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Substack now allows podcasters to sync and distribute their episodes to Spotify: Substack announced on Thursday it’s introducing a few new features for ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/substack-podcasters-sync-distribute-episodes-spotify/
Substack’s Notes feature is getting more Twitter-like capabilities: Substack is adding new capabilities to its Twitter-like Notes feature that bring it more ...
techcrunch.com/2024/04/16/substacks-notes-feature-is-getting-more-twitter-like-capabilities/
An NPR editor accuses the network of institutional bias: “An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that ...
theverge.com/2024/4/11/24127729/npr-berliner-podcasts-spotify-daily-wire
Liz Truss, Angela Rayner and the perils of partisanship: Politics is a rough game. In few other careers are you subjected to such a level of scrutiny ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/liz-truss-angela-rayner-and-the-perils-of-partisanship
Does Liz Truss know she’s a joke?: Liz Truss is fatally self-aware. She has spent her time out of office recording her flaws with painstaking accuracy ...
newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2024/04/does-liz-truss-know-shes-a-joke
Quick Glance: Liz Truss: From Premiership to Resignation in 49 Days
- Liz Truss became Prime Minister and resigned after just 49 days, despite her husband's prediction that 'it would all end in tears'.
- Truss assumed office on September 6, 2022, succeeding Boris Johnson, but faced early challenges and personal struggles.
- Despite implementing economic measures and facing political turbulence, Truss resigned after a mini-budget led to a pensions crisis.
- She reflects on her failed tenure, attributing blame to structural issues and drawing parallels to the controversial football manager Brian Clough.
Liberals shouldn’t jeer Liz Truss: In 1980, at the infamous Labour Party conference of that year, Tony Benn, only a year before Jim Callaghan’s energy secretary ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/liberals-shouldnt-jeer-liz-truss
Tom Hollander’s deliciously nasty Truman Capote: However starry it may be – there are enough big names here to fill a red carpet – there’s no getting away from ...
newstatesman.com/culture/tv/2024/04/tom-hollander-truman-capote-feud-the-swans-review
Inside the police vs the NatCons: Brussels Nigel Farage has never looked more satisfied. Europe’s hard right was handed a gift today when the police tried to ...
newstatesman.com/world/europe/2024/04/inside-the-police-vs-the-natcons
Quick Glance: Brussels Police Shut Down Right-Wing Conference with Farage and Braverman
- Brussels police stormed a right-wing conference attended by Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman after orders for the event to be shut down.
- The controversial National Conservatism Conference was closed to ensure public safety.
- Despite police arriving and giving attendees 15 minutes to leave, speeches continued.
- The conference, hosted by Viktor Orban and the Edmund Burke Foundation, aimed to strengthen national conservatism principles in Western countries.
David Lammy’s foreign policy for a diminished Britain: If David Lammy becomes foreign secretary after this year’s election, he will face tricky diplomatic ...
newstatesman.com/politics/labour/2024/04/david-lammys-foreign-policy-for-a-diminished-britain
The Book of Clarence is a bombastic biblical satire: The year is AD 33 and in Jerusalem, LaKeith Stanfield’s Clarence can’t help but notice that people keep ...
newstatesman.com/culture/film/2024/04/jeymes-samuel-book-of-clarence-review-bombastic-biblical-satire
Humza Yousaf’s struggle for a narrative goes on: Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy is quickly falling apart. Her arrest (without charge) during the investigation into the ...
newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2024/04/humza-yousafs-struggle-for-a-narrative-goes-on
The missiles of April: “Power,” said Mao Zedong, “flows from the barrel of a gun.” Yet using power to achieve deterrence (dissuading others from attacking via ...
newstatesman.com/international-politics/2024/04/iran-strike-israel-missiles-of-april
Why we make art: I’ve spent the past couple of days on a little holiday in Amsterdam, with my son Blake and his girlfriend. We visited the Van Gogh museum of ...
newstatesman.com/culture/life/2024/04/why-we-make-art-tracey-thorn-van-gogh
Your fandom isn’t funny: Fandom has found politics. Anyone for whom the words “Elizabeth Warren Holocaust tattoo” means anything knows this is the case ...
newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/04/your-fandom-isnt-funny
The new age of global threats: In the Middle East, all is changed – changed utterly. Iran’s “Operation True Promise”, launched on 13 April ...
newstatesman.com/new-statesman-view/2024/04/new-age-global-threats-iran-israel-biden-netanyahu-cameron
Plebgate’s Andrew Mitchell furnishes himself with a downmarket ministerial title: Shy bairns get no sweets, and Andrew Mitchell was calling himself Deputy ...
newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2024/04/plebgate-andrew-mitchell-ministerial-title-commons-confidential-starmer-rayner-sunak
Andrew O’Hagan’s maximum city: In February 2024, an article in the New Yorker forensically investigated a moral rot spreading through London ...
newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2024/04/andrew-ohagan-maximum-london-caledonian-road-review
Joe Lycett’s self-serving fake news stunt: How do you solve a problem like disinformation? With regulation? Education? It’s a problem that has worsened since ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/joe-lycett-self-serving-fake-news-stunt
Alex Garland’s Civil War is his sharpest, most brutal dystopia: Alex Garland is a specialist in unravelling reality. His stories take people to places where the ...
newstatesman.com/culture/film/2024/04/alex-garland-civil-war-review-is-his-sharpest-most-brutal-dystopia
The housing crisis is inescapable: The point at which political obsessives are growing tired of hearing the same bloody message again is also roughly the point ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/housing-crisis-is-inescapable
This Week In Basketball can only say that the NBA's postseason is really here: I'm testing out a new format with one of my go-to column presentations ...
marcstein.substack.com/p/this-week-in-basketball-can-only-1b7
Being Foreign Secretary is harder than it looks for David Cameron: David Cameron beguiled some last week with a mildly competent social media post ...
newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2024/04/being-foreign-secretary-is-harder-than-it-looks-for-david-cameron
The best of the academic presses for spring 2024: A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle For America by Richard Slotkin Modern America is ...
newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/04/the-best-of-the-academic-presses-for-spring-2024
The cost of climbing Everest: My childhood dream was once to climb Mount Everest. Mountains mesmerised me: we used to go on holiday to the Alps and it was ...
newstatesman.com/culture/radio-podcasts/2024/04/bbc-radio-4-everest-obsession-cost-of-climbing-everest
The new racist right are uniquely dangerous: Which sector of political opinion produces the most noxious anti-Semitism? If you had asked me this even five years ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/the-new-racist-right-are-uniquely-dangerous
Universities are in crisis: Higher education commentators have been warning for years of a looming crisis in university funding. Now ...
newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/university-funding-is-in-crisis
Rishi Sunak isn’t popular enough to flog insurance: Rishi Sunak has become deeply unloved by the public, 71 per cent of whom hold an unfavourable view of the PM ...
newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2024/04/rishi-sunak-isnt-popular-enough-to-flog-insurance
Substack has direct messages now: Substack has added a highly requested feature: direcf messages.
engadget.com/substack-has-direct-messages-now-184154827.html
Substack now lets writers curate a ‘network’ of recommended publications for their subscribers
techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/substack-now-lets-writers-curate-a-network-of-recommended-publications-for-their-subscribers/
Joe Blundo grateful for all of his years as a columnist for The Dispatch: After about 3,000 columns for The Dispatch, columnist Joe Blundo is saying goodbye.
dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2024/02/11/joe-blundo-columbus-dispatch-goodbye-column-ohio-history/72490246007/
Rachel Karten on Snark Subreddits and Ryan Sheckler: How the Substack writer went from running Bon Appétit’s social media to breaking down the truth behind your ...
slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2024/03/rachel-karten-internet-diaries
Blake Lively Said Her Brother Tricked Her Into Becoming an Actress: During an appearance on Amber Tamblyn's Substack video series, 'Further Ado ...
instyle.com/blake-lively-amber-tamblyn-sisterhood-traveling-pants-3-8599010
No more puberty blockers for children, says NHS England: There are few details over how new NHS children’s gender services will work when they open next month ...
newstatesman.com/politics/2024/03/no-more-puberty-blockers-for-children-says-nhs-england
Quick Glance: NHS ends prescription of puberty blockers for children
- NHS England confirms children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers.
