This is depressing. "The pandemic supercharged the time spent gaming: Males ages 15 to 24 spent 13 hours a week gaming in 2022, up from seven and a half in 2019."

The state of American religious communities in 2025: 32% of senior women (age 65+) who attend religious services say they go by themselves

This seems... unlikely. Gen Z men are attending church more often than Boomer women? In our surveys, and most others I've seen, older women have the HIGHEST rates of religious participation.

That's a pretty big change.

They aren't. The author cites Barna, a Christian research org, whose findings are inconsistent w/ other research. Pew found that 43% of 18-24 year olds are religiously unaffiliated. Our surveys find much the same. Disappointing The New York Times would publish this w/o some due diligence.

All of this.

Belief in the power of shame is now bipartisan.

Burying the lede with this headline. That 61 percent of Republicans favor expanding solar energy production is... NEWS. And important politically. It's one of the few energy sources with strong bipartisan support.

Thank God.

Not terribly surprised by this. Trump was not elected with a mandate. Americans were deeply dissatisfied with the Democratic Party. But this has not meant lasting gains for the GOP.

New Pew report finds that more Americans who have a positive view about religion's role in society. But the generation gap in views of religion is still massive. Positive view of religion: 18-29: 46% 65+: 71%

This is also interesting and potentially important. Religious Americans increasingly say there is a conflict between mainstream American culture and their own religious values. That's a rapid shift.

This is stunning. Reddit relationship advice has shifted dramatically towards recommending dissolution than recommitment. (Folks who are familiar with this methodology, is this an appropriate application??) Would like to cite this in other work...

As fewer people have children I wonder whether social spaces might become less hospitable for families. The responses to this post are interesting... FWIW I have taken my boys to MANY breweries that have outdoor space, and appreciated it immensely

That's wild. The partisan divide on same-sex marriage has grown dramatically in recent years. I wonder whether the national debate over trans rights, and the strong opposition in the GOP has spilled over to impact lgbt issues more broadly.