Sometimes, when I'm scrolling social media, my head feels like a Pachinko machine, with emotional balls bouncing between states of intense sadness, anger, joy and desire, always looking for the next dopamine hit ( My #pixel_dailies for today which was supposed to be about #plinko ) (slightly updated picture) #pixelart #ドット絵 #illustration #pachinko #addiction #PhoneAddiction #doomscrolling #socialMedia #enganchado #viciado #mastoart @pixel_dailies
Mayke [11/31] - The environmentally friendly alternative to yeeting billionaires into space 
I rediscovered something I wrote in my blog about 1½ years ago. It’s something that doesn’t get old and needs constant reminding.
— How Come We Always Assume the Worst in Others? —
Most people are pretty decent, says Dutch historian Rutger Bregman¹, author of ‘Utopia for Realists’ (2017) and ‘Humankind’ (2020).
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In an eight-minute video² he explains quite plausbily how doomscrolling, using social media, watching and reading the news changes our perception of humankind. We only see all the bad things happening, which makes us quite susceptible to being persuaded of human vileness. On the other hand, if you believe in the goodness of humanity, so often you are dismissed as this naïve person who doesn’t have a realistic view of the world.
But Bregman, after researching the matter, comes to the conclusion that humans are not as evil and raw as they are made out to be. An example: One of the astonishing discoveries from the second World War is that only 15 to 25 per cent of the American soldiers actually fired their guns. They had to be trained and brainwashed to be able to be more ‘effective’ during the Vietnam War.
Another valid point he’s making is that science is the only self-correcting system that we have that sort of criticises itself and then develops and becomes better […] 
¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Bregman
² https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=TXN7QGGNSWk&local=true
I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder] for it.
I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.
Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...
What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...
I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...
I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.
Oh, look! 
Groundbreaking #research reveals that people feel different when they stop #doomscrolling through social media. Who could have guessed? 
But sure, let's trust the "National Bureau of Obvious Research" to enlighten us further. 
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33697 #socialmedia #mentalhealth #awareness #humor #HackerNews #ngated
#BlueSky is the new Thing I Can't Look at Before Bed (and/or Without Medication)
Ah yes, the tragic tale of a Reddit bot driving someone to #madness 
because apparently, it's the bot's fault that #doomscrolling through "Am I the asshole" posts and insufferable wojack memes doesn't bring inner peace. 
Who knew the internet was full of recycled content and despair? Shocking revelation, truly! 
https://posthuman.blog/this-reddit-post-fried-my-brain/ #RedditBot #InternetMemes #InnerPeace #RecycledContent #HackerNews #ngated
Here's your mandatory #doomscrolling break, featuring a cute beach cat of Martinique, hoping for something to fall off the restaurant table
Self-Care Corvid bringing you the daily Public Service Announcement:
Mastodon is functioning very well as a news source. A handful of bloggers, Le Monde and Tagesschau.
A sign of the maturity of the platform.
I want to be informed. I don't want to be swamped or to get sucked in.
Enough else in my life and interests counterbalances the hot take of the moment. I am lucky that I have a high tolerance level.
The below is a list of fields containing personal #data.
That data is held in information systems which the so-called "DOGE" has sought to access.
This list is sourced from agency documents that were assembled by The New York Times.
Can't stop #doomscrolling? Here's some research to help you cut back
On not being able to read: doomscrolling and anxiety in pandemic times
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0950236X.2022.2056767#abstract
Can't stop doomscrolling? Here's some research to help you cut back
If you find yourself buffeted by bad news online, our resident advice columnist David Robson has some science-backed tips for managing your consumption and boosting your resilience
Does anyone else have a print newspaper subscription? I just signed up for one and I'm pretty excited about it. Hoping to break my doomscrolling habit and improve my mental health.
https://dallincrump.com/its-2025-and-i-just-got-a-print-newspaper-subscription
