Substack vs. Indie – The Homebound Symphony
I can easily see why people would choose Substack in preference to what I do here — and indeed, if I had to make my living solely from writing I would almost certainly be using Substack myself. (Also, I would almost certainly be living below the poverty line.) But every Substack user needs to realize that (a) Substack writers are not truly independent, (b) Substack will almost certainly undergo enshittification, and, therefore, (c) anyone using the platform needs an unenshittifiable backup.
All you really need to know
Underrated reasons to be thankful IV
Nuggets galore.
The Tiny Potato at the Heart of One Tribe’s Fight Against Climate Change – Mother Jones
I don't know why they call it a potato. Tuber would be just as alliterative, and instructive to boot. Still, an interesting read.
Arithmetic is an underrated world-modeling technology
Fun and instructive.