Where I Get My News These Days 5

By Dennis D. McDonald

I’ve updated my list of news sources from February. It’s getting harder to keep up especially with politics and government news, given so much misinformation and unsourced news. Traditional sources like The Washington Post are unreliable and social media such as Bluesky are rife with bumper-sticker exhortations and unsourced claims. My short term solution: seek out multiple sources, but be prepared to disagree with what you find. Also, when checking internationally, recognize how unpopular the US has become.

Media

• ReelRank – Movie Reviews, Lists, Ratings & Discussions

• All About Jazz Music, Musicians, Bands & Albums

• Anime News Network

• Asian Movie Pulse Reviews News Features Lists for Asian Cinema

• critical popcorn

• Far Out Magazine | Music, Film, TV, Art & Pop Culture News

• F*XOXO – FXOXO.COM

• GoSeeTalk

• InBetweenDrafts

• Movie Meanings – Main Messages – MovieMeaningsHart

• Frankenstein – Movie Meanings – Main Messages

• Open Culture

• Salon

• SmartBrief on Media & Entertainment

• UPROXX – The Culture Of Now

  Science & Tech

• AAAS Science News*

• Association of Science Communicators • Giving science a voice.

• Electric Vehicle News

• Emerging Tech – MeriTalk

• Gizmodo

• MedPage Today

• NASA

• Nature

• Physics Worldå

• The Few Shot Prompting Guide

• Scientific American

• Smithsonian

• Space.com

• SpaceNews

• TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News

• Technology - Enterprise Viewpoint

• Tech Policy Press - Technology and Democracy

• Science History Institute

  Politics & Government

• ARPA-H News

• Home | Bolts

• The Contrarian

• Defense One

• Democracy Docket Premium

• Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending your rights in the digital world

• Lawfare | Lawfare

• The New Republic

• NIST AI Engagement | NIST

• Popular Information

• Radio Free America – Heartland Signal | Radio Free America

• Senator Warner

• Senator Kaine

• Congressman Beyer

  News News

• AP News

• Axios

• BBC News

• The Economist

• Guardian

• Harvard Business Rev

• New York Times

• NPR

• News From The States | Fair. Fearless. Free.

• The Onion

• ProPublica

• Reuters

• Reuters ROI

• Semafor

• States Newsroom

  World

• Al Jazeera English

• IndiaToday

• The Kyiv Independent — News from Ukraine, Eastern Europe

• Italia Mia

• Mainichi (Japan)

• South China Morning Post

• DER SPIEGEL | Substack

• International - DER SPIEGEL

• News in english | O GLOBO

  Local

• ALXnow - Alexandria Now

• Connection Newspapers

• insidenova.com | Northern Virginia, Sports, Crime, | Northern Virginia - Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Loudoun, Stafford. Local news, events, sports, obituaries

• Patch Alexandria

• WSHnow — Washington, D.C. area local news

  Virginia

• bluevirginia.us

• Blue Virginia Breaking News | Substack

• Virginia Mercury

• VaNews

• Cardinal News | Virginia news, politics, weather and sports

• VPM News | Virginia’s Source for Local & State News, Politics & Culture

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