<story><title>Show HN: Firefox addon that hides news articles about Covid-19</title><url>https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/phagocyte/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jasonv</author><text>I keep a long list of blocked words in Twitter, Feedly, and I try... as much as I can, to only consume news on reuters.com (and 4 print weeklies). I block CNN and Facebook in my hosts file.&lt;p&gt;And yet, I&amp;#x27;m barraged on the web with celebrity news, popular news, Tiger King (never clicked on it, never wanted it, can&amp;#x27;t get away from it), whatever the foamy coffee thing that&amp;#x27;s big right now.&lt;p&gt;I know about the shelters in place. I knew not to bring my re-usable bags to the grocery this morning.&lt;p&gt;The whole of media, content, everything you see when you open your browser and leave the house, is a monumental barrage of trending, overwhelming, unavoidable content. Memes you can&amp;#x27;t get away from but which you&amp;#x27;ll see hundreds, thousands of times.&lt;p&gt;Whatever people need to do to get away from it... you&amp;#x27;ll still get it, but if you choose and are aware of the filters you use, by all means.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacobwilliamroy</author><text>I stopped reading the news entirely. Doesnt even matter what they&amp;#x27;re saying, I&amp;#x27;ll hear about it eventually.</text></comment>
<story><title>Show HN: Firefox addon that hides news articles about Covid-19</title><url>https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/phagocyte/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jasonv</author><text>I keep a long list of blocked words in Twitter, Feedly, and I try... as much as I can, to only consume news on reuters.com (and 4 print weeklies). I block CNN and Facebook in my hosts file.&lt;p&gt;And yet, I&amp;#x27;m barraged on the web with celebrity news, popular news, Tiger King (never clicked on it, never wanted it, can&amp;#x27;t get away from it), whatever the foamy coffee thing that&amp;#x27;s big right now.&lt;p&gt;I know about the shelters in place. I knew not to bring my re-usable bags to the grocery this morning.&lt;p&gt;The whole of media, content, everything you see when you open your browser and leave the house, is a monumental barrage of trending, overwhelming, unavoidable content. Memes you can&amp;#x27;t get away from but which you&amp;#x27;ll see hundreds, thousands of times.&lt;p&gt;Whatever people need to do to get away from it... you&amp;#x27;ll still get it, but if you choose and are aware of the filters you use, by all means.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AznHisoka</author><text>I saw the first episode of Tiger King, expecting to see some epic, thrilling dramatic series, given all the buzz. I was severely disappointed. Is this really what humans love to watch?</text></comment>