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Long-Term Social Media Use Linked to Depression, Self-Harm in Young People: Study Authored by Jerry Zhu via The Epoch Times, An Australian-led study has found children and teenagers who spend more time on social media are more likely to experience depression, self-harm, substance use, and lower achievement later in life. Published in JAMA Pediatrics, the systematic review examined data from 153 studies consisting of over 350,000 children and adolescents aged between 2 and 19 years, for up to two decades. “The strongest pattern we saw was between social media use and later problematic...

These Are The Biggest Players In The $13.5 Trillion Repo Market: How Hedge Fund "Basis Trades" & Money Market Funds Fit In Authored by Wolf Richter via Wolf Street, The size of the repo market has ballooned to over $13.5 trillion in outstanding agreements daily, according to the government's Office of Financial Research (OFR). Via the repo market, financial institutions borrow from, and lend to, each other mostly overnight, but also for longer periods, such as for one week, secured by high-quality liquid collateral with a "haircut." About 70% of repos are...

Satellite Images Reveal Rapid Expansion At Seven Chinese Nuclear Sites Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, China is rapidly expanding infrastructure tied to its nuclear weapons program, with satellite images revealing major construction at seven sites as Beijing faces growing scrutiny over its expanding arsenal. An investigation published Wednesday identified activity at Pingtong, Zitong, Lop Nur, Jiuquan, Mianyang, Jinta and Guangyuan. The satellite imagery documents substantial construction, although the images alone cannot establish precisely what work is occurring inside the facilities. At one location, villages and farms reportedly were cleared for...