Personal essays from game developer and comic writer Brandon Sheffield, covering his reflections on the 2016 US election while travelling, the cancelled Minecraft comic project, and arguments about free speech and online harassment. Readers get an individual's first-person perspective on politics, creative work and internet culture.
Website: https://brandonsheffield.com/
Astral Codex Ten publishes long-form essays on AI safety, rationality, politics, science and culture, alongside reader-written book reviews and weekly open threads. Readers get argumentative, carefully reasoned analysis plus community news such as meetups, surveys and grant-related projects.
CrashOut is Ioan Grillo's bilingual newsletter on organised crime, cartels, gangs, and related politics, with a focus on Mexico and US involvement in the drug war. Recent issues cover the arrest of a former Chihuahua attorney general over CIA involvement in a raid and a multi-part series on extortion networks in Mexico.
Data-driven analysis of US politics, public opinion and elections, including original monthly polling, early-vote tracking and podcast interviews. Readers get poll results with methodology, historical comparisons and context on threats to federal statistics.
InvestigateWest is a nonprofit newsroom publishing investigative reporting on the Pacific Northwest, often in collaboration with other outlets. Readers get in-depth stories on local media, law enforcement, criminal justice and government accountability.
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