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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026462 stories
A graph that should be front-page news↗ lyrebirddreaming.com · HN · 449 comments · 697 points · Jul 13, 2026
Om↗ daringfireball.net · HN · 22 comments · 518 points · Jun 26, 2026
Om Malik has died↗ om.co · HN · 171 comments · 1353 points · Jun 25, 2026
Disney erased FiveThirtyEight↗ natesilver.net · HN · 260 comments · 457 points · May 19, 2026
The Onion to Take over InfoWars↗ nytimes.com · HN · 271 comments · 481 points · Apr 21, 2026
2025554 stories
Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties↗ npr.org · HN · 287 comments · 620 points · Oct 28, 2025
Kagi News↗ blog.kagi.com · HN · 440 comments · 942 points · Sep 30, 2025
The Guardian flourishes without a paywall↗ nymag.com · HN · 519 comments · 623 points · Mar 29, 2025
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow↗ freedom.press · HN · 74 comments · 447 points · Mar 18, 2025
Ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to Community Notes model↗ about.fb.com · HN · 1359 comments · 870 points · Jan 07, 2025
2024680 stories
The Onion buys Infowars↗ nytimes.com · HN · 1233 comments · 1901 points · Nov 14, 2024
CNN and USA Today have fake websites, I believe Forbes Marketplace runs them↗ larslofgren.com · HN · 265 comments · 760 points · Sep 27, 2024
Jeff Lawson buys The Onion↗ nytimes.com · HN · 292 comments · 392 points · Apr 25, 2024
NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism↗ npr.org · HN · 829 comments · 406 points · Apr 16, 2024
Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations↗ housefresh.com · HN · 342 comments · 699 points · Feb 19, 2024
2023726 stories
NY times is asking that all LLMs trained on Times data be destroyed↗ twitter.com · HN · 133 comments · 66 points · Dec 30, 2023
F*** Paywalls↗ 1ft.io · HN · 55 comments · 48 points · Nov 04, 2023
Report says PR firm has been paying Rotten Tomatoes critics for positive reviews↗ screengeek.net · HN · 22 comments · 67 points · Sep 07, 2023
Show HN: Boring Report, a news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news↗ boringreport.org · HN · 39 comments · 101 points · May 11, 2023
Vice Media Was Built on a Bluff↗ nymag.com · HN · 1 comments · 48 points · May 03, 2023
2022663 stories
CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as “breaking news”↗ axios.com · HN · 424 comments · 417 points · Jun 02, 2022
Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear↗ rebeccastrong.substack.com · HN · 252 comments · 490 points · Apr 18, 2022
Our fundamental right to shame and shun the New York Times↗ popehat.substack.com · HN · 581 comments · 405 points · Mar 22, 2022
Things you notice when you quit the news (2016)↗ raptitude.com · HN · 703 comments · 1256 points · Feb 22, 2022
The New York Times buys Wordle↗ nytimes.com · HN · 582 comments · 902 points · Jan 31, 2022
2021835 stories
The Financial Times’ 404 page↗ ft.com · HN · 90 comments · 609 points · Oct 24, 2021
I made an eInk newspaper↗ gregraiz.com · HN · 211 comments · 547 points · Mar 28, 2021
Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it↗ imgur.com · HN · 812 comments · 1801 points · Feb 18, 2021
Statement on New York Times Article↗ astralcodexten.substack.com · HN · 411 comments · 866 points · Feb 14, 2021
A stroll through the archives of Editor & Publisher↗ niemanlab.org · HN · 81 comments · 461 points · Feb 06, 2021
2020902 stories
An updated daily front page of The New York Times as artwork on your wall↗ alexanderklopping.medium.com · HN · 256 comments · 783 points · Nov 11, 2020
The Truth Is Paywalled but the Lies Are Free↗ currentaffairs.org · HN · 474 comments · 683 points · Aug 03, 2020
Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members resign↗ index.hu · HN · 413 comments · 653 points · Jul 24, 2020
New York Times phasing out all 3rd-party advertising data↗ axios.com · HN · 549 comments · 1237 points · May 19, 2020
After killing investigation, Bloomberg News sought to silence reporter's wife↗ npr.org · HN · 237 comments · 809 points · Apr 14, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Financial Times' 404 Page not Found↗ ft.com · HN · 13 comments · 80 points · Sep 12, 2026
The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing?↗ dearheadofmine.substack.com · HN · 65 comments · 57 points · Sep 09, 2026
Making the case for Ed Zitron as the last of the great bloggers↗ observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com · HN · 15 comments · 19 points · Sep 24, 2026
Accurate AI reporting deemed 'woke'↗ blog.keyvan.net · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 27, 2026
Delayed Gratification – Proud to Be 'Last to Breaking News'↗ slow-journalism.com · HN · 211 comments · 337 points · Jul 28, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Financial Times' 404 Page not Found↗ ft.com · HN · 13 comments · 80 points · Sep 12, 2026
The Nonfiction Book Market is Collapsing?↗ dearheadofmine.substack.com · HN · 65 comments · 57 points · Sep 09, 2026
Making the case for Ed Zitron as the last of the great bloggers↗ observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com · HN · 15 comments · 19 points · Sep 24, 2026
Saturday Evening Post Will Stop Printing After 205 Years↗ nytimes.com · HN · 3 comments · 14 points · Sep 07, 2026
Government-funded journalism can work if it's free to report the truth↗ theconversation.com · HN · 23 comments · 9 points · Sep 03, 2026
In panic over uncovered data center docs, Entergy seeks to restrain journalists↗ arktimes.com · HN · 2 comments · 8 points · Sep 02, 2026
Accurate AI reporting deemed 'woke'↗ blog.keyvan.net · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 27, 2026
White House press pool (5 networks) suspends coverage↗ nytimes.com · HN · 2 comments · 6 points · Sep 21, 2026
The secretive process that will decide the BBC's future↗ theguardian.com · HN · 0 comments · 6 points · Sep 10, 2026
Meet Claude: ABC's new regional cadet journalist↗ independentaustralia.net · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 06, 2026

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