Keeping up to date with information and news with RSS feeds
What is an RSS feed?
An RSS feed is a clever way to keep up to date with a source of information. Basically, an RSS feed is an automatic system of keeping up to date with a source of information. Sites that have RSS feeds automatically update these when the publish a new article/post. The information in the feed is standardized so that it can easily be read. RSS feeds is the fastest way to follow the headlines.
The reader i use is just Firefox, which has native support for RSS feeds. The screenshot below is a picture of me viewing a newspaper's feed in Firefox.
But which feeds to follow?
Below i will list all the feeds that i currently follow. The list is slowly growing. I will also put a small explanation of the website in question. Naturally, i don't read all the news on all of these. I look closer at the headlines that sound interesting.
Primarily or wholly danish news sources
I keep up to date with a bunch of danish newspapers. I shud probably add a few more. Especially local newspapers are currently missing.
Politiken http://politiken.dk/rss/senestenyt.rss
Popular danish newspaper. Used to be thought of as being centric/social-liberal. General purpose.
Danmarks Radio http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/service/feeds/allenyheder
Public service news source. General purpose.
http://rss.tv2.dk/rss/show/site/nyhederne.tv2.dk/feed/TV%202%20Nyhederne/index.xml
Similar to Danmarks Radio, except that it is privately owned (AFAIK).
Jyllands Posten http://jp.dk/rss/topnyheder.jsp
Newspaper. Usually thought of as being a bit on the right side of the political spectrum. General purpose.
Berlingske http://www.b.dk/seneste/rss
Similar to the above.
Ingeniøren http://ing.dk/rss/nyheder
Newspaper targeted at engineers and science-interested people.
http://www.information.dk/feed
Newspaper targeted at left-leaning academics (most of them).
http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/seneste/rss
Tabloid-ish newspaper targeted at worker-class males.
http://ekstrabladet.dk/rss2/?mode=normal
Same as above.
http://www.180grader.dk/rss/forsiden
Meta-newspaper targeted at liberal (european sense) people. Often just links to other newspapers or sources of information along with short commentaries. But also sometimes publishes essays. A very active comment section.
Anne Sophia Hermansen's blog http://annesophia.blogs.berlingske.dk/feed/
A female blogger interested in gender politics. Right-leaning.
Technology, copyright, patent, gaming oriented sources
TorrentFreak http://feed.torrentfreak.com/Torrentfreak/ - feed2: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TorrentfreakBits?format=xml
News, comments to news and essays about things related to copyright, patent, file-sharing and related politics.
Techdirt http://feeds.feedburner.com/techdirt/feed
Similar to the above, but has a more broad focus. Is more often updated.
Falkvinge.net (&co) http://feeds.falkvinge.net/Falkvinge-on-Infopolicy?format=xml
Similar to the two above, but is run by members of pirate parties. Is more evengelical.
Ars Technica http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index?format=xml
General purpose tech and science news.
Wired http://feeds.wired.com/wired/index?format=xml
Similar to the above, but with less science and more tech news.
Newz.dk http://feeds.newzmedia.dk/c/32893/f/582669/index.rss
Danish tech news site. Has a lively comment section.
Railgun.dk http://feeds.newzmedia.dk/c/32893/f/582683/index.rss
Sister-site to newz.dk. Focuses on news related to gaming.
Guildwars 2 blog http://www.guildwars2.com/en/rss.xml
Blog related to the development of the upcoming game, Guild Wars 2.
Arena.net http://www.arena.net/blog/feed
Related to the above. Blog of the company that made Guild Wars 1 and is currently developing Guild Wars 2.
Science related news sources
Information Processing http://infoproc.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Blog of a professor of fysics who often comments on other things. Usually psychology and behavioral genetics.
Evolutionary Psychology journal http://feeds.feedburner.com/EvolutionaryPsychology?format=xml
Feed with papers published in the journal. Open access.
Evolutionary Psychology » Blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/EvolutionaryPsychologyBlog?format=xml
Blog associated with the above.
Gene Expression http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeneExpressionBlog
Science blog about psychology, behavior genetics, population genetics, genetics, politics, history, atheism.
Pharyngula http://feeds.feedburner.com/freethoughtblogs/pharyngula?format=xml
Similar to the above, but less serious.
Other
Misanthrope Girl blog http://www.misanthropegirl.me.uk/feed/
Blog of a british girl/woman who is misanthropic.
(Blog&~Blog) http://blogandnot-blog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Filosofy blog. Mostly about logic and filosofy of logic. Seems to be dead now.
Measure of Doubt http://measureofdoubt.com/feed/
Blog related to rationality, science, filosofy. Run by a bother and sister pair.
Econstudentlog http://econstudentlog.wordpress.com/feed/
Blog run by a friend of mine. Is generally about science in a generalist fashion. Has lots of good links.
Non Compos Mentis http://non-compos-mentis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
Another blog by a friend of mine. Apparently mostly consists of fiction. I haven't looked closer yet.
Half Sigma http://www.halfsigma.com/atom.xml
Blog related to being contrarian, american politics. Not quite sure.
Clear Language, Clear Mind http://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/?feed=rss2
The blog ur reading. :)
Klart Sprog, Klart Sind http://emilkirkegaard.dk/da/?feed=rss2
Sister-blog to this blog. Mostly about the same things except in danish. More focus on danish news.
Fun stuff
xkcd.com http://xkcd.com/rss.xml
Science oriented webcomic.
chaospet http://chaospet.com/feed/
Filosofy oriented webcomic.
Mimi and Eunice http://feeds.feedburner.com/MimiAndEunice?format=xml
Copyright related webcomic.
RokokoPosten http://feeds.feedburner.com/Rokokoposten?format=xml
A danish counterpart to Onion News. A satire newspaper.
Cyanide and Happiness http://feeds.feedburner.com/Explosm
Webcomic for depressive, cynical people.