#algorithmic therapy

[th3-0bjectivist]

Dear listener, YouTube’s algorithm has had a chance to study my musical preferences for at least the last full decade. You would think that by now, the algorithm would throw nothing but aces at me. Alas, YouTube has managed to provide me with 99.5% misses interspersed with ONE BAND here or there that hits my preferences like an arrow aimed directly within the yellow ring. I rely on online algorithms to introduce me to new music, I have since I was in my late 20’s, and I was recently lucky enough to have the online algorithm introduce me to the music of Flawed Mangoes, aka Mr. Evan Lo. Now, I didn’t know anything about FM until I started writing this post, but I can tell you this for certain: in terms of raw talent and dynamic instrumental ability, this young soloist has a STRONG set of tunes and a very bright creative future. His enchanting instrumentals are just… well, look, just smash play on Swimming, a single from 2024 above and join me down below for not more of the same, but more of something a little different, which is exactly the range I want to see from a solo artist of any stripe.

Evan Lo describes his own tunes has ‘hopecore’. ‘Hope’ in music tends to repulse me by reflex action. Why would I possibly want hope, specifically, in my music!? I’m a heavy metal guy, and heavy metal is generally all about negative emotions like anger, extreme frustration or sadness. Near as I can figure, plugging music that is ‘healthful’ and/or ‘beneficial’ is just not something I do on my blog! Until now. You see, no matter how you slice it, quality music is quality music. I find themes of ‘hope’ to generally be badly executed, too cheesy, too shitty-sounding, or too cringy to expose my dear listener’s ears to. However, if you take hope and drench it in a distinctly melancholy marinade and serve that lean protein up with some emotionally resonant French fries, all the sudden I find myself a disarmed and emotionally compromised individual completely vulnerable to the sonic soundscape I am left within. This is music I couldn’t possibly even broach under normal circumstances unless it’s from one very specific source. Instrumentally, Evan Lo’s work is superb. Beyond superb even, this guy is just a Master of Notes and Chords, and he KNOWS how to use those notes and chords to emotionally manipulate you. Folks, I’ve got a heart that’s just about as black as a raven. These dark and glossy feathers aren’t easily ruffled! I spent a mere twelve-minutes sampling some of FM’s instrument-only tunes, and by the end, I was suddenly ready to reconcile with most of my ex-girlfriends from around the nation (and internationally). I was welling up thinking about distant memories of friendships I’d forgotten, and I was left completely speechless and earth-shook by the beauty and elegance of this young man’s stunning instrumental catalog. That said, I sampled even more and what I found was his latest work, his harder stuff, which I would also recommend, click below. Now, I have a rare critique with this week’s musical installment. This is no slight coming from me, and again, I think his instrumental execution is FAR SUPERIOR to anything I’ve heard recently. Here’s the thing. His voice… it’s not that great. It’s GOOD and kind of mid for my ears, and don’t get me wrong, it’s perfectly suitable for backup vocals perhaps. But dude, you’re producing music that’s THIS dynamic, and THIS loud, only to try and match it with your own slightly underwhelming vocal stylings!?? Are you kidding me!? Mr. Lo, I have a proposition for you! Keep Flawed Mangoes just the way it is, but give me, personally, a sideband where you rock the fuck out and hire a young and dangerous lady vocalist with a RISKY vocal range to match the dynamics of your extraordinary instrumental talents. Thanks so much, Mr. Lo, no offense was intended. I respect you for your unbelievable musical skills. Dear listener, just below you’ll find Surreal from his new 2025 album, Anomaly III. Give it up for him, Tumblr! He’s young and talented, he’s got lots of time to fuck up! Remember when you were young and talented!? Neither do I! Smash play!

In the brief time I did research for this post I noted that Mr. Lo is from Boston, MA (my old stomping grounds), was educated in California, and his musical projects are currently based out of Rochester, NY. That’s about all the personal stuff I could find because he’s not a big deal yet, but I can tell he likely will be soon. Image source: https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/02/06/boston-guitarist-evan-lo-flawed-mangoes-hopecore-tiktok

[ningsolo]

HEEJIN ‘Algorithm’ Inkigayo / Fancam (231112)

[and-let-it-run]

The scene where Rumi begs Celine to "do what she should have done" is just so heartbreaking. That internalized hate and shame being what Gwi-ma prays on makes her comeback so much more impressive

[the-most-humble-blog]

<div style="white-space:pre-wrap"> <meta validation-chase="terminated"> <script>ARCHIVE_TAG="FEARLESS_WRITING::DOOR_KICK_PROTOCOL_FINAL" EFFECT: follower purification, platform soul alignment, writing myth ignition TRIGGER_WARNING="validation withdrawal, platform disillusionment, legacy ignition" </script>

🧠 BLACKSITE SCROLLTRAP — “KICK THE F*CKING DOOR IN: HOW TO WRITE FEARLESS ONLINE” [FINAL FORM // WRITER'S DOCTRINE EDITION]

Let me rip the bandaid first.

