Tootfinder

As top reporters continue to flock to Substack, subscription fatigue and challenges with building a wide audience pose threats to its long-term success (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/substack-is-having-a-moment-again-but-time…

Substack Is Having a Moment—Again. But Time Is Running Out
While star reporters continue to flock to Substack, subscription fatigue is only getting worse.

#ACAB All Cops Are Broadcasting
https://it4sec.substack.com/p/breaking-tetra-a-backdoor-in-cryptography

This isn't about balancing security vs. usability. This is both poor security and poor usability. https://scalewithlee.substack.com/p/when-etchsts-breaks-your-substack

When /etc/h*sts Breaks Your Substack Editor: An Adventure in Web Content Filtering
An exploration of web security mechanisms and their unexpected consequences

I'm launching a #Substack, just like every other writer! 😎 It's called "Music For A Sunday Afternoon," and this post gives you an idea of what you'll find. Come along for the ride if you like, and tell all your friends and neighbors!

What's It All About?
Years ago, like last century (HA!), my dad broadcast a program on the college radio station called “Music For A Sunday Afternoon.” He’d highlight a composer or occasionally an artist, discuss their music, and play several recordings of their work.

More spot on insight from Heather Cox Richardson.
If you don’t want to read the whole thing, read last line. 
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-27-2025?r=n66c…

May 27, 2025
Political scientist Adam Bonica noted last Friday that Trump and the administration suffered a 96% loss rate in federal courts in the month of May.

Immediate Media's BBC History Magazine launches a Substack and a weekly podcast, and says it has 745,000 paying online subscribers, but print remains important (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/…

Where’s the Uranium, Mr. President? - Legal AF
https://michaelpopok.substack.com/p/morning-af-6272025

@… https://dylanology.substack.com

Dylanology | Eyolf Østrem | Substack
The in-depth newsletter about Bob Dylan's music and lyrics. Click to read Dylanology, by Eyolf Østrem, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

I have been experimenting with the options around importing my archive of WordPress posts into Substack. I soon ran into four issues that have started me thinking Substack could be improved. https://edintone.substack.com/p/should-it-be-easy-to-import-wordpress

Should it be easy to import WordPress into Substack?
I have been experimenting with the options around importing my archive of WordPress posts into Substack.

"…there is a pathos that attaches to military force. It is the ultimate symbol and expression of national power, and at the same time, its exercise brings nations face to face with what force alone can never accomplish."
https://substack.com/inbox/post/166908151

The Pathos of Power
What B2's Cannot Achieve

nice quote from Vivek Murthy
(interviewed by Eric Topol)
"... a triad of success ... a triad of fulfillment.
"... how does society define success for you? And they would tell me some version of money, fame, and power. If you had all three of those, then you really hit the lottery and people will write books about you, make documentaries about you, you'll have made it. But ... The triad to fulfillment is rooted in relationships, service, and purpose"
#life #success

How HP's poor strategic and systematic thinking by HP destroyed WebOS and $1.2 billion, a platform before it's time that deserved better.
https://philmckinney.substack.com/p/i-convinced-hps-board-to-buy-palm
(Fun fact: the lead desig…

I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days
The systematic thinking errors that kill breakthrough technology and the decision framework that prevents these disasters

Paul Krugman: A Letter to Europe - You’re stronger than you think. Act like it. #DKPol #EUPol https://paulkrugman.substack…

A Letter to Europe
You’re stronger than you think. Act like it.

Especial LINUX EN LA UE: Europa, desligšndose de tecnología estadounidense #linux

Bodhisattvas are embodiments of inspiring qualities, avatars of the possible. Imagine thousands of bodhisattvas walking together down Fifth Avenue and into the Village, past the Stonewall Inn. Imagine the infinite variety of their forms. Imagine their celebration!
https://salrandolph.subs…

Trans Pride Bodhisattva Celebration!
The bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara or Guanyin has changed genders over the centuries from male to female, making them an avatar for Trans pride.

This comic is very much about #AI
(Original title: Metaphorical Satire)
https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com/p/metaphorical-satire

Metaphorical Satire
DT! for today

Things to do during a hiatus
More #Comics at: #Sims4

Caerfinon’s Comics | Substack
A place for my comics. Click to read Caerfinon’s Comics, a Substack publication. Launched 9 months ago.

