The number actively engaging with social media by posting or commenting has fallen from 61 per cent in 2024 to 49 per cent last year, a survey by Ofcom has found. Fewer people feel positive about being online, and only 36 per cent of social media users say that the platforms are good for their mental health. (Alt, The Times)
Read Morehurch was a much-needed IRL “third space” for the terminally online; it afforded meaningful connection and the potential to turn those connections into serious relationships; in an ugly and inauthentic world, Catholicism offered beauty and tradition. (O’Neill, The Washington Post)
Read MoreAmericans who spend at least five hours a day on social media are more likely to feel heard, but also more open to political violence and less supportive of democracy, according to a major new poll released this week. (Parks, The Washington Post)
Read MoreAn 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. (Whitehurst, AP News)
Read MoreMany pastors, pundits, and politicians have claimed over the past few years that a “revival” of traditional Christianity is under way among America’s young adults. Demographers of religion, however, largely contend that nationwide data don’t support the claim that Gen Z is turning back to faith. (Parrales, The Atlantic)
Read MoreThe improbable odyssey began April 1, 1976, when a then-shaggy Steve Jobs and his gadget-tinkering friend Steve Wozniak signed a two-page partnership document that created Apple Computer Co. Jobs, a 21-year-old college dropout, and Wozniak, a 25-year-old Hewlett-Packard employee, each received a 45% stake in Apple, with the remaining 10% going to their 41-year-old adviser, Ron Wayne. (Liedtke, AP News)
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