[META] Six new blogs on the blogroll

[rfmcdonald]

I will be doing the hard work of installing these six blogs on my blogroll later this weekend. For now, suffice it to say that these six blogs, still-extant islands in a blogosphere in a state of transformation, are going to be the last I'll be adding for some time. It can be hard to keep up with them all.

• Daily JSTOR is the famed scholarly archive's blog. This 1 November post, timed for Nanowrimo, sharing some inspiring quotes from writers about writing, is fun.


• The blog by Lyman Stone, In a State of Migration, has great analyses of demographic issues in the United States and wider world. This recent post, looking at what it would take to--as the alt-right would wish--"make America white" and the enormous costs of this goal, is worth noting.


• Information is Beautiful, by famed data journalist David McCandless has all sorts of fantastic infographics. I recommend this one, looking at the United Kingdom's options re: Brexit.


• The Chronicle of Higher Education's blog Lingua Franca takes a look at language and writing. This recent post, analyzing the complexities and challenges of George Orwell's thought on freedom of expression, is very good.


• Noahpinion is the blog of Bloomberg writer Noah Smith. I quite liked this older essay, one noting that cyberpunk's writers seem to have gotten the future, unlike other writers in other SF subgenres. Does rapid change lead to bad predictions?


• Salmagundi is a blog by an anonymous gay Kentucky writer touching on the subjects of his life and more. The most recent post is this link to an essay by Bruce Snider, talking about the lack of rural gay poets.