See my new Substack post for “Resist and Heal” - Lies About South African “White Genocide“
https://open.substack.com/pub/resistandheal/p/lies-about-south-african-white-genocide?r=4u…

Lies About South African “White Genocide“
The United States is in a fascist political crisis.

Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats — and Democracy https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-big-tech-turned-against-democrats

Well, there you have it...
The same year, Vance told the National Conservatism Conference that “we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country.” “We live in a world that has been made effectively by university knowledge” and to rebuild the nation along the lines of white Christian nationalism, the universities must be destroyed. Vance told the audience, “the professors are the enemy.”

May 24, 2025
On Thursday the Trump administration told Harvard University that because it had not handed over information on foreign students’ protest activities, violent activity, and coursework, the university had “lost [the] privilege” of enrolling foreign students.

Why is my blog called 'Edintone' and why do I use that as my handle too? The mystery is over ... #DomesdayBook

Why Edintone?
One branch of my family, Vorley, originates from Great Addington in Northamptonshire and were known to be living there in the 17th century.

My latest historical analysis, this time about the craze for Japanese gardens in the US, how they got here and why we should look at the thought behind the Japanese garden, not just the plants and furniture. It can be found in two places, depending on your reading preference.
https://varnelis.substack.com…

Interminable Flights | Kazys Varnelis | Substack
architecture, art, technology, and their intersections. native plants too. Click to read Interminable Flights, by Kazys Varnelis, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

"…B 2 strikes on Iran illuminate…truth…kinetic effects of military force—…damage it does—are frequently in inverse proportion to…political benefits. …more damage you do to…prized assets of…regime like Iran’s…more it confirms…hatred of Israel &…United States…more you degrade…nuclear program…more it convinces Iran’s leaders…they were right to want nuclear weapons…more you bomb a regime that is hated by many…more you rally…regime’s loyalists…"

The Pathos of Power
What B2's Cannot Achieve

Here is Alex Steffen echoing my thoughts (or I'm echoing his - either way, we're agreeing with each other.) https://open.substack.com/pub/alexsteffen/p/after-earth-day?r=asd4o&utm_campaign=post&am…

After Earth Day
The biggest error of my working life (so far).

@… Some useful points about how we need to regard AI in the world of techn-fascism
https://substack.com/inbox/post/166810284?r=f0clj&t…

AI Isn’t the Threat. Autocrats With AI Are.
About two years ago, I saw a tweet from Mark Cuban.

@… re: your latest https://microfictions.substack.com/subscribe I'll chuck

Subscribe to Microfictions by James Burt
Read a weekly microfiction by James Burt. Each Thursday I'll be sending out a short story of no more than 700 words long. Some strange, some sad, some spooky. Weird fiction and new wave horror. Click to read Microfictions by James Burt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Food52 co-founder Amanda Hesser is stepping down after 16 years; she launched a Substack newsletter in March that has 705K subscribers (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/food52-cofounder-amanda-hesser-steps-down/

Food52 Cofounder Amanda Hesser Steps Down
The influential lifestyle publisher has struggled following its pandemic heyday.

When your Middle East policy is basically a horoscope with nukes.
“We don’t really know, but trust us.” https://open.substack.com/pub/charlotteclymer/p/we-dont-really-know-but-trust-us?utm_source=…

We Don't Really Know But Trust Us
Nothing to see here.

Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats -- and Democracy (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-big-tech-turned-against-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p31#a250624p31

Körperpanzer, demokratischer Faschismus, Kulturrevolution: Tom Strohschneider führt seine hilfreiche Zusammenfassung von Perspektiven, Ansätzen, Begriffsbildungen fort, denen gemeinsam der Versuch ist, Trumps rechte »Revolution« zu verstehen: Was ist das, was steckt dahinter? https://engelbe…

"How to get the most out of tech while freeing ourselves from the lunatics in Silicon Valley"
Says Ian Dunt in his article on a corporate Substack page linked from his block-chain owned Bluesky account.
He does so without using the words "Fedi" "blog", "decentralize" "open source", "free software", or "mastodon", and while calling Facebook and Instagram "seemingly more benign".
There must be a form of moderate tech disinvestment, which allows us the things we benefit from while removing the things which harm us.
He pleads, admitting
I have no answers for this
Yeah, no kidding.
But he has stopped using Amazon so much and buys more DVDs now, and tries to use a tablet more than a phone!?
Well done I guess.

