Substacks recommended by The Rarely Certain newsletter

Recommended by The Rarely Certain newsletter

Archedelia

By Matthew B. Crawford

Toward a political theory of the present.

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Stillness in the West

By Jack Leahy

Thoughts on the contemplative life at the end of the Human Age. "Acquire the Spirit of Peace and a thousand souls around you will be saved.” --St. Seraphim of Sarov.

Numb at the Lodge

By Sam Kriss

These heavy sands are language tide and wind have silted here

Richard Hanania's Newsletter

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

Walking home

By Walking Home

A solo walk across France with my dog — part travelogue, part midlife reckoning, part love letter to wild places

My partner P has started a newsletter, charting her search for a home in the South of France. Anyone who enjoys thoughtful wanderlust should enjoy this.

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Kainos

By Alexander Beiner

Kainos tells stories that help people make sense of the world and imagine new futures.

Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Symbolic Capital(ism)

By Musa al-Gharbi

Exploring the relationships between social justice discourse, inequality, and the rise of the symbolic professions.

Less Foolish

By Peter Limberger

Unfinished thoughts with occasional clarity.

Don't Worry About the Vase

By Zvi Mowshowitz

A world made of gears. Doing both speed premium short term updates and long term world model building. Currently focused on weekly AI updates. Explorations include AI, policy, rationality, medicine and fertility, education and games.

default.blog

By Default Friend

An emotional scrapbook of the Internet.

The Real Story

By Terry Glavin

All The News I Couldn't Fit In Print

Covidian Æsthetics

By Mónica Belevan

Through a glass, sharply.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

The Abbey of Misrule

By Paul Kingsnorth

Do not be conformed to this world

Astral Codex Ten

By Scott Alexander

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Excellence in thought exploration and insights

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Mike Pesca

The home of The Gist List and exclusive commentary from Mike Pesca delivered to your inbox every single day.

Fisted by Foucault

By Niccolo Soldo

You'll never think of Foucault the same way again

Mary Jane Murphy

I do and say what I want. Grateful for everything.

Handwaving Freakoutery

By BJ Campbell

This is a song about culture wars, futurism, apocalypta, and gun math.

Experimental History

By Adam Mastroianni

1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Political Currents by Ross Barkan

This is Ross Barkan's newsletter - original essays on politics, society, and culture

Not On Your Team, But Always Fair

By Helen Dale

Bric-a-Brac, Curios, and Complaints from a professional irritant, novelist, and retired lawyer.

Ataraxia or Bust!

By Doug Bates

Articles about the intersection of ancient Greek philosophy and Buddhism; and in particular, the philosophy that resulted from that intersection: Pyrrhonism.

Public

By Michael Shellenberger

Subscribers fund every investigation. No advertisers. No investors.

Stoic Observations

By Michael David Cobb Bowen

Discovery, humor & reason without ideological baggage.

The Future of Leadership with Ed Brenegar

How we got here and where we are going.

Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

Reasonable People

By Tom Stafford

Psychological science on rationality, reason and persuasion

Singal-Minded

By Jesse Singal

A newsletter about science, social-justice-activism, why they sometimes fight, and how to help them get along better -- plus a good deal of other, more random stuff.

Over the Field

By Hadden Turner

Essays on agrarianism, creation stewardship, rurality, ecology, natural history, and techno-scepticism. Wendell Berry and Paul Kingsnorth book groups.

Traps, cages and spells

By Nicholas.Wilkinson

Searching for the saola. Wondering what I'm doing wrong.

Lean Out with Tara Henley

A current affairs newsletter, focusing on heterodox writers and thinkers from around the world.

Conspicuous Cognition

By Dan Williams

Writer. Academic philosopher. Writing about philosophy, psychology, evolution, politics, artificial intelligence, and more.

Luke Burgis Newsletter

Pursuing the mysterium tremendum et fascinans and writing at the intersection of philosophy, culture, art, technology, and religious wisdom.

Because copying what everyone else wants won't make you happy

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Grey Goose Chronicles

By Stone Age Herbalist

Stories, essays and news from across lesser known archaeology, anthropology, history and biology

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Bentham's Newsletter

By Bentham's Bulldog

Utilitarianism, ethical veganism, culture war stuff, philosophy, morality, and more!

Wrong Side of History

By Ed West

It's Ed West's sub stack

The Ruffian

By Ian Leslie

Ian Leslie picks out the most important, interesting and beautiful signals from the noise.

Longview

Longview is for the curious and open minded. We tell deeply-reported, carefully-crafted stories about the most pressing and interesting stories in our world.

News from Uncibal

By David McGrogan

Chronicling events in the egalist utopia

The Intrinsic Perspective

By Erik Hoel

Natural philosophy, belles-lettres, polemics.

Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology

By CSPI

Supporting research on how ideology and policy contribute to social and scientific progress.

The Honest Broker

By Roger Pielke Jr.

Making sense of science, policy and politics

Nina Power

The Sun Is God: New Writing by Nina Power

Andy Masley

Crossing the river by touching the stones

The Prism

By Gurwinder

A guide to navigating the digital age

The Path Not Taken

By Thomas Prosser

Politics through the lens of ideology and institutional theory

Try Thomas Prosser's newsletter 'Tom's curiosity shop' for yourself. Expect insights and interpretations of the current political moment that are designed to help you navigate this weird current moment, rather than galvanise you into joining the culture war. Anything that prioritises clearer thought over furiously tippy tapping at your phone to join in with the chorus of outrage over The Current Thing is refreshing and that's what TCS does.

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