Long reads
51 newsletters & 22 RSS feeds tagged with Long reads
Newsletters and feeds for long-form reading: in-depth essays, investigations and features worth setting time aside for.
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Abnormal Returns
A daily linkfest of the best reading on investing, markets and personal finance, curated since 2005 by Tadas Viskanta.
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Adventure Journal
Long-form stories and culture from the outdoors: evergreen writing about wild places and the people drawn to them, with no gear roundups or bucket lists.
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Aeon
The newsletter of Aeon, a free magazine of ideas and culture publishing in-depth essays on philosophy, science, psychology and society from leading thinkers.
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Aeon
Aeon, a free magazine of ideas and culture, publishes in-depth essays on philosophy, science, psychology and society from leading thinkers.
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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera's newsletters bring the best of its news coverage, explainers, analysis, opinion and long reads from around the world.
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Asimov Press
Deep writing about biology and biotechnology: essays, histories and explainers on the science shaping the future of life.
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Astral Codex Ten
Scott Alexander's long-running blog and newsletter on psychiatry, science, statistics, society and ideas, successor to Slate Star Codex.
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Astral Codex Ten
Scott Alexander's long-running blog on psychiatry, science, statistics, society and ideas, successor to Slate Star Codex, with reader book reviews and open threads.
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Bits about Money
Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on the intersection of tech and finance: deep dives into the plumbing that moves money and the businesses that build it.
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Construction Physics
Brian Potter's essays on buildings, infrastructure, construction and industrial technology, and why some things are so hard to build.
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Curious About Everything
Jodi Ettenberg's monthly newsletter of the best of the web.
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Damn Interesting
Fascinating true stories from history, science and psychology, in long-form articles and podcast episodes.
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Dan Luu
Dan Luu's long, data-heavy essays about programming, computer systems, the tech industry and AI.
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Don't Worry About the Vase
Zvi Mowshowitz's detailed roundups and analysis of AI developments, AI safety, policy and the labs.
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Drop Site News
Independent news and investigative reporting on politics, war and US foreign policy.
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Escaping Flatland
Henrik Karlsson's essays on relationships, thinking and agency, written from an island in the Baltic Sea.
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Esquire
Esquire's free newsletter of news headlines, culture coverage, celebrity interviews, men's style advice and food and drink.
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Experimental History
Psychologist Adam Mastroianni on psychology, science and finding what's true, published every other Tuesday.
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Farnam Street
Shane Parrish's Farnam Street: timeless lessons on decision making, thinking and continuous improvement, plus The Knowledge Project podcast.
- Feed: fs.blog/feed/
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Harper's Magazine
America's oldest general-interest monthly magazine.
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Harper's Magazine newsletters
Free newsletters from Harper's Magazine.
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LessWrong
LessWrong, a community blog devoted to refining the art of rationality, with posts on AI alignment and decision-making.
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Lil'Log
Lilian Weng's in-depth notes on machine learning research, from reasoning to scaling laws.
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London Review of Books
The London Review of Books' essay-length book reviews and articles on politics, literature, history and more.
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London Review of Books
The London Review of Books' newsletters, with essays, book reviews and highlights from each new issue of the twice-monthly magazine of ideas.
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Longreads
Longreads' weekly email of the best nonfiction storytelling on the web, picked by its editors since 2011.
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Longreads
Longreads shares the best long-form nonfiction storytelling on the web, picked by its editors since 2011.
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Nautilus
A different kind of science magazine: stories that take you into the depths of science and its ripples through culture, philosophy and the arts.
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Open Culture
A daily email of the best free cultural and educational media on the web: online courses, audiobooks, films, lectures and curiosities.
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Opinion Today
New York Times Opinion's newsletter of expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world.
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Paul Graham
Paul Graham's essays on startups, technology, thinking and writing.
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Pellicle
A magazine and podcast of long-form writing about beer, wine, cider, food and travel, and the people who make them.
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Persuasion
Yascha Mounk's publication and community for people who believe a free society is worth fighting for, with essays on politics and culture.
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ProPublica
Newsletters from ProPublica, the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit investigative newsroom that exposes abuses of power.
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ProPublica
ProPublica's independent, nonprofit investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Psyche
Psyche, Aeon's sister magazine, with articles and guides on understanding yourself, emotions, relationships and living well.
