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RSS lists that include your local news is your best bet. Then you don't have an algorithm sending you the worse most stressful news, it's listed in the order of the datastamp it was posted.
I keep seeing RSS lists recommended on Lemmy. Can you provide some links on how to set one up? Do I need a website? Does it get sent to an email? How do you find websites for thr RSS feed?
Install feedly on your phone. You can divide up your news sources into categories and it produces a good feed. It's all about building your sources of content.
Cool thanks! I'll check it out.
I guess the literal answer is early in the morning when your serotonin is rising, and once or twice a week so you get the big stories without the obsessive retellings.
If there's news you need to know your friends or coworkers will tell you.
I too prefer my information to be in the form of half-remembered headlines curated by Facebook
I have this issue too. I have a few people in my life who pay attention to the news, I just ask them to inform me when something big happens, or I ask for updates if it’s been a week or two. I check out those specific topics then move on. I realized it didn’t serve me to stay very informed, so I just want the bare minimum.
I go through phases. I was glued to the news at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, then it became too much and I had to back off. I’ll be back at it again at the height of the 2024 US election so I can make informed voting decisions, then I’m done again until the next major thing.
Simply read article headlines on Lemmy and jump to conclusions like a true gigachad ~~/s~~