The Psychology of Quitting Social Media

By Tamar SchwartzApril 11, 2025April 11, 2025 General, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Psychology of Quitting Social Media: Deactivating social media accounts can lead to less stress but more loneliness by Clay Drinko, Ph.D.
on his Play Your Way Sane blog on the Psychology Today blogs on February 22, 2025.

He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades

By Tamar SchwartzApril 10, 2025April 10, 2025 General

Click Here to Read: He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire. Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12 by Sarah Maslin Nir in The New York Times on April 8, 2025.

View east along Grand Street into center of downtown Waterbury, CT, USA. Image: Daniel Case. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Serene Swedish City Made Entirely Out of Wood Is Set to Be World’s Largest

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 12, 2025March 12, 2025 General

Click Here to Read: A Serene Swedish City Made Entirely Out of Wood Is Set to Be World’s Largest by Rebkah Brandes on the Nice News website on March 11, 2025.

Stockholm old town 2002. Image: Guillermo Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The return of the buffalo is reviving portions of the ecosystem

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 19, 2025February 19, 2025 General

Click Here to Read: The return of the buffalo is reviving portions of the ecosystem By Marnie Cook and Staff on the Native Sun News website on February 07, 2025.

Image: Jack Dykinga, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Addiction to Distraction

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025 General, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Addiction to Distraction: Its Risks to the Global Population and Possible Antidotes (Vol. 5; Issue 6) Alan Michael Karbelnig, PhD in his Journeys to the Unconscious newsletter on February 12, 2025.

Image: Rawpixel Ltd. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Driving through Altadena, I found a community gutted but determined to rebuild

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 20, 2025January 20, 2025 General, Politics

Click Here to Read: Driving through Altadena, I found a community gutted but determined to rebuild By Francine Kiefer on the Christian Science Monito website on January 17th, 2025.

2025 Eaton Fire map Image: Penitentes. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Other Naples, Not Seen on Instagram

By Tamar SchwartzJanuary 19, 2025January 19, 2025 General

Click here to Read: The Other Naples, Not Seen on Instagram: The southern Italian city has become fashionable for tourists, models and actors in a social media age. Yet it remains merciless for many of its youth By Emma Bubola in The New York Times on January 2, 2025.

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