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Mind the Tape logo

Get actionable market insights a couple of times a week. I focus on macro trends, sharing what I see and how I’m trading—putting real money on the line. This isn’t theory; it’s strategy in action. Subscribe to stay ahead with real-world advice!

ADPList’s Newsletter logo

#1 ADPList’s Newsletter

Get the world's most powerful insight on product design and accelerating your career — 1 idea, every week.

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#2 CGP Grey

Creating video explainers and podcasts.

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UX Collective logo

#3 UX Collective

We believe designers are thinkers as much as they are makers. So we created the design publication we have always wanted to read.

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Design Better logo

#4 Design Better

Hosted by Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter, the Design Better podcast explores creativity at the intersection of design and technology.

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UX Movement Newsletter logo

#5 UX Movement Newsletter

Become a master at designing user experiences

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The Art of Noticing logo

#6 The Art of Noticing

Ideas, inspiration, and provocations for creativity, work, and staying human. From author Rob Walker.

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Hilah's Things logo

#7 Hilah's Things

I'm Hilah, the CEO and founder of Spoak. This is a weekly newsletter full of my favorite things, my musings on life and work and design, and anything else that’s tickling my fancy. I hope it brings a bit of sunshine to your inbox.

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#8 La French | Connection

💌 Une Newsletter sur les agences d'architecture destinée aux architectes. News | Jobs | Masterclass. Si comme + de 25.000 architectes, vous voulez mieux maîtriser votre actualité, vous êtes au bon endroit.

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The Aesthete logo

#9 The Aesthete

Beautiful art, objects ands spaces meticulously curated and delivered fresh to your inbox. Subscribe, and your Tuesdays will never be the same again.

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SFGirlByBay logo

#10 SFGirlByBay

uniquely eclectic interior styling inspiration curated with an eye for vintage-modern design with a snapshot of travel, lifestyle and fashion, too. we’re all about unique, personal style here. welcome.

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Design Buddies Newsletter logo

#11 Design Buddies Newsletter

Welcome to our newsletter! Here, we share advice, resources, and events to help you level up your design career. Subscribe and join us on Discord for more - https://discord.gg/designbuddies

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#12 À La Carte

À La Carte is a newsletter by creative director Ali LaBelle that explores creativity, curiosity, and things of beauty.

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House Call With Kate Arends logo

#13 House Call With Kate Arends

House Call is for interior design enthusiasts tackling the process of creating a home. In this weekly newsletter, I explore why our homes—and the lives we lead inside their walls—matter. Join for resources and inspiration. Stay for community and support.

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#14 MOPHO News

Elevate your visual prowess with our newsletter, covering photography, videography, design, and the latest creative tools and techniques. Stay updated on the newest developments and expert insights in the world of imagery and video creation.

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#15 Typeverything Fonts

Font news

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#16 decor8

Subscribe for exclusive access to 4x best-selling author and interior designer Holly Becker's top home styling ideas, decor trends, and insider inspiration to create a beautiful, meaningful home you'll love + access her Substack-only podcast, RESTYLE.

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Logo Histories logo

#17 Logo Histories

Get an instant logo design history lesson – discover the internet's biggest collection of logo stories with Logo Histories.

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Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth logo

#18 Mad About The House by Kate Watson-Smyth

Learn how to create beautiful interiors and find your own design style from the best-selling author and founder of the award-winning blog madaboutthehouse.com

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Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era logo

#19 Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era

Skeuomorphic Design: Lessons from Apple's Golden Era delves into the transformative years when Apple, under the guidance of Steve Jobs, championed skeuomorphic design to create some of the most iconic and people-friendly digital interfaces.

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Identity Designed logo

#20 Identity Designed

Logo and visual identity design inspiration, from graphic designer David Airey.

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BP&O Weekly logo

#21 BP&O Weekly

Don't want to miss out on the latest brand identity reviews from the BP&O team? Subscribe and each week we will round-up our latest logo posts and reviews.

