My RSS Feed
This post is an index of what I subscribe to.
I'm using RSS as a way to reduce algorithmic influence, keep a stable reading queue, and force myself to compare outlets directly instead of living inside one narrative stream.
Table of Contents
Tag Legend
I'm using tags as a "what is this for" label. Each feed can wear multiple tags because most sources serve multiple functions. The goal is to make my reading habits explicit: what I expect from a source and how I use it (scan, deep read, cross-check, or reference).
[analysis]long-form interpretation/synthesis[audio]podcasts/radio[community]scene/community aggregation (often informal)[culture]arts/entertainment criticism[industry]business/production side of an industry[intl]non-US / global focus[investigations]original reporting, docs/leaks/FOIA[local]Spokane/EWU/Inland NW focus[media-watch]media criticism / narrative forensics[movement]movement/organizing coverage[party]party publication / line[tools]directly usable resources (GM tools, maps, etc.)[wire]fast breaking updates
Feeds
Analysis
BT News (BreakThrough News) [movement] [analysis]
Movement-oriented coverage and commentary.
Consortium News [analysis] [investigations]
Long-form critique of US foreign policy and security-state narratives.
MLToday [analysis]
Marxist-Leninist commentary/theory and applied analysis.
Naked Capitalism [analysis]
Finance/economics/power analysis.
Red Star Tribune [analysis]
Marxist history/education content.
Rev Left Radio [audio] [analysis]
Podcast for interviews and ideological debates.
TrueAnon [audio] [analysis]
Podcast on US institutions — intelligence, finance, elite networks, and the social mechanisms that protect them.
The Deprogram [audio] [analysis]
Podcast oriented toward political economy and anti-imperial framing.
The Grayzone [analysis] [investigations] [intl]
Adversarial foreign-policy coverage and a stress test against consensus narratives.
The Red Clarion [party] [analysis]
Marxist-Leninist publication tied to Unity–Struggle–Unity.
Truthout [analysis]
Nonprofit, reader-funded social-justice reporting.
Audio
KYRS [audio] [local] [culture]
Local arts/community signal (and local politics by proxy). I keep it for "what's happening here."
Community
r/CrackWatch [community] [tools]
Who doesn't love free shit?
Culture
AV Club [culture]
Quick cultural pulse checks and reviews.
AIPT [culture]
Bread-and-butter announcements, reviews, and coverage.
Comic Book Herald / Comic Book Treasury / The Beat [tools] [culture]
Coverage + reading-order + industry news.
Pitchfork [culture]
Music coverage and discovery.
Polygon [culture]
General gaming coverage.
Rascal News [industry] [culture]
TTRPG industry + labor/politics-adjacent coverage.
Rock Paper Shotgun [culture]
PC games writing that sometimes takes systems seriously (economy, design constraints).
Roleplaying Tips / Shelfdust / SMASH PAGES [tools] [culture]
Practical GM material, indie scene energy, and reviews that surface small stuff before it disappears.
The Needle Drop [culture]
Music commentary.
User Mag [investigations] [culture]
Tech/online culture reporting - how platforms shape politics, media, and culture.
Industry
GamesIndustry.biz [industry]
Industry-focused reporting (labor, studios, platform strategy).
International
Al Jazeera — Breaking News [wire] [intl]
Baseline international coverage with a non-US center of gravity.
Drop Site News [investigations] [intl]
War/politics reporting built by investigative journalists.
Peoples Dispatch [movement] [intl]
International movement coverage.
Investigations
Ken Klippenstein [investigations]
National security state focus - leaks, documents, and the narrow specialization mainstream outlets routinely soften.
The Intercept [investigations]
Investigations and civil liberties/national security reporting.
Local
RANGE Media [local]
Local (Inland Northwest) reporting with a worker-owned structure.
The Easterner [local]
Local campus journalism (EWU).
Media Watch
FAIR [media-watch]
Media watchdog - a tool for diagnosing how corporate media launders state/capital priorities.
Movement
Fight Back! News [movement] [party]
On-the-ground movement updates and organizing perspective.
Labor Notes [movement]
US labor reporting aimed at rank-and-file organizing - contract fights, strike lessons, union democracy, tactics, and networks.
Liberation News (PSL) [party] [movement]
Party publication, useful to track PSL campaigns, language, and what they prioritize.
People's World [movement]
Labor/progressive coverage with an institutional legacy. Useful for labor angles and movement messaging.
Party
Communist Party USA [party]
Party line + organizational priorities. Useful as a read on what CPUSA is emphasizing and how it frames events.
Tools
Dyson's Dodecahedron [tools]
High-yield RPG maps/tools, directly usable at the table.