One thing I miss about the birdsite is the sense of immediacy watching events unfold. From the big cultural things, like the Arab Spring, to the sublimely silly story of the Rice Truck from @nameshiv

https://www.patreon.com/posts/rice-truck-74959374

I really don't want #mastodon to be Twitter, and rather like it for what it is, but is there a #fediverse service with more of that immediacy feel?

Are there masto accounts I should be following for that? Not just news, but current, active conversations?