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- 1Swapping the news app for a kitten cam●I swapped my news app to kitten cam and it's amazing how much more calm it makes me. Seeing smol foster kitten sleeping
A social media user says replacing their news app with a live kitten cam has made them noticeably calmer. Instead of doomscrolling headlines, they now check in on a sleeping foster kitten, describing the shift from 'what's happening in the world' to watching Bam-Bam rest safely on the other side of the earth. The post resonates as a small example of stepping back from constant news consumption.
- 2App locks doomscrolling until you photograph a nearby place●A doomscroll lock that opens only after you walk to a real place nearby and photograph it. CLIP checks the photo on your
An open-source developer has built a phone app that blocks doomscrolling until the user physically walks to a nearby location and photographs it. The app uses the CLIP AI model to verify the photo on-device, with no server involved and no images uploaded. The project is being shared as part of open-source development challenges and is drawing attention for its creative use of AI to encourage people offline.