One of the local chapters of one of the big protest groups right now decided to move their email list to substack. I actually offered to, for free, set up some sort of alternative for them that gets them what they need.
Instead of taking me up on it or even responding at all, one of the last things they post before we're having to sign up with substack to get updates is that lots of progressives use substack.
So yeah, I left.
derptron
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2026-04-13 22:32:49 UTC
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