The majority of the NIH’s Recover Cohort (the largest studied cohort of people with Long COVID) was vaccinated.

Recent literature reviews put the risk of getting long COVID at about 10% for vaccinated people and 12% for unvaccinated. So definitely it helps, but it really isn’t a miracle. And the studies showing vaccines had a therapeutic effect on long COVID itself failed replication.

The majority of people with Long COVID were vaccinated. (Because the majority of people were vaccinated and vaccination only slightly reduces chances of long COVID).

Also, many long COVID cases happened before the vaccines even came out.

So I don’t think your attitude of victim blaming really works here.

? its pointless to watch videos without it being tracked to an account and with adds removed?

Unwatched is great on ios.

That’s mad.

I don’t fucking get it they already quashed the people of Tibet, then the Uyghurs, then Hong Kong, can Winnie the Pooh not take a break?

Like perhaps if your country’s “success” depends on the oppression of people you’re measuring success the wrong way… Just a thought.

I have an energy limiting condition and need to manage my energy appropriately. These things massively help.

Hasn’t that endgame been pretty much reached?

Wait I shouldn’t trust them. I’ve fully switched to them as self hosting on my ancient device is too slow and i dont wanna use anthropic or openai frontends because I don’t trust them via data.

Just look it up.

It’s like being blind: a lot of blind people can still see but not well.

Or using a wheelchair, a lot of people in wheelchairs can still stand short periods or walk short distances, but have a very short limit.

ETC

Society oversimplifies these things to be binary, but in reality they are a spectrum.

Huh, as someone who became deaf later in life, and thus still have the “internal monologue”, good question!

Capitalism absolutely contributes to the loneliness crisis. Firstly, it creates a culture of individualism, making it all about “every person for themselves” rather than fostering a sense of community or collective well-being. Stable, long-term jobs that used to provide social connections are being replaced by gig work and precarious employment, leaving people isolated and too burned out to build meaningful relationships outside work.

On top of that, capitalism pushes this idea that happiness comes from products instead of building connections. Social experiences are even commodified now—like dating apps and paid meetups—so relationships feel more like transactions. Cities, designed for profit, don’t help either. You’ve got people crammed into apartments, commuting for hours, all in their individual cars or with their headphones on, and barely interacting with their neighbours. Public spaces that encourage connection are underfunded or replaced with malls and shopping centres.

And then there’s the way capitalism shapes cultural perception of mental health. Capitalism treats loneliness and isolation as individual problems, with solutions like therapy apps and self-help books (ie. profitable industries) rather than addressing the systemic issues that cause them. Even social media, which could foster connection, is driven by algorithms that push engagement over genuine interaction, leaving people feeling more disconnected after hours of scrolling.

At the end of the day, capitalism is profit over people. It’s no surprise that in a world focused on production, consumption, and competition, we’re all feeling so alone. The link between capitalism and alienation is well studied in social science.

I’m not sure how useful the term “male loneliness” is. There’s a crisis of loneliness in every sex and gender, it’s a side effect of capitalism.

EDIT: spelling error.

Looks interesting. But I don’t see what the point is unless you connect to fediverse or can attract a critical mass to keep it self sustaining.

So it’s like a torrent streaming service?

Whats the main difference with Jellyfin?

if money = power then liberal (democracy) = oligarchy

Obsidian is decent, but it’s not FOSS, and unless you pay for sync and have a small number of extensions, it really doesn’t work well on phone.

Good to know, thanks.

Yes it does. That was my response to them. But this is pretty acceptable to prevent vandalism.

There are major issues with wikipedia, I say this as someone with thousands of edits. But I know exactly who you are talking about and they spread pure BS.

The last time I saw them their account was called “ihatewikipedia” or “fuckwikipedia” or something like that lol and they were just spreading conspiracies. Or useless drama. Like they were going on about how wikipedia “invades your privacy”, it IP blocks people and tracks IP’s linked to editing.