Ask HN: Where else do you get your news?
I think HN does a pretty good job at aggregating news that is interesting to me, but I'm looking to broaden where I get my news from.
I blocked all news sites on Facebook and unfollowed all friends who tend to spam links. I replaced them with topics of personal relevance and interest, or simply stuff that makes me feel good.
My life has improved dramatically since starting this news diet. I no longer carry this burden of disdain and frustration towards friends and family who support Trump. I no longer see the USA as a hellhole or the world as such a violent scary place. I no longer feel personally responsible for improving the world by starting arguments online or in-person. I don't get distracted as easily or waste quite as much time.
News is not making you smarter, happier, a better voter, anything. Most news is nothing but a series of facts that have been filtered and selected for their clickbaiting, enraging, shocking, fear-inducing powers (to show you ads). They have nothing to do with the world you yourself live in and experience every day. Quit news.
http://www.raptitude.com/2016/12/five-things-you-notice-when...
It's simple to read, and provide links to wherever necessary. No ads, just clean text.
I prefer this type of journalism rather than constant updates, although I do use both.
It's crazy to see how journalists these days can create a whole story out of a 140 character message. I'd rather get the 140 original characters...
https://lobste.rs/
https://dzone.com/
https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/
https://hackernoon.com/
https://www.oreilly.com/ideas
https://blog.usejournal.com/[1] - https://patch.com/
The Economist.
The Financial Times.
The Guardian, The Independent, and The Telegraph.
Also make sure on Twitter you are using the “Lists” feature which is very important / keeps you sane.
As an example, for news on China I’ll create 3 lists: China 1, China 2, China 3. I’d then fill each list with 15 ppl. Now each list is almost a mini news app in itself.
Surprisingly, I have found Russia Today and CGTN tv (the propaganda arm of Russia and China respectively) interesting at times. Russia Today has some truths to its reporting (and even good Western guest writers / reporters at times) ; CGTN does not and is mostly entertainment for me.
Also you can watch live Bloomberg TV on YouTube which is pretty cool.
Another obvious thing to keep in mind, look at the ads or the embedded ads to understand your fellow readers. E.g. is there outbrain/taboola stuff at the bottom, or ads for something a thoughtful person would be interested in?