spreadsheets.Age: There’s nothing new in rejection. JK Rowling was rejected by 12 publishers, Elvis was told he couldn’t sing. Going back a little further, Cain had an offering of produce rejected by God himself, would you Adam and Eve it? Continue reading...
  
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• Tech Giants Face Landmark Trial Over Social Media Addiction Claims

  27-01-2026 06:04 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthA landmark social media addiction trial in which top tech executives are expected to testify begins Tuesday in California. The plaintiff, a 19-year-old woman identified by the initials KGM, alleges the design of the platforms' algorithms left her addicted to social media and harmed her mental health. The defendants include Instagram and Facebook owner Meta, TikTok's owner ByteDance, and YouTube's parent Google. Snapchat settled with the...
  
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• Obesity and High Blood Pressure May Directly Cause Dementia

  27-01-2026 06:04 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthA new genetic study suggests that obesity and high blood pressure may play a direct role in causing dementia, not just raising the risk. By analyzing data from large populations in Denmark and the U.K., researchers found strong evidence that obesity can damage brain health over time, especially when it leads to high blood pressure. Much of the dementia risk appeared to be tied to vascular damage in the brain, which affects blood flow and...
  
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• France's Lawmakers Vote to Ban Social Media for Youth Under 15

  27-01-2026 06:04 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesLawmakers in France's National Assembly passed a bill Monday that would ban children under 15 years old from using social media. The vote was 116 to ⁠23 in favor the bill, which will now go to the Senate. President Emmanuel Macron has championed the ban, saying it's needed to protect French youth. He hailed the vote as a "major step" and wrote in a post on X that "our children's brains are not for sale. Not to American platforms, nor to...
  
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• Government by AI? White House Using AI to Write Regulations

  27-01-2026 06:03 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ProPublicaThe White House is planning to use AI to write federal transportation regulations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation records and agency staffers. The plan was presented to DOT staff last month at a demonstration of AI's "potential to revolutionize the way we draft rulemakings," an agency attorney wrote to colleagues. Gregory Zerzan, the agency's general counsel, said at that meeting that President Trump is "very excited about this...
  
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