Looking for ideas for interesting places to browse in the morning.

[JBPmum]

My children are a bit older and I usually start the day with a coffee in bed, browsing the news or other sites. I'm not much of a morning person, so it's a good way to wake up properly. Can anyone suggest interesting places to start the day (other than reading Mumsnet, of course!)?

Tuesday mornings Boots for £10 Tuesday!
I have a few word puzzles I usually do before I get up. One has a random difficulty level and if it says extreme I leave it til I am wider awake!
Word Waffle, WordLinkle

That's a good idea. I used to play some games. I must get some of those out again. Thanks, that's helpful.

I could read but I'd probably just fall asleep again.

vinted!

Alphaguess is a good one. I like Scrambled Maps too.

Merlin bird app. Open the window and let it listen and identify bird song it hears.

A friend at work goes on Wikipedia tours of her local area - ie starts reading up on her home town, for example, then follows the links to the local places and reads up on the area like a tourist might. She’s found out lots of random things. It is on my to do list.

If I start that I might be in as much trouble as when I browse Etsy and find all the cute stuff. :-)

Haven't heard of the first two. Just gave them a go and they were fun. Added to my bookmarks. Thanks.

These websites were suggested on here ages ago and I enjoy them...
https://theuselessweb.com/
https://littlealchemy2.com/
Little Alchemy is a game but quite addictive.

Also Globle. A "find the country" game, great to improve geography knowledge!

Substack. It takes a little while to find a few writers that you like and learn your algorithm, but now it knows mine I'm getting served up some really interesting (to me) stuff.

I love a sudoku to get my brain working

I’m a Substack fan as well. I subscribe to a couple of writers but a lot of content is free. It’s a bit like curating your own magazine.

Is there a local news round up Substack that you can subscribe to? I take the Edinburgh Minute and there is the Sheffield Tribune ( for Sheffield obvs).