Here and Now...What's Happening?

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Sue (Ayt) (here)

Posted by fosgate3 (here)
I am so sick of the use of immorality and seduction as a means to get people to watch a video. Right out the gate, the video posted here shows some woman with her top completely open and her boobs almost falling out followed by some other bimbo who thinks everyone will look at her because she's wearing nothing but a safety vest. This is not entertaining to me. It's more of the same immoral, attention-seeking debauchery that reflects what our society has become.

Yep - I watched this yesterday. It kind of explains this. Listen and weep

https://youtu.be/Hrzc6na62Bo

You Can't Dream About Your Phone - WHY?

• Chase Hughes
• 1.8M subscribers
• June 27, 2026

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hrzc6na62Bo

AI Summary:

Chase Hughes argues that smartphones and social media have become highly effective at capturing and directing our attention, which they describe as one of the world's most valuable resources. Rather than consciously deciding to check our phones, they suggest that many of our interactions are driven by products intentionally designed to interrupt us and keep us engaged. According to him, the average person spends several hours a day on their phone, adding up to years of waking life over a lifetime.

The talk explains that many common smartphone features—notifications, infinite scrolling, pull-to-refresh, typing indicators, likes, and recommendation algorithms—are built around well-known psychological principles. Notifications interrupt focus, the anticipation of new messages or rewards triggers dopamine, and unpredictable rewards encourage people to keep checking their devices, much like gambling mechanisms. Infinite scrolling removes natural stopping points, making it easier to continue consuming content without realizing how much time has passed.

Chase Hughes also argues that recommendation algorithms increasingly influence which ideas, people, and opinions users are exposed to, while social platforms encourage people to seek belonging and validation through online interactions. Because these systems collect extensive data about users' behavior, they become increasingly effective at predicting what will hold each person's attention.

Chase Hughes uses the observation that phones reportedly appear relatively rarely in dreams despite occupying so much waking time as a metaphor for how little of that screen time may feel meaningful in retrospect. He concludes that smartphones are extraordinarily powerful tools of influence, but they do not recommend abandoning them entirely. Instead, they encourage people to become more aware of how these systems shape their behavior, monitor their screen time, and consider reducing their social media use so they can devote more attention to their offline lives.

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

This is a lot of fun. Just marvel at his dancing fingers!

@RoyRogers_HTMS
😂 This is why so many of us accidentally got a classical music education from Saturday morning cartoons.

Warner Bros took absolute bangers from “fancy dead European dudes,” added anvils, explosions, and one very unlucky coyote… and turned them into generational earworms.

Huge credit to the legend @Vinheteiro for this perfect medley that’s been living rent-free in our heads for years. Childhood = classical music class without realizing it 😂🎹💥
What’s the one piece that instantly takes you back to Looney Tunes?

https://x.com/RoyRogers_HTMS/status/2072689001316720974