3 Quarks Daily

A long-running retreat for curious generalists. 3 Quarks Daily started in 2004 as a curated home for everything intellectual on the web, and it still keeps a running selection of articles from elsewhere across science, the arts, philosophy, politics and literature, now gathered on its Recommended Reading page. Its front page has shifted toward original essays and columns by its own contributors, so go straight to the recommendations if you want only the curation. The mix is broad without being frantic, which makes it a good Saturday browse when you have no plan beyond following whatever looks interesting.