Tootfinder

@… https://spbpublishing.substack.com

Frank Zappa Research: The Continuing Adventures | Scott Parker | Substack
Frank Zappa Research: The Continuing Adventures is a Substack about the life and work of Frank Zappa, covering subjects outside the parameters of my various books. And there will probably be articles about other stuff too. Click to read Frank Zappa Research: The Continuing Adventures, by Scott Parker, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

"The moral here is that the United States retains a vital interest in seeing the Strait of Hormuz reopened. Much as Trump would like to declare victory and insist that the blockade is other countries’ problem, reality won’t oblige him."
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/4-g

A perfect article talking about women athletes and changing their name post marriage by Sarah Gorden.
#nwsl

Trump's war has been a disaster on every front. Good overview in this blog.
#iran

Iran War Update 13
Trump's war has been a disaster on every front

Art can improve your mental health. The state of Georgia (our home state) just passed a surprising resolution affirming its benefits.
https://stateoftheartist.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-arts-prescribing-from

I read: 'Are "Vintage LLMs" the start of a new humanistic field?
Thoughts on Historical Language Models and Talkie-1930' https://resobscura.substack.com/p/are-vintage-llms-the-start-of-a-new
(Probably not, but it does remind …

Are "Vintage LLMs" the start of a new humanistic field?
Thoughts on Historical Language Models and Talkie-1930

"Karen Hao says that in 2025 resistance to data centers stalled over a $100 billion worth of these centers... This is class struggle, just like smashing the conveyor belts on the assembly line."
https://jodi7768.substack.com/p/ai-is-capital

AI is Capital
Provisional thoughts on the repercussions of this idea

Beehiiv introduces Podcasts, letting creators host, distribute, and monetize podcasts directly on the platform, and plans to dynamically serve ads in podcasts (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/beehiiv-expand…

Exclusive: Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon | TechCrunch
One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

Christian Jihad:
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon," Return of Jesus (Jonathan Larsen/Jonathan Larsen's Substack)
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for
http://www.memeorandum.com/260302/p149#a260302p149

Macs of unusual size - by Scott Knaster
https://scottknaster.substack.com/p/macs-of-unusual-size

@… https://glennkenny.substack.com

Glenn Kenny's SCR 2.0 | Substack
GK himself: Film historian/critic, passionate music consumer. Author: "Made Men: The Story of 'Goodfellas'" and "The World Is Yours: The Story of 'Scarface.'" This site: continuation of his long-running "Some Came Running" blog. Click to read Glenn Kenny's SCR 2.0, a Substack with hundreds of subscribers.

What Does It Mean to Think Digitally in a Language That Is Not Your Own? https://substack.com/@thedigitalsocietylab/p-192025953

What Does It Mean to Think Digitally in a Language That Is Not Your Own?
On culture, code, and the African present — and why the question that opens this platform is one we are still learning to ask properly.

In these dark days, despair may call to us like a siren. Gathering with others is the best way I know to resist (tying ourselves each to each). And writing, and sharing that writing, however strange.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/siren-after-wyatt-dispaire-doth-…

Siren: after Thomas Wyatt: "Dispaire doth vndre take"
How do we resist the siren calls of despair?

Donald the Dove* - by Eoin Higgins - The Flashpoint #hypocrisy #war

Donald the Dove*
Who could have seen this coming?

In the full interview, #Trump gave disorganized rambling answers that were filled with false statements.
✅ Trump's CBS #60Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut

Trump's CBS 60 Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut
On Sunday April 26 President Donald J.

SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship arguments
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/scotus-hears-birthright-citizenship?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-sha…

Så det blev en Gad World till slut, baserad på Substack. Bra att det blev nåt för pengarna som samlades in. https://www.gadworld.se/

Gad World | Substack
Gad World skildrar världen som den är. Även när det är obekvämt. Click to read Gad World, a Substack publication. Launched 9 days ago.

from my link log —
Withnail's Coat & I.
https://ontherow.substack.com/p/withnails-coat-and-i
saved 2026-04-29 https://

Withnail's Coat & I
He may have had tailoring from Hawkes of Savile Row, but Withnail’s coat has a more complicated history.

https://open.substack.com/pub/ndintech/p/the-9-hour-leak-why-your-memory-is?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=87l35j

Something for the US #TTRPG bubble:
https://open.substack.com/pub/exeuntpress/p/im-teaching-free-game-design-cl…

#080 Cycling in Copenhagen https://diagramclub.substack.com/p/080-cycling-in-copenhagen

#080 Cycling in Copenhagen
New China video / Riding a bike is multi-tasking

Brain implants for restoring vision to the blind need to stimulate large numbers of neurons with electrodes, many times per second. So... https://bioniclab.substack.com/p/what-happens-to-blood-flow-when-you The stimulation paradox: Activating neurons starves them of…

⚡ The Stimulation Paradox: Activating Neurons Starves Them of Oxygen
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 14

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that
⚠️ the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was
💥“anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.
From Saturday morning through Monday night,
👉more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Re…

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

One thing this amazing piece points out is that a slew of White House websites run by this DOGE-originated company called National Design Studio sends every bit of user data to an analytics company called PostHog, which, although not mentioned in the piece, got, um, hacked late last week.
https://…

‘Don’t Let The Truth Be Buried’: Press Being Targeted Outside NJ Detention Center
https://washingtoncurrent.substack.com/p/dont-let-the-truth-be-buried-press

Pogroms, American Style (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/pogroms-american-style
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p60#a260601p60

Aus dem AKW Grohnde wird eine Batterie — und sie liefert mehr Power als der Reaktor jemals.
Drei Großspeicher, ein Solarpark, ein Umspannwerk. Allein zwei der Speicher kommen auf 1,47 GW — das alte AKW hatte 1,36 GW. Privat finanziert. In vier Jahren am Netz. Kein radioaktiver Müll.
Stefan A K Weichelt mit einer Bestandsaufnahme, die jede Atom-Debatte beendet:
👉

Amanda Gelender, powerful:
https://agelender.substack.com/p/yes-all-jews

Yes, All Jews.
All Jews must kill Zionism within Judaism

The Drey Dossier: I found a second vote·gov -- and it's registered to the White House
#resist

The Drey Dossier: I found a second vote.gov -- and it's registered to the White House
[DISCLAIMER: This is a summary, written by the author, of her Substack article, and accompanying video. There's some speculation in the article and video. Ho...

I feel seen.
https://open.substack.com/pub/workchronicles/p/comic-how-to-be-more-productive-c33

Must-read blog
"With trillions of dollars of military hardware at his disposal, Trump has somehow conspired to be defeated by a country teetering on the brink of economic collapse and with a government hated by its citizens."
https://chadbourn.substack.com/p/one-n

One Nation Under A Racist
Trump’s prejudice lost the Iran War — and that’s only the start

TBH, if someone’s willing to compromise their integrity and change their work habits for a measly grand, then they’re a security risk. https://eigenmagic.net/@NewtonMark/116333390854304713

Dunno if this is a actual lawyer or what but some interesting points here about AI code and ownership
https://legallayer.substack.com/p/who-owns-the-claude-code-wrote

Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M /year collectively (On Substack)
https://on.substack.com/p/the-global-ideas-exchange

The global ideas exchange
Introducing translations and our vision for expanding Substack internationally

now i‘m so, so hungry
https://connla.substack.com/p/pho-in-hanoi-a-purists-guide

The purist’s guide to phở in Hanoi
A tribute not only to phở in the capital of Vietnam, but also to three extraordinary writers who wrote about it with wit, nostalgia, and devotion: Thạch Lam, Vũ Bằng, and Nguyễn Tuân.

