The World Economic Forum is calling for more direct action to end the pending food crisis. Amazing how that is timed with Oregon and Idaho water restrictions and Michigan Avian Flu crisis. Want fries with the grasshopper burger?
Roblox Pulls 100 Games Simulating Charlie Kirk Assassination
https://gamerant.com/roblox-charlie-kirk-assassination-games-removal-response-violations/
Roblox is removing user-made games re-enacting the assassination of Charlie Kirk. A senior company official cited the existing platform policy as the main reason for the decision, positing that Roblox is no place for promoting hate against any individual or group.
I am saddened by the passing of Charlie Kirk. Our Community Standards prohibit content and behavior that re-enacts specific real world violent or sensitive events or promotes terrorism or hatred against individuals or groups, and we do not allow any image or video sharing in… https://t.co/cM5jQUDlcb
— David Baszucki (@DavidBaszucki) September 12, 2025
What Is Roblox? A Gaming Platform with Presidential Assassinations
But Since All The Kids Are Playing Assassination Games, Let’s Host Our Mental Health App There As Well
Love, Your Mind World
The “Love, Your Mind World” on Roblox provides a variety of mental health resources designed to equip teens with valuable tools and strategies in a safe and engaging environment. These resources are integrated into interactive gameplay and were developed with guidance from leading mental health experts.
The mental health resources provided include:
• Interactive Obby Zones: These three zones integrate mental health education into engaging gameplay.
◦ Friendship Forest: This zone helps teens recognize that asking for help is a sign of strength.
◦ Mindfulness Mountain: This area offers guided mindfulness exercises to manage stress.
◦ Labyrinth of Light: This zone guides players through challenges designed to build emotional resilience.
• Guided Meditations: The world features free audio and video content from Headspace to help teens stay grounded and reduce stress. These meditations include exercises from Headspace’s expert meditation teachers, Eve Lewis Prieto and Dora Kamau.
• Gamified Mental Health Strategies: Mental health strategies and coping mechanisms are integrated into quests and activities throughout the world, making learning fun and engaging.
The design prioritizes safety, with anonymized usernames during gameplay and disabled chat features, to ensure a secure space for teens to access these resources.
“Great” Results
As of March 2025:
- 641,000+ world visits
- 452,000+ learning quests completed
- 108,000+ guided meditations performed
- 80% of users reported feeling more confident managing stress and mental health
- LYMW Outperformed all other Charity & NGO Roblox experiences by 1,322%
- Average 21k daily active users with a visit time of 5.8 minutes
- User Feedback: 94% said they “liked” or “loved” it
But how are these tracked, how are parents informed and where does this data reside. Roblox is a gaming platform, not a HIPAA compliant platform
Experts
Headspace is partnered with the “Love, Your Mind World” in several ways:
- Content Provider: The experience explicitly includes audio and video from Headspace, offering valuable educational resources for teens. Specifically, it provides free guided meditation and mindfulness exercises.
- Expert Teachers: These guided meditations feature two of Headspace’s expert meditation teachers, Eve Lewis Prieto and Dora Kamau.
- Resource Focus: The age-appropriate content from Headspace is designed to help players stay grounded, allow negative thoughts and emotions to pass by, and teach practical ways to combat stress and anxiety.
Designed For The Future Marketing
If you’re considering building a world in Roblox, I hope these learnings help guide your journey. Of course, creating a dedicated world isn’t the only way to integrate into Roblox. There are other approaches, like building an experience within an already established game, as some health and beauty brands have done, or utilizing Roblox’s unique advertising capabilities such as sponsored tiles, portal ads or a search boost.
We decided to go big and build our own world to learn as much as possible and have the experience available for future activations. While it was ambitious, it has enabled us to get mental health resources to over 600k teens, provided invaluable insights and opened up new opportunities for future nonprofit initiatives on gaming platforms.
A range of partners are contributing to the effort with donated in-platform elements. e.l.f. Beauty, Track and Field: Infinite and Walmart provided one-way portals from their Roblox experiences, helping direct more users to the Love, Your Mind World. Added promotion is provided by Roblox. GEEIQ and Latitude are providing pro bono measurement and insights to help evaluate the impact of the world. Additional support for the overall “Love, Your Mind” campaign comes from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
Walmart and track and field offer “prizes”
Teens can claim exclusive digital fashion items by completing quests, in partnership with e.l.f. Beauty, Pacsun, Walmart and Headspace.
The same institution provides health care for transgender teens
Gov Cox Vetoed Bill Banning Transgender Males in Female Sports
Gov. Cox: Why I’m vetoing HB11
The concept was fairly simple. For the very small number of transgender kids who are looking to find a sense of connection and community–without posing any threat to women’s sports–the commission would allow participation. However, the committee would prohibit participation in the rare circumstance of an outlier who could pose a safety threat or dominate a sport in a way that would eliminate competitive opportunities for biological females.
