Updated September 2026
How do we decide what goes into the text each morning? This page walks through the whole process, from what we watch to the single source we cite.
Constant Monitoring
Our team monitors global developments 24/7, and weekday mornings are when we share the results of our research with our readers. Instead of passing on the noise or pretending everything is important, we curate concise fact-only summaries of the stories that moved the world in the last 24 hours. Mondays cover the last 72 hours.
Impactful News
We assess world-changing impact based on (1) how much a given event changes the lives of (2) how many people. For (1), we focus on changes in safety, security, confidence, sentiment, optionality, purchasing power, health, access, accessibility, rights, and similar fundamentally life-changing shifts. For (2), we look at the scale of entire populations, with hundreds of thousands to millions of people affected by the event in question.
Primary Sources
We research down to primary sources, which is possible in roughly 80% of our coverage. In the 20% of cases where original sources don’t exist, for example in fast-moving contentious conflicts, we reference primary reporting from reporters on the ground rather than storytelling journalism that layers opinion on top of the base facts.
For example, if the US Supreme Court issues a ruling, we read the ruling, not an outlet’s second-hand summary of it. The same goes for bills in Congress, statements from the Federal Reserve, and announcements from international companies like Google, LVMH and Boeing or foreign governments like Israel, Iran and Venezuela.
Cited Sources
While we sometimes reference hundreds of sources, we cite a single favorite one for our readers. When we have a primary source, that is what we choose. In its absence, it is the most informative article on that issue. We always choose per article, not per outlet.
As a news research company, we take full responsibility for the accuracy of our work. We triple check each fact and each detail, and we never take anybody’s word for it.
What We Leave Out
The noise, which is unfortunately 99% of news media content out there. Especially with AI today, which lets anyone publish anything at unprecedented speed and volume. We reject anything that tries to misinform or influence the reader, or operates under ulterior motives like advertising or data harvesting. Since our curation filters for life-changing developments, topics like sports, pop culture, celebrity drama, political gossip and rerun stories don’t make it in. There are better places to go for that content.
What the Texts Look Like
Here are three of our concise fact-only summaries from July 30, 2026, the kind texted to readers each weekday morning:
1) US & Saudi Arabia launch strikes on Iran-backed militia sites in Iraq “in response to 30+ Iran-directed drone attacks on US forces & Saudi energy infrastructure in 72hrs” infmd.co/DO
2) Gallup poll: US Supreme Court approval falls to record low 33% in 26yrs (vs 61% disapproval) driven by Republican approval dropping to 58% (vs 79% in Sep 2025); Democratic (12%) & independent (35%) approval remain near historic lows infmd.co/EO
3) Fed Reserve holds key interest rate at 3.5%-3.75%, citing elevated inflation partly driven by energy supply shocks, with solid economic growth & little changed unemployment rate infmd.co/GO
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