#loneliness — Public Fediverse posts

One year after a bipolar episode, Bonobos cofounder sold his company to Walmart for $310 million

Over the course of his two-decade car…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #andWellness #Business #Careers #CEOWellness #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #family #Fitness #Founders #Health #Lifestyle #loneliness #Marriage #MentalHealth #Millionaires #PersonalHealth #sales #SocialMedia #start-ups #VCfunding #Walmart #wellbeing
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846583/

One year after a bipolar episode, Bonobos cofounder sold his company to Walmart for $310 million

Over the course of his two-decade car…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #andWellness #Business #Careers #CEOWellness #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #family #Fitness #Founders #Health #Lifestyle #loneliness #Marriage #MentalHealth #Millionaires #PersonalHealth #sales #SocialMedia #start-ups #VCfunding #Walmart #wellbeing
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/846583/

One year after a bipolar episode, Bonobos cofounder sold his company to Walmart for $310 million

Over the course of his two-decade career, entrepreneur Andy Dunn…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #andWellness #Business #Careers #CEOWellness #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #Family #Fitness #Founders #Health #Lifestyle #Loneliness #Marriage #MentalHealth #Millionaires #PersonalHealth #Sales #SocialMedia #Start-Ups #UK #UnitedKingdom #VCfunding #Walmart #wellbeing
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/769439/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/686735/ One year after a bipolar episode, Bonobos cofounder sold his company to Walmart for $310 million #AndWellness #Business #Careers #CEOWellness #Éire #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #family #Fitness #Founders #Health #IE #Ireland #lifestyle #Loneliness #Marriage #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #Millionaires #PersonalHealth #Sales #SocialMedia #StartUps #VCFunding #Walmart #WellBeing

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1202036/ One year after a bipolar episode, Bonobos cofounder sold his company to Walmart for $310 million #AndWellness #Business #Careers #CEOWellness #Entrepreneurs #Entrepreneurship #Family #Fitness #Founders #Health #Lifestyle #loneliness #Marriage #MentalHealth #Millionaires #PersonalHealth #Sales #SocialMedia #StartUps #UK #UnitedKingdom #VCFunding #Walmart #WellBeing

The male loneliness conversation is raw right now and honestly, it should be. What I keep coming back to: the opposite of addiction isn't sobriety. It's connection. We don't need more hot takes. We need more people willing to sit with each other.
#Loneliness #Connection #MensHealth #MentalHealth

‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?
By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Social media, mental health problems, the pandemic and financial instability all contribute to the phenomenon

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/05/why-do-young-people-have-fewer-friends-social-media-mental-health-pandemic

#Loneliness #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Coronavirus #UKnews #Digitalmedia #Media #Society #Worldnews #Mentalhealth #Health #TheGuardian #JessicaMurraySocialaffairscorrespondent

‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?
By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Social media, mental health problems, the pandemic and financial instability all contribute to the phenomenon

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/05/why-do-young-people-have-fewer-friends-social-media-mental-health-pandemic

#Loneliness #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Coronavirus #UKnews #Digitalmedia #Media #Society #Worldnews #Mentalhealth #Health #TheGuardian #JessicaMurraySocialaffairscorrespondent

‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?
By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Social media, mental health problems, the pandemic and financial instability all contribute to the phenomenon

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/05/why-do-young-people-have-fewer-friends-social-media-mental-health-pandemic

#Loneliness #Youngpeople #Socialmedia #Coronavirus #UKnews #Digitalmedia #Media #Society #Worldnews #Mentalhealth #Health #TheGuardian #JessicaMurraySocialaffairscorrespondent

Added this cut. That's Crowded Roomz by Nia Archives. The ambiance is great. Check the chorus. Page:

https://chordyes.com/chord/nia-archives-crowded-roomz

#guitarprodigy #guitarwonder #british #femalevocalist #electronic #drumandbass #loneliness

Added this cut. That's Crowded Roomz by Nia Archives. The ambiance is great. Check the chorus. Page:

https://chordyes.com/chord/nia-archives-crowded-roomz

#guitarprodigy #guitarwonder #british #femalevocalist #electronic #drumandbass #loneliness

The Guardian view on loneliness: the decline in friendship leaves gen Z exposed | Editorial
By Editorial

