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Derek E. Baird

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Chief Youth Officer | Kids Privacy | Author #GenZFrequency | Producer #BeingMePodcast | Disney Inventor Award | He/Him #kidtech

  1. The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

    “Nobody came”: Hill Country flooding survivors recount anguish, neglect during emotional hearing

    Residents told state lawmakers about what they’ve lost and the hardships they’re experiencing almost a month after the July 4 disaster devastated the region.

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  2. We already watched social media devastate teen mental health without proper safeguards, and if we repeat that same regulatory negligence with AI chatbots, we're looking at a mental health crisis that will make the current one look manageable.

    updates.apaservices.org/apa-calls-fo...

    APA requests an investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission into the unreasonable risk of injury posed by generative AI chatbots as consumer products.

    APA Calls for Investigation into Generative AI Chatbots

    APA requests an investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission into the unreasonable risk of injury posed by generative AI chatbots as consumer products.

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  3. Because we definitely don't want to have a vaccine against, check notes, fucking cancer.

    www.livescience.com/health/cance...

    A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It's now in early human trials.

    'Universal' cancer vaccine heading to human trials could be useful for 'all forms of cancer'

    A new mRNA-based vaccine triggers a response from the innate immune system to help arm the body against cancer, a mouse study finds. It's now in early human trials.

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  4. “Boys, meanwhile, reported seeing pop-up ads or pirated content in group chats and messaging apps like Telegram or Discord. Many admitted to accessing this content despite OnlyFans’ age restrictions, describing various workarounds to bypass verification systems.”

    www.msn.com/en-gb/news/w...

    MSN

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  5. This is a massive blow to educational media, the performing arts, and culture in America.

    Recently, @petebuttigieg.bsky.social discussed that after the Trump chapter ends, we can't just piece things back together. I mostly agree, but maybe public media is one thing we should consider restoring.

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