I have spent a total of $1,447.25 on Substack subscriptions, almost entirely in the last year.
But I’ve always thought The Information at $400/year was way overpriced.
It’s easier to stomach when it’s one subscription at a time and I’m supporting specific creators.
Also I have Trump derangement syndrome.

Let me tell you a story, said the mother as she leaned down from the sky.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/mother-of-tales-mother-of-protest

Sources: Substack is pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its ~$700M last round price, and is generating ~$45M in ARR (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/scoop-substack-in-talks-to-raise

SCOOP: Substack in Talks to Raise Financing as It Taps Into the Zeitgeist of Trump II
Substack is generating about $45 million in annual recurring revenue: sources

The Information War Report is back—LIVE tonight at 8 PM EDT!
Milo & Brian explore how media is covering Trump’s threats to civil rights & global stability, plus why local journalism is key to democracy.
Don’t miss it:
https://mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com

Excellent, informative post by #SenatorChrisMurphy addressing why bombing Iran was perhaps not the best idea:
https://op…

8 Things You Should Know About Trump's Strikes on Iran
America’s addiction to military intervention in the Middle East is a stubborn habit to break for our nation, and it’s heartbreaking.

Excellent, informative post by #SenatorChrisMurphy addressing why bombing Iran was perhaps not the best idea:
https://op…

8 Things You Should Know About Trump's Strikes on Iran
America’s addiction to military intervention in the Middle East is a stubborn habit to break for our nation, and it’s heartbreaking.

enjoyed lewis porter's close look at #JohnColtrane's practice routines & how he consistently drafted different practice buddies over his career. https://lewisporter.substack.com/p/joh

John Coltrane's "Practice Buddies," From Benny Golson to Pat DeRosa
Here’s something kind of endearing about John Coltrane (1926-1967) that has never been discussed: He liked to practice with another musician, usually a saxophonist.

I got this post by @… in my email today, it was forwarded while it still was attributed to Liz Cheney with this preface which I agree with:
"When she was in Congress, I disagreed with almost everything she said and every vote she made. But on the transcendent issue of our time — protecting our democracy from Trump and the forces of authoritarianism and fascism — Liz Cheney has been correct, clear, and courageous."
Turns out the message is not by Liz Cheney but is well worth reading as a kick in the ass to the Democratic Party.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-remarkable-message

Loving #thefence
Money's No Object: Money's No Object #1: Missy Flynn (Rita's)
Episode webpage: https://thefence.substack.com/p/moneys-no-object-1-…

Ann Telnaez, Trumps Nobel peace Prize.
https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d7599abc-9992-4c4f-b395-9cdb36369a66_1800x1519.jpeg

Wow, Substack signup is painful.

Check out and share my latest post for #ResistAndHeal: “Reading is Important”
https://open.substack.com/pub/resistandhe…

Reading Is Important
It turns out reading is important, especially when you are the most powerful chief executive and government official on earth.

'"[…] Suppose you compile an #eBPF program on #kernel version 5.3, but it fails to run on 5.4.
Why? Because each kernel version ships with its own kernel headers, which define structs and memory layouts. […]
So if a certain struct field […] sits at a different offset in another OS or ke…

Must-read, “The next terrorist attack”
#usa

The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After

Krugman:
❝What we’re looking at now isn’t the worst job market college graduates have ever seen. It is, however, the worst such market compared with workers in general that we’ve ever seen, by a large margin.
…
We have low overall unemployment, only slightly above historic lows, but unemployment among college graduates between 22 and 27 at recession-like levels.
This has never happened before.❞
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bad-times-for-college-graduates

What's better: yes-men or competent-men?
https://drugsdontwork.substack.com/p/whats-better-yes-men-or-competent

What's better: yes-men or competent-men?
what we got in the gov-a-men

"And once in a great while, someone will light a lantern—or even two—that will shine forth for democratic principles that are under siege, and set the world ablaze."
This is one Heather Cox Richardson's better than the normally great essays.
#History
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-18-2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/borowitzreport/p/failure-on-parade

Failure on Parade
Trump threw himself a $45 million birthday party and nobody came.

Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, still earns profits from Substack subscriptions despite ceding editorial control of the Huckabee Post to his son (Dave Levinthal/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/news/huckabee-substack

Corporate Media Continues to Ignore The Real Story of Israel's Attacks on Iran
Israel's preemptive attack on Iran is not a surprise—it is the first step to ongoing atrocity that risks nuclear war if we do not stop it immediately https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimras

Israel's Attack on Iran Risks Nuclear War
Israel's preemptive attack on Iran is not a surprise—it is the first step to ongoing atrocity that risks nuclear war if we do not stop it immediately

Preparing for tomorrow's No Kings protests?
✅ 54 Anti-Trump Protest Sign Ideas for the No Kings Protest
https://wildingout.substack.com/p/54-anti-trump-protest-sign-ideas

54 Anti-Trump Protest Sign Ideas for the No Kings Protest
Fun signs ideas that are creative as they are hilarious

https://alexsteffen.substack.com/p/climate-action-is-now-harm-reduction

Möglicherweise sind die US Amerikaner gar nicht kollektiv verrückt geworden:
„She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.“
„The U.S. election wasn’t their endgame. It was their litmus test.“
https://substack.com/inbox/post/165658

She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election.
How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

AI doesn't make you more efficient:
Thoughts after a year of working with LLMs and building Agent
Since everyone is in the business of giving their opinion on the whole AI craze at the moment I thought I’d throw mine out in the ether. […]
👉 https://byt3bl33d3r.substack.com/p/…

AI doesn't make you more efficient
Thoughts after a year of working with LLMs and building Agents

Trump 'wags the dog' (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-wags-the-dog
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p43#a250623p43

Auch wenn es um das US-Budget geht: das völlige Ausblenden der Realität findet sich auch in der Schweizer Sozialpolitik.
Attack of the Sadistic Zombies https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-sadistic-zombies

Michael Sweater is at it again:
https://sweater.substack.com/p/new-comics-and-some-news
I find it hard to believe he has less than 250 subscribers (hint, hint). FWIW, there are another 3 (better drawn) pages to this story covering his angsty meta-narrative about soci…

FULL List of DC Protests to STOP the Coup. (6/13/25)
Weekly resources you need to fight the crisis.
https://organizedc.substack.com/p/full-list-of-dc-protests-to-stop-84b

FULL List of DC Protests to STOP the Coup. (6/13/25)
Weekly resources you need to fight the crisis.

Back in 1964, microbiologist Tom Brock received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study how life works at high temperatures,
a question that took him to Yellowstone’s hot springs in search of extremophiles.
There, he and his student discovered a bacteria they called Thermus aquaticus,
which had enzymes that could work at incredibly high temperatures.
Two decades later, this discovery paved the way for the development of a technique called polymerase ch…

What It Would Mean To Lose The National Science Foundation
In a companion piece to our previous article on the NIH, we discuss the importance of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and how the agency is currently being affected by political interference.

It’s infuriating that every Substack email comes with a “read in app” link but it just takes you to the App Store, even if you have the app installed already. If you then tap “Open”, it just opens the app; it doesn’t take you to the specific post you were trying to read.
Yes, websites can’t tell which apps you have installed. Which is why Substack should link to the web version with a Smart App Banner. Not rocket science, but I guess that would make it too easy to avoid the app??

Fascinating early internet stories
I’m not an Apple fan boy but, in the midst of reading Apple in China, reading the story of this video and watching it is really something. https://open.substack.com/pub/scottknaster/p/how-the-lost-mac-intro-video-was…

How the “lost” Mac intro video was found in my living room
2005

This👇needs to be remembered. https://substack.com/@johncleese/note/c-125827219?r=e7vv

John Cleese on Substack
Steve Bannon illustrates the key point we made in ‘The Life of Brian’ - that people makes what they like of religious teaching Matthew 26,52 And then Jesus said unto him ‘Put your sword back into its place, for those who take the sword will perish by the sword” Steve Bannon has rewritten this as “Live by the sword, die by the sword” as though it was a command. I prefer Jesus’s warning of the consequences of violence Only a MAGA Christian could believe that Christ was inciti…

