Don't read the news it's bad for your health.
Maybe you are the exception, the one who's emotions and human instinct can only be controlled by you.
For me and most people, we over consume the news. I have seen it truly break people, turn them into shells of their former self.
Refreshing the page waiting for the next bomb to go off.
Add all news sites and social media to your hosts.txt on your android device.
If it's not bad enough you will have saved weeks of worrying, spend time with your family.
Not unless they follow the same advice.
Two days ago I deleted all that, as it was making me sick and crazy. I think maybe what we need is 'slow news', and to rely on anything we really need to know percolating through the misinformation and speculation.
What stressed me most was the unexpected extent of polarized alarmism all over Reddit, and (to a lesser extent) even here on HN. There's no logical reason why I couldn't have expected that to happen; I guess I just didn't map it out internally in the calm before the storm.
For real news, assuming anglophone, i can recommend FT ( subscribtion), The Guardian ( no subscription but if you read a lot they have a banner asking you to donate), Axios ( no subscription, short form content mostly focusing on the facts). Axios skews a bit too much US for my taste ( I'm in France), but still has interesting things.
Reddit is a website mostly consumed and curated by people who have anxiety disorders, it seems. There's just nothing healthy on any of the major subreddits, it's nonstop fear porn and alarmism. It doesn't in any way reflect reality and the viewpoint of the average human being. That's why the advertisements on it are a total disaster, because the advertisers know there's no real value to be extracted from those eyeballs.