9·
3 months agoWhy not both?
Challenge Defeatism. Resist Doomerism
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8·3 months agoSequel to Alyx?
5·3 months agoThis looks like the armour you’d get as a quest reward in a ARPG.
I got you this armour set, Merry Christmas darling!
Oh, wow, it’s fantastic, thank you!
Glad you like it because I got you 12 of them!
Oh, uh, great… that’s… great
25·3 months agoAnd these are the same dickheads that have been given permission to increase their bills by 35%.
Good news. It’s a bit grim around here. Going for a walk in the woods and there are hundreds of dead or dieing Ash trees.
81·3 months agoI think the issue I’ve been grappling with is, where do we draw the line as to what is an ‘acceptable’ murder? Like what if another Healthcare CEO is killed, but they’re violently knifed to death? Are we still celebrating then? What if they’re shot, but raped first? Are we still printing t-shirts? What if they’re shot, but so is their family? What if innocent passers by also get caught in the cross fire? Do we still cheer for them? What level of mental gymnastics do we have to do to justify something as ‘justice’ vs just plain old ‘murder?’ Where does this take us? Where does that reasoning end?
9·3 months agoThis looks… rough tbh. I honestly thought this was a CW TV series at first.
Is this the glass ceiling I’ve heard so much about?
On Lemmy:
Elsewhere:
Fucking good.
Littlemoor councillor Louie O’Leary echoed Cllr Dickenson’s thoughts and said he was ‘not in favour’ of the policy and said cemeteries ‘are not the place for this sort of thing’.
He added: “Can we not once just have somewhere that is sacred and doesn’t have to bow to the pressure of modern pursuits of the eco agenda as it were.”
Jesus Christ. Get fucked, Louie.
Yeah, that’s a classic around here to. A shit ton of saplings planted as part of the HS2 work just die due to lack of maintenance, leaving those stupid plastic protective tubes behind and nothing else.
I thought they were fine. The Pac Man, New World and Armoured Core ones stood out for me. Some of them felt superfluous (looking at you Crossfire) and it was disappointing they didn’t explore a greater variety of art styles. However for what it was I thought they were an entertaining enough watch.
Given the success of the reintroduction of Red Kites in this part of the country, this could end up working well.
You are 100% correct, 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%2Fjournal.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 you 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/
Some world news summaries can be found here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-37067259
https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week
https://theweek.com/
https://www.theskimm.com/daily-skimm
https://detoxed.news/
https://www.briefmedaily.com/