This👇needs to be remembered. https://substack.com/@johncleese/note/c-125827219?r=e7vv

John Cleese on Substack
Steve Bannon illustrates the key point we made in ‘The Life of Brian’ - that people makes what they like of religious teaching Matthew 26,52 And then Jesus said unto him ‘Put your sword back into its place, for those who take the sword will perish by the sword” Steve Bannon has rewritten this as “Live by the sword, die by the sword” as though it was a command. I prefer Jesus’s warning of the consequences of violence Only a MAGA Christian could believe that Christ was inciti…

Sources: Substack is pitching investors on a round between $50M and $100M that would value it above its ~$700M last round price, and is generating ~$45M in ARR (Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/scoop-substack-in-talks-to-raise

SCOOP: Substack in Talks to Raise Financing as It Taps Into the Zeitgeist of Trump II
Substack is generating about $45 million in annual recurring revenue: sources

Donnie Two Weeks Strikes Again: The Iran Bombshell They’re Not Telling You
https://levremembers.substack.com/p/donnie-two-weeks-strikes-again-the

Their Iran Narrative Is Unraveling (Jay Kuo/The Status Kuo)
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/their-iran-narrative-is-unraveling
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p148#a250623p148

Resistance and The Courts work. Keep resisting.
#Resist
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-14-2025

May 14, 2025
On May 8, political scientists Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt published an op-ed in the New York Times reminding readers that most modern authoritarian leaders are elected.

@… https://nealstephenson.substack.com/

Graphomane | Neal Stephenson | Substack
Neal Stephenson's Substack. Mostly about the intersection of tech and art, with some excursions, digressions, and tangents. I will talk about projects I'm actively working on. I have a personal financial interest in some of those. Click to read Graphomane, by Neal Stephenson, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Advice to the Players - Frank Bidart
There is something missing in our definition, vision, of a human being:
the need to make.
We are creatures who need to make.
Because existence is willy-nilly thrust into our hands, our fate is to
make something— if nothing else, the shape cut by the arc of our lives.
My parents saw corrosively the arc of their lives.
Making is the mirror in which we see ourselves...

Top Links 777 Standout productivity. China bottoms out. AIDS deaths & the "Californian Ideology"
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

“Our parents kept us carefully isolated - from birth - from even witnessing examples of other children being disrespectful, and even the faintest disobedience gets slapped out of you starting as a baby.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/aella/p/the-joy-is-not-optional…

A look at seven rebuttals to Apple's paper on limitations of Large Reasoning Models, and why none make a compelling case (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/seven-replies-to-the-viral-apple

Seven replies to the viral Apple reasoning paper – and why they fall short
Also: another paper that seals the deal

Is comparing crowd size at No Kings versus the pathetic military parade just pure pettiness?
❝No. Right now crowd sizes matter a lot because competitive authoritarianism rests largely on self-fulfilling expectations.❞
1/
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-parade-flopped-no-kings-day

Last night, exactly a week after his military parade fizzled and more than five million Americans turned ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-22-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p44#a250623p44

Elie Mystal: Democrats should form a shadow government like de Gaulle did during Nazi occupation
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/elie-mystal-democrats-should-form

I have been trialling Substack as a supplement to my blog. Substack has a large community of people interested in local and social history, so it's a good fit for me. I'm not planning to stop blogging, and some posts may appear in both places, but it allows me scope to write on a wider range of topics. https://

Newspapers and Research
The Norwood Review and Sir Archur Conan Doyle

The Trump/Musk fight is why we say "No Kings"
The protests are about reestablishing a government of laws, not unaccountable oligarchs
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/no-kings-protests-trump-musk

The Trump/Musk fight is why we say "No Kings"
Today's protests are about reestablishing a government of laws, not unaccountable oligarchs.

The Rule of Idiots:
In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.
by Chris Hedges
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-rule-of-idiots

The Rule of Idiots
In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.

