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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ I feel like one of my big failings, and simultaneously my big flex is the amount
 In any case, there is no question that I push myself to the verge of information overload, but tbh I actually enjoy myself while doing it. Here is my rough system around how I manage to have some sort of discipline and efficiency in the process:
 
 - **Mainstream Media:** The easy part is subscribing to mainstream media stuff - i have subscriptions to Economist, Financial Times (the international one), Bloomberg News, NYTimes and The Hindu. I have subscribed to the Economist since a decade, and  I highly recommend it for their sheer breadth of coverage. Their China coverage is one of the best.
-- **Podcasts:** I listen to podcasts on Podcast Addict at 2x speed most times. I listen while doing chores, commuting, walking and times when I am waiting for stuff to happen. Over the years I have gotten used to listening to stuff at that speed without too much loss of context. Here is the OPML file export from Podcast Addict app that contains a list of all 180+ podcasts I am subscribed to: [OPML file listing all the Podcast feeds I subscribe to · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/deepakjois/6542597f19e67a6737a4d279c8261fb2)
+- **Podcasts:** I listen to podcasts on [Podcast Addict](https://podcastaddict.com/app) at 2x speed most times. I listen while doing chores, commuting, walking, when I want to shu and times when I am waiting for stuff to happen. Over the years I have gotten used to listening to stuff at that speed without too much loss of context. Here is the OPML file export from Podcast Addict app that contains a list of all 180+ podcasts I am subscribed to: [OPML file listing all the Podcast feeds I subscribe to · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/deepakjois/6542597f19e67a6737a4d279c8261fb2)
 - **Other Internet Content:** most other reading I rely on RSS/Atom feeds. RSS and Atom are web feed formats that allow users to receive updates from websites in a structured way. It is often used by news sites and blogs to aggregate new content like news articles or blog posts. Most people don't know that a lot of sites and blogs on the internet syndicate their content via feeds (for e.g. [Substack does](https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038239391-Is-there-an-RSS-feed-for-my-publication), and so do blogs powered by popular software like Wordpress). To read these feeds you need a software called a Feed Reader. I use [Newsblur](https://newsblur.com/), which is reasonably priced hosted service. There are other hosted options like [Feedly](https://feedly.com/) which are more popular. One can also use a feed reader app on a Mac or PC.
 - **Email Newsletters:** Both Feedly and Newsblur also support reading email newsletters using their feed reader interface. You can either use a custom email address they provide and subscribe to the newsletter, or have Gmail filters forward the email to it (if for some reason you have no choice but to send the email to your personal inbox first)
 - **Other Stuff:** X, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/) and YouTube (I have Premium). X and Hacker News great for finding random great stuff which I otherwise would not come across from my standard sources. Sometimes, if I really like a source, I end up subscribing to them to receive future updates in my feed reader.