getting my news from Tumblr is so unreliable because like. I’ll get news that’s not reported much in most media because it’s about some long-ongoing threat to a marginalized group and not about the usual popular topics. or I’ll get backstory and context that makes a more widely reported news story actually make some sense for once, delivered by someone who is actually good at explaining the topic in an engaging and understandable way. or I’ll get an amazing breakdown of a news story that I have seen mentioned somewhere but can’t actually read because paywall. Along with a link to an unpaywalled version. Or I’ll see things that are indistinguishable from some or all of the above, but on slightly closer inspection turn out to be entirely made-up, so it’s important to check the sources, but hell, it may be worth that for the occasional thing i learn here that no other site would ever give me

But the selection of topics can be pretty random

Of all the things people are talking about on here today, i would have probably expected this to be at least a footnote

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