Strongly recommend Cory Doctorow's (@pluralistic) -- 5-years-anniversary post at Pluralistic, where he talks about some of the ways he manages his astonishingly productive time -- and the essential value of making your own "feed" decisions.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/#jeffty

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@dangillmor @pluralistic thanks. I've been using inbox rules that bucket things I'm in the To, or Cc, or not at all (distribution lists). Helps me focus.
@dangillmor @pluralistic writes so much clearly what are my scattered brain fragments— this about choosing your inputs “The experience of choosing to look at the news is profoundly different from having the news blasted at you. I still don't always choose wisely…. but the affect of being in charge of when and how I consume current events is the opposite of the feeling of being at the beck-and-call of any fool headline writer who hits ‘publish.’” https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/19/gimme-five/#:~:text=Same%20goes%20for%20the%20difference%20between
Pluralistic: Pluralistic is five (19 Feb 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow