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   Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 11:58:54 JST Paul Cantrell

   RE: https://kolektiva.social/@Voline/116468723822388133

   The one that’s missing from this excellent list:

   Ask yourself whether you can just completely ignore this particular news story until tomorrow.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 12:26:15 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Two scams of the modern news-industrial complex:

     1. The idea that all •breaking• news is •important•.

     2. The idea that all •important• news is •urgent•.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 12:31:45 JST Paul Cantrell

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     Breaking news alerts are a scourge. This is not limited but most definitely includes push notifications for news. Turning them off completely has probably added years to my life.

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 12:34:50 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • LAUREN

     @noondlyt
     BREAKING: I agree.

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     LAUREN (noondlyt@hellions.cloud)'s status on Sunday, 26-Apr-2026 12:34:51 JST LAUREN

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     @inthehands

     I feel the same. They stopped being able to identify what actual breaking news is several years ago.