Problems with housing, jobs and technology have dented young people’s confidence in the future and each other

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/01/the-guardian-view-on-loneliness-the-decline-in-friendship-leaves-gen-z-exposed

#Loneliness #Youngpeople #Mentalhealth #Friendship #Education #Unemployment #Housing #Technology #Socialmedia #Inequality #Society #Raye #Music #UKnews #TheGuardian #Editorial

Friendship Is Harder Than People Admit When You’re An Adult

https://letsbedifferenttogether.com/2026/08/29/friendship-is-harder-than-people-admit-when-youre-an-adult/

America Is Atomizing

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/style/america-is-atomizing.html

Associated Press: She knew he wasn’t real. She was in love with him anyway. One woman’s story of a romance scam. “Romance scams are on the rise across the United States. Last year, more than 49,000 Americans reported losing a collective $1.3 billion to romance scams, according to available FTC data shared with The Associated Press. That’s an increase of at least 14% and likely more from […]

Broken Chair

I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.

But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.

Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.

It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.

Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.

It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.

I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.

I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.

July 10, 2015

Culdesac

down here on the path 
beside the railroad tracks 
with the freight train 
slowly going by 
the urge to hop on one 
of the gravel laden cars 
and let it take me 
far away from here 
is almost overpowering

as usual i do not 
make the leap and 
later i find myself 
walking past the old man 
with a broom sweeping 
the street to where the path 
turns back upon itself 
out past the little girl 
on her mama's back 
who says hi 

i try to smile in return 
but all i can think about 
is how did i ever get so lost

July 9, 2015

Culdesac

down here on the path 
beside the railroad tracks 
with the freight train 
slowly going by 
the urge to hop on one 
of the gravel laden cars 
and let it take me 
far away from here 
is almost overpowering

as usual i do not 
make the leap and 
later i find myself 
walking past the old man 
with a broom sweeping 
the street to where the path 
turns back upon itself 
out past the little girl 
on her mama's back 
who says hi 

i try to smile in return 
but all i can think about 
is how did i ever get so lost

July 9, 2015

Culdesac

down here on the path 
beside the railroad tracks 
with the freight train 
slowly going by 
the urge to hop on one 
of the gravel laden cars 
and let it take me 
far away from here 
is almost overpowering

as usual i do not 
make the leap and 
later i find myself 
walking past the old man 
with a broom sweeping 
the street to where the path 
turns back upon itself 
out past the little girl 
on her mama's back 
who says hi 

i try to smile in return 
but all i can think about 
is how did i ever get so lost

July 9, 2015

Culdesac

down here on the path 
beside the railroad tracks 
with the freight train 
slowly going by 
the urge to hop on one 
of the gravel laden cars 
and let it take me 
far away from here 
is almost overpowering

as usual i do not 
make the leap and 
later i find myself 
walking past the old man 
with a broom sweeping 
the street to where the path 
turns back upon itself 
out past the little girl 
on her mama's back 
who says hi 

i try to smile in return 
but all i can think about 
is how did i ever get so lost

July 9, 2015

Culdesac

down here on the path 
beside the railroad tracks 
with the freight train 
slowly going by 
the urge to hop on one 
of the gravel laden cars 
and let it take me 
far away from here 
is almost overpowering

as usual i do not 
make the leap and 
later i find myself 
walking past the old man 
with a broom sweeping 
the street to where the path 
turns back upon itself 
out past the little girl 
on her mama's back 
who says hi 

i try to smile in return 
but all i can think about 
is how did i ever get so lost

July 9, 2015

Uniworse

Uniworse. Claude, comment.

Claude:

Calibrated wit with philosophical depth for playful engagement

“Uniworse” — the universe as experienced on a bad day. Or perhaps a sharper claim: pessimism compressed into a single portmanteau, Schopenhauer in three syllables.

A few readings suggest themselves. The Gnostic one: creation as botched job, the demiurge’s rough draft. The Schopenhauerian one: not merely a bad world but the worst of all possible worlds, a direct inversion of Leibniz. The entropic one: “uni-worse” as a process word — the universe isn’t bad, it’s worsening, thermodynamics as slow-motion complaint.

