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What do you all check instead of the news? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've realized that I check the news several times a day but not because I'm curious about what's happening on the grand scheme of things, but because my brain wants to check something that keeps changing with new, evolving information. It fills a slightly different niche than social media, and I don't watch sports so I don't have that to check. Can anyone think of something else that could fill this need? I could read blogs but they just don't feel current. And the news is making be stress about information I didn't need to know.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

How about deep diving? It's not easy and consistent with one app, but it's pretty satisfying to be the one figuring stuff out.

Or local city planning. Future plans on what to build and where. Doesn't update as frequently, but it's something to circle back to on occasion, or you might want to get involved and go to a meeting.

Some people like to listen to police scanners, or alternatively there is usually someone with a social media account who posts just the most important or funniest transmissions from the city/county/whatever

Or you could get an idle game app that you occasionally need to pop into to collect money and upgrade.

Start day trading?