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Recommended by Ken Kousen

Trisha’s Substack

By Trisha Gee

My personal Substack

Trisha is bright, helpful, and a great communicator. Anything she has to say is worth hearing.

- Ken Kousen

Swaine’s World

By Michael Swaine

On technology and other stuff.

Well written and informative

- Ken Kousen

JVM Weekly

By Artur Skowronski

From the latest updates in JVM languages like Java, Kotlin, and Scala to emerging technologies like GraalVM and Quarkus, this newsletter covers a wide range of topics that are of interest to developers and tech enthusiasts.

A wonderful summary of the latest news and innovations in the Java world. Really well done, and a great preview of what’s coming.

- Ken Kousen

MrDodgy Has Opinions

I have opinions about chess

Goofy, but very funny, chess player who loves to harass the powerful. Someday, and that day may never come, he'll get to play Magnus Carlsen

- Ken Kousen

Penny Red

By Laurie Penny

Laurie Penny's extraordinary internet salon. Features, fictions, essays and necessary trouble for misfits, malcontents and tender-hearted rebels.

Fearless, insightful feminist commentary by a fantastic writer

- Ken Kousen

Cup of Coffee by Craig Calcaterra

By Craig Calcaterra

Everything you need to know about baseball before your first cup of coffee

Daily essays by a lawyer-turned-baseball-writer with political rants I enjoy reading

- Ken Kousen

Good Morning It's Basketball

By Tom Ziller

Daily dispatches on glory, failure and frivolity in the NBA.

Wonderful game summaries and insights into both the NBA and WNBA

- Ken Kousen

The Will Leitch Newsletter

By Will Leitch

Will Leitch's weekly free newsletter with an original essay, and links to everything he writes.

Incredibly prolific writer with fascinating views on sports and movies

- Ken Kousen