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   myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:16:24 JST myrmepropagandist

   *drawing*

   *writing*

   *thinking with intensity*

   *Puts the final touches (with care) on my newsletter about the important thing we should all work together to do*

   "Great now I'll just send it to the evil wizard in the dark tower to broadcast to everyone. For some reason I let him keep a comprehensive list of all my best friends and fans."

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:16:26 JST myrmepropagandist

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     "I can't believe only three people have said anything about my deeply researched and highly entreating masterpiece 'Why Wizards in Dark Towers Are Bad' ... maybe I've lost my creative touch."

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:33:42 JST Rich Felker

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     • Alex Haist

     @futurebird @alexhaist I've always seen "newsletter" as an attempt to make blogging sound "professional". "Zine" is cool, "newsletter" sounds like something MBAs and marketing folks dreamed up.

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     Alex Haist (alexhaist@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:33:44 JST Alex Haist

     in reply to

     @futurebird ... newsletter?

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     myrmepropagandist (futurebird@sauropods.win)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:33:44 JST myrmepropagandist

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     • Alex Haist

     @alexhaist

     I'm old OK. I like a newsletter. A zine with some nice cartoons and a puzzle on the back.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 03:34:55 JST Rich Felker

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     • Alex Haist

     @futurebird @alexhaist And unless I'm mistaken, the previous usage of "newsletter" before Substack was "making spam sent by businesses to customers whose emails they collected sound like something other than spam".