Oh for sure, public relays global is junk. Curated relays are great.
I am also this morning playing around with lists. Some people have defined great user lists that create great feeds. E.g. here's one of top Nostr devs.
https://listr.lol/npub18ams6ewn5aj2n3wt2qawzglx9mr4nzksxhvrdc4gzrecw7n5tvjqctp424/30000/naddr1qvzqqqr4xqpzq0mhp4ja8fmy48zuk5p6uy37vtk8tx9dqdwcxm32sy8nsaa8gkeyqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t09uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcqpf8x7um5wgsygetkwv68va6x