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

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

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

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/social-media-facebook-twitter-politics-b1870628.html

And so, negative headlines are getting worse: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0276367

But negative news is addictive and psychologically damaging: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-we-worry/202009/the-psychological-impact-negative-news

So it’s important to try and stay positive:

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/benefits-of-good-news

If you want a break from the constant negativity, here are some sites that report specifically on positive news:

• https://www.goodgoodgood.co/
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
• https://fixthenews.com/

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’: https://www.learning-mind.com/realistic-optimism-blind-positivity/

https://www.centreforoptimism.com/realisticoptimism

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

https://goodable.co/blog/tips-for-balancing-positive-and-negative-news/

Some world news summaries can be found here:

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

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

https://theweek.com/

https://www.theskimm.com/daily-skimm

https://detoxed.news/

https://www.briefmedaily.com/

Why not both?

Sequel to Alyx?

Gotta dream fast!

The cover by Disturbed is good to: https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

I thought the set he did on Luigi Mangione was really good.

I think the issue I’ve been grappling with is, where do we draw the line as to what is an ‘acceptable’ murder? Like what if another Healthcare CEO is killed, but they’re violently knifed to death? Are we still celebrating then? What if they’re shot, but raped first? Are we still printing t-shirts? What if they’re shot, but so is their family? What if innocent passers by also get caught in the cross fire? Do we still cheer for them? What level of mental gymnastics do we have to do to justify something as ‘justice’ vs just plain old ‘murder?’ Where does this take us? Where does that reasoning end?

Because it’s about sending a message. They’ve seen how popular this guy and his actions have become and are trying to throw everything at him so it puts off any copycats.

👁️ 👄 👁️

On Lemmy:

• !goodnews@kbin.social

• !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world

• !goodnewseveryone@sh.itjust.works

• !upliftingnews@lemmy.world

• https://lemmy.world/c/hopeposting

• https://lemmy.world/c/worldinprogress

• https://lemmy.world/c/climatehope

Elsewhere:

• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

• https://www.goodgoodgood.co/

• https://www.futurecrunch.com/

• https://www.positive.news/

Get a load of her snake, lads!

Because it’s a opportunity to trot out the low hanging fruit of ‘Videos games promote violence’, providing a convenient target to point the finger at.

I thought this was going to be another Saddam Hussain meme, at first glance.

Fuck off Elon.

But, but, hur-dur tire make smoke!

Lol, yeah. Neither of them look like they’re having the best time, tbf.

👉😎👉

Exactly what I was thinking!

If you ever want good news these are some good places to start:

• https://www.goodgoodgood.co/
• https://www.positive.news/
• https://fixthenews.com/
• https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

Stay positive, friend!