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(DIR) Post #B0i38FG0CeFVwYQp7o by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-28T16:15:23Z
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Do you subscribe to any physical print magazines? Which ones?Any recommendations for interesting or *niche* ones?I really love:"Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation" from the xerces society. The articles and photos are interesting and I like that it's a small format as it's perfect for reading on the train. Since it's not a "news" magazine and there are only 4 issue a year keeping it makes sense for reference. I'll grab one when I want something to read that fits in my purse.
(DIR) Post #B0i3KtQkfIge0vUTj6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-28T16:17:40Z
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Pro-invertebrate conservation propaganda notwithstanding it's really good. I also get "Nightscape" from the Dark Sky society. I love their policy advocacy and it's so important for migrating birds and ants on their nuptial flights. However THEIR magazine isn't as good, it's a little light on content. I wish they had more articles and photos and fewer info-graphics. (You see I can be objective)They are both great organizations though.
(DIR) Post #B0i3SuLd8ctnAxuuFE by erik@mastodon.infrageeks.social
2025-11-28T16:19:05Z
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@futurebird It's not a subscription since they don't offer one, but I try and get each issue of Food & Drink from the LCBO when they come out for the recipe ideas. They are online at https://www.lcbo.com/content/lcbo/en/food-and-drink/landing.html but flipping through the paper copy with the glorious photos is a pleasure
(DIR) Post #B0i3ZMAob1v9DFvuvA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-11-28T16:20:13Z
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@stripey I used to get 2600 when I went to club meetings at the citigroup center, but haven't been as active in that world for a long time.
(DIR) Post #B0i3sw7x92y8Dvvm0O by ericdaryl@mas.to
2025-11-28T16:23:47Z
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@futurebird The Sun always has a great mix of stories, essays, and an interview. Reliably makes me laugh and cry.
(DIR) Post #B0i3uQGIagJFySXjmq by GimpyGurl@disabled.social
2025-11-28T16:24:03Z
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@futurebird https://www.sciencenews.org/ subscribed for years - loved it. Been an overseas subscriber of this one for over 2 centurieshttps://subscribe.forteantimes.com/ Maybe try to find a print copy locally before you splurge? It’s the journal of unexplained phenomenon that takes a scientific stance, pretty light on woo but has great archaeology, cryptozoology, classical corner (one of my faves), strange news and odd headlines from around the world and excellent book and media reviews
(DIR) Post #B0i4A2ZaQuuH8b0oF6 by rk@mastodon.well.com
2025-11-28T16:26:52Z
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@futurebird @stripey I was subscribed to 2600. I should just get a lifetime subscription for fun. I still get Communications of the ACM. I was subscribed to France-Amérique (a bilingual French-language magazine covering American topics), but they ceased publication (or are “rebooting the brand” or something).We have family subscriptions to The Atlantic and The Nation, though I wouldn’t describe those as niche.
(DIR) Post #B0i4BQA2DfZEaFicM4 by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2025-11-28T16:27:04Z
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@futurebird I have had quite a few print issues of the popular astronomy magazine "Sky & Telescope".They are pleased to give professional astronomers a discount.
(DIR) Post #B0i5dA6XbsnuqesOO0 by catselbow@fosstodon.org
2025-11-28T16:43:18Z
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@futurebird I've subscribed to "Science News" for decades (off-and-on, for most of my life). It's the best science journalism anywhere.
