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Petra van Cronenburg<p>The wonderful <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FirstDogOnTheMoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstDogOnTheMoon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@firstdogonthemoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>firstdogonthemoon</span></a></span> about the difficulty to choose the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/goodNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodNews</span></a> in a world of a bad reality or even <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomScrolling</span></a>: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/jul/11/moo-deng-is-turning-one-year-old-finally-a-news-story-i-can-bear-to-read" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">picture/2025/jul/11/moo-deng-is-turning-one-year-old-finally-a-news-story-i-can-bear-to-read</span></a><br>We definitively need more birthday cakes. 🤭 🎂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
Gegenwind :antifa:🇺🇳🖖<p>Alle reden immer von <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DigitalDetox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalDetox</span></a> oder <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DoomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoomScrolling</span></a>. Das ist wieder <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AnalogeNormativit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnalogeNormativität</span></a>; als ob das Internet das Böse und die analoge Welt das Gute wäre. Ich sag euch mal was: <br>Für mich ist das auch oft umgedreht! Wenn ich auf Handy schaue ist das <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AnalogDetox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnalogDetox</span></a>, um mit dem Scheiß zurecht zu kommen, der auf mich einprasselt. Ich betreibe Selfcare und selbst wenn es Nachrichten sind die ich lese ist das inneres <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a>. Diese Abwertung alles Digitalen ist nurnoch albern.<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a></p>
Joan<p>It's wonderful how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> really alleviates some of the stress of, what often ends up as, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> in any social media channels. </p><p>So here's another one for today.</p>
katha<p>Hier, etwas Kükenflausch gegen <a href="https://machteburch.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a></p>
NicolasCelnik<p>Et si notre téléphone avait avec nous la même relation qu’une guêpe qui pond ses œufs dans des pucerons ? C’est la thèse du biologiste Robert Brooks et de la philosophe Rachael L. Brown. Pour eux, présenter les choses ainsi est une manière de réclamer un meilleur contrôle de l’environnement numérique. Mon entretien pour <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://amicale.net/@libe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libe</span></a></span> . </p><p><a href="https://www.liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/robert-brooks-du-point-de-vue-de-levolution-les-smartphones-sont-des-parasites-et-nous-sommes-leur-hote-20250704_WYJCRTJT3NB3PG3WLHZXDFUXKI/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberation.fr/idees-et-debats/</span><span class="invisible">robert-brooks-du-point-de-vue-de-levolution-les-smartphones-sont-des-parasites-et-nous-sommes-leur-hote-20250704_WYJCRTJT3NB3PG3WLHZXDFUXKI/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technologie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/numerique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>numerique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/societe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>societe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalisme</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>LOL this weekend's Non Sequitur.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/emergencyalerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergencyalerts</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alerts</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/06/29" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/29</span></a></p>
jramskov<p>Video video - vinder af Melodi Grand Prix 1982 - de havde mere ret om fremtiden* end de anede: <br><a href="https://youtu.be/8u1eyw9p1hg?si=3LGNswNTekTIdvhO" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/8u1eyw9p1hg?si=3LGNsw</span><span class="invisible">NTekTIdvhO</span></a></p><p>* Det blev dog TikTok, Youtube, Netflix, etc. i stedet for VHS 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://helvede.net/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a></p>
צבי הנינג'ה🟣<p><a href="https://tooot.im/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>catsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://tooot.im/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a></p>
Odin Halvorson<p>Don't Be Like Denathor: Ditch Doomscrolling</p><p>News is depressing, but it's more important than ever to stay informed--so what can we do? Well, Denathor, a character from LOTR, gives is a stark image of where doomscrolling can lead.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lotr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lotr</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tolkien</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1ZuzcabQI4o?feature=shared" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/1ZuzcabQI4o?feature=s</span><span class="invisible">hared</span></a></p>
ClementineArt is expression <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/love?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#love</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/viral?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#viral</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/doomscrolling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#doomscrolling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/brainrot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brainrot</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/artist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/foryou?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foryou</a>
Andrew Jennings<p>watched a Resilience Project presentation on how to handle social media. One point was the ratio of time contributing (creating) versus passive consumption. Lots of consumption bad for mental health. For myself the only thing I interact with that has an algorithm is google news. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/211893/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/211893/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Coping with anxiety, stress amidst current world events <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CurrentEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentEvents</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DoomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dr</span></a>.ChristiaSpearsBrown <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/12259/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/12259/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Coping with anxiety, stress amidst current world events <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CurrentEvents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CurrentEvents</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DoomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dr</span></a>.ChristiaSpearsBrown <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
nocci [cyberpunk'd]<p>.... und jetzt wäre ein guter Moment seine Filterlisten auf den aktuellen Stand zu bringen, wenn man nicht ins <a href="https://punk.cyber77.de/tags/Doomscrolling" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doomscrolling</a> verfallen will.</p>
Andre Marx<p>Ich versuche mich mal daran zu gewöhnen, meine Timeline nicht lückenlos zu lesen. Ist erstmal FOMO, hoffe aber, dass es auf längere Sicht befreit… <a href="https://norden.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://norden.social/tags/fomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fomo</span></a></p>
Akshay<p>IS suicide bombing in a Damascus church…</p><p>so not just Israel trying to scuttle the new Syria…</p><p>Are all the world’s [censored] competing for attention right now?</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c307n9p43z9o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c307n9p4</span><span class="invisible">3z9o</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Damascus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Damascus</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/IS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ISIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ISIS</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a></p>
keef<p>I wrote this track over three years ago when the Russians first invaded Ukraine. Sadly it seems even more relevant today.</p><p>Maybe I need to add another verse about all the additional horrible things in my feed timeline.</p><p><a href="https://mirlo.space/key13/release/pretentious-incongruity/tracks/10888" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mirlo.space/key13/release/pret</span><span class="invisible">entious-incongruity/tracks/10888</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/key13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>key13</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doomscrolling</span></a></p>
𝕰𝖗𝖎𝖈 𝖛𝖔𝖓 𝕱𝖔𝖊𝖗𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗<p>Though I walk through the valley of the 24/7 news cycle, I shall fear no doomscroll—because I muted notifications and went outside. 🌳🌲🚶🏡<br><a href="https://social.lol/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/gooutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gooutside</span></a> <a href="https://social.lol/tags/unplug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unplug</span></a></p>
Carmilla DeWinter<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-sarah-mcbride.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/17/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/ezra-klein-podcast-sarah-mcbride.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a><br>Interessantes Interview via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@transworld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>transworld</span></a></span> - Sarah McBride, erste trans Abgeordnete im US-Repräsentantenhaus, über Fehler der politischen Linken, (a)Soziale Medien, Liberalismus und den Willen zum Feind versus Würde. (Achtung, lang - Transkript eines gut 90 Minuten langen Podcasts.) Auf jeden Fall was dazugelernt.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transrightsarehumanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transrightsarehumanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debattenkultur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debattenkultur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a></p>
Daniela Pagenstecher 🇺🇦 🚴‍♂️ 📚<p>Um das allgemeine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Doomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doomscrolling</span></a> mal zu durchbrechen: in meiner Nachbarschaft ist alles in Ordnung, man bereitet sich auf sie Hitze vor, kruschtelt so rum, räumt auf, Gespenstergläubigenglocken läuten, man isst Eis, trägt Mützen gegen die Sonne, strömt in den kühlen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/G%C3%BCnthersburgpark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Günthersburgpark</span></a> und hat keine Eile.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frankfurt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frankfurt</span></a> bleibt stabil.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frankfurtbleibtstabil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frankfurtbleibtstabil</span></a></p>