Lisa Starr

@lisastarr.bsky.social

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Clinical psychological scientist at U of Rochester with interests in depression, life stress, interpersonal factors, daily processes, clinical affective science. Mom of 2. Probably tired right now. Opinions my own

Dr. Chang poses next to the title page of her dissertation slide. It is entitled: A multi-level examination of the psychological well-being of gender minority adults, by Katharine Chang, M.A., Clinical Psychology Ph.D program, May 2026.

NYT headline reads: Is Saturated Fat Actually Good for You?
Health experts have long recommended limiting it, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has signaled a shift in that advice.

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Transphobic ramblings

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Grampa Simpson explains to a young Homer and Barney that he used to be with it, but then they changed what it was, and now what's it seems weird and scary to me, it'll happen to you!

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Bluesky commemorates 10 million users by announcing

Two things can be independently true about social media. First, that there is no evidence that using these platforms is rewiring children’s brains or driving an epidemic of mental illness. Second, that considerable reforms to these platforms are required, given how much time young people spend on them. Many of Haidt’s solutions for parents, adolescents, educators and big technology firms are reasonable, including stricter content-moderation policies and requiring companies to take user age into account when designing platforms and algorithms. Others, such as age-based restrictions and bans on mobile devices, are unlikely to be effective in practice — or worse, could backfire given what we know about adolescent behaviour.

A third truth is that we have a generation in crisis and in desperate need of the best of what science and evidence-based solutions can offer. Unfortunately, our time is being spent telling stories that are unsupported by research and that do little to support young…

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