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The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper

My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyond from a rural progressive point of view.

BooRadleyBoo’s Bootleg Emporium

By Fargo DuBois

An artistic space housing a wide variety of projects ranging from written word fiction, music/songs, image design, animations, and anything in between.

Whimsical, light (mostly) takes on this and that. With a visual flair.

- john sundman

Dr. Stephen Pribut’s Substack

By Stephen Pribut

Science, Sports Medicine, Technology

Joyce Wadler

An occasional humor column, much like the one I did at The New York Times, which was called "I Was Misinformed". But now, the only gatekeeper is me. I hear I will let me get away with anything.

Dancing Monkeys

By Shahid Kamal Ahmad

Stories for developers and others from my long life in and out of video games. I wrote Code is Just, but also Chimera, sometimes to remember, sometimes to forget.

Sequence Space

By Simon Delagrave

Reflections on science, democracy, and the future, written by a biotech scientist, R&D executive, and consultant. Often distracted by current events. Opinions mine. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

Bette Dangerous

By Heidi Siegmund Cuda

Investigative Raconteur: Where Propaganda Goes To Die

The Cryptocalypse Chronicles

By Michel de Cryptadamus

The Revelations of the Oracle of Tulips.

This is one of the best sources for explanations of the shell games and sleights-of-hand that drive the cryptocurrency phenomenon.

- john sundman

Marcus on AI

By Gary Marcus

"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future

Samuraipunk

By Made in DNA

Samuraipunk, cyberpunk, mecha, weird and general scifi. Bi-monthly. Content reviews, creative (person) interviews, crowdfunding projects, original fiction, culture, pop culture, and more. Nothing high-brow. Also see NOTES for more frequent content.

Self-Styled Siren

The musings of an old-movie lover

DOOM FICTION

By William Pauley III's DOOM FICTION Newsletter

Psychedelic stories for adventurous readers. Proceed with caution.

The Future, Now and Then

By Dave Karpf

A newsletter that mixes insights from the history of the digital future (#WIREDarchive) with observations and rants about the state of politics today. Basically a blog for your inbox.

Lucian Truscott Newsletter

By Lucian K. Truscott IV

I've covered everything from three wars, a few presidential campaigns, the Stonewall riots and the Rolling Stones. This column reflects that history and is about politics, culture, personal stories, and the nation's descent into anti-democratic madness.

Substack asks me to say why I am recommending this newsletter. I am recommending it because I like it.

- john sundman

Books & Biceps: Get Your Next Book & Weekly Gym Motivation

By Jon Finkel

Join the 18,500+ strong meathead community where I share books, workouts and columns to help dudes and dads read more, lift more & live awesome.

The Weird Times

By David Wilk

Inner Monologues and Desultory Reporting from Outer Space

re:frame

By Derek Beres

Reporting on health, science, and media

Well-researched and well-written analyses of cults, media manipulators, disinformation, anti-science/anti-rationality and related topics. Vital stuff.

- john sundman

Bors Comics

By Matt Bors

News on projects, comics, drawings, and writing on whatever moves me. It goes out few times a month at most. Very low stakes overall.

This guy is great. You should subscribe.

- john sundman

Great Reads By John Biggs

A digest of great reads and other cool stuff by John Biggs.

Biggs regularly shares short reviews of books he's recently read and liked. His taste in books is wide-ranging and sophisticated; he likes all kinds of stuff and has a knack for explaining what's good about a book in just one or two short paragraphs.

- john sundman