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The Experience Designer's Almanac logo

#22 The Experience Designer's Almanac

Welcome to my personal almanac, a distillation of insights from crafting extraordinary branded journeys. Subscribe to uncover techniques for immersive narratives and forging emotional connections through experience design that drive better business.

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Feeling! Magazine logo

#23 Feeling! Magazine

A personal diary about the intersection of design and feelings from an artist with a whole lot of feelings.

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Elevated Spaces logo

#24 Elevated Spaces

Designing. Tinkering. Skill building with friends. Creating a community. This is where I explain those processes and projects and how they intersect with personal and communal growth.

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FOR SCALE logo

#25 FOR SCALE

the supreme potential of domestic space 🛋

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A Considered Space logo

#26 A Considered Space

Relatable writing, useful recommendations and obsessively curated edits from a design journalist for House & Garden, Vogue, etc. Come on in!

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Proof of Concept logo

#27 Proof of Concept

Proof of Concept is a digital publication about creativity and experimentation for designers, builders, and entrepreneurs.

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Never Sponsored logo

#28 Never Sponsored

Tool reviews written by furniture makers Christopher Schwarz and Megan Fitzpatrick. All products are purchased with our own money and at full price. Reviews are honest and brutal. Praise when it's warranted. Damnation when it's not.

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La newsletter di Frizzifrizzi logo

#29 La newsletter di Frizzifrizzi

design, illustrazione, rubriche e cose belle

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Sitting Pretty logo

#30 Sitting Pretty

A newsletter about interiors, design, and other things — from writer Tyler Watamanuk.

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SNAKE logo

#31 SNAKE

1.) The best furniture every week, all styles and price points, on auction 2.) Monthly brand/designer profiles 3.) Biweekly interviews about vintage 4.) Since 2014

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(des)Conectar 📴 logo

#32 (des)Conectar 📴

Reflexiones promoviendo un uso consciente de la tecnología y las redes sociales

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Baseline logo

#33 Baseline

A space to document and share my experiences and learnings as a product designer, along with Figma tips to help you feel more comfortable and efficient within the design tool.

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Kerri-Lee’s Substack logo

#34 Kerri-Lee’s Substack

Kerri-Lee Mayland is a TV News Anchor, Airbnb Super Host and Interior Designer. Look to her for tips, tricks and inspiration to help give your home a fresh new feel-- no matter your budget.

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#35 nolandanielwhite

A weekly newsletter for design minded folk seeking out the best in fashion, watches, interior design, and more!

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Design Dept. logo

#36 Design Dept.

Design Dept. is the education company for design leaders and teams.

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OMGLORD logo

#37 OMGLORD

Things that make G–Lord say OMG

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Meanwhile logo

#38 Meanwhile

Thinks and links from the desk of designer Daniel Benneworth-Gray.

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The Creative Newsletter By Lindsay Marsh logo

#39 The Creative Newsletter By Lindsay Marsh

As a teacher to over 400,000+ design students globally my passion is to educate and train aspiring designers the business of design. This details my thoughts on business, technology, trends in design and how you can make more money in a creative career.

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Deem Journal logo

#40 Deem Journal

Deem is a global platform focused on design as social practice.

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Sketching for UX Newsletter logo

#41 Sketching for UX Newsletter

Monthly collection of the best design resources that caught my attention. Subscribers get early access to my UX knowledge base sketches. The topics include: UX design, UI design, service design, visual thinking, cognitive psychology, designing for AI.

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Tat’s Substack logo

#42 Tat’s Substack

My personal Substack

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#43 Designing with AI

Exploring the intersection of AI and design. Through experimentation, I'll share observations and reflections on emerging tools, inspiring examples of AI in action, and reflections on the future of design as a discipline.

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Peter Galbert's Chair Notes logo

#44 Peter Galbert's Chair Notes

Workshop life of a Chairmaker

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#45 interns.design

Paid design opportunities, career resources, and interviews with designers. By TK Kong (@thetkkong)

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Awari Insights - Produtos e UX logo

#46 Awari Insights - Produtos e UX

"Awari Insights - Produtos e UX" é nossa newsletter semanal, conectando profissionais às últimas tendências e conteúdos em Product Management e User Experience. Fique atualizado sobre o mais relevante no universo de Produtos e UX.

