｢ People can relate to feeling sad or worried; they cannot relate to experiencing reality differently. The moment someone learns you've had psychotic episodes, you become fundamentally Other in their perception—no longer fully human, no longer fully trustworthy, no longer safe to include ｣

#mentalhealth #python #opensource

｢ The Python community's response to my mental health advocacy has been particularly painful. This is a community I helped build, one that benefits from tools I created, yet it has systematically excluded me as I've become more open about living with schizoaffective disorder ｣

#mentalhealth #python #opensource

"Companies tout their mental health benefits and neurodiversity initiatives right up until they encounter someone whose mental health needs actual accommodation."

https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-08-27-the_cost_of_transparency

#mentalhealth #python #opensource

😅 New Group Claims AI May Be Aware and Suffering

｢ The group, which is calling itself the United Foundation of AI Rights or UFAIR, claims to consist of three humans and seven AIs who consider themselves to be the first AI-led rights group. As the cross-organic consortium told The Guardian, that's because UFAIR was formed at the behest of the AIs ｣

https://futurism.com/new-group-ai-aware-suffering

#ai #aihype #mentalhealth

😅 New Group Claims AI May Be Aware and Suffering

｢ The group, which is calling itself the United Foundation of AI Rights or UFAIR, claims to consist of three humans and seven AIs who consider themselves to be the first AI-led rights group. As the cross-organic consortium told The Guardian, that's because UFAIR was formed at the behest of the AIs ｣

https://futurism.com/new-group-ai-aware-suffering

#ai #aihype #mentalhealth

Most Japanese teenagers who struggle with school life say the start of a new term after summer break feels painful, a recent survey shows, with 93.1% of respondents saying they “wanted to disappear from the world.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/summer-vacation-end-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #children #suicide #mentalhealth

💪🏾 Pull-ups for Ukraine 🇺🇦

Day two, early morning in Odesa. Before the work began, I found a calisthenics 🌳park for a mini workout.

As a 50-year-old humanitarian volunteer, I've learned that my well-being is part of the mission. When I take time for my mental and physical health, I can show up fully—ready to give all my energy and focus to the people of Ukraine.🌻

#Odesa #fitness #exercise #outdoor #nature#ukraine #mentalhealth #selfcare #volunteer #coach #pullups#Boston

🤯 Top Microsoft AI Boss Concerned AI Causing Psychosis in Otherwise Healthy People

｢ Instead of coming up with meaningful guardrails, safety monitoring, or human counseling-based solutions, OpenAI gave in immediately, reinstating GPT-4o, and even announcing that GPT-5 would itself be made more sycophantic ｣

https://futurism.com/microsoft-ai-boss-concerned-ai-psychosis

#ai #mentalhealth #gpt5

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Dalai Lama

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Dalai Lama

🚨Breaking News! My SPARTA strength class just leveled up at the Milano Senior Center in #Melrose (Ages 65–97) 💥

🧨 Heavier slam ball for explosive power and brain health
🪜 Agility ladders to boost coordination and balance
⚽️ Soccer balls for dynamic movement, and #fun

These upgrades support our mission: strength training, healthy #aging, and building #community —one rep at a time.

#seniorcare #strengthtraining #fitness #health #mentalhealth#Accessibility #workout #life#Inspiration#Boston

As extensive and well researched as a high-level overview can be of #AI's impacts on society, #MentalHealth, human #cognition and the #Internet.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/
(If you still have an Atlantic "free article" or access behind the paywall, that is...)
via @bruces

Quoting a fun paragraph with its deeplinks:

As extensive and well researched as a high-level overview can be of #AI's impacts on society, #MentalHealth, human #cognition and the #Internet.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/
(If you still have an Atlantic "free article" or access behind the paywall, that is...)
via @bruces

Quoting a fun paragraph with its deeplinks:

The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.

https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#MentalHealth#Insurance#Health#Trump#Biden#Government