flotsam
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He recommends self-nudging, deliberately tuning our media inputs and scrolling practices to reduce time spent mentally fending off the internet’s flotsam and jetsam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“It’s like humans are flotsam that don’t pose a threat, and aren’t food, so they’re ignored,” Lowe said.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
Though I’ve never been a morning person, I’ve been waking at 5 a.m., thoughts churning in my head like flotsam.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Moreover, Musk’s unbanning of previously banned bad posters has resulted in some truly vile flotsam returning to the platform.
From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023
It was enough to make a person feel no more than a speck, a scrap of flotsam or jetsam tossing in the waves, to be cast willy-nilly into such an unimaginable expanse.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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