Yeah I get it, everything fucking sucks and sometimes we get a win. I’ve been here for 30 minutes tops and I can’t remember half of the headlines I’ve read, can you? There’s like no engagement on any of the posts here and there’s probably a dozen aggregators that post the same shit you’re looking at.
Shit that was written to nickel and dime you somehow, or lower down the food chain in an academic format for people actually paid to solve problems.
Leave the articles to the climate scientists and policy makers: This instance needs a place for people who get shit done, people who wanna change themselves and their immediate communities. We don’t have enough of that, anywhere.
What do you mean with your last paragraph? Leave the articles to them?
the majority of those articles aren’t paired with an actionable thesis statement to the avg reader, it’s just a bundle of anxiety and despair. they’re not worth your time or mine
The news here is not just negative, people have posted articles showing how things are NOT hopeless, like about how surprisingly effective the Inflation Reduction Act is, or how states and countries are scaling up solar power, how cheap alternative energies are continually becoming, etc.
I don’t go to traditional news sites, watch TV, or use any other social media, Lemmy has become how I stay slightly abreast of what’s happing, and it works well as a Reddit replacement in that regard.
I also think it’s a good place to share ideas, some of the articles posted from Lowtech Magazine were absolutely wonderful.
Is it a good place to organize? No. But it’s a nice place to discuss things, find cool stuff, and be informed of global happenings.
I also like my news with a bit of a call to action
Gotcha, makes sense. Complex topic. Needs to stay in people’s mind but too much and they get used to it.