Newspaper archives are great to look at random events and also see how people at the time reacted to them!! Maybe old magazines/films could be cool too?
There are also so many different blogs on Substack which look at different bits of history - like https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/?utm_source=global-search, https://florencehrs.substack.com/, and https://15thcfeminist.substack.com/. Definitely browse on Substack to see what's on offer and what style/topics interest you the most!
For more general blogs, https://publicdomainreview.org/ and https://daily.jstor.org/ look into quite niche topics.
Also the podcast 'The Rest is History' has done loads of episodes on many different topics! Have fun <33
Jan 6, 2025
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substack is the way to go, it has an app that you can download. substack is kinda like twitter for writing.
there's also psyche.
low-tech magazine - powered by solar energy, really cool for more technology-oriented articles
literary hub - literary articles (you can also find reading lists, news from the publishing world etc.)
Feb 9, 2025
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To be honest what I've realized is that you need multiple sources to cover what social media was giving you. Not only to actually get unbiased news but also to cover different topics. I've started listening to The Fucking News, which is good for daily political coverage in the US, and he is good about linking everything in the text of the newsletter so it's easy to fact check (got this rec from bee1000).
There are also a ton of independent journalists on substack that can probably cover whatever news needs you might have. I'm personally on the lookout for a good health/science news source because that's another topic I want to keep up with. If you wanted international news you'd probably also need another source. I guess my main recommendation would be substack. (There are also a ton of recs about this topic in related recs under your ask.)
Feb 27, 2025
I was reading so many of them I started a substack about other substacks. We keep it interesting.
Lots of great ones out there, but if I had to pick two as launch pads I would look at Deepculture and The Aspiring Generalist to get going. Besides the Zeitgeist Distilled of course.
Oct 1, 2024
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Perfection. Takes 5 mins to make and tastes amazing?? Low effort high reward. Best part for sure is the bottom when it isn't quite fully cooked.
Apr 10, 2024
Such a nice way to discover and romanticise/appreciate where you live!! Also I discovered with like google my maps you can colour coordinate pins and add photos which is so cute
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