Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
I read news a lot less than I used to. Lemmy is now my main source of news.
I used to read the news every day, but find I gained nothing from it. Anything major I still know about because of Lemmy.
Lemmy (used to be reddit) helps with what to pay attention to.
Need to replace the “news” with info from sources that impact you. Lemmy has no idea what stupidity or genius your local council or the various ministries might be getting up to.
The main trigger for moving away from news was the realisation that mainstream media is no less susceptible to propoganda and misinformation that anyone else when it comes to unfolding events.
So I read a lot more about events after the fact, once sources and facts have been sorted out.
In terms of stupid councils and ministries, I’m sure anything major I’ll find out about from others. When it comes to voting for council, the only real control I have over what they do, I’ve taken to researching candidates to make a decision (in the past I’d just read the blurbs in the voting papers).
I also read and participate in council long term planning, when asked for opinions on where to spend money.