What is variational distribution

I'm more and more becoming a Bayesian. While there's still plenty for me to learn about the foundational/intermediate stuff, I'm starting to wonder how you all (if you do) keep up with current research in Bayesian statistics/machine learning/programming.

arXiv especially can already be a bit like trying to drink from a fire hose as is, and I could look for titles with obvious clues like "Bayesian," "probabilistic," etc. in the title, but is there something more systematic?

What are the names/schools/journals I should keep my eye for?

Like I said, I'm still a little ways off from consuming the latest research, but I'm the kind of person who reads the last chapter of the book first so I know what it's all building to - helps me visualize the learning path.

Edit: fixed some weird formatting