Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed

>> It's been like what, only two weeks? This shit is exhausting already.

> It's meant to exhaust you.

* https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1886247034664964548

Ezra Klein:

> That is the tension at the heart of Trump’s whole strategy: Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him. […]

> What Trump wants you to see in all this activity is command. What is really in all this activity is chaos. They do not have some secret reservoir of focus and attention the rest of us do not. They have convinced themselves that speed and force is a strategy unto itself — that it is, in a sense, a replacement for a real strategy. Don’t believe them.

* https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcas...

These quotes and articles are awful. Both sides are so insanely annoying to me. The media has gotten completely out of touch with reality and with people.

you already had Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. what more immiseration could you really be hoping for

What sort of opinions?

They're nothing like Trump? You should research what happened to Liz Truss.

This happens in the US too [1,2,3]. In fact, regarding freedom of the press, they rank 55th in the world, well behind the UK, which ranks 23rd [4]. And if you think Trump is anything but the standard neoliberal order accelerated, I've got a bridge to sell you. For example look at the Laken Riley act. A blatant and complete teardown of judicial order (punishment for being _suspected_ of crimes), and 58 democrats helped pass it. Trump is par for the course, he's just a bit rude about it.

[1] https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/10/texas-ut-lecturer-ar...

[2] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240425-more-than-100...

[3] https://www.npr.org/2020/07/17/892277592/federal-officers-us...

[4] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index

Have a look at Free Speech Union UK for some examples.

Since you're asking, yes they are. Johnson is a right wing populist, and Liz Truss recently spoke at a far right conference, complaining about the deep state thwarting her plan. They're Trump without the funny accent.

Thatcher was bad enough as was Boris and you want worse than them?

The guys a fan of Tommy Robinson (at least from a glance over his post history) so y'know they probably weren't extreme enough.

I'm comparing the UK with ten years ago.

These days if you say you're English you'll be arrested and thrown in jail

These days, if you say you're English, you get arrested and thrown in jail.

( - Stewart Lee's taxi driver, over a decade ago. )

total bollocks

total bollocks

I think Stewart Lee knew and understood that when he incorporated it into his comedy routine.

Parent is probably noting that neither is now in office, in part or whole due to their stupidity and criminality.

You can't say anything these days Phil

Why not just paste some and link to their source?