It doesn’t have to be forced ignorance. I still follow the TLDR news and sister channels. They present a summary of a few key issues quite well. I know about the political parties I support and will vote in an election. I have an app for breaking news headlines (I just look at the headlines for just urgent breaking news…but I’ve uninstalled this recently).
Mainstream news I have no interest in following anymore. Especially since they’ve pivoted to reporting on “this person said this dumb thing on social media” and “royal family/celebrity does some dumb shit”.
I would also recommend using RSS for news if you have to. Subscribe to only what you want. Get news in chronological order rather than their bullshit prioritisation. Set blacklist filter words (I used to have a news RSS with a blocklist as long as my arm…Trump, Gaza, COVID, Ukraine, Musk, Twitter, Facebook, etc etc). But now I’ve uninstalled this too.
I largely have as well, but I fucking hate that forced ignorance is my only path to mental and emotional regulation.
It doesn’t have to be forced ignorance. I still follow the TLDR news and sister channels. They present a summary of a few key issues quite well. I know about the political parties I support and will vote in an election. I have an app for breaking news headlines (I just look at the headlines for just urgent breaking news…but I’ve uninstalled this recently).
Mainstream news I have no interest in following anymore. Especially since they’ve pivoted to reporting on “this person said this dumb thing on social media” and “royal family/celebrity does some dumb shit”.
I would also recommend using RSS for news if you have to. Subscribe to only what you want. Get news in chronological order rather than their bullshit prioritisation. Set blacklist filter words (I used to have a news RSS with a blocklist as long as my arm…Trump, Gaza, COVID, Ukraine, Musk, Twitter, Facebook, etc etc). But now I’ve uninstalled this too.