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Azeem Azhar’s Exponential View. Long, deep discussions about technology’s impact on business and society. Android Apple

Death, Sex & Money addresses the three topics we’re most uncomfortable talking about. Android Apple

Decoder Ring explores cultural questions, objects or habits to figure out what they mean and why they matter. From Slate magazine. Android Apple

History Extra Podcast. Produced by BBC History Magazine. Interviews with historians. Multiple episodes each week. Android Apple

History Unplugged. Produced by historian Scott Rank with more than 400 episodes. Android Apple

The Next Big Idea. About books and ideas in the social sciences. Android Apple

This Motorcycle Life. Not just for gearheads. Bruce at TML addresses living well with motorcycles. Android Apple

Posts published in “Humor”

Dry sleepers

Dry sleepers

By Jeff Gauger on January 10, 2020

Bully for studies, including this one about the supposed cost of night-time pee breaks.

Windy men

Windy men

By Jeff Gauger on December 20, 2019

Front-in parkers unite

Front-in parkers unite

By Jeff Gauger on December 13, 2019

More craft than art: “11 tips to improve your writing,” from 30-Second Read. With both text and video.

Your first editor: “How to Edit Your Own Writing,” by Harry Guinness for The New York Times.

The best writing advice I ever got and a few pieces of my own: Pithy and spot-on tips from long-time scribbler Daniel Finney at his website, The Paragraph Stacker.

Word nerd delight: Jeremy Butterfield’s deep, rich, smart blog about grammar, word use, word histories, confusing words, more. Loads of fun word arcana.

Ellen is at the Grammar Table: Twitter account devoted to grammar questions and philosophy. Daily quizzes.

How to fix bad sentences: Confused by dangling modifiers? Stumped by passive voice? Author June Casagrande offers precise advice.

Role model: “What I learned about writing from reading Greta Thunberg’s speech to the U.N.,” by Roy Peter Clark for the Poynter Institute.

Writing tips: From Lexico.com, the Oxford Dictionary web site, for writing letters, speeches, job applications, more.

The hardest part of writing . . .: Advice for starting, delivered in cartoons by Grant Snider in The New York Times.

Priceless lessons: A sixth-grade English teacher offered advice about writing and life that Catherine Rampell remembers still. Practical and inspirational.

Apostrophe Protection Society. It’s for real, and it’s both serious and fun. Based in the United Kingdom.