ok but like, how are we getting any work done. i'm trying to tippy tap away at my silly little keyboard but every fifteen minutes or so the new stupidest thing anyone's ever done happens.
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Put yourself on a news diet. I only allow myself to check my phone every half hour at most.
Put on a livestream or video that is completely unrelated to all the bullshit and just zone out while you work. AntsCanada is really good, and I also like watching video game livestreams.
Its all part of the plan.. a smoke screen to cover what they are doing legislatively: IE Put 4.5 Trillion in the pockets of the rich... and Punish the poor with SNAP, and Medicaid cuts... as well as their little coup..we need lots of articles why the Military is not supposed to follow illegal orders
we’re not over here. i’m a fed contractor panicking about my job (doge hasn’t shown up yet) and the potential loss of the drugs that keep me sane, among so many other things. doomscrolling doesn’t help but i can’t focus.
You know when there's massive breaking news disaster and they just have 1 article with lots of small headlines updating in real time? I think we need one of them running continuously for the next 4 years
I can't tell if you're screwing with me or not. I've never heard of that app before. I guess I'll go looking for apps that help people manage their doom scrolling.
Well, I am not getting any work done at all, but I am watching all the shows and movies and stuff. It's not working to drown out the noise, but I will keep trying, for lack of other alternatives.
I won’t tell you you SHOULD do broccoli farts while pregnant, but fetuses and babies have very few if any endocannabinoid receptors and some research indicates no impact, some indicates mildly low birth weight.
Which is just to say “huh”, I am really not giving any advice.
Now imagine writing a cancer research grant to submit to NIH when you don't know if it is even worth the effort anymore because there might well be no NIH (funding) next week any more.
I was teaching regulatory systems and data protection last Nov/Dec when the election happened, and all my slides and lectures became "as of now... but expect that..."
Granted I wasn't *specifically* expecting all your data to be given to a kid nicknamed Big Balls or whatever.
Yup. I'm a social worker/benefits navigator. I run the basic needs office at a college where I help students in need apply for assistance programs like SNAP, Medicaid, WIC, and LIHEAP (utility assistance). Y'know, all programs that could just be gone soon. 🫠
It's hard to explain. My job is in financial services. When I'm meeting with a client, I really focus on them. I have an agenda, or they have specific questions. My mind doesn't wander. I'm fully present for them.
I was imagining that the nature of being in a room with a bunch of kids, the need to hold their attention, the relationship you have with them, would mean you would (for the most part) focus all your attention on them, your tasks and agenda with them, their questions and the vibe in the room.
That is what I do, especially because I live and teach in a sanctuary city. The reality on the ground with my community is very anxious and traumatized, and this onslaught is horrific for all of us, thus making it hard to focus
I’m a fed. Keep hearing the song verse “I’ll pretend my ship’s not sinking” from the King of Wishful Thinking by Go West in my head over and over again all day as I carry on with my work.
I’m not even working, just trying to read a book, a book that I’m enjoying, and yet I have to check the timeline every 15-20 minutes to see what fresh hell has been announced
Well, I’m not important enough for it to matter if I know it now or later so I could just wait, I guess, but it’s like the siren’s call & I can’t help myself
Would be interesting to see how much $ in lost productivity this shit show is costing. Ive been quarter-assing it at best, which is down from my normal half-assing it
When things get really bad
I picture myself ripping JD Vance’s giant head off his weirdly scrawny neck. In my mind I brace my feet on his shoulders, grab him under the chin, and just start pulling straight up until his vertebrae separates and muscles snap.
I work major incidents for my company, so I can't really focus on anything else when those happen. The past couple of weeks have been busy. Honestly it's been a welcome distraction to focus on this at work being broken rather than the country being broken for a few hours at a time
I’ll just be minding my own business, doing my own job, then decide to take a break. And, oh, would you look at that: they invented another constitutional crisis
Are we doing anything about? No? I’ll just go back to staring at pdfs, I guess
(This isn’t meant to be “everything is hopeless. Do nothing,” just to be clear. I absolutely do think we should all be doing something, and I try to do my small part.
It’s just about my experience of getting through the work day while everything is on fire.)
Reminding myself Agatha Christie dealt with WWI by
- Training as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers
- Marrying 1st husband right before he deployed
- Continue hospital work
- Training as a dispenser/pharmacy tech
- Writing The Mysterious Affair At Styles, which included creation of Poirot
At least when I am at work, I can listen to podcasts all days while I clean the shelter and walk the dogs.
Somehow WLG, BtB, Daily Zeitgeist, Some More News, Is This Racist, The Dollop, Seriously Wrong, Conspirituality, & random movie pods make the daily stream of fascist hell easier to handle.
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Put on a livestream or video that is completely unrelated to all the bullshit and just zone out while you work. AntsCanada is really good, and I also like watching video game livestreams.
Good luck!
I find working an hour at a time with 20 minute breaks helps.
Furthermore, I won’t let a tyrant stop me from working towards my future. Resisting tyranny is layered.
It's real, real bad to be in this constant panic about our jobs.
Current news formats are too slow
This doesn't mean you have to leave your computer or phone, just your "news" feeds.
It’s rough out here
https://www.forestapp.cc/
*the number of "ai" suggested fixes that I had to go and retype the way I intended this to be phrased is TOO DAMN HIGH!
I won’t tell you you SHOULD do broccoli farts while pregnant, but fetuses and babies have very few if any endocannabinoid receptors and some research indicates no impact, some indicates mildly low birth weight.
Which is just to say “huh”, I am really not giving any advice.
Granted I wasn't *specifically* expecting all your data to be given to a kid nicknamed Big Balls or whatever.
https://medium.com/the-ascent/napoleons-mail-reading-tactic-is-more-relevant-than-ever-c99c2ef10ba4
And they know it.
Focus on living your best life, Keep Calm and Carry On, and all that.
Doom scrolling yourself into hypertension and ulcers isn't winning.
I keep working at my firm and every time I look at my firm I go "oh right, law doesn't matter really"
If you are my boss: sorry but also you know this about me.
I can't even play video games without hitting that stupid Windows key so I can check the headlines. This is the dumbest timeline.
https://www.dalailama.com/messages/transcripts-and-interviews/valuable-contributor-to-society
I picture myself ripping JD Vance’s giant head off his weirdly scrawny neck. In my mind I brace my feet on his shoulders, grab him under the chin, and just start pulling straight up until his vertebrae separates and muscles snap.
https://bsky.app/profile/chuckgoat.bsky.social/post/3lasj4kmcd227
Are we doing anything about? No? I’ll just go back to staring at pdfs, I guess
It’s just about my experience of getting through the work day while everything is on fire.)
- Training as a nurse caring for wounded soldiers
- Marrying 1st husband right before he deployed
- Continue hospital work
- Training as a dispenser/pharmacy tech
- Writing The Mysterious Affair At Styles, which included creation of Poirot
https://www.instagram.com/mainandvine?igsh=MTNzcWdyNzJ5cXE5dw==
Then I’ll go on BlueSky or Reddit news subs to get all my shocks in one dose over a couple hours.
Then it’s back to the writing and playing with my toys.
Somehow WLG, BtB, Daily Zeitgeist, Some More News, Is This Racist, The Dollop, Seriously Wrong, Conspirituality, & random movie pods make the daily stream of fascist hell easier to handle.