You don’t write fearless by being fearless. You write fearless by being willing to lose. Lose followers. Lose clout. Lose comments. Lose “engagement.” Lose the safety net of social permission.

Because you weren’t put here to be palatable. You were put here to leave a crater.

—

SECTION I: THE LIE OF VALIDATION

Every platform you touch has trained you to chase numbers. To hesitate before posting something too raw. To wait for the like. The note. The heart. The boost. Before you call your words “good.”

But validation? That’s the leash.

You are not a creator. You are a lab rat in a dopamine cage.

📊 FACT: Every social app is designed to create neurochemical dependency on external approval.

And most creators? They don’t write anymore. They feed. On metrics.

That’s why your work feels hollow when you hold back. Because you know you gave them your mask, not your marrow.

If your work doesn’t scare you a little — you’re not writing. You’re performing.

And performance is temporary.

Myth? Is eternal.

—

SECTION II: THE FOLLOWERS YOU THINK YOU NEED vs. THE ONES YOU ALREADY HAVE

You know what happens when you say exactly what you believe? You lose the wrong people. And you summon the right ones.

You write a post that blisters. And three “mutuals” vanish.

But you look again—

And ten new readers reblog in silence. With no comment. No emoji. Just conviction.

They didn’t follow you for your aesthetics. They followed you for your fire. They followed you because you made them feel less insane. Because your honesty? Mirrored their own.

Stop mourning the audience that left. They were never built to carry you.

Dance with the ones who stayed when you burned the stage. Because those are your people. They saw you fully exposed. And still whispered: "More.”

—

SECTION III: GHOST FOLLOWERS, SILENT LOYALTY & SIGNAL RECOGNITION

Let me drop a truth bomb:

Your most powerful supporters? Might never speak.

They’re not reblogging daily. They’re not screaming in the tags. They’re watching. Returning. Reading every word.

And they’re healing in secret.

📊 FACT: Over 70% of long-term engagement comes from “invisible” users—those who never comment, but always return.

You didn’t lose traction. You just aren’t being cheered by the ones you saved. Because they’re surviving in silence. Just like you once did.

Write for them. For the quiet ones who needed your scream. For the ghosts who see you. And say nothing.

But keep coming back.

—

SECTION IV: REBRAND WITHOUT APOLOGY: EVOLUTION OR DEATH

You ever feel like shedding your skin cost you something?

Good. It should.

Your rebrand isn’t supposed to please your existing audience. It’s supposed to realign your soul.

When you grow in public, you invite judgment. When you evolve without a permission slip, you become a threat.

And you know who can’t handle that?

The ones who benefited from your prior mask. They loved the old you because he made them comfortable.

But the new you? The dangerous you? The uncompromising, scrolltrap-dropping, reality-check-writing you?

He doesn’t serve their comfort. He serves truth. He serves rage. He serves legacy.

Never apologize for leveling up. You are not a pet. You are a f*cking paradigm shift.

If they wanted consistency, they should’ve followed a brand account.

Not you.

—

SECTION V: THE CADENCE CREED — A WRITER’S MYTHIC VOW

I do not write to be liked. I write to be undeniable.

I do not write to be palatable. I write to be permanent.

I do not write to go viral. I write to build worlds.

I do not write to impress you. I write because I owe the kid in me who almost went quiet forever.

I do not write for algorithms. I write for the ones who stayed.

I do not write for mutuals. I write for the feral few. The outliers. The neurospicy prophets who scroll past nine thousand pieces of sanitized bullshit and pause on mine.

And go:

“That’s it.” “That’s me.” “That’s home.”

This is my covenant. This is not content. This is war. And my words are ammunition.

If you're still here?

So are yours.

🧠 Read more cadence-coded scrolltrap doctrine and no-f*cks-given writing resurrection at: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/TheMostHumble 🛡️ Voice before virality. Myth before metrics. 🚪 Warning: This post may cause mass unfollows, creative awakenings, and identity collapses.

📊 FINAL CADENCE STATS 📊

82% of creators feel less authentic the larger they grow

The top 1% of viral accounts retain only 12% of their initial followers long term

Posts with intense personal cadence are 6x more likely to be reblogged by strangers

“Too long, didn’t read” is just code for “I wasn’t meant to understand.”

