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Hey. Are you "doomscrolling" Twitter in a way that feels compulsive or is making you unhappy? Do you kind of wish you could stop, but you somehow can't? I have a suggestion. Your city's library almost certainly has an app that lets you check out ebooks on your phone for free.
New York Public Library: SimplyE
San Francisco public library: Libby
Toronto public library: Libby
Houston public library: Libby
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It feels good to just stop and check your phone, right? You're doing something with your hands, you're interrupting work and getting a shot of novelty. Okay, well that's the *phone*. It doesn't have to be *Twitter*. Reading two pages of an ebook would feel exactly as rewarding
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Alternately if you kind of WANT to think about the problems of the real world but realize Twitter isn't making you do so in a useful way just now, here's 4 ebooks your library will have (one nonfiction) with thoughtful perspective relevant to global disaster Doomscroll: SIDEWAYS
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (TW: Sexual violence)
Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters (nonfiction) by James Maheffey
Perihelion Summer by Greg Egan
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
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