So, it turns out that the downside of being married to a woman with a PhD in Immunology is that I get a narrated description of exactly what’s happening in my body in the days since my first Covid vaccination.

It’s fascinating, but a bit disconcerting…


💉 #1


Six thoughts about the Substack local initiative.


Are we losing the fight on content moderation? If so, what should we do instead?


Hazel, Dora and the leaf skeleton

A girl with a teddy tucked into her coat holding a leaf skeleton.

My first jab booked for Friday! 💉


I think the obsession with newsletters is obscuring the bigger story: that the growing prevalence of publishing platforms with built-in member support is going to change the dynamics of publishing over the next 10 years — and more than we expect.


While pulling together this list of weekend reading I remember thinking how often I was linking to Substack in it.

And then I remembered feeling the same about Medium a few years ago.

This too, shall pass, and the web will endure.


Anyone else using a Mac found that their rate of genuine emails filtered to spam has shot up in recent months?


Hiking dates are a thing? Seems like a good way to destruction test your relationship…