News Pulse – Real-time global news feed, 475 sources, no algorithm

Name: News Pulse – Real-time global news feed, 475 sources, no algorithm
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Author: trevwebdev

by trevwebdev·Feb 28, 2026·9 points·3 comments

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AI Analysis

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Breaking-news aggregator without algorithm, but does it beat Google News alerts plus a bookmark?

Strengths

•Baseline activity detection replaces 'breaking' curation with actual volume spikes.
•Source diversity (93+ providers) solves fragmentation across Twitter, Bluesky, Reddit, Telegram.
•Zero signup, chronological feed, clear source labels—honest UX versus algorithm-driven feeds.

Weaknesses

•AI-generated summaries don't solve the core value prop; Claude summaries are commodity now.
•No clear differentiation from established news aggregators (Newsguard, Inoreader) except 'no algorithm.'

Post Description

Former investigative reporter turned developer. I built a simple breaking-news monitor because tracking events across platforms is a mess now that Twitter’s unreliable.

Bluesky is the backbone (a fraction of twitter, but still lots of journalists and OSINT folks), plus RSS, Telegram, Reddit, YouTube and Mastodon. Everything is one chronological feed with no algorithm, clear source labels, and lightweight activity detection when a region spikes above baseline (frequency math, not LLMs).

But we do have a (hopefully non-obtrusive) AI-generated recent/post summary.

Been building for a while, figured I'd post in light of today's events. Can't promise it will survive or is good, any feedback appreciated.

Built with Next.js 15 + TypeScript + Tailwind on Vercel. Real coded + supervised vibe coded. Free, no login, signups, ect

https://pulse-osint.vercel.app/