My Instagram feed has gotten more left since Trump took office again, but I have also started following more political and activist accounts. I noticed as I was leaving Facebook the less I interacted with things the more insane posts the algorithm would show me. It could be if Meta doesn’t know what you want to see it just shows you the worst hoping you engage somehow.

If just want to here random people’s stories Beautiful /Anonymous is really good. Each episode the host, Chris Gethard, takes a phone call from a stranger and they talk for an hour about whatever the caller wants. Some episodes are light and goofy while others can get pretty dark. It’s definitely one of my favorite podcasts.