Post #2341728

2026-01-03 14:37 UTC

Remember, when something in the news upsets you, you are *not obligated* to spend the next hour hunched over your phone reading live updates and social media hot takes. You *can* stay informed without succumbing to this urge -- an urge deliberately conditioned into us for decades by the 24-hour news cycle and exploitative for-profit social media. Step away from your screens, let your psyche absorb the blow, and read about it in a newspaper tomorrow morning if you like. You have permission!

Replies (16)

@anarchy79@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 15:44

@jsit@social.coop Let my psyche absorb some blow sounds like a great idea right about now that coke is going to get way more expensive due to this latest installment of Illegal War For Oil (S84E1).

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@bigstrongman@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 16:44

@jsit@social.coop or find ways to prevent more tragedy in your name. Stewing is never healthy in any situation obviously. Theres a comment here by someone in new york talking about surviving tragedy. It’s all kinda giving israeli, no?

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@manchicken@defcon.social 2026-01-03 16:54

@jsit@social.coop somehow I think I needed permission on this. That’s weird, but thank you.

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@LibertyForward1@beige.party 2026-01-03 17:01

@jsit@social.coop Thank you.

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@jaym@den.jaym.uk 2026-01-03 17:05

@jsit@social.coop Thanks for the reminder.

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@fedipete@techhub.social 2026-01-03 17:08

@jsit@social.coop thank you, much needed reminder

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@TheJournalingFrog@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 18:08

@jsit@social.coop Thank you for this. I'm currently reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and after some minutes of scrolling through this development, I remembered to DON'T PANIC, and took a deep breath.

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@the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-01-03 18:17

@jsit@social.coop yeah, fukdat. I woke up at 5am to learn what that asshole had done and didn't bother with news. In 1991 i was up for three entire days watching the beginning of the Iraq/Kuwait air war, but in that one we were actually the good guys on paper, and we didn't try to steal Kuwait's oil, we actually put all the wellfires out. Now, trump can eat shit and I am going to go have lunch and watch sports.

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@schmidt_fu@mstdn.social 2026-01-03 18:45

@jsit@social.coop Here's one for @selfcare@hachyderm.io 👍

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@courtcan@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 19:07

@jsit@social.coop Sound advice. ✌️🤘🖖

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@mguhlin@zirk.us 2026-01-03 19:29

@jsit@social.coop i like this quote

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@zalasur@mastodon.surazal.net 2026-01-03 19:54

@jsit@social.coop This is great advice that I'll probably end up ignoring. 😭

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@leslore@zeroes.ca 2026-01-03 20:19

@jsit@social.coop Or you can calmly think of what small positive action you can do. For instance, contacting your elected representatives and or reaching out to local organizers of peaceful activism. There is a pretty big space between doom scrolling and doing nothing..

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@tomala@mastodon.social 2026-01-03 20:44

@jsit@social.coop you are absolutely right, thank you 🙏🏻 😉

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@GregArcus@mastodon.world 2026-01-03 21:44

@jsit@social.coop Muting some words or phrases helps some.

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@jargoggles@kolektiva.social 2026-01-04 01:08

@jsit@social.coop A lot of the info and takes that come out right after a huge event are also just bad anyway. Everyone's working off of incomplete information and prioritizing speed over due diligence.

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