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What are some good blogs on literature, science, history, and ideas, that sort of thing?

I am leaving this question deliberately vague - just trying to find better blogs.

Slog isn't cutting it; but maybe something like Slog but with less junk, trolling posts and random youtube videos? Or other more specific ones (e.g. a blog on books, or science)...

Any suggestions would be great. (not sure what the best category is, so I'm putting it under books and writing)

Bion Satir asked in Other Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report

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    I really like 3quarksdaily.com. I'm not sure how I came across it, but it's great, and has been running for years. It's definitely a filter blog -- posting things from around the web on a daily basis -- but focuses on the arts, literature, sciences, etc. Though there is some discussion of politics, it tends to be international and historical in scope, rather than breathless up-to-the-minute outrage.

    I've never found another blog like it. I find it's a little TOO intellectual at times for me to dip into in down moments at work, but I think that's a good thing rather than a bad thing.

    MyrnaMinkoff answered in Other Books & Writing about 1 year ago | Report
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    MyrnaMinkoff already mentioned 3QD so all I've got left to offer is a456, which focuses on architecture, design, technology and the media: http://www.aggregat456.com

    If you're interested in podcasts I would recommend We The People Stories from the National Constitution Center: http://feeds.feedburner.com/NCCPrograms

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    My favorite book blog is Bookride, http://www.bookride.com/, which is an idiosyncratic look at the rare book trade.

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    http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

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    Have you checked out Arts and Letters Daily?

    Its not a blog, but it is definitely worth visiting every few days or so:

    www.aldaily.com

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    There aren't any.

    The nature of a collective blog, or an aggregator (as they're really about the same thing) is that about 2/3 to 9/10 of the stuff that gets posted isn't going to interest you. Think of all the people you've had five minute conversations with: what proportion of them did you want to keep talking to? I bet it's not over 1/3.

    This situation is not helped by focusing on a specific topic like books or science.

    That said, here as some other aggregators and collective blogs:
    http://boingboing.net/
    http://scienceblogs.com/
    http://www.fark.com/
    http://scienceblog.com/

    You're much better off finding individual blogs by people whose interests are roughly in line with yours. My all time favorite, which might match your interest as well, is this:

    http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/frontal-cortex/

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