Ask HN: Where do you get your news, and why?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22896208

by kfrzcode • 6 years ago

2 4 6 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

I'm trying to replace my filter-bubble with https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page though I realize there's bias everywhere.

Where do HN readers get their news, outside of HN?

totetsu2• 6 years ago

I use feedly.com and stuff it full of english language news papers, public broadcasters and long-form blogs from all around the world.

totetsu2• 6 years ago

Some highlights (unvetted) - https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3/programme/backchat Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's current affairs programme with expert panels and listener participation.

- https://wfmu.org/playlists/TD Techtonic with Mark Hurst. Conversations with creators and thinkers who are charting the way forward in a tech-saturated society. Tech, community, video games, and whatever else is next.

- https://mainichi.jp/english/ japan - https://english.kyodonews.net/ japan

- https://chinai.substack.com/ Translated news about China AI companies. substack has a lot of very good highly targeted news producers.

- https://coconuts.co/ general asia news

- https://asia.nikkei.com/ paywalled asia news

- https://www.scmp.com/ HK news

- https://www.taipeitimes.com/ Taiwan news - https://www.straitstimes.com/global Singapore

- https://thediplomat.com/ Global security and military/ diplomatic news

- https://liveuamap.com/ mapped live news reports of ongoing conflicts

- https://www.globalforestwatch.org/ mapped info about forest fires, deforestation. sourced from satellite data.

- https://nader.org/ Ralph Nader's podcast. Consumer advocacy, and corporate crime discussions.

- https://jamestown.org/ geopolitics, terrorism.

#africa - https://www.theelephant.info/ - allafrica.com - https://kenopalo.com/

- https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15475913?af=R Process Safety journal

#other stuff - https://www.lesswrong.com/ - https://longreads.com/ - http://www.overcomingbias.com/

- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research.html - https://aeon.co/ - https://www.atlasobscura.com/ - https://a16z.com/ - https://www.aljazeera.com/default.html - https://www.axios.com/ - https://balkaninsight.com/

- https://www.greanvillepost.com/ out there Chinese propaganda. Not really a source of news, but a data point.

kfrzcode• 6 years ago

Thanks for reminding me about lesswrong.com! Lots I want to read there.

juaniux• 6 years ago

Google News App on Android, you can select tons of different sources. There's a web version too.

Ask HN: Where do you get your news, and why?

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