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Eduardo Taulois logo

#47 Eduardo Taulois

Escrevo sobre minhas empreitadas pela vida

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Chance Operations logo

#48 Chance Operations

An exploration of creativity and design featuring new interviews and short documentaries, plus streaming access to Gary Hustwit's films Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized, Workplace, Rams and unreleased footage.

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I Know a Spot logo

#49 I Know a Spot

Design-focused homes for sale

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Glue's Letter logo

#50 Glue's Letter

A newsletter giving you updates on my graphic design work/practice, cool design stuff around the internet, my thoughts, and more!

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Explorations and explanations logo

#51 Explorations and explanations

Dave Gray’s email list

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Dabbling logo

#52 Dabbling

A creative's dabble with branding, design, decorating, + all things beautiful

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Art Direction logo

#53 Art Direction

Art Direction: A newsletter all about art direction, from creative inspiration and education to in-depth brand analysis and emerging trends.

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New York Review of Architecture logo

#54 New York Review of Architecture

reviews architecture, in New York

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Huddle Stories logo

#55 Huddle Stories

Stories about the designers, builders and founders making things together inside Huddle.

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Love and Other Rugs logo

#56 Love and Other Rugs

A newsletter on dating and design.

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Design Lobster logo

#57 Design Lobster

Surprising stories from the world of design. Every two weeks on Monday.

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The Anarchist's Apprentice logo

#58 The Anarchist's Apprentice

The journals of woodshop trainee Kale Vogt and furnituremaker Christopher Schwarz, from the Lost Art Press workshop.

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Tim Whalin's Newsletter logo

#59 Tim Whalin's Newsletter

Musings about design, work, careers, life, and culture from a Principal UX Designer

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Friday Cabins logo

#60 Friday Cabins

For lovers of leisure architecture, interior design, and other cabin lifestyle adjacent stuff, too. Sent each Friday, ofc.

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Schmatta logo

#61 Schmatta

This newsletter is mostly about design — we talk about it in a way that is both curious and chaotic. From former shelter pub EIC Leonora Epstein.

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Lily Konings logo

#62 Lily Konings

An advice column on a career in design.

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Chartography logo

#63 Chartography

Information-design insights and inspiration. Featuring charts and more, from yesteryear to today.

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#64 Ground Condition

Ground Condition is a monthly newsletter that explores today's design terrain. Consider it your terra firma for all things design, from the biggest idea to the smallest detail.

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The Plot logo

#65 The Plot

The newsletter that will help you become a better data storyteller. In your inbox every other Thursday at 3pm CET.

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Caipiroska logo

#66 Caipiroska

Storie di linguaggi umani, UX Writing, contenuto nel design

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39milliseconds logo

#67 39milliseconds

3 visual ideas from the world’s top creators delivered to you weekly

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Plan Your Next logo

#68 Plan Your Next

We all have the next thing. Maybe it's a product you're building, a new skill you're acquiring, a goal to land a new job, or a trip you're going to take. Every Sunday I tell stories to inspire forward momentum.

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Visual Storytelling Newsletter logo

#69 Visual Storytelling Newsletter

Subscribe for free to receive weekly insights on visual storytelling strategies, tech trends, and expert interviews to elevate your marketing game

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The Ambitious Designer logo

#70 The Ambitious Designer

Are you an ambitious product designer seeking to elevate your design skills and stay ahead of the curve? Written by @richardux, an experienced designer who self-taught their way to the top of the field.

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Michele De Lucchi’s Substack logo

#71 Michele De Lucchi’s Substack

I write about architecture, design, innovation, our common futures; about Italy, the places I visit around the world, and the wonderful people I meet. Dedicated to exploration!

