I tend to get my IRL news from satirical quiz shows on the BBC - it is a useful round up of the weeks main headlines and is amusing at the same time. The economist and guardian podcasts used to do the same until they multiplied like rabbits.

However I follow some real-in-the weeds podcasts for Brexit (which i still claim is important and is going to hurt a lot more than most people seem to think) and of course follow tech news here. I like podcasts because if I need to dive into details I can just start googling.

It tends to mean i don't know about volcanos eruptions till hours after everyone else - but I usually get something like "did you know volcano/Bourdain has died" from a human within hours.

Ultimately I want to find a way to have important emails, whatsapp and texts appear in the HN front page so I will be able to deal with them whilst checking - this may be a good idea.

Edit: I seem to have dropped the traditional news media forever - a shift I am quite shocked by as its not something i would have consciously chosen. I do keep subscriptions to some worthwhile outlets (Guardian etc) but i doubt any business model they have in mind right now is going to work. we shall see.