Weekly music playlists by curators. "Everyone understands the importance of skirting the algorithm, but few know how to accomplish it. Herb Sundays is beautiful in both simplicity and execution" - Philip Sherburne

Mostly New York-based missives from the author of Surveys, Sleeveless, Artless, and Grand Rapids.

A newsletter about rejiggered classics, transmasculine underpinnings of the plucky heroine, and the failure-limits of graciousness, from table manners to family estrangement.

A show about war movies, with an anti-imperialist twist. Hosted by Van Jackson and Lyle Jeremy Rubin—military vets, antiwar advocates, film junkies.

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both.

Daily roundups of world news and thoughtful commentary on US foreign policy.

DNR is a publishing platform for writing, visual art, internet culture and more.

Thinking out loud about fear and facts

"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

Writing and reporting on AI, tech, labor and power. Delivered twice a week. For everyone Silicon Valley is happening to.

A lifestyle publication exploring themes of home lithely delivered as weekly bits and bobs and a monthly print zine.

Natural wine culture, by Aaron Ayscough. Reporting from Paris since 2010.

betwixt & between

Global inequality and More 3.0

I write gift guides for people who read books. I link to all sorts of things.

a semi-regular dispatch on the intersections of culture, creativity and wellness by j wortham. you may know me from my podcast 'still processing' or 'black futures' or pieces at The New York Times Magazine. welcome.

Essays and reviews on books, film, video games. Current projects: Coen Brothers retrospective, Hideo Kojima Studies

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

A newsletter for people who like the work of (the real) Sarah Miller.

FURNITURE DEMYSTIFIED: how to buy, how to understand. Designer—vintage—all eras —est. 2014

Labor, politics, and power.

the junk shop of history

human-centric economic analysis to help all of us understand the world better

A daily newsletter about the spirit of enterprise.

reading the American past into the American crisis--and vice versa

A neuroscientist's field notes on how AI is (or isn't) rewiring our brains

All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past

Essays about buildings, infrastructure, and industrial technology.

Spotify and Apple Music playlists + writing about music

Economic research and perspective on climate, energy, and technology.

Artist and internet culture writer.

The business and culture of video games, from a reporter with 20 years on the beat.

The history of computing

20th century history and 21st century political economy

A different look at Italian food and travel. Recipes and inspiration delivered every Sunday.

Conversations about how picture books work.

A newsletter about electronic and experimental music.

One fashion writer's attempt to get offline, go outside, and engage with style in real life.

former music journalist/critic current A&R

A newsletter that brings science and nuance to parenting advice and challenges fear-mongering, shame-inducing content.

Your essential guide to what’s good on the internet. Written by Kate Lindsay and edited by Nick Catucci.

Continuous Variation is a journal of the current past.

Criticism, essays, etc.

Politics and commentary from a socialist perspective.

This is a Substack about culture called the Famous and Beloved Newsletter.

A fully independent newsletter on American politics, elections and history from a left-wing perspective.

Supernatural psyops and the intersection between the paranormal & the parapolitical.

Global power to the people. A newsletter about the class politics of geopolitics.

The business of entertainment

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