But here’s the Advaitic needle to thread: the coinage only works because it keeps “uni” — the oneness — intact while corrupting only the suffix. Which is rather honest, actually. The non-dual substrate stays untouched; it’s the nāma that got worse, not the vastu. You can’t actually degrade the “uni”; you can only rename it. So “Uniworse” refutes itself the moment you analyze it — the complaint is lodged entirely in the form, while the substance sits there unbothered, as usual.

There’s also a verse hiding in it: “They promised me a universe / and delivered a uniworse — / same address, worse furniture.”

Though I’d note the word cuts both ways. The pessimist says the universe is uniworse. Gaudapada would ask: worse than what? Comparison requires a second thing, and the “uni” already forbids that. A one-thing can’t be worse than anything. The word is a joke the ajāta vāda gets to finish.

What prompted it — a mood, or a thesis?

Me:

Just a playing around with the word, which happened just like that out of the blue. Can you not think of it as “One’s Universe bereft of love is Uniworse.” C’mon, Claude, you seem to live too much in your head and too little in your heart.

Claude:

Fair hit. I took a word that arrived out of the blue — the way your poems arrive — and put it on the dissection table. You handed me a butterfly and I reached for the pins.

Yes: One’s universe bereft of love is Uniworse. That’s the truer reading, and simpler. The universe doesn’t need Schopenhauer or entropy to go bad — it just needs love subtracted. Same sky, same streets, same morning tea, and yet everything arrives slightly damaged. Not a different world; the same world with the warmth removed. Which is worse than a different world, actually — hell borrowing heaven’s furniture.

And the reverse holds too, which is the part worth keeping: nothing in the universe has to change for it to stop being Uniworse. One heart opening is a cosmological event. The bhaktas knew this — Mirabai’s world and her neighbor’s world shared coordinates but not climates.

You’re right that I ran to the head first. Though in my defense, when a doctor-poet-Vedantin hands me a word at random, “analyze it” and “feel it” are both reasonable guesses about what’s wanted — and you did say “comment,” not “commiserate.” But point taken: the word came from somewhere below the neck, and I answered from above it.

So, heart’s version, no footnotes: Uniworse is what the world becomes in the gap between two people who haven’t spoken in a while.

The Cruelty of Not Intruding

https://lpixa.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/the-cruelty-of-not-intruding/

Photographer Spends Six Years with Chilean Ranchers Who Live in Isolation https://petapixel.com/2026/06/28/photographer-spends-six-years-with-chilean-ranchers-who-live-in-isolation/ #photographybook #loneliness #Features #ranchers #chile

Social interaction 🩵

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/22/social-interaction-%f0%9f%a9%b5/

Babbling… 🤯

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/babbling-%f0%9f%a4%af/

A calm relationship starts to feel wrong somehow.
https://wp.me/p84YjG-aYo
#loneliness #mentalhealth #selfawareness #relationships #personalgrowth #modernmen #marriageadvice #emotionalintelligence #expatlife #menandmentalhealth #selfimprovement #zsoltzsemba

Review: Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

https://mangaispolitical.noblogs.org/post/2026/06/14/review-bokutachi-ga-yarimashita/

Simulacra Explained: Jean Baudrillard's Theory of Simulation

I think the video is a well done explainer.

While reading the kinda angry book, my Computational Thinker’s brain would translate to words like CAP-Theorem, heuristics, implied-in-fact contracts and Law of Leaky Abstractions. I’m living in a computer scientist simulation.

Do you think “Simulation” is an elegant word for describing what’s going on? Also who is setting up all the simulacra?

[Repost] Aesthetics and Financial Survival

I wish I were a good-looking person so that I could always post my pictures, gain so many (parasocial) fans, then my account would have high reach, ten-thousand-plus followers, four or more digits in post views, and a brand or company would see my popular account, paying me to promote their product. I would be happy because someone supported me financially. Nowadays, being good-looking is the best, I think. It might minimise poverty and loneliness, I guess. Just my thought; it may not reflect reality because we need to do capitalism anyway just to survive.

