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Scott Alexander provides fifteen pieces of writing advice for aspiring bloggers, emphasizing authenticity, avoiding microdishonesty, mastering basic disciplines before breaking rules, and finding original angles on common topics rather than recycling blogosphere content.
Scott introduces an irregular classifieds thread for readers to advertise in various categories, providing guidelines and related resources.
Scott Alexander reviews popular Substack blogs from various categories, offering humorous commentary and insights on each.
Scott Alexander announces the 2022 Book Review Contest, detailing rules, submission guidelines, and prizes for participants.
Scott Alexander explores reasons why some readers think his writing quality has declined, addressing various factors from idea exhaustion to intellectual progression.
Scott Alexander recounts his experience with Substack's advance payment offer, demonstrating that the company's strategy was likely motivated by genuine revenue predictions rather than sinister intentions.
Scott Alexander responds to a New York Times article about him, addressing what he sees as unfair claims and misrepresentations.
Scott Alexander announces the final rules and details for his postponed book review contest, including submission guidelines, prizes, and publication plans.
Scott Alexander details the logistics of his new blog on Substack, including subscription options and content plans, while addressing reader concerns.
Scott Alexander describes deleting his blog Slate Star Codex due to a doxxing threat, the aftermath, and his decision to return to blogging under his real name.
Scott Alexander introduces his new blog, Astral Codex Ten, centered around the concept of ṛta and exploring topics related to rationality, science, and human cognition.
Scott Alexander announces the launch of his new blog, Astral Codex Ten, and provides the URL.
Scott Alexander maintains a list of significant mistakes in his blog posts, providing corrections and updates in reverse chronological order.
Scott Alexander deletes his blog Slate Star Codex to prevent the New York Times from revealing his real name, citing professional and safety concerns.
Scott Alexander discusses the problems with paywalled articles and proposes solutions to improve internet users' experience.
Scott Alexander announces a book review contest for Slate Star Codex, outlining submission guidelines and prizes for the winners.
Less Wrong is hosting a party in Berkeley for Bay Area SSC readers, with Scott Alexander and the Less Wrong team attending.
Scott Alexander clarifies that his blog Slate Star Codex is not strictly representative of the rationalist community, and addresses common misconceptions about the blog's relationship to rationalism and effective altruism.
Scott Alexander offers ten tips for effective nonfiction writing, emphasizing structure, variety, flow, and persuasion techniques.
Scott Alexander compares his inability to allocate time for work tasks despite blogging regularly to heroin addicts' inability to allocate money for medication despite buying drugs.
Scott shares a comedic video about people praising a non-existent Pope, using it to humorously critique Catholic tendency to believe in nonexistent father figures.
Scott Alexander introduces his new blog, Slate Star Codex, and explains its ethos of 'charity over absurdity' in intellectual discourse.