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I think you are doing the right thing. Your voice is needed.

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I agree, I'm so relieved to know we'll at least keep hearing from you. Your books have given me a brand new perspective on history I lived through! I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what went on during my lifetime, but I've learned so much from your books. We really need your insight during this election year.

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Thank you both, I really appreciate it

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The infrastructure of our society makes it impossible to avoid providing revenue to the baddies.

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Ain’t that the truth

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There is no way to live with a pure heart, clean hands, and food on the table. This is hardly the worst compromise any of us will make.

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I'm easygoing. If you seamlessly move out of Substack, fine. If you stay, equally fine. Because Substack gives Nazis a soapbox, megaphone, and town square, well, that's annoying. I wish that weren't true, but we may have to take the Substack we get, not the one we want.

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I'm just happy to be able to get what you write no matter where you land.

Miss you on twitter hellscape.

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Happy New Year to you too! Maybe if we all complain to the Substack Powers That Be about the Nazis more or less continuously, they'll get sick of us and clean up their act. Squeaky wheels, etc.

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I'm definitely not done on that front!

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Yeah, the lock-in is strong these days. You acknowledge the substack Nazi problem, so it's not like you're being dishonest or shady (only Substack is).

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Only other substack newsletter I pay for that is also planning on leaving Substack is Craig Calcaterra’s Cup of Coffee. He’s has been looking at Buttondown. I know nothing about it but he say the transition would be seamless for subscribers since they use Stripe for payment management (or something like that), can even have a custom url from what he wrote about recently. Only concern is they don’t currently have a comments section but from what I understand they will be rolling that out this month. Maybe an option?

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As someone who is still posting to X (the dumpster fire formerly known as Twitter) I can understand how disappointing it must be for you to continue using this site. But I’m staying with you! Be the diamond in the rough. 👍🏻

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Happy New Year! I figured a move might be difficult. No worries but in the meantime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzHLPnGuVSQ

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Thank you for staying. I’m so tired of getting chased from site to site - gotta take a stand somewhere.

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Thanks for the update Kevin. I’ve been under a rock and didn’t know you were writing a book. What’s it about (if you don’t mind me asking).

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I don't mind at all! It's about the Civil Rights Division in the 1960s. Here's a sample:

https://kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/work-in-progress-the-battle-of-oxford

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Here to support your work. Hopefully you’ll find a solution. But not going anywhere until you do.

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Whatever you decide I'm sticking with you.

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I read in another substack that Platforma is targeting the payment processor that Substack uses called Stripe. There is a meeting next week. Outside my follows so no idea if it is as meaningful as it was claimed.

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I've been struggling with the mechanics and trade-offs of moving, too. (And with working through which features/attributes/etc I'd be giving up are actually essential vs just what I'm used to.)

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It’s a huge pain, good luck and keep me posted

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