This Week in D summarizes those long threads for you!

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce]

I haven't posted these to the announce forum for a while, but 
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This Week in D has the argument over export/Object.factory, the 
if(array) thread, dmd codegen, and the official switch to ddmd!

http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d/aug-23.html

Next week, we have another interview planned. In previous weeks, 
I've summarized DConf, written tips, and highlighted interesting 
projects.

So if you want to keep up with D but don't want to read all the 
long threads, take a look at these. I don't cover everything and 
sometimes my bias will influence the summaries... but it still 
should give you a more digestable look at the community.