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It's Friday, March 25th, 2022. I'm Jackson Bird. Today, digital resting points are an increasingly popular way to recharge and slow down in the midst of endless scrolling.

Plus, are we facing a sensory extinction? And meet the giant, eerie, glowing orb that might be installed in London.

Here is some cool stuff for your ride home.

Even if you've never heard the term digital resting point before, you've probably experienced one. You've ever been

scrolling through a feed on Instagram or Twitter or somewhere, and all of a sudden you see a post

that reminds you to relax your jaw, take a sip of water, or just stare at a slow-moving video clip

for a while, maybe of wind blowing through a meadow or steam rising up from a cup of coffee,

or maybe someone posts a series of puppy photos to distract on a particularly intense newsday.

It's something I've seen for years within certain types of communities online, especially more

self-care-oriented ones. It was pretty big on Tumblr

back in the day, a recognition that we're all spending a bit too much time on our devices,

but rather than telling us outright to log off, like Nickelonian used to do over the summer,

with their commercials that literally told us to turn off the TV and go play outside. Instead, a person will post a nice photo or video clip and add some encouragement to slow down and relax.

With the many mounting crises in the world and the increased amount of time people have spent online for the past couple of years,

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