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There's so much so-called "news", but most of it is just noise. In this situation, it seems easiest to either A) get consumed by it, trying to follow everything and reading every "he said what?"-piece posted or B) become more or less apathetic and avoid news altogether.

To be able to make proper choices and help move things in the right direction, B) is not an option, as you need to understand current events to at least a minimal level, but A) leaves you just as clueless, overflowing with useless information, with a heavily worn-down ability to be source critical, not remembering where you read any given "fact".

So how do you keep up to date with current events? Have you found a good way? Am I mistaken in my above assessment?

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[โ€“] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 10 points 21 hours ago

No, I think it's a good assessment.

I swing between A and B and find B to be most healthy and reasonable, because I have no political power as well as for my own wellbeing.

Ive tried RSS for world news but find it even more overwhelming than browsing news sites because it's displayed more compactly and looks like an avalanche of dystopian madness if I dont open the feed for a day or two.

What I really want is a weekly or maybe bi-weekly roundup of the five or ten most important global events. If anyone knows of a feed like that please let me know!