Ignore it! Especially when a Disaster hits your Area and FEMA doesnt Exist!
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2025
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Also a great YouTube channel to keep up with the news but is short and puts things in context and if needed what you can do to help is belle of the fifth column.
Also good rule of thumb if the article starts off with X said this vs X did this skip the article. Focus on what people in power do vs what they say as shitty journalists will write an article about a tweet that 9 times out of 10 is a distraction vs real journalism talking about the actions. Propublica is one of the few journalistic outfits that do that.
Propublica is one of the few journalistic outfits that do that.
Correct one of the few news outlets that won't do fake news and act as a bad faith actor.
Following their journalists on mastodon is really all I uae it for.
Solid use case. I need to figure how to access mastodon on mbin. Old server it was just part of the feed.
Just cross check souces before acting.
And write down who said what. Then you can check later and eliminate the bad sources.
Pay attention, but take it with a grain of salt. If you're in a bottom tax bracket, no one in power in govt cares about you. And that's with both major parties and the minor parties
You do you. Just keep up the fight for the good. I'd say it's also fine to plant a few sunflowers next to the local playground and clean up the litter, or make your community a better place for the people. In turn you'd ignore national level politics and world news. I don't think everyone needs to do that kind of politics. Just do something nice, something you're good at and it'll be alright and be of use to someone.
While we are all on the same ride to hell, your ride to hell is your's, and your's alone. Do what you feel like doing and try not to worry overly much.
My wife and I had the realization this past week that we have both been in a near constant state of seething anger since the election. We decided that we both need to pump the brakes on reading news for our collective mental health. That doesn't mean we're ignoring things, but it does mean we plan to remind each other to take a breather when we're caught doomscrolling.
We cannot afford to become complacent or ignore things, but we have found that redirecting our anger to productive activities has been helpful. Every time we read a negative article it is a reminder to reach out to our friends who are parts of communities which are currently under attack to see what we can do to help or offer companionship. We also regularly look for local opportunities to connect with marginalized communities in our area, volunteer, and generally make a show of our support.
That is not a stupid question. It's no good to cause yourself crippling anxiety, you are less useful to yourself and to others then. And yes the news will always be presented in a way designed to cause outrage and fear, to keep you coming back.
That is not to say there is no reason to worry. But good to put a "budget " for news consumption and work on what you can personally change, rather than worrying about all the stuff you can't. Being happy and helpful and not a bigot is a form of resistance too, and is a general thing you can do regardless of your current event knowledge.
I think that you can and should tune it out when it feels overwhelming. You terrifying yourself about things you can't change isn't helpful. What's helpful is that, whether you've watched the news today or not, possessing a willingness to do small bits of good in your immediate neighborhood.
Be willing to hold a door open for someone, or push a car out of an icy parking space, or shovel someone's sidewalk for free, etc. etc. etc.
Not sure how you mean "I am in the US" but based on a bunch of assumptions, my advice would be to tune it out as much as possible and focus on being a good person making your friends and famliy happy.
This trump administration will very likely follow the last in that it will be a storm of incompetence and reversing-of-decisions such that whatever actual evil they are able to implement will show up somewhere you'd likely see it in your day-to-day life.
You'll get a lot of stress and anxiety watching the news / social media about it because those things will include all the "might happens" and "said they would"s and so on. Forget that stuff. Just make some good food you like and make someone close to you smile today and that's the best you can do. (And it's not bad!)
This thread is everything I needed to convince me to leave instead of fight.