- Puberty blockers will only be available to children as part of clinical research trials.
- An independent review recommends creating regional services to better support youngsters.
- New NHS clinics in London and Liverpool offer holistic care for children.
TinyLetter: looking back on the humblest newsletter platform: On February 29th, 2024, Mailchimp shuttered TinyLetter, a simple email service that attracted a ...
theverge.com/24085737/tinyletter-mailchimp-shut-down-email-newsletters
Surprise—You’re Now Subscribed to My Substack!: There is an impossible-to-find Opt Out button, but if you manage to locate it, you will still need to complete a ...
newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/surprise-youre-now-subscribed-to-my-substack
Platformer’s Casey Newton on leaving Substack and surviving the great media collapse
theverge.com/2024/2/5/24059524/platformer-casey-newton-substack-moderation-email-newsletters-media-layoffs
Substack introduces new payment methods for international markets: Newsletter publishing company Substack is introducing new tools for international writers and ...
techcrunch.com/2024/01/29/substack-introduces-new-payment-methods-for-international-markets/
Pressure builds on newsletter company Substack to stop revenue sharing with Nazi writers
nbcnews.com/tech/internet/pressure-builds-newsletter-company-substack-stop-paying-nazi-writers-rcna132593
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb: The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/substack-exodus-social-media-moderation/677113/
Quick Glance: Substack in Crisis
- Substack found itself in the middle of a crisis.
- White-supremacist and Nazi newsletters on Substack were discovered.
- There were demands for explanations and moderation from writers.
- Prominent authors have left Substack or threatened to leave.
Substack Was a Ticking Time Bomb: The platform seeded its own content-moderation crisis.
theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/01/substack-exodus-social-media-moderation/677113/
Substack Is Trying to Be a Social Media Network. That’s Why I Had to Leave.: That’s why, if I want to grow my local news site, I have to leave.
slate.com/business/2024/01/substack-local-journalism-food-section.html
Quick Glance: Ukraine Exposes Military Arms Corruption
- Ukraine's security agency uncovers corruption in a military arms purchase valued at approximately $40 million.
- Investigation targets five high-ranking individuals in the Defense Ministry and a military arms supplier.
- Contract for 100,000 mortar shells signed by defense officials in August 2022.
- Advance payment made, funds transferred abroad, yet no arms delivered.
Substack Says It Will Not Ban Nazis or Extremist Speech: Responding to criticism of its hands-off approach to content moderation, the company said it would not ...
nytimes.com/2023/12/22/business/substack-nazis-content-moderation.html
Substack Says It Will Not Ban Nazis or Extremist Speech: Responding to criticism of its hands-off approach to content moderation, the company said it would not ...
nytimes.com/2023/12/22/business/substack-nazis-content-moderation.html
Substack faces criticism for giving Nazis a platform: Substack, the online platform that provides publishing and monetization tools for authors and writers ...
thehill.com/homenews/media/4361922-substack-criticism-nazis-platform/
The Lakers say LeBron James (left ankle peroneal tendinopathy) has been downgraded to out for tonight’s game at Utah.
More NBA from me: marcstein.Substack.com
Over 100 Substack Writers Sign Letter Condemning Site For Hosting Nazi And White Supremacist Newsletters
forbes.com/sites/zacharyfolk/2023/12/15/over-100-substack-writers-sign-letter-condemning-site-for-hosting-nazi-and-white-supremacist-newsletters/
Newsletter platform Substack takes aim at YouTube: Substack’s new video creation and editing tools put it in competition for creators with video-centric ...
washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/29/substack-video-competititon-creator-economy/
Sunak is gambling on a better economy in 2024: The most basic piece of advice in every management book (I’ve read them so you don’t have to!) is that people ...
newstatesman.com/business/economics/2024/01/rishi-sunak-business-figures-autumn-election
Labour must prepare for a grim inheritance: This may be the year in which more than a decade of Tory rule ends, when Keir Starmer could be in No 10 ...
