there are so many cool things that could be made in the world. so many small presses taking down big conglomerates, so many zines, so many books and paper making and writing on weird shit. the amount of time spent turning blogs into newsletters into weird depresses me. and I was there for a bit!
s. e. smithSubstack is 100% doing another round of big cash payouts for reputation laundering. A fair number of people accepting that money aren't hurting for it so I'm not clear on why they're doing it. BTW, if you're still on Substack, why, but also, here's a resource to get off: leavesubstack.com