So, a handful of folks have observed, and quite rightly so, that Substack seems to be pushing previously-known and high profile personalities on all of us in the form of our Notes feeds.
The hell of it is, Joseph, I never intended to write pieces like this when I joined Substack 3 years ago. I'm a genre fiction author, a small press guy. I mostly just want to tell stories. But every now and again, something like Obeidallah'a steaming word-turd lands in front of me, and I end up responding.
Can't agree with this enough. This needs to be magnified.
The hell of it is, Joseph, I never intended to write pieces like this when I joined Substack 3 years ago. I'm a genre fiction author, a small press guy. I mostly just want to tell stories. But every now and again, something like Obeidallah'a steaming word-turd lands in front of me, and I end up responding.
"When the brains were handed out, did you actively select a broken one?" said Dr. Frankenstein to Igor.
"Bipedal weasel in a skin suit"- duly noted.