The Yungest Onion

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Challenge Defeatism. Resist Doomerism. Alt account @ Lemmy.world (now banned).
That’s because USB is in quantum superposition until you try and plug it in.
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The Telegraph did a response to this, make of it what you will: web.archive.org/…/no-brexit-not-costing-uk-econom…
No, Brexit is not costing the UK economy £100bn a year

Rejoiners are tossing dodgy numbers around without caring where they have come from

The Telegraph

You are 100% correct, negative news has a greater impact on people than positive: assets.csom.umn.edu/assets/71516.pdf

Media sites know this, and use it to drive engagement:

www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4

independent.co.uk/…/social-media-facebook-twitter…

And so, negative headlines are getting worse: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/jour…

But negative news is addictive and psychologically damaging: psychologytoday.com/…/the-psychological-impact-ne…

So it’s important to try and stay positive:

www.goodgoodgood.co/…/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’: learning-mind.com/realistic-optimism-blind-positi…

www.centreforoptimism.com/realisticoptimism

And doesn’t mean you must stay uninformed on current affairs: www.goodgoodgood.co/…/how-to-stop-doom-scrolling

goodable.co/…/tips-for-balancing-positive-and-neg…

Some world news summaries can be found here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-37067259

www.economist.com/the-world-this-week

theweek.com

www.theskimm.com/daily-skimm

detoxed.news

www.briefmedaily.com

I’d call him a cunt but he lacks the warmth and the depth.
Posts rarely make me laugh out loud, but yours often do. Please keep at it!
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Why not both?

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Sequel to Alyx?