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15 votes
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FBI uncovers Al-Qaeda plot to just sit back and enjoy collapse of United States
39 votes -
In Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Donald Trump’s Capitol riot felt like a warning from the future
6 votes -
Party supporters shift views to match partisan stances
7 votes -
I see no choice but to resign from this Death Star as it begins to explode
34 votes -
The Proud Boys are dangerous - Know your fash
9 votes -
US trade group asks VP Mike Pence to ‘seriously consider' invoking 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump
37 votes -
Number of people killed in deadly attacks in the post-9/11 era, by ideology
9 votes -
It Could Happen Here: A podcast series from 2019 about how a second American Civil War might take place
16 votes -
Stop worrying about upper-class suburbanites
14 votes -
Trump took a wrecking ball to media credibility—can Biden repair it?
7 votes -
Jair Bolsonaro: 2020 person of the year in organized crime and corruption
8 votes -
The political depravity of unjust pardons
6 votes -
Inside Donald Trump and Bill Barr's last-minute killing spree: The outgoing administration is using its final days to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II
12 votes -
Warnock and Ossoff are testing a new strategy for Democrats in the US south
8 votes -
Dianne Feinstein’s missteps raise a painful age question among US Senate Democrats
15 votes -
Fed up with Capitalism, Marxism gains popularity among youth in China
12 votes -
With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the Faroe Islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers
3 votes -
A conversation with the police - Uncomfortable conversations with a Black man Ep. 9
5 votes -
Most conservatives don't understand purpose of journalism, says founder of website on media bias
18 votes -
Donald Trump heads for Georgia but claims of fraud may damage Senate Republicans
10 votes -
Best articles of 2020
5 votes -
Reversal of Presidential pardon analyzed
8 votes -
Endnote 2: White Fascism
3 votes -
The scammer who wanted to save his country
9 votes -
Who was Ross Perot, and what if he won in 1992?
11 votes -
How do we avoid future authoritarians? Winning back the working class is key.
16 votes -
Debunking an election fraud claim using open data and Dolt
9 votes -
Why Republican voters say there’s ‘no way in hell’ US President Donald Trump lost
23 votes -
I lived through a stupid coup. America is having one now
19 votes -
US President Donald Trump tries to drum out GOP election officials who won’t play his games
9 votes -
The real Hunter Biden story everyone is missing
6 votes -
Why mainstream progressives have a strong incentive to 'sanewash' hard leftist positions
21 votes -
Why Obama fears for our democracy
11 votes -
Not every Trump voter is racist or misled. There’s a rational Trump voter too
23 votes -
As the racial gap closes, the Democrat-Republican education gap widens
7 votes -
The polls weren't great this year and that was always a possibility
6 votes -
Is this a coup?
29 votes -
Centre for Applied Eschatology
7 votes -
Evidence suggests several Florida state senate candidates were plants funded by dark money
16 votes -
Abby Shapiro and Modesty | Jack Saint
4 votes -
Being with Trump the day he lost
15 votes -
Joe Biden's apt US speech
8 votes -
Goodbye, anonymous Republican source
20 votes -
Trump is attempting a coup in plain sight
18 votes -
Biden wins — pretty convincingly in the end
46 votes -
As Joe Biden wins the US election and transitions to president-elect, US allies and other nations react to the shift
17 votes -
2020 US Presidential Election Results - Discussion Thread
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed. This is a continuation of the original thread from election day, which was here. These threads...
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed.
This is a continuation of the original thread from election day, which was here.
These threads are intended as more conversational spaces to process the day and results. Consider this an open forum for your own thoughts and feelings.
There is also a thread here in ~news that's more focused on articles and events.
30 votes -
2020 US Presidential Election Day - Discussion Thread
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed. We have a thread here in ~news that's more focused on articles and events, but I also want us...
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed.
We have a thread here in ~news that's more focused on articles and events, but I also want us to have a more conversational space to process the day. Consider this an open forum for your own thoughts and feelings.
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What tips or tricks do you use when researching a topic to find actually useful information?
Stop me if you've heard this one before: You get an idea for something you'd like to learn more about. (Maybe you have a question, maybe you want to explore a new hobby, or maybe you want to make...
Stop me if you've heard this one before:
- You get an idea for something you'd like to learn more about. (Maybe you have a question, maybe you want to explore a new hobby, or maybe you want to make a more informed decision.)
- You type something into a search engine.
- You click a result, only to realize that what you're reading is poorly written. It seems rushed, surface-level, and ill-informed. "This doesn't answer my question at all!" you think to yourself.
- You go back, and try another one, and another one, only to give up and put the idea back in your head.
I don't think these webpages are written to be useful in the first place. They seem to be written to attract attention to the website for other reasons (ad revenue, affiliate links, to draw attention to a product or service). Regardless of why it's happening, though, I want to find a better way to search.
The sort of content I'm looking for is written by someone who really cares about the topic. I want to learn from dorks and nerds and passionate people. Once I stumbled across this blog about extra virgin olive oil. The website isn't pretty, and it goes way more in depth than I'll ever need, but I trust the author, and there are some really interesting nuggets of insight on these pages. (e.g. "Another myth debunked: Heating EVOO makes it ‘toxic’")
Do you have any tips or tricks to more reliably find these sorts of sources (whether online or in-person)?
15 votes