I feel this. I'm in a different sitch since I don't write about current events, but, like you, even though I have subscriptions to all the usual suspects I don't spend a lot of time with them. In the NYT this morning I can read about (1) Musk's remarks from the White House, and (2) a fact check of Musk's remarks from the White House, and I just cannot be bothered with either. Yes, we are in a dreadful mess in this country, but that means one has to be selective. My reading goes elsewhere, especially book reviews.
Also, fiction is a way to prevent brain rot. Let me tell you about this novel I've found called "Middlemarch"...
I feel this. I'm in a different sitch since I don't write about current events, but, like you, even though I have subscriptions to all the usual suspects I don't spend a lot of time with them. In the NYT this morning I can read about (1) Musk's remarks from the White House, and (2) a fact check of Musk's remarks from the White House, and I just cannot be bothered with either. Yes, we are in a dreadful mess in this country, but that means one has to be selective. My reading goes elsewhere, especially book reviews.
Also, fiction is a way to prevent brain rot. Let me tell you about this novel I've found called "Middlemarch"...
Ahhhhhhhh middlemarch