I haven't found an easy way to tell our publisher clients that we won't join their slack. I think folks take it personally.
At @outpost.pub we don't use Slack etc.
We work async, based on tickets and emails.
Realtime messaging used in emergencies and informally.
I find Slack antiproductive
I'm gonna go a bit further and say the revolution ain't about the newsletter. That's just one channel, albeit an awesome one
The real revolution is indie publishers getting enterprise level publishing tech at indie prices
Folks are launching technically sophisticated publications with newsletters
well worth supporting
One day in the near future, saying that you have a popular substack will sound as absurd as saying you're huge on MySpace.
Going back to the 70s and 80s...
Bluesky could have and should have crowd funded
Instead it went the typical VC route
Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky bsky.social/about/blog/1...
Who could have seen this coming?
They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175
Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...
If you want to launch something actually independent, Ghost + Outpost is here for you.
We power folks from 404 Media to Alan Sepinwall.
Ryan at outpost dot pub
Education is a 15 to 20 year process of turning animals into citizens, not into employees
I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.
I'm still amazed we were able to get @attackerman.bsky.social on the Engadget Podcast to break down Anthropic's DOD fight, and the role of AI in warfare today www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/...
And as @emptywheel.bsky.social points out, the copies they released are the ones given to Maxwell at trial. They have Bates stamps.
Not even clear if the originals exist anywhere
I wonder if that is still DCSnet
www.wired.com/2007/08/wire...
Afaik this is the only reporting on it
Finally getting the time to sit down with this project (which we contributed some information to) and there is SO much useful stuff for people considering starting outlets, really cool!
rjionline.org/news/announc...
Writers of Bsky: Scratch is back! You can read our announcement post about why/what that means below. We don’t plan on being very active on social media, but that could change in the future. For now, the best way to keep up with us is to subscribe on our website. www.talkscratch.com/the-new-scra...
Meanwhile, Melissa auf der Maur's busy living her best life in upstate New York, publishing her memoir, running an arts center, and being a gothic/darkwave DJ. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/a...
15 years ago if you complained about how the extraction class wanted to buy up the entirety of media and befuddle the electorate with right wing agitprop you'd be tsk-tsked by professional tutscolds who treated you like a toddler who just took a dookie on the wedding dance floor
They are totally clueless that they both actually dressed up as Haman
Crypto creeps keep buying elections
The so-called FairShake PAC spends millions to elect reps who will deregulate magic beans, spending on ads that don't mention crypto at all
Funded by an all star list of crypto grifters
See @molly.wiki's www.citationneeded.news
www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/...
missed this incredible journalism news: @liberalcurrents.com reached their $500k fundraising goal!! that means full time staff, further building out the site, and funding for good people doing important work without billionaires. hell yea.
he genuinely posts about Zohran as if he's his Marxist son
"The next administration should also prosecute all those involved in the dismantling of USAID. On top of being a humanitarian catastrophe, it was illegal under American law as a unilateral shutdown of a Congressionally enshrined agency."
I just want a nano screen on a Macbook air. Let me work outside, bb
Horseshit. The big papers publish this kind of shit because the publisher and the op-ed editor like to go to dinner parties with powerful people and feel important.
A newspaper with principles doesn't.
It's a busy Sunday over at the Liberal Currents offices, and we're following up a solid @joestieb.bsky.social Iran piece with a @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social one breaking down how this happened and what to expect in terms of outcomes. Read, share, subscribe!
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me
Peace is war. War is peace.
I do @coyotemedia.org day in and day out, so rarely take a step back to review our accomplishments. I love this thread by our beloved @reveleth.com highlighting our work in February 😍 We're so rad! We're having so much fun! You should read every story 👇