Something for the US #TTRPG bubble:
https://open.substack.com/pub/exeuntpress/p/im-teaching-free-game-design-cl…

Ramble On: Crossing the Rubicon of Stupid (Greg Olear/PREVAIL)
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-crossing-the-rubicon-of
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p41#a260501p41

I've been working as a #journalist now for 10 years. I recently got the chance to sit down with #Kyoto-based #Malaysian writer Peck Gee Chua to discuss my work covering underrepresented voices,

10 Years of Amplifying Voices: A Conversation with a Journalist
Nithin Coca, Asia-Focused Journalist and Researcher

Q&A with Semafor CEO Editor Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson about his career, covering CEOs, writing Semafor's invitation-only The CEO Signal newsletter, and more (Meredith Klein/Meredith & The Media)
https://meredithandthemedia.substack.com/p/an-inter…

An Interview: Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Semafor
This week, I sat down with Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Semafor’s CEO editor, author of The CEO Signal, and co-host of The CEO Signal show

I'm gonna post this shit on my LinkedIn and see how many people melt.
https://collapse2050.substack.com/p/the-planet-is-dying-but-youve-got

Power, democracy, and clarity (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/power-democracy-and-clarity
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p33#a260501p33

2026 On Track for Warmest Year
https://open.substack.com/pub/jimehansen/p/2026-on-track-for-warmest-year?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=e4myx
> James Hansen

Maybe jobs will become artisanal as AI takes over, according to this article.
What will be scarce? https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce

The boomerang effect of conspiratorial politics. #DavidPakman #Trump
https://

The boomerang effect of conspiratorial politics
Conspiratorial thinking was once aimed outward at institutions and enemies. Now it is turning inward, destabilizing the movement that helped build it.

Our National Food Security is at Risk - by Rupert Read
https://rupertsreads.substack.com/p/our-national-food-security-is-at?r=rwlog&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Our National Food Security is at Risk
Food supplies could face catastrophic failures in the next 4 years

from my link log —
The geometry of superior athletic performance.
https://nickmark.substack.com/p/the-geometry-of-superior-performance
saved 2026-05-29

The Geometry of Superior Performance
Cube–Square Scaling and Comparative VO₂max Across Species

“You and your fellow settlers are nothing other than common thieves.”
– Dr. Ghada Karmi
#israel

Kathy (@parislychee)
I love this clip. Always stop to watch it every time it shows up on my feed.

Who Are You Gonna Believe, Trump or Your Lying Eyes? (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/who-are-you-gonna-believe-trump-or
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p26#a260501p26

I looked at Substack with fresh eyes and here's the appeal:
"Sign up now, and publishing is free forever. Once you start charging for subscriptions, you keep 90% after credit card transaction fees."
If you want to get a web site/newsletter up and running that certainly sounds appealing.
#substack
1/n

“…prejudice blocking online creators & indie filmmakers from traditional distribution outlets is still occurring, but…model is broken. The glass is forever cracked. Fans, Creators & audience-community productions now play a center role in launching & developing new talent (that’s you!)…if you want to continue to be a storyteller you must make your own films & TV, or at the very least, surround yourself w/those who do.”

“Make your own film”
The film industry is ever evolving and audience-community driven productions are the future.

The Iran War Could Collapse the United States in the Next Six Months
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-iran-war-could-collapse-the-united

The Creep of Politicization -- A new assault on science highlights a broader pattern (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-creep-of-politicization
http://www.memeorandum.com/260601/p51#a260601p51

Trump's CBS 60 Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut. By excessively editing Trump’s answers the network made the president seem far more reasonable and controlled.
https://decodingfoxnews.substack.com/p/trumps-cbs-60-minutes-interview-w…

Trump's CBS 60 Minutes Interview: What Aired and What Was Cut
On Sunday April 26 President Donald J.

#073 Don't forget to play https://diagramclub.substack.com/p/073-dont-forget-to-play

#073 Don't forget to play
Payment methods / Cobbles on a bicycle

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service (Jim Pattiz/More Than Just Parks)
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-administration-orders
http://www.memeorandum.com/260401/p108#a260401p108

🗑️ The trash problem around implanted BCIs #BCI

🗑️ The Trash Problem around implanted BCIs
Why BCIs Fail Series: Post 9

April 30, 2026 -- Today G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers noted that Trump has hit ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-30-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260501/p40#a260501p40

Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users (Neal Stephenson/Graphomane)
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse

