Links

Research, general science

• SACNAS — Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science
• New Science organization — funds basic science summer fellowships
• experiment foundation — place to get "challenge grants", similar ethos to New Science
• Statistical modeling blog — statistics, computing, machine learning, meta-science
• Retraction Watch — blog about retractions in science

Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Geology

• Species New to Science — describing newly found species
• Ancient Earth — visualizations useful for understanding Earth's history
• Biodiversity map
• Alexy Guzey's "How the Life Sciences Work"
• Joe Felsenstein — prominent figure in evolutionary biology, good rants
• Peter F. Stevens' angiosperm phylogeny — "All clades are hypotheses, and as hypotheses they may be overturned"
• Books on Memes and Memetic evolution
• Current solar weather
• Calculate solar path

Music / music making

I spend a lot of time making, listening to and thinking about music.

• Million Song Dataset — great public music database
• dublab — community-run internet radio
• BOP Spotter — a phone Shazaming the streets of San Francisco 24/7
• Terminal Passage — rare grooves: jazz, prog, fusion
• Gospel Nostalgia — vintage, often rare gospel music (channel terminated; browse the catalog)
• Prof. Skye Music Reviews — always-positive new music reviews, antidote to mid-20s music death

History, Philosophy, etc.

• David Chapman's Meaningness — hyperlinked book about how we make sense of the world
• Robert LaFleur's Round and Square — historical and anthropological topics

Chicago and Chicago-area

• Wild Mile — native plant restoration of the Chicago River
• "Secret" River Shows

Blacksburg, VA

• Town of Blacksburg park and trail maps
• 16blocks — indie art and culture magazine

Other

• Project Xanadu — a new paradigm for text
• dharmaoverground — hardcore meditation forum
• wikiflix — public domain movies

Personal sites

• Jaron Lanier — computer scientist, musician, writer, artist
• Virgil Abloh — late fashion designer, artist
• Tim Tyler — software engineer, author on meme evolution