Curating Doom-Scrolling-Free RSS Feeds: Uplifting Content Recommendations
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Summary
The article is a response to an "Ask HN" question about RSS feed curation, focusing on creating a doom-scrolling-free feed. The author shares their approach to curating RSS feeds that minimize negative content while acknowledging some political content is unavoidable in current times. They highlight specific examples of uplifting content they follow, including the Vesuvius Challenge project that uses X-ray scans to retrieve ancient scrolls from Pompeii, and the Science.org Pipeline blog. The content emphasizes positive, intellectually stimulating sources over sensationalist or anxiety-inducing news.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI roo am trying to curate my RSS feed to be doom-scrolling free. These largely achieve that for me.
You'll find a smattering of political posts in them, but that's an inevitable side effect of living in abnormal political times.
The Vesuvius Challenge: Using high intensity X-ray scans and computation to attempt to retrieve lost scrolls from Pompei; real uplifting Sci-Fi stuff!
Possibly the most heartwarming thing I know of on the internet; snatching ancient knowledge from the flames of history! What could be more poetic?
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