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~inquiry

Heh, I'd completely forgotten about that button.

Does DDG have a specific news link?

I mean, the only reason I go "news.google.com" is because I did so in the past, so it's all I remember as a quick way to possibly be exposed to a variety of sources. Not necessarily a good variety, mind you, but see I'm not actually looking for news as though it's something I believe I could believe in - let alone be nourished by. As I explained, I just don't want to be completely clueless as to what others might be murmuring about in public. I like being able to inject smart-assed comments here and there, if for not reason other than to not seem too much a snooty, above-the-news pariah in public.

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~tffb wrote (thread):

no specific news link - just duckduckgo.com/=?news yada yada yada. But the "News" section can be toggled before hitting search (or 🔍) and then it's ALL the News! ;)

I'm in the same boat about not wanting to be an isolated under-the-rock dweller and having to know SOMETHING about what people are saying about XYZ hot topic.

I'm far past the "mainstream press is evil"/hipster phase of my life. I just sincerely don't dig into random news stories because one of infinite things will happen - I get frustrated and furious - infinitely.

But, I keep up with a few headline themes that bring me joy. The downfall of Facebook, the "drama" of Musk up-ending Twitter (the service deserves it, and people still Tweet-storming around there probably need an undeniable reason to leave the service, once and for all), both of which are "tough love" scenarios, but, call me a "tough lover", lmao! No one helped or held my hand when I was jonesing off social media in 2019, just like no one coddled and comforted me when I was sobering up from narcotics as a teenager - it was "have fun and good luck - no sobriety? No roof over your head" - reality-smashing shit like that.

But, it is what it is.

Most news/info of the world comes via blog for me, though. blogroll.org/planet (or, their RSS feed), Read.write.as, my own 1Feed RSS acct, etc. Things will "seep in" to my orbit should I NEED to hear/read them, so I sort of expect that. Haven't been let down, yet :)