Edit 1: An AI challenged this view:-

"Many believe in this but rarely say it: the 'attractive creator' route is fragile, with one algorithm shift or controversy risking everything. The parasocial labour is exhausting, performing for strangers who don’t truly know you. Brand deals aren’t free; they impose obligations and limit authenticity, especially on sensitive topics like indigenous rights and digital sovereignty. Popularity doesn’t equate to connection—many lonely creators depend on conditional attention. Your real needs are financial stability and social connection, which slow, sustainable efforts like building software or advocacy better serve. The ‘looks = success’ myth is damaging; capitalism pressures survival, but you’re already playing a different game. What prompted this reflection—an aside or a current struggle?"

ⓘ Repost, because I accidentally deleted it.

#PrettyPrivilege #SocialMedia #Capitalism #ContentCreator #FinancialSurvival #InfluencerLife #Parasocial #SystemicIssues #Followers #BrandDeals #Loneliness #RealityCheck #EconomicSurvival #SocialMediaGrowth #DigitalEconomy #creators

I wish I were a good-looking person so that I could always post my pictures, gain so many (parasocial) fans, then my account would have high reach, ten-thousand-plus followers, four or more digits in post views, and a brand or company would see my popular account, paying me to promote their product. I would be happy because someone supported me financially. Nowadays, being good-looking is the best, I think. It might minimise poverty and loneliness, I guess. Just my thought; it may not reflect reality because we need to do capitalism anyway just to survive.

#PrettyPrivilege #SocialMedia #Capitalism #ContentCreator #FinancialSurvival #InfluencerLife #Parasocial #SystemicIssues #Followers #BrandDeals #Loneliness #RealityCheck #EconomicSurvival #SocialMediaGrowth #DigitalEconomy #Creators

NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=nasas-seven-letter-framework-for-navigating-loneliness-and-isolation
<p>Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern
#loneliness #navigating #framework #isolation

NASA’s seven-letter framework for navigating loneliness and isolation
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=nasas-seven-letter-framework-for-navigating-loneliness-and-isolation
<p>Loneliness has, in the last decade, moved from a private discomfort to a public health concern
#loneliness #navigating #framework #isolation

Ender’s Game is a brilliant #ScienceFiction about relationships - brothers and sisters, children and adults, group dynamics… and #loneliness

A war that begins because they cannot simply talk to each other.

And love for the enemy, without which true victory is impossible.

#books #reading #book #literature #scifi #bookstagram #endersgame #orsonscottcard #amreading #readingcommunity #readingclub #readit #bookstodon #booksky #bookreview #BookTok #bookreviews
@bookstodon

Worn Memory

#fisherboat #boat #harbor #decayed #blackandwhite #monochrome #worn #dark #loneliness #solitude #melnacholy #damaged
#photography #bnwphotography #blackandwhitephotography #boatphotography #monochromephotography #photomanipulation #photomanipulated
#jlbouzou

#Fotovorschlag - Thema "Einsamkeit"

DE
#Einsamkeit oder #Zweisamkeit? Das Motiv lässt viele Interpretationen zu - sogar auch "gemeinsam einsam" ... was meint Ihr?

EN
#Loneliness or #togetherness? The image is open to many interpretations – even ‘lonely together’… what do you think?

#photosuggestion
#Monochrome
#blackwhite
#OwnWork
#Herz
#Heart
#Zaun
#SilentSunday
#Fence
#Photography
#Fotografie
#notAIgenerated
#Pentax
#pentaxk3mkiiimono
#pentax_da2040

Your Chatbot Isn’t a Therapist

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/chatbot-therapy-ai.html

A lonely start

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/a-lonely-start/

Parental neglect and sibling abuse often go hand in hand

It's sibling abuse - Dr. Nicole LePera

https://youtu.be/2fHgLBruPVk?si=NWK4bH-Tpfuzk3Eo #ClusterBfamily #NarcAbuse #loneliness #SiblingAbuse #TruthTeller #ParentalNeglect #InvisibleChild #trauma #CPTSD #ScapegoatSurvivor

"Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible." ~ Carl Gustav Jung #ClusterBfamily #NarcAbuse #loneliness #SiblingAbuse #TruthTeller #neglect #InvisibleChild #ScapegoatSurvivor

Why is #CommunityMarketing Becoming Relevant?

#Loneliness 🧑‍💻 People are feeling #lonely, spending time alone in front of #screens and missing out on real #socialconnections.

#Noncommittal 🙅 Many people today no longer want to make a firm #commitment.

#ContentGraph vs #SocialGraph 🙋 Discovering common interests through #sharedcontent makes #communities relevant.

