Like this morning when I jumped in my car and the radio happens to actually be in FM mode and I hear the local classic rock station's morning show. And they're just now spending five minutes on University of Austin. And the main show guy says this beautiful line:
"Should I feel dumb for not knowing what a Substack is?"
No, Dale. You are blessed.
That's like cancel culture, it feels like a thing that's solely for terminally online maga types to obsess over while your average person is like :jesse-wtf:
Most of what is in the pages of history today was under the radar for a super-majority of people at the time it happened. Just because a majority don't know and don't care doesn't mean something isn't important.
i think this post is less about the real movement which abolishes the present state of things and more about stupid internet bullshit
Let the blessed lead us.
Blogs, newsgroups and forums are enough. We must go back.
Should I know what a substack is? Looks like some sort of blogging website? I googled it and skimmed headlines that say its gonna revolutionize newsletters but I haven't subscribed to a newsletter on purpose my entire life
It's patreon for journalists. You fund their investigations, they give you the newsfeed without the editorial control of a newspaper.
so, trash for PMCs with too much money? where is pirate-stack for the free shit?
If anything it's the better model to replace many of the things that make journalism such a farce. Turning it into podcasting means socialist journalists can eat while covering things like protests/wars/anti-thingism. As it stands you become a PMC by fitting into the existing machinery of the PMC and having your work checked by their standards. The most radical writer is tied to Willy Wonka at Current Affairs or the spooks at Bellingcat for a reliable income and that's a set of recuperative deals with the devil.
I do sometimes wish I could just be like yeah this is fine. And genuinely believe it
I just had to Google what substack is. How the fuck is an email newsletter a billion dollar idea??? what the fuck? I hate capitalism so goddam much.
at first I cared but didn't know, now I know but I can no longer bring myself to care