'I Was an Enthusiastic Early Adopter of AI Scribes. Here’s Why I Stopped' https://benngooch.substack.com/p/i-was-an-enthusiastic-early-adopter
'When an AI records everything rather than what we chose to record... The note stops being a r…

Substack adds translation tools, and says ~100K publishers earn on the platform, including ~30K outside the US; European creators earn $90M /year collectively (On Substack)
https://on.substack.com/p/the-global-ideas-exchange

The global ideas exchange
Introducing translations and our vision for expanding Substack internationally

May 1, 2026 -- Today is the deadline for President Donald J. Trump to ask Congress for approval for his war on Iran. (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-1-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p14#a260502p14

The Most AI-Exposed Counties in America Are Not Where You Think
https://jakeprokopets.substack.com/p/why-the-most-ai-exposed-counties
Here is a county-level AI displacement model across all 3,204 US counties.
The Top 5 most exposed counties are a…

Why the Most AI-Exposed Counties in America Are Not Where You Think
A county-level model of AI workforce displacement built on peer-reviewed methodology, BLS data, and real deployment evidence. The findings surprised me.

How are you? How are you doing in this time of war? With Etel Adnan, I’m feeling the iridescent inner chaos. Can I turn and face it?
Here is my most recent dharma talk from this past Sunday morning.
https://salrandolph.substack.com/p/to-be-in-a-time-of-war

To be in a Time of War
Facing the iridescent inner chaos

bandcamp stupidly nixed marc masters' awesome monthly column about experimental music, which he just relaunched as a (non-substack) newsletter, which you can follow here: @…

from my link log —
Why so many industrial control rooms were seafoam green.
https://bethmathews.substack.com/p/why-so-many-control-rooms-were-seafoam
saved 2026-03-27

Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green
The Color Theory Behind Industrial Seafoam Green

Great blog about the Pope and Trump.
#pope #trump

The Pope Vs Trump
Power is draining from the White House

🤦🏻‍♂️ https://newsie.social/@bespacific/116320945714191590

Exclusive: Here's the Covid-19 vaccine paper the CDC censored.
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/exclusive-heres-the-covid-19-vaccine

“Authoritarian systems do not require industrial crematoria. They build infrastructure, erase humanity, and condition populations to normalize accumulating bodies.”
https://wendy664.substack.com/p/ice-is-quietly-rolling-out-a-55-billion

ICE Is Quietly Rolling Out a $55 Billion Crematorium Network
Human life carries no weight in the architecture the president is building.

A new anonymous Substack alleges AI compliance startup Delve "faked" compliance for startups by generating pre-populated audit reports and fabricating evidence (DeepDelver)
https://deepdelver.substack.com/p/delve-fake-compliance-as-a-service

Delve - Fake Compliance as a Service - Part I
How Delve managed to falsely convince hundreds of customers they were compliant and then lied about it when exposed and called out

America Spent 30 Years Telling Europe to Buy More Weapons. Europe Finally Did. Just not from America. €38 billion vanished in a single year.
https://gandalv.substack.com/p/america-spent-30-years-telling-europe?utm_campaign=post&amp…

America Spent 30 Years Telling Europe to Buy More Weapons. Europe Finally Did.
Just not from America. €38 billion vanished in a single year.

@… https://blackd.substack.com

David Black’s Substack | Substack
Journalist, author (London). Psychedelic Culture, Situationist Poetics, Working-Class History, Philosophy. Click to read David Black’s Substack, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

#076 I should probably write that down https://diagramclub.substack.com/p/076-i-should-probably-write-that

#076 I should probably write that down
Fox video / Trundling

Melania attacks satire and the First Amendment
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/melania-attacks-satire-and-the-first?img=https%3…

This botanical tale began in reading Penelope Fitzgerald’s short, strange, brilliant novel, The Blue Flower.
The Blue Flower follows the early adulthood of the German poet-philosopher Novalis during the years 1790-1797, centering on his romance with Sophie von Kühn who was twelve at the time of their meeting.
https://

The Blue Flower
A botanical story.

