News

First, I'm back posting on gemini! I know it's been a while. Got my server setup tweaked a bit so that I'm happier with it. Mainly the OpenBSD sysupgrade(1) stuff is better now with more space for /usr (for now).

Second, some brief reflection on news. I thought about consuming content including news while out on a walk. There may be a choice of different attitudes with which to approach consuming the news. I can certainly relate to chasing news that show the shocking, unexpected, exciting... With this attitude, sifting through the news is mostly a search for those items that fit this sensation - certainly not the majority of news reports fit this (although the 24/7 news cycle tries to make everything "breaking news").

A different, maybe healthier attitude may be that news are a way to connect to a community. This is probably clearer with local news, but could also apply to larger than local scale. Then reading the news is not just an exercise in finding the titillating bits, but to ensure awareness of the developments in the community to engage in a shared knowledge base.