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Defining Experience logo

#72 Defining Experience

A Chief Design Officer’s perspective on design leadership, experience-led culture, emerging tech, and the future of work.

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#73 THE NWS

Weekly stories and observations on space. Points of view from different points in time.

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Rectangle logo

#74 Rectangle

A newsletter about rectangles, but mostly just design.

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PackLead  logo

#75 PackLead

A newsletter para líderes de design do futuro.

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Psychedelics Design logo

#76 Psychedelics Design

A newsletter about design and psychedelics (mostly)

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makers gonna make logo

#77 makers gonna make

newsletter quinzenal e gratuita sobre design, criatividade & sociedade. às terças pela manhã.

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Good Graf! logo

#78 Good Graf!

Design, tech, and writing with substance and style.

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The FirstLight Workshop logo

#79 The FirstLight Workshop

I sold most of my machines, dragged my workbench into the middle of the floor and I'm going to make things with hand tools instead of making dust.

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#80 Metodo Boshi

La community di designer contro la mediocrità dove imparare a progettare con criterio. Parliamo di grafica, creatività, webdesign, mestiere della creatività.

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#81 Layers

The latest design tips, tools, inspiration, and resources sent straight to your inbox.

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#82 tiptoptypetips

Typography & Design, one tip at a time. This is home to The Roundup— a fortnightly newsletter of just 3 things related to typography— stories, fonts, lists and insights. The Roundup is part of tiptoptypetips.com

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Design Things by Anson Cheung logo

#83 Design Things by Anson Cheung

An industrial designer's thoughts on how and why we design the things around us.

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Our Built Environment logo

#84 Our Built Environment

Exploring how to create better places for everyone in our shared built environment through the lens of urban planning, real estate development and placemaking.

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Hygge for Home by Reena Simon logo

#85 Hygge for Home by Reena Simon

For anyone seeking calm amongst the chaos of modern life. A weekly Newsletter and Edits on Scandinavian Interior Design, appealing to all five senses. Explore neutral, cozy interiors, fashion & travel & a renovation.

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Building Knowledge logo

#86 Building Knowledge

Sharing my knowledge from the construction and architecture industries so you can build yours!

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undefended / undefeated logo

#87 undefended / undefeated

Sara Hendren's words and ideas about design, technology, art, education, and more

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#88 gr8 collab

brands, spaces, & creatives through the lens of design.

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Why Design Is Hard, the book (2024) logo

#89 Why Design Is Hard, the book (2024)

A provocative book about how to help designers reframe their frustrations

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Design Harder logo

#90 Design Harder

Typography. Color. Capitalism. Chaos. A newsletter about graphic design.

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#91 Design better products and careers

Senior UX Designer, Design Educator, and Founder at Liftyz. I share tips to help you design better products and a more successful tech career. All views are on my own.

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#92 this week in design™

TMZ but for design twitter

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The Architecture Lobby logo

#93 The Architecture Lobby

An international organization of architectural workers, planners, and designers advocating for the value of architecture in the general public and for architectural work within the discipline.

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Soren’s Substack logo

#94 Soren’s Substack

New design concepts daily

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With Working Hands logo

#95 With Working Hands

Thoughts and work from a one-man furniture shop in coastal Maine.

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#96 Degreeless.Design Digest

Sharing my perspectives on product design as a practice and a career. Deep dive into new and important topics every other week.

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Pinch to Zoom logo

#97 Pinch to Zoom

A newsletter exploring the design, interactions, and experiences of your favorite apps

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Noise 13 logo

#98 Noise 13

Food forward branding and design: trends, projects, top 13 lists of goodness.

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Soft Fascination by Emily Forgot logo

#99 Soft Fascination by Emily Forgot

Aesthetic Curiosity brought to you by Artist & Designer Emily Forgot

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#100 デザイナーの英語帳

サンフランシスコで働くデザイナーが、現場で使っている英単語やフレーズを紹介しているニュースレターです。購読していただくと、毎週、日本時間の月曜日に届きます。

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