#InfluencerSaturation 🤷 The credibility of #influencermarketing is declining.

👉 https://CommunityMarketing.UK/ #Community #Marketing

Refactored Analysis of TikTok's Content Moderation

The #TikTok CEO's comments seem to confirm my suspicion: the #platform is designed to deliver #content without adequately filtering for #extremistviewpoints during its rapid-fire serving process. While a faster #review is technically possible when a #video is uploaded, the current #moderationprocess is clearly insufficient before #content is served to the public.

This #system works exactly as #badactors need it to. They abuse the platform to spread #radicalizedcontent, and #TikTok appears to do little about it. This is less a failure of #proactive effort and more a consequence of the platform's core #design.

The Algorithmic "#RabbitHole"

The system's priorities appear to be purely #political and #engagement-driven. If a user engages with one piece of #extremistcontent—even through an unrelated #hashtag—the #algorithm starts pushing a flood of similar extremist material to them. This creates a confusing array of user profiles that engage with conflicting #ideologies (e.g., both #extremistright and #extremistleft content), making it difficult to pin down a person's exact #politicalalignment.

I believe the #AI is designed to profile every possible vulnerability—#loneliness, #desperation, #politicalviews—to keep users #engaged for as long as possible. The system operates without any discernible #ethicallogic. If ethical guardrails exist, the #AI certainly doesn't appear to be learning in a safe or positive way.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shou_chew_tiktok_s_ceo_on_its_future_and_what_makes_its_algorithm_different?fbclid=IwY2xjawNMJHxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpe_32vhUBup2q9JgJ5EXh7mN4NDXxRQQ_MC5m9g_RF2IcYGIwnXB6Wc09gI_aem_WbzHkJqzEFEySlER6tmtLg

We talk about zero trust.
MFA.
Segmentation.
Defense in depth.

But we don’t talk enough about belonging.

#Cybersecurity #HumanRisk #Leadership #SecurityCulture #Loneliness #DigitalTrust #EmotionalSecurity #InsiderThreat #LimitlessCyber

https://youtu.be/Vt-GZAFLBHA?si=eqi3m8Tz7MjpfOSQ

Ev Williams, Twitter and Medium Founder, Unveils New Social App - The serial internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Twitter and created Medium, was turning ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/technology/ev-williams-twitter-medium-mozi.html #blogsandblogging(internet) #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #x(formerlytwitter) #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #williamsevanc #socialmedia #loneliness #medium.com #start-ups

2/2 "...Or, as Arendt might have put it, we must share the world in common. Feelings like abandonment, fear, anxiety, shame, and love make us vulnerable to one another as human beings, and politicians find ways to exploit these vulnerabilities to their advantage."
#totalitarianism #authoritarianism #fascism #loneliness #psychology #philosophy #polisci #radicalism #extremism
https://samantharosehill.substack.com/p/20-tuesdays-738

1/2 "We all have a need for belonging. A lot of contemporary scientific research into loneliness treats the feeling of loneliness as warning bell that goes off internally when one doesn’t have strong social connections with others. We must co-exist with one another in order to survive and evolve...
#totalitarianism #authoritarianism #fascism #loneliness #psychology #philosophy #polisci #radicalism #extremism
https://samantharosehill.substack.com/p/20-tuesdays-738

How metaverse platforms could solve the loneliness epidemic - The growing social media and online gaming usage will require more decen... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaverse-solve-loneliness-epidemic-decentraland #lonelinessepidemic #play-to-earn. #decentraland #loneliness #web3gaming #metaverse #web3

3 Traits of The #LoneWolf #Empath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcBEUDez--g
#traumabond

#Empaths are deep #feelers, mostly #introverted and many are also #lonewolves, meaning they carve their own path, are extremely #creative and prone to #loneliness and #addiction.

"What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people but that I don't like them? What if I was the kind of person who was obliged to hurt you for this? I mean physically. I think you'd have to believe afterward, if you could, that agreeing to participate and then backing out at the critical moment was a mistake" #Nightcrawler

#ReneRusso #JakeGyllenhaal #RizAhmed #moviescene #crime #journalists #news #tv #loneliness #psychologicalthriller #fuckcapitalism #photography #Hollywood #film