Ideally, stop reading the news. If you can't, at least stop reading them like a clown.
Valuable pieces of information aren't on the homepage. Scrolling news sites in an Uber gives you nothing but a small dopamine spike. If that's what you're after, skip the politics and watch big booty Latinas on TikTok. Better ROI.
Checking the website once a day on your computer will also not make you more informed or dis-informed (based on sources). What you need is a system.
Here comes RSS (Really Simple Syndication).
It's possible to conduct most of the online reading through RSS feeds. News websites hate them (that's why they hide them so well).
PRIVACY WARNING: You are still disclosing your IP address. Use a VPN
There are multiple clients for each OS. The one that has versions for the big three (Linux, Mac, Windows) is Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to find RSS feeds? Some are listed on the websites, while others can be found through a Google search or by using a browser extension to locate them.
You know it's a good solution when idiotic corporations are trying to kill it.
Examples
JohnnyDoe.is
An extension found this RSS address for JohnnyDoe.is
https://johnnydoe.is/forums/-/index.rss
You add it to the RSS feeder, set the update frequency, and whenever a new thread appears, it will be displayed.
News
You can repeat this for your favorite news sites, newsletters, etc.
Or go with simple googling, such as "NY Times RSS"
Let's consider that you are looking for something specific:
Google News is your website. I'm not going to write it all down here. You can find most of the prompts here. You can go wild. Location, Languages, Time, Topic, Keywords, Stock Tickr...
https://www.newscatcherapi.com/blog/google-news-rss-search-parameters-the-missing-documentaiton
YouTube
So, you have channels, playlists, and so on.... You can add them to an RSS reader. But again, Google is very good at hiding the RSS feed.
You want to know when Danny Jones uploads a new video?
You go to the channel page in your browser.
https://www.youtube.com/@dannyjones
Open the source code of the page and look for "RSS" or "channel_id"
The result will look like this, and that's the RSS FEED URL we need.
You add the URL to your RSS reader, set the frequency of searching updates, and you get notified of any updates on the channel.
.OPML
This file contains all feeds you have in your RSS reader. You can export it and create a backup (or share it with us here).
If you are curious and looking for interesting new information sources, you can search online and find various .opml files. You may see some gems.
Valuable pieces of information aren't on the homepage. Scrolling news sites in an Uber gives you nothing but a small dopamine spike. If that's what you're after, skip the politics and watch big booty Latinas on TikTok. Better ROI.
Checking the website once a day on your computer will also not make you more informed or dis-informed (based on sources). What you need is a system.
Here comes RSS (Really Simple Syndication).
It's possible to conduct most of the online reading through RSS feeds. News websites hate them (that's why they hide them so well).
- It will make your reading / podcasts / YouTube channels more systematic. You will not miss out on things.
- No wasted time on scrolling.
- No ads.
- No tracking of your behavior on the websites.
- Not feeding algorithms.
PRIVACY WARNING: You are still disclosing your IP address. Use a VPN
There are multiple clients for each OS. The one that has versions for the big three (Linux, Mac, Windows) is Mozilla Thunderbird.
How to find RSS feeds? Some are listed on the websites, while others can be found through a Google search or by using a browser extension to locate them.
You know it's a good solution when idiotic corporations are trying to kill it.
Examples
JohnnyDoe.is
An extension found this RSS address for JohnnyDoe.is
https://johnnydoe.is/forums/-/index.rss
You add it to the RSS feeder, set the update frequency, and whenever a new thread appears, it will be displayed.
News
You can repeat this for your favorite news sites, newsletters, etc.
Or go with simple googling, such as "NY Times RSS"
Let's consider that you are looking for something specific:
Google News is your website. I'm not going to write it all down here. You can find most of the prompts here. You can go wild. Location, Languages, Time, Topic, Keywords, Stock Tickr...
https://www.newscatcherapi.com/blog/google-news-rss-search-parameters-the-missing-documentaiton
YouTube
So, you have channels, playlists, and so on.... You can add them to an RSS reader. But again, Google is very good at hiding the RSS feed.
You want to know when Danny Jones uploads a new video?
You go to the channel page in your browser.
https://www.youtube.com/@dannyjones
Open the source code of the page and look for "RSS" or "channel_id"
The result will look like this, and that's the RSS FEED URL we need.
You add the URL to your RSS reader, set the frequency of searching updates, and you get notified of any updates on the channel.
.OPML
This file contains all feeds you have in your RSS reader. You can export it and create a backup (or share it with us here).
If you are curious and looking for interesting new information sources, you can search online and find various .opml files. You may see some gems.
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