Yesterday, Trinette came by and took out my trash and recycling (for once I had more trash than recycling), changed a light bulb, brought me a Christmas card, and then we chatted. It’s always so good to visit with her.
Rebecca Schoenkopf, the original (and current owner and publisher of) Wonkette, is pissed. And I believe rightly so. Elon Musk claims to support free speech – and means “as long as you agree with him.” Substack actually practices free speech – by not censoring or in any observable way even suggesting they might have an opinion on subject matter produced by a Substacker otherwise eligible, and now this. Rebecca puts it better than I would (and not only because the knows more in the subject from the inside – she’s also a better writer.) It would not surprise me if Substack were very soon to become the main source for people to get their – without their needing to distinguish fact from fiction – because anyone can pick and choose to whom they will subscribe – and there’s very full range. And it’s free. Sure, you can gat a paid subscription and get some extras – but you don’t have to. I have six free subscriptions, not counting the subscriptions to Wonkette, Talking Points Memo, and others who post as groups rather than as individuals), and it doesn’t cost me a dime. Read or skim Rebecca’s rant and see what you think.
Wolves and Sheep is a Substack which I don’t subscribe to, but Chris Bowers, who is connected with it, has started sending me newsletters of his own, and one of them included this, and I found it worth sharing. It really would be terrible if Democrats, buth elected and unelected, started acting like Republicans. I question whether life would even be worth living were that to happen. That said, that doesn’t mean we can’t take some tips.
