RSS feeds from PBS and NPR
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As someone that's never used RSS, how does it work?
You install an RSS reader app on your phone or computer and subscribe to the feed links. Those contain some metadata for each story and a link to the content. The RSS reader will display everything in a readable way.
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Maybe not directly an answer to your question but I donβt believe Reddit was a trustworthy and unbiased news source. Hell it wasnβt even that varied imo with news mainly being about whatβs happening in the US with a focus on politics. Tbh I really donβt know what a good news source would be that thicks all your boxes.
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no source is truly unbiased, but I am also curious about where to find news/worldnews - there's a few non-beehaw options but they're not updated that often.
for tech stuff I always default to arstech, cnet, and slashdot, but I honestly dont feel like navigating between all of the various disparate news websites on a daily basis - or even a weekly basis to be honest.
I honestly dont feel like navigating between all of the various disparate news websites on a daily basis - or even a weekly basis to be honest.
This is a perfect use case for a feed reader.
any suggestions on a good feed reader?
I like FeedMe (Android). Syncs to my Feedly account so I can also look at the web on my desktop
For years I've heard feed readers were better than reddit, I suppose now is the time to test!
To be honest, I've tried a couple of times, but I miss reading comments. Some sites of course have comments but it's not the same.
Honestly they are quite different, there are pros and cons. A feed reader shows purely what you are subscribed to, and there is no algorithm that rates which links you should see first. You have to curate your own feeds.
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Check out ground news. It is a news aggregator, but with a twist: it aggregates all articles on the same event from various sites so you can see how the event is portrayed by different sites.
ground.news is great.
There's also allsides.com, which has a similar idea.
I was just going to link that! Two articles on the topic:
https://www.thefactual.com/blog/what-are-the-best-nonpartisan-news-sources/
https://www.makeuseof.com/top-unbiased-news-sources/
I tried my hand at creating a magazine https://kbin.social/m/neutralnews
Haven't done a lot with it, though. But it was in response to the same dilemma as OP
Thanks for the tip, trying it now, very interesting concept
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I use an app called Artifact that aggregates news from many sources into a FYP and categories. Thereβs even comments for each article.
I'm going to try it
That looks pretty cool, thanks!
@Radicalized I saw some articles on artifact bearing the sign 'rewritten using an AI' and backed out of using the app to avoid that
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Very interested in others folks answers. Honestly, I follow a lot of people on Mastodon who share news. I also follow hashtags for my local area (and here on threadiverse, subscribed to communities focused on my local area). This seems to work okay but isn't quite the firehouse I'm used to.
go to ground.news, they have news from both sides of the spectrum and label them as such and it's kind of like a reddit for news?? world news specifically tho
While i like the idea on principle, I think they have a lot of bothsideism on their site. Dividing everything into "left" or "right" is not a really valid approach.
Just subscribe to RSS feeds from your new sites.
I use InnoReader, which I prefer to Feedly. Syncs Free plan allows you up to 150 feeds and shows ads (which you can easily get around).
Thanks for suggestion Inoreader! I've just had a look and it looks great, in particular with their pre-made collections.
I'm currently using Feedly. I subscribe to news outlets that I trust, and just read what I'm interested in there
I think it's best to never read the news, you'll find about stuff that actually affects you naturally anyway.
Focus on communities for your hobbies and career instead.
I like to keep up to date enough on the things my government chooses to do so that I can make an informed choice the next time I vote.
I very actively followed news and politics a couple of years ago, and had been doing that for a long time. One day I just got completely fed up, and stopped. And holy shit, I've been so much happier and harmonious since then. Strongly recommend, 5/7
Iβd argue that one should not stop reading the news forever because youβll just become increasingly disconnected from what happens around you. As with all things, reading news in moderation and not doomscrolling is the way I think.
But you naturally will hear about important stuff anyway or see it on headlines in the supermarket, etc.
Like when the Ukraine war started, the Ukrainians and Russians had a flame-war on the company slack.
And if we really were going to die by climate disaster, nuclear war, pandemics, etc. isn't it better not to know until it happens anyway?
You can't spend your life worrying about things that will materialise decades from now, or are going on thousands of miles away. Focus on your own life and your own family and community.
I think Kbin replies are broken because I had to go to your profile to see your reply to me.
Anyways, I don't think being reasonable up to date with whatever happens in your country or in the world means "worrying about things that will materialize decades from now or are going on thousands of miles away".
For example, not watching news at all (I usually never use the TV nowadays) might make me miss some bad legislation that was/will be passed. I might miss protests against such things. Or I might be more prone to believing fake news about a certain topic (war in Ukraine for example).
But I completely agree one should not be 24/7 worrying about news.
But the protests make no difference anyway so why bother?
And why does your opinion on Ukraine matter, are you an admiral or field marshal? Can you change anything anyway?
Better to spend that time learning new songs on guitar, playing new video games, discovering new movies, or areas to go hiking, cities to go travelling, cooking and restaurants, etc. - actually enjoy life. It is short.
I beg to differ, protests matter. At least here (Romania) they made those in power revert some bad legislation after seeing massive protests. Don't mean to insult or anything, but this apathic approach towards civil society is a big factor in eroding democracy.
Again, if enough people think a certain narrative then it will affect the events.
You can both have a decent awareness of things around you and enjoy life to its fullest in my opinion.
I use feeder on android and have an RSS feed with news sources. You have to find them first and then see of they have and RSS feed.
Also you can make an RSS feed from mastodon if they toot their stories or use nitter to transform their twitter to a feed.
I have seen mentioned Feeder a lot as of lately, I have been using Feedly since all the Google RSS BS (heh, sounds familiar doesn't it?) And never looked for everything else (then came Reddit, then Lemmy lol) I never got rid of Feedly though, I tried othes like Flipboard but that one never catched my eye.
What would Feeder provide me that Feedly does not?
I use FeedMe and connect to Feedly. That way I can add unlimited categories, Feedly only allows 3 on the free plan. Works like a charm.
The context I got from reddit comment threads was invaluable. I hope to find something similar in the federated wilderness.
for regular news article style news I use feedly and just have selected all the usual news organizations. for less formal "news" I was using reddit, but now I'm starting to use kbin I guess haha. I still use twitter as well.
I expect it'll take a while for kbin / the fediverse to acquire, and me to find, segments focused on some of the niche areas I had on that other site, but ehh. I knew there would be costs in leaving.
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I've started using newsminimalist.com It's one of the most useful LLM based services I've seen. It's an aggregator that uses ChatGPT to identify the significance of stories and group the articles on different sites about that story together and then summarise them.
I don't want to spend hours every day reading news, but I do want to keep up to date with major events and it's been good for that.
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