newstatesman.com/thestaggers/2024/01/labour-stagnant-economy-fractious-world
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar pokes fun at ‘great fall’ that broke his hip: NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says he's recovering from hip replacement surgery after ...
sports.inquirer.net/544988/kareem-abdul-jabbar-pokes-fun-at-great-fall-that-broke-his-hip
Substack adds new video tools to compete with Patreon and YouTube: Substack has beefed up its video capabilities, offering users the ability to directly upload ...
engadget.com/substack-adds-new-video-tools-to-compete-with-patreon-and-youtube-202025605.html
Are Newsletters The New Blog?: In a digital renaissance, newsletters transform media, offering authentic voices and connections.
essence.com/fashion/are-newsletters-the-new-blog/
Are Newsletters The New Blog?: In a digital renaissance, newsletters transform media, offering authentic voices and connections.
essence.com/fashion/are-newsletters-the-new-blog/
7 Wellness Substacks By Black Women That You Need In Your Life: The community of Black women writers on the newsletter platform is flourishing and catering to ...
essence.com/lifestyle/wellness-substacks/
7 Wellness Substacks By Black Women That You Need In Your Life: The community of Black women writers on the newsletter platform is flourishing and catering to ...
essence.com/lifestyle/wellness-substacks/
'Americans are fed up with the news media': Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
theweek.com/politics/americans-are-fed-up-with-the-news-media
Crumps’ Illusions: Mike “Crumps” Crumplar writes a Substack about Dimes Square, and is convinced that he’s really in a Balzac novel.
nymag.com/intelligencer/article/dimes-square-mike-crumplar-crumpstack-profile.html
How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom: How an 1897 vampire novel is finding new fans on Substack
slate.com/podcasts/icymi/2023/10/dracula-daily-and-the-future-of-substack-book-clubs
X still throttles links to Facebook, Instagram, and other competitors: X, formerly Twitter, takes 2.5 seconds to redirect to Facebook, Instagram, Threads ...
theverge.com/2023/9/15/23875251/x-twitter-links-throttling-facebook-instagram-threads
Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes: When content posted from critical news outlets and competitor apps was clicked ...
theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/15/twitter-links-throttled-elon-musk-sites-dislike
Quick Glance: Twitter delays links to disliked websites
- The slowed links included competitors to Twitter and news publications that have fallen out of favor with Elon Musk due to critical reporting.
- The Washington Post tested the delays and found that when clicking a link on Twitter, a blank screen was displayed for several seconds.
- Twitter/X is delaying link clicks to the @nytimes website, causing a 5-second delay during the redirect.
- The delay seems to only affect t.co links, a service that processes and shortens links posted on Twitter.
Amazon Alexa's Controversial Election Claims Highlight Challenges in Voice Assistant Accuracy
techtimes.com/articles/297318/20231009/amazon-alexas-controversial-election-claims-highlight-challenges-voice-assistant-accuracy.htm
X apparently added 5-second delay for links to sites Musk doesn’t like: X, formerly Twitter, "confirmed the delay was removed but did not elaborate."
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-apparently-added-5-second-delay-for-links-to-sites-musk-doesnt-like/
Quick Glance: Delay in certain links on X removed
- X, formerly Twitter, confirmed the removal of the delay but did not provide further information.
- According to Reuters and The Washington Post, the delay in links to news sites was eliminated yesterday afternoon.
- Links from X to the NYT and Reuters loaded almost instantly today.
- However, in our tests, we still experienced delays of three to five seconds in links to Substack, Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.
X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with: he website formerly known as Twitter seems to be interfering with links to The New York ...
engadget.com/x-is-slowing-down-links-to-websites-elon-musk-has-publicly-feuded-with-185544463.html
Quick Glance: X Impedes Links to Websites Elon Musk Publicly Feuds With
- Elon Musk seems to once again punish websites belonging to his perceived enemies.
- The former Twitter website slows down links to The New York Times, Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, and Substack, causing noticeable delays in loading.
- Clicking on links to these websites within X significantly delays the loading of web pages compared to navigating from another browser or website.
