[choochootrain]

if youre bored with facebook and google and such, no one is forcing you to write about their every single move. there have been plenty of new and exciting things happening recently in medicine, transportation, energy, etc. they just don't happen to be the kind of things that techcrunch writes about...

[citricsquid]

    exciting things happening recently in medicine, 
    transportation, energy, etc.

Such as? Would be really cool to see a summary of industry changing / impacting things that have happened this year outside of the internet-technology echo chamber a lot of us unfortunately live in.

[sharkweek]

In order to keep your sanity, it's imperative to pick up a few other interests outside of tech and startups. This year, for me personally, I've gotten really into Astronomy and have been blazing through Khan Academy's videos on the topic, sparking my interest in following various resources from that neck of the woods.

I find specific subreddits of something you're fond of are a great way to get a feed of the most recent news on almost any topic.