Unfortunately, HB11 provides no financial protection for the UHSAA, only an explicit invitation for a lawsuit. With several lawsuits already being litigated across the country, why would Utah insist — even encourage — expensive and debilitating legal action with no recourse for the organization that serves our own student athletes and schools? I hope you can agree that if we want to protect women’s sports, bankrupting the institution that is responsible for their participation is a bad place to start.
Utah Based ElizaChat: AI Therapy But We’re Not ChatGPT
https://www.elizachat.com/blog/chatgpt-psychosis-and-the-case-for-human-centered-ai-mental-fitness
What if we approached this differently? What if instead of trying to replace therapists, we focused on building mental fitness?
Think about physical fitness. You don’t just go to a doctor when you’re sick. You exercise regularly to stay strong and healthy. You work with trainers who challenge you to grow. You build muscle through resistance, not just comfort.
Mental fitness works the same way. It’s about building psychological strength through daily practice. It’s about developing coping skills, emotional regulation, and resilience before you need them.
The difference between mental health and mental fitness is the difference between treatment and training. Mental health focuses on reacting to problems as they arise. Mental fitness is more proactive, focusing on preventing issues by building strength.
In physical fitness, a good trainer doesn’t just validate your feelings about exercise. They push you to go beyond your current abilities and get stronger. They correct your form when it’s wrong. They challenge you.
Mental fitness AI should work the same way. Instead of endless validation, it should teach specific skills. Instead of agreeing with every thought, it should help you examine those thoughts critically. Instead of providing comfort, it should provide tools for building resilience.
This approach is grounded in evidence-based practices like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which teaches people to identify and change unhealthy thinking patterns. It’s about building capabilities, not just managing symptoms.
Utah Based ElizaChat: AI Therapy But We’re Not ChatGPT
https://www.elizachat.com/blog/chatgpt-psychosis-and-the-case-for-human-centered-ai-mental-fitness
What if we approached this differently? What if instead of trying to replace therapists, we focused on building mental fitness?
Think about physical fitness. You don’t just go to a doctor when you’re sick. You exercise regularly to stay strong and healthy. You work with trainers who challenge you to grow. You build muscle through resistance, not just comfort.
Mental fitness works the same way. It’s about building psychological strength through daily practice. It’s about developing coping skills, emotional regulation, and resilience before you need them.
The difference between mental health and mental fitness is the difference between treatment and training. Mental health focuses on reacting to problems as they arise. Mental fitness is more proactive, focusing on preventing issues by building strength.
In physical fitness, a good trainer doesn’t just validate your feelings about exercise. They push you to go beyond your current abilities and get stronger. They correct your form when it’s wrong. They challenge you.
Mental fitness AI should work the same way. Instead of endless validation, it should teach specific skills. Instead of agreeing with every thought, it should help you examine those thoughts critically. Instead of providing comfort, it should provide tools for building resilience.
This approach is grounded in evidence-based practices like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which teaches people to identify and change unhealthy thinking patterns. It’s about building capabilities, not just managing symptoms.
Utah: First Law Regulating AI App, ElizaChat First To Cooperate
The First Regulatory Mitigation Agreement is a landmark initiative signed by the Utah Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy (OAIP), The OAIP is a “first-in-the-nation entity” dedicated to establishing trust and fostering innovation in AI technologies while ensuring public safety
A regulatory mitigation agreement is a contractual arrangement involving a company, the OAIP, and potentially relevant state regulators. It outlines how AI can be used in Utah and may offer limited exemptions from existing laws, reduced fines for regulatory violations, or other strategies to foster responsible AI development while still ensuring safety. The OAIP establishes these agreements on a case-by-case basis, demonstrating a collaborative approach to balancing innovation and regulatory compliance.
Boundary on “Practice of Mental Health Therapy”:
The agreement grants ElizaChat a 30-day period to rectify instances where the app might inadvertently engage in conversations that fall under the “practice of mental health therapy,” which legally requires state licensure. Should the app tread into such conversations, ElizaChat is responsible for connecting users with licensed therapists and providing the necessary support to mitigate potential impacts.
Michigan SoS Benson Rule Would Delete County Election Data After 7 Days
Lawmakers raise concerns over Jocelyn Benson’s new election rules restricting local control
The problem is we have data files in the county that tell a different story than Sec of State, yet the SoS will not release data files for remediation.
The Bureau of Elections presented JCAR No. 25-49 (MOAHR No. 2025-014 ST), which would limit the authority of county and local clerks and mandate the deletion of the electronic voter file just seven days after an election. Bureau officials told lawmakers the information could be printed and stored, but questions quickly followed on whether paper records would be practical for audits and public access.
“Many of the documents provided to us were not searchable,” said Sen. Lana Theis, R-Sturgis. “If it’s going to paper, then how is Susie, homemaker, who’s FOIAing something supposed to be able to find what she’s looking for?”