Predicting depression via social media

Does anyone own a joke on Twitter? It might not be one of the great questions of our age, but it is one buzzing around the social media sphere today. ("Social media sphere" is a pretty awful phrase, I know.) And, like so much in this tattered world, it's all Guy Fieri's fault. The irradiated TV chef has long been an object of Internet ridicule, but more stringently so in the months since his Times Square restaurant Guy's American Kitchen and Bar opened to scathing reviews. The jokes about Fieri's ridiculous dish names and calorie-laden, flavor-blasted recipes seemed to reach their zenith yesterday, when a programmer named Bryan Mytko sent out the following tweet: … [Read more...] about Stealing Is Stealing, Even on Twitter

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah had said that Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave Kashmir. Many of their shrines were demolished. Sufism was targeted in Jammu and Kashmir. Sufism used to talk about unity and harmony but they were attacked. No voice was raised in favour of Kashmiri Pandits and Sufis when they were brutally attacked. Sufis used to talk about the unity among Hindus and Muslims but they were forced to leave the Valley. … [Read more...] about Explained: What happened to the Kashmir Pandits 30 years ago

I am currently a senior in high school, I and all my peers await on college decisions as March rolls by us. The last four years of work and dedication for some of us means that we will be attending higher education. As early decisions have already come out, a lot of being crushed by getting rejected by our dream schools. We ask ourselves whether or not the decisions we have made in the last four years were correct or not. We ask whether there were times when we could've worked a little harder. We begin to question the meaning of it all under the devastation of not getting to a dream we have all dreamed of. It's the current societal pressure in part that forces all of us to look through college rankings and make sure to get into the big-name schools. In the midst of the depressive states of some of our peers though, many are delighted to hear that the college of our dreams accepted us. But once again, societal greed shows that for some, it wasn't the hard work that has gotten us into … [Read more...] about We asked how the college cheating scam made you feel. Your stories were incredible

However, experts say the true number of patients is likely considerably higher. Imperial College London researchers estimate that there were 4,000 (up to 9,700) cases in Wuhan city alone up to January 18 – officially there have only been 444 there to date. If cases are in fact 100 times more common than the official figures, the death rate may be considerably lower. … [Read more...] about China in LOCKDOWN: China cancels its New Year celebrations, closes FOURTEEN cities, part of the Great Wall, Disneyland Shanghai – and even McDonald’s shuts up shop – as the army is deployed in desperate bid to contain killer coronavirus

'From there her audience grew bigger and bigger and she has now got herself doing collaborations with some small/big businesses. … [Read more...] about ‘I would die for her!’: Winnie the cocker spaniel’s huge ‘Disney Princess’ eyes and long lashes melt animal lovers’ hearts and win her 278,000 followers on Instagram