John Naughton gets it:
although I use both Medium and Substack, everything I write therein is also published verbatim on my ‘live’ blog, which is completely under my control, and for whose hosting I pay with my own money. For me, Substack provided merely a convenient and reliable way of sending out the email version of what really matters — the live blog on the open Web.
The Substackerati - Columbia Journalism Review
Very interesting article about Substack that can't quite decide whether it thinks Substack is a good thing or not. Also, I don't buy Substack's excuses about showing only the top 25 earners. Why not show earners 26-50? Or a random selection of 25 newsletters? It's the Matthew Effect all over again.
The Fall of Rome (just the poem) (Interconnected)
So few words, so much intent.
Americans Need to Kick Addiction to Polling - Bloomberg
Yeah, and maybe not just Americans, eh?
Don't Contribute Anything Relevant in Web Forums Like Reddit
Here's hoping this sensible person soon becomes active in IndieWeb things.
How quick and dirty Covid tests could end the weariness | Tim Harford
Far too sensible for anyone in position to make it happen, to make it happen.
Protests and Power (Idle Words)
Seems fair to me.