- It appears to be widespread and affects only a handful of prominent websites that Musk has publicly attacked in the past.
X Reverses Slowed Access to News Outlets, but Rival Sites Still Affected: Elon Musk’s social media service “throttled” access to sites such as Substack and ...
nytimes.com/2023/08/15/technology/x-delay-throttle.html
NFL Week 3: Three touchdown props for Sunday: Last Sunday, we swept the board on touchdown props. Could be fun to mess around and do it again. For NFL Week 3 ...
yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfl_week_3_three_touchdown_props_for_sunday/s1_13132_39290461
Substack now lets you follow writers before subscribing to them: Substack now lets you follow writers, offering a way for you to keep tabs on what a writer is ...
theverge.com/2023/8/14/23832321/substack-follow-writers-button
Twitter: X throttled the opening of unwanted links - Golem.de: X throttled traffic to sites Elon Musk dislikes. After criticism, the company rows back.
golem.de/news/twitter-x-drosselt-das-oeffnen-unliebsamer-links-2308-176790.html
Rough Translation on Apple Podcasts: How are the things we're talking about being talked about somewhere else in the world? Gregory Warner tells stories that ...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rough-translation/id1268047665
Substack wants to make itself a better place for readers, not just writers: Substack wants to make the platform a better place for readers and will be adding ...
theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827490/substack-better-readers-writers-newsletters
Here are 20 books we’re excited to read this fall: Even for diehard summer fans, the season must change, and a good book is one of the best consolations of fall ...
bostonglobe.com/2023/08/24/arts/here-are-20-books-were-excited-read-this-fall/
Elon Musk's X slowing down traffic to websites he dislikes: Delayed websites include Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Substack, as well as the Reuters wire ...
nationalpost.com/news/world/elon-musk-slows-down-traffic-to-websites-he-dislikes
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Quick Glance: Elon Musk Impedes Access to Disliked Websites
- The company previously known as Twitter is slowing down access to links of New York Times, Facebook, and other news organizations and online competitors.
- Delayed websites include Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Substack, Reuters, and the Times.
- A user reported the delays on Tuesday in the technology discussion forum Hacker News.
- We are concerned about targeted pressure on news organizations for unclear reasons.
The Women’s Magazines of 2023 Are in a Facebook Group and Your Inbox: People still want to know what to wear and what is actually worth buying — and they want to ...
nytimes.com/2023/08/05/business/womens-magazines-facebook-social-media.html
Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links: Twitter users trying to find links to Meta’s microblogging rival Threads using the ...
theverge.com/2023/7/11/23790834/twitter-search-for-threads-urls-broken-zero-results
Crowdfunding: Earning money with Steady, Patreon and Co.: On crowdfunding platforms like Steady, content creators get paid directly by their fans for content ...
heise.de/hintergrund/Crowdfunding-Geld-verdienen-mit-Steady-Patreon-und-Co-9226951.html
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Threads isn’t the only potential ‘Twitter killer’ — here’s the competition: With Twitter in a state of flux, other social media apps have emerged ...
polygon.com/23786983/best-twitter-alternative-threads-meta-bluesky-mastodon
One of Reddit’s biggest communities is suggesting users move to Discord: r/malefashionadvice, the biggest Reddit community still inaccessible in protest of ...
theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794110/reddit-male-fashion-advice-protest-discord-substack
Reddit Beef: One of the largest communities wants to move to Discord: For weeks Reddit and many subreddits have been at loggerheads over new API pricing that has ...
t3n.de/news/reddit-beef-community-discord-substack-rmalefashionadvice-1564619/
3 Fashion Newsletters By Black Women That You Should Be Reading: Newsletters are the new interactive blogs.
essence.com/fashion/3-fashion-newsletters-by-black-women-that-you-should-be-reading/
‘What if My Partner Judges Me for Writing Smut?’: ‘Hola Papi’ advice columnist J.P. Brammer responds to a reader whose partner of 20 years doesn’t know about ...
thecut.com/article/hola-papi-i-write-erotica-partner-doesnt-know.html
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