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by avandermeulen 1652 days ago
Have you checked out the Wikipedia current events page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events
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I'm pretty sure since the linked page here (https://legiblenews.com/) is a just more readable version (typography) of Wikipedia's current events.
Yes, there is correct attribution on the bottom reflecting this: "Original text authored by Wikipedia contributors" & linked to Revision history of the corresponding Wikipedia Portal:Current events/2021 December 13
It's a nice summary if you read the whole thing, but the alphabetical ordering (both by category and by title) is not great for a quick skim. If there is no 'priority ordering', the most important article is on average going to be buried somewhere in the middle.

It makes it easier for the Wikipedia editors (avoids endless arguments about priority), but not great for the average reader.

Now I have; Thank you! This is probably the 80/20 solution that doesn't abuse my attention too much.
Along side each event it would be great to have a small link to a google news search for that event. Possibly even a google news search that isn't personalised or tailored to a location, if that's possible.
If you like this in email format:

https://currentevents.email

(looks like my GitHub action has stopped working - will fix it tmr)

This looks great. Is it possible to get this as an RSS feed instead of an e-mail newsletter?