I tell stories about the artist Allan Kaprow and what he did in the years after he invented Happenings. For Kaprow, the practice of art became inseparable from the practice of life: ordinary, intimate, sometimes ridiculous, just like the practice of Zen.
#Art
#buddhism

@… https://zikzak.substack.com/

Zik Zak | Tarotplane | Substack
Lunch for your ears. Click to read Zik Zak, by Tarotplane, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Trump’s Police State (ROBERT REICH SUBSTACK, 9 Jun 2025)
#resist

Trump’s Police State
It endangers all of us

An interview with Terry Moran on why he does not regret his X post criticizing Stephen Miller, how ABC News "bailed" on an "oral agreement", Substack, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/business/media/te…

Terry Moran Says He Doesn’t Regret Posts Criticizing Trump Administration
In his first interview since losing his job at ABC News, the longtime TV correspondent, newly popular on Substack, says he does not regret his social media post criticizing the Trump administration.

Just read "This isn’t just a coup of the government; it’s a coup of the mind." via @…:
https://50501chicago.substack.com/p/opi…

Opinion: This isn’t just a coup of the government; it’s a coup of the mind.
Here are tips to hack your mind, protect your peace in these tumultuous times and the science behind it all.

https://open.substack.com/pub/sandrodemaio/p/whats-good-for-dinner-is-good-for

What’s Good for Dinner is Good for the Planet 🍽️
How changing what’s on our plates could be one of the biggest steps we take for people and planet.

Trump did not end wars, he just dragged the U.S. into Netanyahu's war! (Dean Obeidallah/The Dean's Report)
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-did-not-end-wars-he-just-dragged
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p42#a250622p42

Republicans Want the EPA to Test the Water for Abortion Pills
https://jessica.substack.com/p/republicans-want-the-epa-to-test

@… https://dylanology.substack.com

Hamish McKenzie says WaPo approached Substack about hosting its writers, and there has been a "change in mindset" of traditional media about the platform (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun

I continue my practice of writing back to posts on social media. Also its antidote: writing back to works of art served up at random. It’s a little like surfing, taking the waves as they come. It’s a little like dancing. It’s one way to reclaim my attention, one way to stay alive to the present.
https://

More Fresh Hells & A Few Heavens
Brief responses to social media posts (hells) and random paintings (heavens).

Apple researchers detail the limitations of top LLMs and large reasoning models, like o3, especially on problems of medium to high complexity (Gary Marcus/Marcus on AI)
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/a-knockout-blow-for-llms

A knockout blow for LLMs?
LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned my name into a verb

"…give a formerly flat character some _single defining trait_, obsession, or problem to deal with. Just this one weird-yet-relatable thing. And suddenly, this character and the scenes they were in would come alive."
- Tony Tost
https://practical.substack.com/p/the-m

The Mark of the One-Note Character
not everyone should be well-rounded

Ketanji Brown Jackson Wants to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
https://newrepublic.substack.com/p/supreme-court-epa-corporate-bias

56,397 People Now Detained by ICE, Possibly Highest in History (Austin Kocher)
https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/55654-people-now-detained-by-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p30#a250621p30

Former ABC News correspondent and anchor Terry Moran launches a Substack channel following his ouster from the news network (Glenn Garner/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/terry-moran-launches-substack-abc-news-dismissal-1236431503/…

Terry Moran Launches Substack Channel To Continue “Important Work” After ABC News Dismissal
Following Terry Moran's unceremonious ousting from ABC News, the Emmy-winning anchor and reporter has already moved onto his next platform.

Whenever her phone rang or her doorbell sounded, Dorothy Parker would say, “What fresh hell is this?” I’ve taken to repeating it under my breath every time I open my social media apps.
This may sound dark, but it reminds me that I can approach the onslaught of news and opinion with my own attitude: with humor and, above all, with curiosity.

June 20, 2025 -- Individuals in plain clothes with their faces covered and without badges ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-20-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/250621/p23#a250621p23

After weeks of writing from news and social media, I decided to turn towards art for a while. I thought I’d be able to make an easy trade: from fresh hells to fresh heavens.
#Art
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/…

What Fresh Heaven?
Writing in response to daily works of art instead of daily social media. It turns out heaven is harder than hell.

The UK is Decriminalizing Abortion. Why Can't We?
https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-decriminalizing-abortion

A brief report from Saturday’s protest in New York.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/meeting-the-moment

After an ugly week, an ugly bill (Jennifer Rubin/The Contrarian)
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/after-an-ugly-week-an-ugly-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/250616/p35#a250616p35