Ten years ago now, before one of my best friends was even an acquaintance, in an act of desperation after a breakup, she just typed into a search engine "how to be alone". The result she found has since reverberated through circles of our friends and their friends and their friends' friends. In case you haven't heard this poem, and are spending time alone this holiday season, I was reminded that I should again share with a new circle of friends:

https://youtu.be/k7X7sZzSXYs

#loneliness #alone

Ten years ago now, before one of my best friends was even an acquaintance, in an act of desperation after a breakup, she just typed into a search engine "how to be alone". The result she found has since reverberated through circles of our friends and their friends and their friends' friends. In case you haven't heard this poem, and are spending time alone this holiday season, I was reminded that I should again share with a new circle of friends:

https://youtu.be/k7X7sZzSXYs

#loneliness #alone

Dr. Ros Watts talks about Building Communities and Connection on #Psychedelics Today and hits a few of my favorite points

#Episode webpage: https://psychedelicstoday.libsyn.com/pt-636-dr-ros-watts-building-communities-and-connection

Media file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/psychedelicstoday/PT_636_-_Dr_Ros_Watts.mp3?dest-id=381511

#loneliness #antifascist #community #spoonieTown

Tagging @LonelinessCorps group. Using this thread to help anybody find local connections, or connections online for whatever niche thing you need.

Reply with what you're looking for in community connections in your life. I'll boost and help where I can (hopefully ya'll can boost and help too).

#findYourPeople #strongerTogether #kindnessCulture #burnout #selfCare #buildingCommunity #loneliness #bored #connecting
#lonelinessCorps

A social media app where you’re the only human and you’re flattered by several AI bots?

Doesn’t give torment nexus vibes at all.

#ai #tormentNexus #loneliness

A social media app where you’re the only human and you’re flattered by several AI bots?

Doesn’t give torment nexus vibes at all.

#ai #tormentNexus #loneliness

Is the #loneliness crisis rooted in capitalism? Maybe!

One thing #capitalism HATES is community bc it can provide things for free that capitalism would rather sell you, but also would rather you never actually get so that you'll keep buying: emotional support, friends, sex, family, etc. It's called #atomization, making us all little allegedly separate particles rather than a society.

We're lonely, I'd argue, bc society has been replaced by buying things.

Is the #loneliness crisis rooted in capitalism? Maybe!

One thing #capitalism HATES is community bc it can provide things for free that capitalism would rather sell you, but also would rather you never actually get so that you'll keep buying: emotional support, friends, sex, family, etc. It's called #atomization, making us all little allegedly separate particles rather than a society.

We're lonely, I'd argue, bc society has been replaced by buying things.

She couldn’t have a cat — so she talked to a chatbot instead. In Japan, AI companions are filling the silence of loneliness, but not without risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/japan/society/japan-ai-chatbot-loneliness/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ai #mentalhealth #chatgpt #loneliness #dementia

Small acts of rebellion to give you back a sense of control

- Ride your bike
- Shop local and independent
- Use a website instead of an app
- Find a more ethical brand of an everyday item
- Repair something instead of replacing it
- Buy direct from an artist whose work you love
- Turn your phone off for 1 hour
- Block ads with uBlock Origin and Firefox
- Make an actual phone call to a loved one
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Add more 👇

#biketoot #recycle #ublock #art #loneliness #righttorepair

Small acts of rebellion to give you back a sense of control

- Ride your bike
- Shop local and independent
- Use a website instead of an app
- Find a more ethical brand of an everyday item
- Repair something instead of replacing it
- Buy direct from an artist whose work you love
- Turn your phone off for 1 hour
- Block ads with uBlock Origin and Firefox
- Make an actual phone call to a loved one
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Add more 👇

#biketoot #recycle #ublock #art #loneliness #righttorepair

Do You Trust Mark #Zuckerberg To Solve Your #Loneliness With an 'AI Friend'? - Slashdot
> I wouldn’t trust him with my lunch money
#ai #privacy #relationships #facebook #instagram #aifriend

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/15/2056257/do-you-trust-mark-zuckerberg-to-solve-your-loneliness-with-an-ai-friend?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed