Pirate Wires is a tech, politics, and culture newsletter with a provocative, sardonic take on current events, covering media criticism, Silicon Valley figures, and controversial topics like COVID origins. Readers get opinionated commentary and daily takes on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture.
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A literary-intellectual magazine's newsletter featuring long-form essays, reviews and interviews on politics, technology, books and culture. Issues pair new pieces with curated archive selections and conversations with critics.
Stratechery is Ben Thompson's analytical newsletter on the business, strategy, and societal impact of technology, with a focus on Apple, Big Tech, and telecom. Subscribers get in-depth essays plus a weekly roundup of bundle content, podcasts, and related analysis.
Rebecca Solnit's personal essays and analyses on politics, democracy, technology, communication and the climate crisis, with a reflective, literary voice. Readers get considered commentary on how society and attention have changed, plus pieces on activism and environmental loss.
404 Media is an independent tech journalism outlet whose newsletter covers investigative stories on surveillance, identity theft, fraud, and the physical impacts of technology such as data centers. Readers get long-form reporting that centers affected people and digs into how systems fail in practice.
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