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Art & Artists
- Nono’s Sketches – Introspective sketches and stories, in your inbox.
- Snakes & Ladders – A weekly(ish) look at some of the ups and downs of art and culture
- Drawing Links by Edith Zimmerman – Slice-of-life comics newsletter with short illustrated stories about my life
- Tarantula: Authors and Art – Spinning nuanced threads of art, stories and a tiny bit of hedonism to spark a moment to ponder
- Jarrett Fuller’s Monthly Dispatch – In-progress thinking, photography, links, and notes from the studio by Jarrett Fuller. Monthly(ish).
- Lucy Bellwood’s Bottleship – An intermittent digest of writing, comics, and creative experiments from an Adventure Cartoonist
Culture
- Dense Discovery – A weekly newsletter on tech, design, ethics and culture.
- Night Water – Night Water is a late night pop culture newsletter sending out refreshing posts to quench your thirst.
- Cafe Anne – CAFÉ ANNE is a weekly zine with a focus on New York City that takes a fresh look at the everyday, delights in the absurd and profiles unusual folks who do things their way.
- The Profile – Features the best long-form stories on people and companies in business, tech, sports, entertainment, and more
Economics & Finance
- Bits about Money – I write on tech, finance, and the wonky geekery that underlies the modern world.
- Noahpinion – Noah Smith – Economics and other interesting stuff
History
- Wrath Of Gnon – Traditionalism, sustainability, localism, urbanism.
- Eleanor’s Iceberg – Speculative fiction is a great way to learn obscure history & science.
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- Life Is So Beautiful – Don’t be afraid. – A newsletter in your inbox every Monday with links to five beautiful things to start your week.
- The Melt – No news pegs. No editors. Just whatever.
- Feasts & Fables – Field notes for curious minds – A weekly collection of the inspiring and uplifting happenings that have caught our eye. Calm moments for unsettled times.
- The Imperfectionist | Oliver Burkeman – Twice-monthly email on productivity, mortality, the power of limits, and building a meaningful life in an age of bewilderment
- The More To That Newsletter – If curiosity and simplicity had a baby, then it’d look like the More To That newsletter.
- The Monday Kickoff – Each Monday I share links to nine interesting, thought-provoking, and sometimes infuriating articles.
- Tuesday Triage newsletter – Every Tuesday I triage the Internet for the crème de la crème from mobile security to mixology
- University of Winds by Mita Williams – Three links to wonderful and thought-provoking things in the world every Saturday morning from a librarian and civic activist
- The Small Bow – It’s a recovery newsletter, mostly. We don’t limit our story topics to bed-pissing bottoms or 12-step redemption.
Music & Audio
- Lefsetz Letter – Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself.
Nature & Environment
- Frugal Chariot by Nicie Panetta – Your weekly guide to exceptional writing about nature, climate, journey, and place
Personal
- Weekly Musings – Thoughts about what's caught my interest in the last seven days
- Shangrilogs – Shangrilogs is a newsletter about relocation, recreation, and renovation at 10,000 feet.
- Allison Marie Conway – Loving us sober one day at a time.
Photography
- Noah Kalina – Mix of art & photography, personal thoughts and recommendations
- Contact Sheet – The Contact Sheet is my bi-weekly kick in the creative pants to nudge you forward in your photography. It's a heart-felt reminder that Gear is Good, But Vision is Better.
Poets & Writers
- Shady Characters – The secret life of punctuation – Miscellany, books, and more. Here you’ll find unusual marks of punctuation, books and book history, and everything in between.
- Pome by Matthew Ogle – Short modern poems for your inbox, another turn of the wheel.
- Electric Speed – Digital tools and resources for writers and creative people.
- Robin’s newsletters – A couple infrequent and wide-ranging newsletters by author Robin Sloan, "I try to make it feel like a note from a friend."
- The Maven Game – Writer and editor David Moldawer on building books that matter.
- Orbital Operations – Newsletter from Warren Ellis, a writer from England
Research & Science
- Data is Plural – Weekly newsletter of useful/curious datasets
- The Prepared – Every week The Prepared sends you research, analysis and news from across the engineered, manufactured, and "built world!!.
- Jatan’s Space – Exploring space and our Moon, for a better future for humanity ~ By Jatan Mehta, Contributing Editor for The Planetary Society
Technology
- Platy’s Web Excursions – Very comprehensive (and eclectic) notes on a wide variety of subjects, mostly internet & tech.
- 8 bit news – Collection of retro & computing news handpicked and curated with love and care
- The Convivial Society – Thinking about technology, society, and the good life.
- Import AI – Quick hits and briefs on artificial intelligence by a deep expert in the field
Travels
- Weightshifting – Documenting and exploring the west and beyond via vehicular travel, “overland” style.