Friends and neighbors of The Urban Sherpa

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Friends & Neighbors

An ever-evolving list of Sherpa-recommended excursions. Some are actual friends; others are ideological neighbors.

apophenia

A blog by dana boyd, researcher at Berkman Center.

Collision Detection

A blog by Clive Thompson, a writer on science, technology, and culture.

Communicatrix

Thoughtful wise prosaic acrobatics by Colleen Wainwright.

Confessions of a Aca-Fan

A blog by Henry Jenkins, writer on pop and geek culture.

Firedoglake

Progressive blog featuring my beloved bigmouth cousin, @emptywheel.

Five Thirty Eight

Nate Silver: finance analyst turned sports analyst turned political analyst.

Garfield Minus Garfield

Jon Arbuckle as you've never seen him before.

George Lakoff

Recent posts by cognitive linguist/political theorist.

Hendrik Hertzberg

Senior editor and staff writer at The New Yorker.

The Medium

Regular columns by Virginia Heffernen, critic of TV et al for the New York Times.

The Mereological Report

noticing, thinking, ideas. mostly unpolished, circuitous, sincere

Motherboard

Exploration of the nature and culture of technology.

The School of Life

Alain de Botton and friends.