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    Randall Munroe xkcd.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 1,638 in 2023 · 1,536 this year9,868 people1 recommendlast post 2026-10-30scienceculturemath
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    Scott Alexander slatestarcodex.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 598 in 2019 · 98 this year1,861 people11 recommendlast post 2021-01-21inactivephilosophyscienceculture
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    Gwern Branwen gwern.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 342 in 2020 · 232 this year1,549 people6 recommendlast post 2021-06-11inactivescienceprogrammingphilosophy
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    Zach Weinersmith smbc-comics.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 121 in 2024 · 76 this year855 people10 recommendlast post 2026-11-01culturescience
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    Scott Aaronson scottaaronson.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 155 in 2017 · 19 this year833 people10 recommendno feedsciencemathwriting
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    Adrian Colyer blog.acolyer.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 338 in 2018 · 8 this year607 people8 recommendlast post 2021-02-08inactiveprogrammingdatascience
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    Scott Alexander astralcodexten.substack.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 504 in 2022 · 0 this year522 people12 recommendlast post 2026-10-30sciencephilosophy
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    Terence Tao terrytao.wordpress.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 181 in 2026 · 181 this year517 people7 recommendlast post 2026-11-01mathscience
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    Bill Gates gatesnotes.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 97 in 2018 · 29 this year492 people13 recommendno feedscienceeconomics
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    Matt Might matt.might.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 69 in 2011 · 13 this year486 people9 recommendno feedprogrammingmathscience
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    A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering blog.cryptographyengineering.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 57 in 2013 · 38 this year420 people11 recommendlast post 2026-10-11securityscience
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    Robin Hanson overcomingbias.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 127 in 2009 · 36 this year402 people6 recommendlast post 2026-11-01philosophyeconomicsscience
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    Stephen Wolfram writings.stephenwolfram.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 169 in 2023 · 47 this year389 people14 recommendlast post 2026-10-23mathscience
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    Nicky Case ncase.me
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 88 in 2020 · 16 this year386 people12 recommendlast post 2024-05-14inactivesciencedesigngames
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    Bartosz Ciechanowski ciechanow.ski
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 84 in 2022 · 73 this year363 people20 recommendlast post 2024-12-17sciencedesign
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    Marshall Brain marshallbrain.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 44 in 2024 · 31 this year335 people13 recommendno feedscienceculture
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    BetterExplained betterexplained.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 51 in 2016 · 8 this year330 people28 recommendlast post 2022-08-03inactivemathscience
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    Scott Aaronson scottaaronson.blog
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 136 in 2022 · 73 this year298 peoplelast post 2026-10-31sciencemathphilosophy
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    Kris De Decker lowtechmagazine.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 59 in 2019 · 0 this year282 people6 recommendlast post 2026-09-24systemsscienceculture
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    Sam Harris samharris.org
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 50 in 2020 · 2 this year280 people9 recommendno feedphilosophysciencepolitics
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    Andrej Karpathy karpathy.github.io
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 45 in 2015 · 26 this year263 people11 recommendlast post 2026-02-12aisciencecareer
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    Sean Carroll preposterousuniverse.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 43 in 2021 · 14 this year248 people20 recommendlast post 2026-10-26sciencephilosophy
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    Edward Tufte edwardtufte.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 34 in 2009 · 2 this year241 people12 recommendno feeddesignscience
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    DYNOMIGHT dynomight.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 128 in 2025 · 72 this year240 people5 recommendlast post 2026-10-28science
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    Rich Sutton incompleteideas.net
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 61 in 2023 · 33 this year240 people8 recommendno feedaiscience
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    Green Tea Press greenteapress.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 34 in 2017 · 2 this year239 people22 recommendno feedprogrammingsciencemath
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    Sabine Hossenfelder backreaction.blogspot.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 107 in 2022 · 1 this year223 people2 recommendlast post 2026-11-01sciencephilosophy
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    David Chapman meaningness.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 87 in 2020 · 7 this year215 people8 recommendlast post 2026-10-24philosophyscience
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    Gary Marcus garymarcus.substack.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 119 in 2025 · 96 this year214 people8 recommendlast post 2026-10-31aisciencephilosophy
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    Stephen Wolfram blog.stephenwolfram.com
    Links per year since 2007 · peak 56 in 2019 · 0 this year208 people9 recommendlast post 2026-10-23scienceprogramming