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Psyche
Psyche, Aeon's sister magazine, sends a free weekly newsletter every Friday with essays and guides on psychology, philosophy and living well.
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Public
Investigative journalism from Michael Shellenberger and team, funded entirely by subscribers with no advertisers or investors.
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Quanta Magazine
Quanta Magazine's illuminating stories about mathematics, physics, biology and computer science research.
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Quanta Magazine
The weekly newsletter from Quanta, featuring award-winning, accessible journalism on mathematics, physics, biology and computer science.
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Racket News
Award-winning author and investigative reporter Matt Taibbi's news, features and commentary.
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Scope of Work
Scope of Work (formerly The Prepared) publishes excellent writing about how things are made, for engineers, manufacturers and makers.
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Sheffield Tribune
Sheffield's quality newspaper by email, with fascinating local stories, investigations and recommendations from independent journalists, from the Mill Media family.
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Slate
Slate's newsletters on news, politics, culture, technology and advice columns.
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Tangle
A non-partisan daily politics newsletter that summarises the best arguments from the left, right and centre on one big debate, then gives its take.
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The American Scholar
The American Scholar's essays, fiction and poetry on literature, the arts and sciences, history and public affairs.
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The Ann Friedman Weekly
Writer Ann Friedman's weekly round-up of good reads, culture, links and a pie chart, from her own writing and around the web.
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The Atlantic
Every article from The Atlantic on politics, culture, technology and ideas.
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The Bristol Cable
The Bristol Cable, the city's member-owned media co-op, publishes independent, investigative local news and events for Bristol.
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The Browser
Five hand-picked pieces of outstanding writing from across the web every day, chosen for being surprising, insightful and worth your time.
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The Digital Antiquarian
Jimmy Maher's in-depth history of computer games and digital culture.
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The Dispatch
Fact-based reporting and commentary on US politics and culture, informed by conservative principles, from Jonah Goldberg, Steve Hayes and team.
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The Dispatch (Birmingham)
Birmingham's quality newspaper by email, with fascinating local stories, investigations and recommendations from independent journalists, from the Mill Media family.
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The Ferret
The Ferret's investigative journalism for Scotland, covering the environment, politics, business and public services.
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The Free Press
Bari Weiss's The Free Press: independent reporting and opinion on news, politics and culture.
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The Generalist
Mario Gabriele's deep profiles and interviews on the people, companies and technologies shaping the future.
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The Gradient
The Gradient, a digital publication about artificial intelligence research and its future.
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The Great Read
One captivating story from The New York Times to lose yourself in, every day.
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The Guardian: Long Read
The Guardian's in-depth weekday long read: reporting, essays and profiles.
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The Lever
David Sirota's reader-supported investigative news organisation holding power accountable, from corporate lobbying to campaign money.
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The Long Read
The Guardian's long reads, emailed every Saturday morning: in-depth features from politics to psychology, culture to crime.
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The Marginalian
Maria Popova's The Marginalian: marginalia on art, science, poetry, philosophy and our search for meaning.
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The Marginalian
Maria Popova's weekly digest of essays on art, science, philosophy, poetry and what it means to live a good life.
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The Mill
Manchester's quality newspaper by email: long reads, investigations and local stories from independent journalists, from Mill Media.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker's reporting, profiles, criticism, fiction and cartoons.
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The New Yorker Daily
The best of The New Yorker every day: essential reads, reporting, fiction, humour and cartoons, plus a look behind its biggest stories.
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The New Yorker newsletters
The best of The New Yorker.
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The Post (Liverpool)
Liverpool's quality newspaper by email, with fascinating local stories and recommendations from independent journalists, from Mill Media.
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The Stepback
A weekly Sunday deep dive from The Verge into one essential tech story, written by a rotating cast of Verge writers.
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The Sunday Long Read
Don Van Natta Jr. and Jacob Feldman's free Sunday newsletter of the past week's best long-form journalism.
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The UnPopulist
Shikha Dalmia's publication defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the US and around the world.
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Understanding AI
Journalist Timothy B. Lee explains how AI works and how it's changing the world, in clear, well-researched posts.
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Wait But Why
Tim Urban's popular long-form, stick-figure-illustrated posts about almost everything, from AI and space to procrastination.
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