I do read the news but only really skim and do so across the spectrum of mainstream news, trying to ignore the really biased stuff (and really it seems like new

I do read the news but only really skim and do so across the spectrum of mainstream news, trying to ignore the really biased stuff (and really it seems like news outlets have a couple of themes they keep hammering that once you're on to them you only have to read the first few words of an article to know what the rest will say). More productively I read fiction, usually some variant of mystery or police books. I'm going through some (translated) Japanese "golden age" mysteries right now, there are lots and it's a good way to read something light where you still learn a lot.