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World’s on fire, so here’s a short post about newsletters.
My friend Eric wrote a great little post about the newsletters that regularly hit his inbox. You should read it! At the end, he tagged a few friends to do the same, and I was one of those friends.
I’m so grateful he asked me. At the same time, I confess I feel a little sheepish writing a whole post about newsletters. (And not just because of the whole “world’s on fire” thing.) Here’s the thing: I get very few email newsletters in my email. The few newsletters I subscribe to are sent to Feedbin, the wonderful RSS software I use. Does the whole “stolen valor” thing apply here?
…no, probably not. An inbox is an inbox, I guess. So regardless of where they show up, here are the newsletters I most look forward to.1
Friends, writers, and colleagues
- The Daily Kina
- Since the earliest weeks of the pandemic, my friend David has been hand-drawing a newspaper every day, each one capturing a single day in his daughter’s life. This newsletter is a beautiful, hilarious, moving gift.
- Mandy Brown
- Okay, yes, I subscribe to Mandy’s blog over RSS and email. It’s fine. In fact, you probably should too.
- Meets Most
- Leah Reich is a writer who thinks and writes deeply about reshaping technology to benefit the humans that use it.
- nicoledonut
- Nicole Zhu’s essays on life as a writer, peppered with some of the best memes available.
- Perfect Sentences
- Ingrid Burrington is one of my favorite writers. Ingrid Burrington has a newsletter dedicated to her favorite sentences. You can probably guess why I just had to subscribe.
- Reo Eveleth’s Tested
- In 2024 Reo released a tremendous, deeply researched podcast on the history of so-called “gender verification” policies in women’s sports. The newsletter’s quieted a bit since the podcast’s initial release, but when there are updates they’re always timely and — unsurprisingly! — good.
- SC 2.4.4
- Eric Bailey sends out a weekly list of links. It’s a very good list. You’ll like it.
- The Future Is Like Pie
- Lisa Maria Marquis writes about life amid [gestures around] with a clarity I find both bracing and inspiring. There’s usually a poem; it’s always wonderful.
- Things That Caught My Attention
- Dan Hon shares things he’s thinking about and working on. I’ve always loved hearing what Dan is thinking about and working on, so I had to subscribe.
- wreckage/salvage
- Erin Kissane’s thinking good and necessary thoughts on we fix the fucking networks.
Activism, labor, and unions
- The EPI newsletter
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The Economic Policy Institute is a think tank that advocates for economic justice, and I’ve learned a lot from their research-heavy, worker-focused newsletter.
- Labor Notes updates
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Labor Notes is a nonprofit publication that covers, educates, and builds the fighting wing of the labor movement. I cannot recommend an annual subscription more strongly — but even if that’s not of interest, their email updates are free.
- Scalawag’s This Week in the South
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Scalawag is a nonprofit magazine dedicated to telling stories of and from the American south, and each week they share some of those stories.
- Show Up Toronto
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Jenny’s Show Up Toronto is a thing of beauty, curating a calendar of advocacy events in Toronto. I can only imagine the work involved in getting this site online — building the platform, scouring social media sites for events, entering them into the system — and she still manages to write a thoughtful newsletter about activism? Rude, imo.
(Like everything Jenny writes, it’s wonderful.)
- Tech Workers Union, Local 1010
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Some of the hardest-working organizers I know, and they still publish a great little newsletter about labor issues (and labor wins) in tech.
- UE ActionNet
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The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (“UE”) is an independent union focused on building rank-and-file power.
- Unbreaking
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I hope it says something that even though I’m contributing to the project, I still heartily recommend Unbreaking’s email newsletter. Each new blog entry is emailed out to subscribers, highlighting the big developments the project’s aware of. The news is rarely good, but each email is always, always useful.
What about you?
That’s it from me, I think. Following Eric’s example, I’d love to invite a few other folks to share their favorite newsletters:
Don’t see your name up there? Well, I’d still love to hear what newsletters you find inspiring, helpful, or hopeful. Write up a blog post and email a link to me. I can’t wait to see what you’re reading.
Footnote
There are a few other newsletters I subscribe to, but they’re on Substack. While I love those writers, I can’t recommend a Substack newsletter. ↩︎
This has been “Newslettered.” a post from Ethan’s journal.
This content originally appeared on My journal — Ethan Marcotte’s website and was authored by Ethan Marcotte
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