Thank you Donye, very cool!
Challenge Defeatism. Resist Doomerism
Thank you Donye, very cool!
Fascinating article!
Negative news has a greater impact on people than positive: https://assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71516.pdf
Media sites know this, and use it to drive engagement:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/social-media-facebook-twitter-politics-b1870628.html
And so, negative headlines are getting worse: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0276367
But negative news is addictive and psychologically damaging: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/202009/the-psychological-impact-negative-news
So it’s important to try and stay positive:
https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/benefits-of-good-news
If you want a break from the constant negativity, here are some sites that report specifically on positive news:
Remember, realistic optimism is important and, unlike what some might have believe, is not the same as blissful ignorance or ‘burying your head in the sand’: https://www.learning-mind.com/realistic-optimism-blind-positivity/
https://www.centreforoptimism.com/realisticoptimism
And doesn’t mean you must stay uninformed on current affairs: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/how-to-stop-doom-scrolling
https://goodable.co/blog/tips-for-balancing-positive-and-negative-news/
Hell March intensifies
These are lovely. I especially like the house bottom right. Are these real locations?
This is for EU countries only. UK details here: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/countries/united_kingdom for anyone interested.
If you use the word ‘hubby’ to refer to your husband I’m assuming you’re:
Probably the computers fault.
If anyone needs a reminder that everything isn’t as awful as the media might lead you to believe, here are some sites to help you with that:
Here are some sites to remind you that not everything in the world is bad, friend:
Isn’t this kinda what Tesla did with the Cybertruck tyres?
How anyone can look at this chinless wonder and think “wow, he’s aspirational” is beyond me.
No stomach?!