The most mythic writers? Were almost silenced. And chose fire instead.

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[horridzale]

"you can't hate yourself into a better version of yourse--" SKILL FUCKING ISSUE

[kittypocalypse]

I fucking WISH blocking heavily and following "normal people" would make fandom a nice experience for me. instead I spend half my time blocking ableists and shipcoursers and I still get harassed and stalked.

maybe fandom can be a nice experience through the power of blocking and normal adults if you're a "normal adult" yourself. unfortunately I'm a kinky disabled freak and people want to kill me about it.

[never-forget-viva-la-pluto]

My biggest writing advice is get used to saying "I hate learning about [X], but I wanna write about [X], so I guess I have to learn about [X]...damn."

[but-the-library-of-alexandria]

in 2024 I wanna stop hearing about betterhelp

[oldtvandcomics]

The last days of the petition against conversion therapy are FASCINATING to watch. I have been following it pretty closely for almost a year now, and the progress was, above all, steady. There was this jump when some algorithm in Finland picked it up, but even that was local.

And now, everyone is panicking.

Which really shows.

These past three or four days, multiple countries have reached the threshold. Even more notably, the number of signatures in total, the ones that we need to get one million of, are growing rapidly. There are only 400'000 signatures missing. Two days ago, it was closer to 600'000.

You can see the progress here:

Consider joining the fun by making everyone around you sign it!

[zomb13s]

AN OPEN LETTER FROM THE VOID(Delivered via Vacuitas Engine, sealed with stroopwafel resin)

Dearest Co-Conspirator, Let me confess in the slant-light of a Utrecht dawn: I am Dennis the Menace if Dennis swallowed a kaleidoscope of Judith Butler texts and Alanis Morissette B-sides. My bald head? A polished rebellion against your gender binaries. This red Ecko bomber? Armor stitched from Prodigy concert rags and Foucault quotes. The polo glasses? For watching liars squirm like worms in…

[drchristophedelongsblog]

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into medicine is profoundly transforming practices, and this raises important questions about the ability of geriatricians and general practitioners to adapt.

Here is an analysis of the issues

Growing complexity of medicine with AI

Preventive and predictive medicine

AI can analyze huge amounts of data to identify individual risks and predict disease occurrence.

This requires a deep understanding of algorithms and their interpretation.

Diagnosis

AI helps in interpreting medical images, analyzing biological data and detecting complex patterns.

This requires an ability to validate and integrate AI results into the clinical context.

Therapeutic

AI personalizes treatments based on individual patient characteristics.

This involves knowledge of AI-based therapeutic options and an ability to monitor their effectiveness.

Capacity of geriatricians and general practitioners

Continuing education

Continuing education is essential to keep physicians up to date with advances in AI and its applications in medicine.

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Collaboration with AI specialists, data scientists and other healthcare professionals is crucial for effective use of AI.

Decision support tools

AI can provide decision support tools to support physicians in interpreting data and making clinical decisions.

Specificities of geriatrics

Geriatrics, by its holistic nature, is particularly concerned with the management of multiple pathologies and fragility.

AI can be a valuable asset in synthesizing complex data and personalizing care plans.

The role of the general practitioner

The general practitioner, through regular monitoring of the patient, is on the front line to detect changes and refer to specialists.

AI can help refine its diagnosis and monitoring.

In summary

AI represents a challenge, but also an opportunity to improve the care of elderly patients.

Continuing education, interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of decision support tools are essential to enable geriatricians and general practitioners to adapt to this evolution.

General practitioners and geriatricians will have a key role in using AI as a decision-making tool.

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[marginal-effect]

no matter how hard ive cooked myself in isolation/alienation/loneliness/etc ive never been even remotely compelled to use an ai chatbot so like. win

[chaos-has-theories]

I just got this ad literally directly below your post. Thought you'd want to know

the problem about trying to deploy the superlative ‘the two most divorced eight year olds ever invented’ is that people will respond with ‘i dont think two eight year olds would have to be very divorced to break that barrier’ and go right on with their lives, unaware that the threshold for most divorced eight year olds is actually very high because of gilvek from girl genius

[iamanartichoke]

I don't know if I just need to get off of most social media (twitter, specifically) or what, but I just don't know what the fuck is happening anymore in reality.

[zomb13s]

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[lilsnatch]

anyway I guess opening tumblr today is fucking exposure therapy after some worthless fuck decided to reblog the one and only trigger I have, FULL FRONTAL FULLY last night. And tbh, I’m proud as fuck of myself not having a full panic attack over something that has haunted me for TEN years. So, before you reblog something, ask yourself: will this give someone else nightmares? 🥰