from my link log —
Jumping into cold water can stop your heart.
https://jorgenmelau.substack.com/p/the-first-sixty-seconds?triedRedirect=true
saved 2026-04-23

The First Sixty Seconds
Why Jumping Into Cold Water Can Stop Your Heart

Selling Oppression to Gen Z Women
https://jessica.substack.com/p/selling-oppression-to-gen-z-women

An analysis based on current valuations of OpenAI and Anthropic suggests ~$370B of philanthropic assets tied to the two AI companies are poised to become liquid (Nan Ransohoff/Nan's Substack)
https://nanransohoff.substack.com/p/the-third-wave-of-american-phila…

The third wave of American philanthropy
AI is about to generate hundreds of billions in new philanthropic funding. We have real work to do to make the most of it.

Great blog by Ian Dunt, "The mad emperor has triggered chaos he cannot control. With no domestic institutions to restrain him, Trump has started a war which will hurt every one of us, all over the world."
https://iandunt.substack.com/p/the-mad-emperor-has-trigger…

The mad emperor has triggered chaos he cannot control
With no domestic institutions to restrain him, Trump has started a war which will hurt every one of us, all over the world.

from my link log —
The metaverse: Neal Stephenson’s prodigal brainchild.
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild
saved 2026-03-25

My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse

@… https://www.ethernet.fm/

Ethernet.fm | Ryan Schreiber | Substack
The new music newsletter by Pitchfork founder Ryan Schreiber. Click to read Ethernet.fm, by Ryan Schreiber, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

The Chief Justice and His Wife Took $20 Million From Firms He Rules On. I'm Filing for His Disbarment Today.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-chief-justice-and-his-wife-took

The Trump plan to add work requirements to public housing (Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-plan-to-add-work-requirements
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p38#a260429p38

The GOP's Plan to Shut Down Abortion Pill Websites
https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-gops-plan-to-shut-down-abortion

SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act (Sherrilyn Ifill/Sherrilyn's Newsletter)
https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/scotus-drops-the-other-shoe-on-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p156#a260429p156

@… https://robertfripp.substack.com/

ROBERT FRIPP | Substack
Former working player. Click to read ROBERT FRIPP, a Substack with thousands of subscribers.

Great blog, Defeated, How Trump is destroying the US as a world power.
#usa

Defeated
How Trump is destroying the US as a world power

Seashells -- Former government person, author, teacher, father, grandfather. Tall and really quite funny. (James Comey)
https://jamescomey.substack.com/p/seashells
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p124#a260429p124

Inside the twisted mind of Elon Musk’s favorite YouTuber
https://oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/inside-the-twisted-mind-of-elon-musks

There is a frenzied feeling to the news coming from the White House these days. ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-28-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p44#a260429p44

Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago
https://newrepublic.substack.com/p/trumps-deal-looks-a-lot-like-the

Who's Deranged, Exactly? (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/whos-deranged-exactly
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p50#a260529p50

The Oil Squeeze Tightens (Paul Krugman)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-oil-squeeze-tightens
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p29#a260428p29

The Trump Administration's Incredibly Slow Learning Curve (Daniel W. Drezner/Drezner's World)
https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-administrations-incredibly
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p32#a260529p32

March 28, 2026 -- Almost exactly a year ago, on March 27, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued ... (Heather Cox Richardson/Letters from an American)
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-28-2026
http://www.memeorandum.com/260329/p21#a260329p21

You can't hide your lying ICE (Radley Balko/The Watch)
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/you-cant-hide-your-lying-ice
http://www.memeorandum.com/260328/p28#a260328p28

Mike Johnson's Institutional Betrayal (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mike-johnsons-institutional-betrayal
http://www.memeorandum.com/260328/p35#a260328p35

Five Uncomfortable Truths About the Latest Alleged Assassination Attempt on Trump (David Rothkopf/Need to Know)
https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/five-uncomfortable-truths-about-the
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p41#a260427p41

Journalist Katie Phang Files Suit Against Justice Department Over Epstein Files Release (Scott MacFarlane Reports)
https://macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/journalist-katie-phang-files-suit
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p62#a260427p62