(DIR) Post #B0i5s6Zd1IHgF1bhHk by rothko@beige.party
2025-11-28T16:46:00Z
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@futurebird i get the "living bird" quarterly from membership with the cornell lab of ornithology, does that count? Other membership mags from the Minnesota Genealogical Society and the Germanic GS as well. and the Arbeitsgrüppe für Ost- und Westpreußische Familienforschung.commercial subscriptions, no. on occasion i'll pick up something craft-related at barnes & noble. does my subscription to a giant crossword & word games rag count? 🤓🤓🤓
(DIR) Post #B0i5tCHDIlxUDbVx1U by jollyorc@social.5f9.de
2025-11-28T16:46:13Z
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@futurebird I did subscribe to WIRED back when they were still kinda niche, but that is long gone.These days I just get my weekly dose of pulp in the form of Perry Rhodan novels
(DIR) Post #B0i6QYSjptwkaCoM64 by rothko@beige.party
2025-11-28T16:52:07Z
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@futurebird i did subscribe to Whisky Magazine for a while... last thing i need is more temptation to buy pricey bottles of single-malt scotch, though.i remember the Smithsonian mag as being super-nice in like the 80s, so a few years back i tried subscription but these days it's completely sad. standard format with standard magazine printing -- i remember it being oversized and maybe nice matte paper? i could be hallucinating though.way back in high school i subscribed to road & track because there was no other way to get formula 1 coverage anywhere else in rural minnesota, LOL... yeah i was (am) weird.
(DIR) Post #B0i7VIPz14TCDxLaIi by jaypdub@mstdn.social
2025-11-28T17:04:17Z
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@futurebirdThe Hand, a printmaking art magazine. Each issue has tons of examples from different artists and features one or more with included articles. The New Yorke Review of Books is my other favorite.
(DIR) Post #B0i9BsD4QwovLZApNY by 20000lbs_of_Cheese@freeradical.zone
2025-11-28T17:23:12Z
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@futurebird when I was a kid I always wanted a subscription to so many random things, but when I got a job, I didn't have enough money, and when I finally got older I do everything I can to cut monthly costs still, so nada. Growing up in poverty they felt fancy and disposable at the same time, unlike books.I should set a dang RSS feed reader again tho, that's free
(DIR) Post #B0iFuXDzty4v1FHpqK by darkling@mstdn.social
2025-11-28T18:38:32Z
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@futurebird I've been a subscriber to Scientific American since 1986, and I subscribed to @clarkesworld a couple of years ago.I also get assorted alumni magazines from several universities, but I didn't actually ask for those. :)
(DIR) Post #B0iI01xHH4OZgSDLzE by mllsc@beige.party
2025-11-28T19:01:54Z
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@futurebird since I've seen you post about teaching kids (can't remember what age)- when I was a kid in the early 2000s we subscribed to Ask magazine, which had science articles for kids. Loved it and kept the issues a long time, some of them pretty beat up iirc. I looked it up and the series, Cricket, is still around (but they renamed Ask to Spider).
(DIR) Post #B0iI12cYHiFa2Q0Bvc by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-11-28T19:02:07Z
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@futurebird The only one I subscribe to is Scientific American. Yeah, I'm basic that way.(I started buying it in college; dad noticed and, for several years, fot me a subscription for my birthday. I keep subscribed).If comics count, I took out a subscription to 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine during COVID lockdowns. I ended it because it was more expensive than just getting them at the newsagent, and issues were never less than six days late.
(DIR) Post #B0iLsx2NYkmQDmTqDI by nessotropheion@glaceon.social
2025-11-28T19:45:20Z
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@futurebird I subscribe to Oregon Humanities magazine, which is free to Oregon residents https://oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/subscribe/
(DIR) Post #B0iSpxGqw06PkuliiW by girlbandgeek@mastodon.social
2025-11-28T21:03:19Z
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@futurebird I subscribed to the rebooted Creem in 2022 and have enjoyed it these last few years. A bit of a splurge at around $100 for 4 issues per year, but it’s a fun read, nicely designed, and always has some great photos. You get access to the entire Creem back catalog online (from to 70s to 90s) as well, which is cool, though honestly I never find time to explore it. The first 10 issues were gorgeous, large format, but they shrunk to standard size lately.
(DIR) Post #B0jKmFEFcVNzomEPVA by Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party
2025-11-29T07:07:44Z
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@futurebird this one https://www.positive.news/magazine/