Life of Wry

I am often singing the praises of Heather Cox Richardson and her fact-packed, historically rich daily news summaries that have been on my essential-reading list since about 2017. Thank you Heather.

I feel like I may also have written about — but it’s worth mentioning again — another guy, Matt from Seattle, who also pens a daily news summary, this one quicker to consume and far more headline-ish, but no less essential… at least for me. His summary — What the Fuck Just Happened Today — was launched at approximately the same time as Heather’s, which coincided with the inauguration of the former so-called president, as the entire sane world was lighting its collective hair on fire and needed to hear from clear-headed folks who could bear to process and report the torrent of crazy news each day.

So.. yeah… I still follow both of these guys and truly value their summaries. Matt’s is simple… one sentence. Here’s today’s as an example.

“Day 912” refers to the number of days since Biden was inaugurated. At the emotionally-relieving end of the last nightmare-of-an-administration, Matt polled his readers about whether his WTFJHT newsletter should keep going and received a resounding yes, so he has kept going. I even chipped in some money toward his considerable effort. And enjoy the daily recap.

Crooked Media’s What a Day daily newsletter is also worth a read, though so much longer! It does win the award for best puns and deliciously drippy sarcasm and, for that reason alone, is worth subscribing to, IMHO.

The sad truth is, though, that between these great reads and the firehose of articles and opinion pieces that come from the NYT, New Yorker, Atlantic and the Washington Post, I am drowning in news. Can’t keep up with processing the emails alone. Gotta streamline. Can’t seem to. What’s a news junkie to do?