YungOnions

Test reply

Hardly surprising given the money donated to the Tories by the property sector:

https://www.businessinsider.com/more-than-20-of-conservative-party-donations-from-property-sector-2021-7

Not sure how things stack up compared to Labour, but there's most likely still a lot of money being thrown around to make sure builders make as much profit as possible.

The Telegraph did a response to this, make of it what you will: https://web.archive.org/web/20250102100357/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/01/02/no-brexit-not-costing-uk-economy-100bn-year/

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/

I'd call him a cunt but he lacks the warmth and the depth.

Posts rarely make me laugh out loud, but yours often do. Please keep at it!

On today's episode of Bullshit That Never Happened...

Why not both?

Let it on me bedroom

Sequel to Alyx?

Gotta dream fast!