{"id":420,"date":"2026-03-12T17:21:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/2026\/03\/12\/full-disclosure\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:21:38","slug":"full-disclosure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rudymartinez.wtf\/stuff-and-nonsense\/2026\/03\/12\/full-disclosure\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Disclosure"},"content":{"rendered":"

And why I do this.<\/h3>\n
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When Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidency I started receiving a small handful of messages that were all along different versions of the same question: what is the world saying about it?<\/p>\n

My friend, Amy, even went as far as to drop hints that I should do Tik-Toks, or reels updating people in the United States on the news as I was seeing it here in Paris. I made half-assed efforts, shared things from smarter people than I.<\/p>\n

Then this damn war kicked off in Iran. Again.<\/p>\n

For the first few days I was glued to the television and my phone. The messages started coming again. I answered message after message and it was becoming obvious – a little over a year after taking office and now people in the United States believe they aren\u2019t getting the full picture from their own media. When I would tell them what I was seeing on the news here they became certain they weren\u2019t getting the full picture.<\/p>\n

So I started a thing.<\/p>\n

I AM NOT A JOURNALIST. But I am a massive nerd with some tech skills and a MacBook Pro. So I asked Claude.<\/p>\n

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Claude said yes and The Rest of the World Report was born.<\/p>\n

How it works is really straightforward; every day shortly after noon Paris time I start with a query about news regarding the war in Iran. At first, I keep the search limited to the most recent 12 hours. Then I circle back to previous days searches in case of important updates. I verify my sources, let Claude summarize, then put it all together. Often times I start with a story I am already following. Often I start with a rumor I see online and get verification or debunking.<\/p>\n

ALWAYS I make it a point to prompt Claude to NOT editorialize. Just give me the information, ramifications (crude oil price rise leading to gas price rise), and what to keep an eye on. Then I have Claude provide links to sources which I then verify. This is the most tedious part of the endeavor, but imo the most important.<\/p>\n

I am not a journalist. I am an aggregator. I think that is the best way to describe what I do with The Rest of the World Report. I tell you all of this because I believe in transparency.<\/p>\n

I hope what I do helps.<\/p>\n

Postscript – for my own mental health I am going to add a twist on Sundays. Reading and watching the news about horrible things happening in the world is emotionally exhausting so, I am going to apply these same efforts to find good things in the world. Sunday mornings are going to be a break from the ugly and focus on something good in the world. <\/p>\n

When the war is over I will likely wind it down to once a day focused on news you likely aren\u2019t seeing in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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