Wer der Nachrichten um Tod, Trauerfeier, Begräbnis und Nachfolge im Vatikan/Rom überdrüssig ist und auch keinen guten News-Ersatz in Meldungen aus den trumpigen USA findet, kann seine/ihre Neugier auf eine große Explosion in einer iranischen Hafenstadt in der Nähe von Bandar Abbas konzentrieren, über die in schwedischen Medien aktuell berichtet wird.

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.

• Plus their #Website being built to mandate #JavaScript isn't very "respecting" of me as a potential user.

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.

• But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.

Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...

• I do however acknowledge that there is a #market for #smol & #sleek "#StupidPhones" or rather compact #Smartphones and I do want to see more competition for it.

What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...

• I just think that requiring people to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.

I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...

• It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay (by #USA standards!) but still...

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.

• Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...

#BlueSky is the new Thing I Can't Look at Before Bed (and/or Without Medication)

I know my #doomscrolling has gone far enough when my #bluesky "what's hot classic" thread starts showing me thirst trap images that seem to target gay men.

Far too much hair and weiners (understand rage at unsolicited pics very clearly) for my sensibilities

I'm not sure how the algorithm is figuring this, blocking them repeatedly doesn't make it stop. Maybe it's my support of lgbtqia+ folk? Is it my hatred for web3 and crypto, maybe following trans community folk, baffling

For the life of me I can't figure it out

Many of the pics have fewer than 10 likes

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.

#Infohygiene #Doomscrolling

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.

http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/09/infohygiene-doomscroll/

Want a better night’s sleep? Limit your #DoomScrolling before bed! A growing body of research suggests that how often people use social media before bed – and how engaged they are in it – matters more than how long they are on screens as a whole when it comes to getting restful sleep. Social psychologist and sleep researcher Brian N. Chin, from Trinity College, explains that emotionally stimulating content can lead to greater arousal that delays the onset of sleep. Small behavioral changes, such as avoiding doomscrolling and leaving your phone outside your bedroom at night, can help you get more sleep, he writes. #sleep #sleeping #SocialMedia #PersonalCare #anxiety

https://theconversation.com/social-media-before-bedtime-wreaks-havoc-on-our-sleep-a-sleep-researcher-explains-why-screens-alone-arent-the-main-culprit-251453

Can't stop #doomscrolling? Here's some research to help you cut back

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635372-600-cant-stop-doomscrolling-heres-some-research-to-help-you-cut-back/

On not being able to read: doomscrolling and anxiety in pandemic times

#Doomscrolling #anxiety

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0950236X.2022.2056767#abstract

Recommended* resource: Exhausted by #DoomScrolling and everything going on everywhere?

Try some #HopeScrolling by catching the #CBC #radio / #podcast, What on Earth, a show focused on people pursuing climate solutions both large and small.

Always interesting, often surprising!

*from a listener (me)

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth

#JoyScrolling
#climate
#ClimateChange
#ClimateAction
#hope
#Canada

For all of you #DoomScrolling here’s something different. A picture of a #kitten.

https://www.rd.com/list/cute-kittens/

Food for thought.
#news #doomscrolling #positivity #media #mediaavoidance

‘I can’t cope with it any more’: newsrooms scramble to retain audiences amid the big switch-off https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/apr/01/i-cant-cope-with-it-any-more-newsrooms-scramble-to-retain-audiences-amid-the-big-switch-off?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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

#Bloomscrolling statt #Doomscrolling.

#SocialNetworks that are fed by an #algorithm are causing much harm to you. Just one example of many: https://karl-voit.at/2024/07/13/social-network-filters/

Please do convince your friends and relatives to try out a healthy alternative like the #Fediverse here: https://karl-voit.at/2024/06/18/Fediverse-and-Mastodon/

When you visit your friends and family, tell them about not having #endlessscrolling or #doomscrolling. Tell them about being able to read unfiltered comments and articles. Tell them about not destroying your mental health all the time, following some #influencers that show a wrong picture of the world and the people.

Accounts on servers like https://graz.social are for free. (Donations welcomed: https://info.graz.social/spenden/ )

Have a happy weekend!