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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.
- 3iPhone feature could worsen doomscrolling habits, report warns▼This iPhone Duo Feature Could Make Your Doomscrolling Addiction Even Worse
BGR reports that a combination of two iPhone features could make doomscrolling — compulsive scrolling through social media and news feeds — even harder to stop. The piece suggests Apple's tools, intended to improve usability, may instead encourage longer screen time. It follows growing debate over smartphones' role in attention and wellbeing.
- 4Readers describe relief after cutting back on news consumption●‘I can breathe again’. Readers share their experiences of a more balanced media diet https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.
Readers of Positive News have been sharing their experiences of cutting back on doomscrolling and adopting a more balanced media diet. Many describe a sense of relief, with one summing it up as 'I can breathe again'. Their accounts suggest that stepping away from a constant stream of negative headlines has improved their mood and mental wellbeing.