chrono

Well you can install it locally and get the web interface via localhost, but if it's a proper server you can access the news from your sources from anywhere and you can also use 3rd party apps in your phone to get a different interface via the API

I have never seen anyone caring about usernames in reddit, I expect the same here, I just want a cool short handle, I'll get my cool short handle, not because that's me but because I want a cool, short, handle

FreshRSS, news and websites fetched your way. You can even create feeds for websites that don't provide one

You should get into Personal websites' RSS feeds. I recommend checking #100DaysToOffload if you have Mastodon or similar, they are pretty much small blogs done by people just trying to write about stuff, nothing too serious, but entertaining