Global Press Pass

Rubimby is an artist name, a creative identity, a self-made muse. It exists to inspire, to aspire, and to find a way into a more public life without losing what is private. It is a word coined from nothing, released into the world to see what happens to it.

The goal has always been simple: put something genuinely positive out there, watch how it travels, and see what meanings other people give it along the way.

Photography, creative projects, and whatever comes next. Global Press Pass is one expression of the Rubimby identity. There is more to come.

Global Press Pass was built out of frustration with the morning scroll: the algorithmically curated outrage designed to keep you reading. It is an attempt to take back control of the first thing you read each day.

The idea is straightforward. What are the biggest stories in 66 countries right now, told by their own press, in their own voices? How does the rest of the world see the United States? What forces are shaping daily life in Nigeria, Japan, Peru, or the Arctic? Understanding those patterns can only enrich how we understand the forces acting on us.

This is a non-commercial project, built and maintained as a labor of love. It was built with only the most basic understanding of code, made possible by the tools now available to anyone curious enough to try. The goal is to share it with 500 to 1,000 people and help them cut through the noise.

Designed and created by Rubimby™. Headlines powered by TheNewsAPI. Press freedom ratings from RSF. AI assistance, from concept through code, deployment, and every flag along the way, by Anthropic's Claude.