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[–] davehtaylor@beehaw.org 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it seriously takes a toll. Living in FL and trying to keep up with it all left me at a point where it was hard to get out of bed each day.

[–] Leon@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

I hope you stay strong. Outside of terrible news I've had to take breaks from lemmy because of the "Floridians deserve this" sentiment I've seen around a lot.

[–] alex@jlai.lu 12 points 1 year ago

We need media dedicated to positive trans news. Happiness! Uplifting each other! Allowing ourselves to forget for one minute that there is bad stuff out there!

[–] eleanor@social.hamington.net 10 points 1 year ago

At this point, it's just "the news cycle"; no need to add on anti-trans.

Reading the news in general is just sadness