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Mental health isn’t just personal. It’s systemic. From work and housing to education and inequality, distress is often built into the structure of society.
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#MentalHealth #MentalHealthSystems #PublicHealth #SocialDeterminants #Society
Mental Health Systems: Why Distress Is Structural, Not Just Personal - Interconnected Earth
Mental health has become a key topic in modern life but it has been made personal, forgetting how Mental Health Systems shape distress.
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Sci-fi can inspire better futures too—if we use it as an ethics checklist instead of a feature list.
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#SciFi #TechEthics #FutureVision #Innovation #HumanCenteredTech
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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Financial crime isn’t a technical problem. It’s a societal one. Learn how powerful countries handle it — and why stronger accountability matters. buff.ly/ykyZjcB
#PolicyMatters #GlobalEconomy #JusticeForAll
How the World’s Most Powerful Countries Handle Financial Crime — And Why None of Them Are Doing Enough - Interconnected Earth
Here we examine how the eight countries ranked highest for power by U.S. News & World Report handle financial crimes.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Overwork isn’t just long hours—it’s a mental health crisis shaped by culture, policy, and media. 🧠📉
Discover how the pressure to be “always on” affects our wellbeing.

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#MentalHealthMatters #BurnoutPrevention #Wellbeing #WorkCulture #InvisibleBurden
The Invisible Burden: Overwork, Mental Health, and the Systems That Normalize Exhaustion - Interconnected Earth
In today's hyper-connected world, overwork has become a norm, often taking a toll on our mental health and overall well-being.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Knowledge is power, and education policy reflects who holds it. We explore why some political movements resist public education expansion and what that means for society.
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#Education #Power #Politics #Democracy #Schools
February 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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From the 1970s to today, rising insecurity, technology, and inequality have reshaped mental health. Awareness grew, but systems stayed the same.
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#MentalHealthHistory #MentalHealthSystems #Economics #Technology #Society
February 15, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Belonging is a human need—but healthy community requires intention, empathy, and boundaries. We explore the full picture here.
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#MentalWellness #SocialSupport #HumanConnection #Psychology
The Positives and Negatives of Community on Mental Health: A Complete Look - Interconnected Earth
In this article, we explore the benefits and risks of community on mental health, backed by research and expert commentary.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Empty high-rises and full shelters — how did we let housing become a speculative asset instead of a human right?
Dive into the unspoken forces behind US housing unaffordability:
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#HousingJustice #HousingForAll #CostBurdened #RealEstateReform
The Unseen Housing Crisis: Why Homes Feel Out of Reach in a Country Full of Buildings - Interconnected Earth
Across the US, millions of housing units sit empty at any given time and there is a Housing Crisis of affordability. If there are "enough" buildings, why are people still priced out?
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February 14, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Education funding, teacher pay, curriculum control, and privatization are deeply political issues. Here we break down how conservative agendas intersect with education systems.
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#EducationReform #Politics #PublicEducation #USPolicy
February 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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Companies treat dystopias like product roadmaps and utopias like marketing copy. Sci-fi shows how thin that line really is.
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#ScienceFiction #BigTech #Innovation #EthicsInTech #FutureOfWork
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Twilight Zone, Brave New World, Minority Report, The X-Files—fiction warned us about surveillance, automation, and predictive control. Now we’re living it.
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#SciFi #Surveillance #Automation #DigitalAge #TechCulture
How Sci-Fi Becomes Reality: When Speculation Turns Into Systems, Products, and Power - Interconnected Earth
Science fiction, often seen as entertainment or metaphor, serves as an informal lab for innovation, showing how Sci-Fi becomes reality.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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The “chemical imbalance” story made mental illness easier to talk about—but harder to politicize. Biology matters, but so do poverty, stress, and power.
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#MentalHealth #Neuroscience #Trauma #MentalHealthSystems #Inequality
Mental Health Systems: Why Distress Is Structural, Not Just Personal - Interconnected Earth
Mental health has become a key topic in modern life but it has been made personal, forgetting how Mental Health Systems shape distress.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.

The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.

Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
connectedearth.bsky.social
Sci-fi doesn’t just predict the future. It often designs it. From drones to AI companions, what we imagine becomes what companies build. The question is whether we’re building utopia or dystopia.
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#SciFi #Technology #AI #FutureTech #Ethics
How Sci-Fi Becomes Reality: When Speculation Turns Into Systems, Products, and Power - Interconnected Earth
Science fiction, often seen as entertainment or metaphor, serves as an informal lab for innovation, showing how Sci-Fi becomes reality.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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From cows and farms to aluminum tins, plastic lids, grocery clerks, and delivery trucks—every slice of cheesecake is a global collaboration. Yet most of the value flows upward, not to the people who made it.

