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title: About This Site
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permalink: /about/
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This site is a text-only minimal version of [Beatroot News](https://app.beatrootnews.com/)
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[[iOS](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/beatroot-news/id1618735924)],
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[[Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beatrootnews.app)], a new news app by Freemedia Interactive Private Limited.
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It is maintained by [Nemo](https://github.com/captn3m0), and is meant as a minimal indian news website that you can check once a day, with
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a reading experience similar to reading your morning newspaper.
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This text-only version is unaffiliated with Beatroot News or Freemedia Interactive Private Limited.
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## Curation Notes
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- Only articles from today and yesterday are shown.
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- Articles marked with ❖ are "syndicated" from an external media source[^1].
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- The design is based on [NPR's](http://text.npr.org/) text-only website.
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- Trigger Warnings are shown in bold, prefixed to the article text.
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- The content is updated every 30 minutes.
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- There are no trackers or ads.
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## Configuration
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- Read articles are marked in grey. You can reset read articles in Settings.
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- Highlight words can be configured in settings, and will be highlighted across all news articles and headlines.
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- You can hide specific topics under settings.
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## Donate
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The project is open-source, and donations are welcome:
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- https://ko-fi.com/captn3m0
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- https://liberapay.com/captn3m0
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- https://github.com/sponsors/captn3m0
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Alternatively, please donate to the Internet Freedom Foundation: https://internetfreedom.in/donate/
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[^1]: List of sources considered as syndicated: PTI, Hindustan Times, Indian Express |