General news, niche hobby news, anything - what sources do you regularly read?
Lemmy, so it’s often outdated or wrong.
Honestly yeah, I might set up my own rss reader and see how that goes. I like engaging with the Lemmy community though.
Yeah i like the community not as zealous as Reddit yet.
And would have a strong left spin too it.
Yeah i don’t put much salt into any of the news i see here.
I have given up on keeping up with the news really.
Although i watch simon whistlers updates on world affairs
I try get news from a variety of places i do like reading opposite slants on the same events its kinda interesting tbh. Look man those who turn i blind eye to political games will be used up and spat out we have to be informed else face being abused/used by those who are.
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I have these in my rss feed:
- https://www.theregister.co.uk/headlines.atom
- http://rss.sciam.com/ScientificAmerican-Global
- https://thewalrus.ca/feed/
- https://api.quantamagazine.org/feed/
- https://www.theverge.com/rss/index.xml
- http://lxer.com/module/newswire/headlines.rss
- https://www.linux.com/feed/
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/feed/51120/rss.xml
- https://theintercept.com/feed/?lang=en
- https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/feeds/index.xml
- https://newrepublic.com/rss.xml
- https://news.ycombinator.com/rss
- https://www.wsws.org/en/rss.xml
Lemmy, lemmy and lemmy
I dont consume news actively. I stopped watching tv and listening to radio because of ads and news. Both are not great for my mental health. Too stressful, too manipulative.
When something pops up in the fedi, I read it. If it becomes too much, I mute it.
Generally my policy is that if it’s news I need to hear, it will find its way to me one way or another. I need not go seeking it out. I will look up something I’ve heard if I want more info, but I don’t read news for its own sake.
The great bulk of news that reaches me being second, third, fourth-hand and beyond means I’m not well-informed about anything. But at least I’m not wasting brain cells on whatever dumb shit <celebrity> did, or what shit <politician> said, or what breakthrough <scientist> made that does not remotely lead to the conclusion the article implies, or some journalist’s speculative opinion piece masquerading as news.
If I could just get a dry listing of everything that happened the previous day, only including events of actual consequence like “law passed” or “person died” or “business discontinues product/service”, and leaving behind any event that can be effectively retold as “<person> scrawled message on public toilet stall” (like many celebrity and political articles) or anticipation pieces that try to predict future events, I’d be satisfied.
Sounds pretty good. I personally enjoy computers and science stuff so that I do read but I get real pissed if the article is loaded with political opinions disguised as science, independent of it is aligned to my view or not.
- APOD - start my day with some perspective
- techmeme - aggregates tech news
- memeorandum - aggregates political news
- HuffingtonPost - nice mix of serious & trashy pop culture junk
- Politico - slightly right, but very serious analysis
- Mother Jones - very left, but well-written
- Then a few thousand RSS feeds, which I read in Feedbin.
- Fediverse, Lemmy, etc.
CBC and Lemmy
Nowhere in particular. News is comparative.
whatever gets posted on the fedi
so a lot of ap news, reuters, 404, im suire youve seen what gets posted
AP, BBC, and NPR for general news. Been on the hunt for some English language news covering the rest of the world and provide an outside look at US news.
Facebook feed of 60+ raptor rescues and wildlife photography groups and Google News search for owl news to post to [email protected]
Lemmy Top 6 Hours for any breaking news and news about stuff I wouldn’t normally look for.
If anything really catches my eye, I’ll generally Google it to get at least one other article from a different source to get more info or a second take on the story.
RSS and Lemmy
I never read articles for my news. I almost exclusively watch TLDR news on YouTube. Very impartial and intentionally neutral. Just the facts and zero inflammatory language or strong emotions, which is what I hated most about other news outlets.
They sometimes miss the nuance of certain situations but comments will usually provide sufficient insight on anything they miss.
Ground New, News Minimalist, RSS
Repeats of The Simpsons
The comment section of kimcartoon.li informs me of everything I need to know about the world
The Intercept - For their insightful investigative pieces, which are becoming so rare these days.
Ground News - to see what different news sources from across the left/right spectrum are reporting and how they’re reporting it.