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#LaborRights #FoodSystems #Inequality
Labor and Wealth in a Slice of Cheesecake: Capital and Extraction in the Modern Economy - Interconnected Earth
How much labor goes into a slice of cheesecake? And how much is it really worth. We explore cheesecake as an example of the ever growing wealth gap.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
connectedearth.bsky.social
Greenwashing and “renewable investments” often hide the fact that most capital still flows to fossil fuels. Here’s the full picture
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#climatechange #Greenwashing #ClimateTruth
The World’s Top Polluters: Power, Profit, And The Corporations Driving The Climate Crisis - Interconnected Earth
When discussing climate change, we often overlook the role of major corporations as key polluters driving the crisis.
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February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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Why does your phone feel stressful even on vibrate? Because vibration still signals urgency to the body. Learn how alert design keeps you keyed up — and what to do about it.
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#notifications #alertdesign #DigitalWellbeing #TechHealth #PhoneStress
Device Alerts and Device Design: How They Shape Our Bodies and Minds - Interconnected Earth
We often discuss technology's impact on our lives, yet we overlook how device alerts shape our bodies, minds, and nervous systems.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Seriously? Anyone think that this is just one more nail in the dystopian coffin?
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February 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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We’ve normalized burnout, anxiety, and depression, but rarely ask why the world is designed to produce them. Mental health systems treat symptoms, not structures.
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#MentalHealth #SystemsThinking #Burnout #Wellbeing #Psychology
Mental Health Systems: Why Distress Is Structural, Not Just Personal - Interconnected Earth
Mental health has become a key topic in modern life but it has been made personal, forgetting how Mental Health Systems shape distress.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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A ggroup of Buddhist monks, bearing a message of peace, walk into the heart of Washington, D.C., greeted by large, joyful crowds as they complete their 15-week trek from Texas.
Buddhist monks' 15-week walk for peace ends in Washington, D.C.
The march began in Texas in October. The monks' mission has resonated across a beleaguered country — and it appeared especially welcome in a city at the center of political strife and power.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
connectedearth.bsky.social
Public education is often framed as wasteful or ideological. But what happens when policy systematically weakens schools? We examine the structural arguments and consequences.
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#Education #Policy #Conservatism #PublicSchools #Society
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
connectedearth.bsky.social
Mental health isn’t just personal. It’s systemic. From work and housing to education and inequality, distress is often built into the structure of society.
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#MentalHealth #MentalHealthSystems #PublicHealth #SocialDeterminants #Society
Mental Health Systems: Why Distress Is Structural, Not Just Personal - Interconnected Earth
Mental health has become a key topic in modern life but it has been made personal, forgetting how Mental Health Systems shape distress.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM
connectedearth.bsky.social
There’s no silver bullet for plastic pollution. Biodegradable packaging can be part of the solution — if we build systems that support it.
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#SustainableLiving #PlasticReduction #Ecofriendly
Why Biodegradable Packaging Still Struggles in a Plastic-Dominated World - Interconnected Earth
Biodegradable packaging is often presented as a clear alternative to conventional plastic. If plastic pollution is accumulating in oceans, soils, food chains,
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February 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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From storage units to second homes, how much is “enough”? Rethink how possessions serve you versus owning you.

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#Stuff #Hoarder #materialism #Captialism
The Many Faces of Stuff in America: Value, Excess, Meaning, and Impact - Interconnected Earth
what role do all of these things actually play in our lives? When does physical stuff support our security, productivity, and self-expression? When does it become excess that weighs on our wallets,…
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February 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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From funding cuts to curriculum battles, education has become a political battleground. Here we explore how ideology and power dynamics shape education policy in the US.
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#EducationPolicy #Politics #USPolitics #Schools #Government
Why Republican Leaders Are Against Education: Power, Inequality, and the Politics of Knowledge - Interconnected Earth
Across modern political history, education has been one of the most powerful engines of social mobility, democratic participation, and economic growth. Public
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February 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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Small packages, big impact. 📦 Shrinkflation adds up — tens of billions in hidden costs for American households. Discover how and why: buff.ly/8D41zJB
#Finance #MoneyTalks #Shrinkflation #ConsumerEconomics
How Much Shrinkflation Is Really Costing Americans - Interconnected Earth
Shrinkflation has become one of the most persistent and least transparent forces shaping household budgets in the United States. Unlike rent hikes or interest
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February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM