ciphergoth comments on Off-Topic Discussion Thread: April 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ciphergoth 05 April 2009 08:55:04AM 4 points [-]

What other blogs do folk here recommend? I'll recommend two: Greta Christina's blog which talks about sexual politics, atheism, skepticism, and politics in general, and FiveThirtyEight which covers the inside baseball of Washington DC according to a baseball statistician.

Comment author: badger 05 April 2009 05:55:38PM *  5 points [-]

I'll resist my urge to dump every blog in my feed reader, and just give the five that LW readers might not be aware of:

Comment author: byrnema 06 April 2009 03:49:08AM *  1 point [-]

Awesome links! Thanks so much.. I'm going to try the Shangri-la diet immediately. Such impulsiveness probably automatically exposes me here ...

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 05 April 2009 10:16:03AM *  2 points [-]

If you enjoy FiveThirtyEight, Andrew Tanenbaum's electoral-vote.com is in a somewhat similar vein (and for the CS nerds here, yes, that's the Dr. Tanenbaum you're thinking of). It's currently somewhat inactive though, as he only actively updates it during major election cycles.

Comment author: CronoDAS 05 April 2009 09:25:20PM 1 point [-]

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/ <---- Blog of David Brin, science fiction writer. Talks a lot about politics. http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/ <---- also recommended