Set a timer on your phone for 15 minutes a day for political posting and stick to it. That way you get your thoughts out there without letting it take over your whole lunch break. It helped me cut back without feeling like I was missing anything.

Yeah I found a VPN plus a good ad blocker worked way better for me.

Yeah but you gotta understand where he's coming from... journalists in Turkey deal with a whole different set of pressures than we do here. The government there has jailed reporters and shut down newspapers just for asking tough questions. So when he talks about "free press" he probably means something way more limited than what we take for granted. It's easy to sit in a country where the press can actually criticize the government and act like it's perfect everywhere. But the reality is that even in countries with strong protections, money and corporate interests twist what gets reported. So maybe he was just being honest about how messy the whole thing really is.

Oh man that stinks! I had the same problem with a Bosch laser I bought for laying paver stones in my backyard. I finally gave up and just started using it at dawn before the sun got too high and that actually worked okay for the big layout marks. But honestly for the fine tuning I went back to my old Stanley level with the little vials too. Those things never let you down no matter what time of day it is. Maybe you can sell that laser on Facebook Marketplace to someone who works indoors or at night.

It's not just ISPs playing games with this stuff. I noticed last month my phone carrier started throttling certain streaming sites unless I paid extra for their "premium data" package. No warning, just suddenly buffering everything. Calling them did nothing, they said it's for network management. So now I'm using a VPN on my phone too just to watch stuff I could watch before without any hassle. The whole thing feels like they're testing what they can get away with before someone pushes back legally.