planned to do some writing today but i seem to be coming down with a cold and the words just aren't coming out. tea and rimworld it is.
when i started my newsletter i thought about trying to publish on a scheduled cadence (e.g. "every thursday"), but i have to say i am very glad i didn't. by now my subscribers still trust that i publish regularly, but i don't have to try to force things if life gets in the way.
kind of thought that "edible portion" would go without saying
this does throw a wrench in my plans to sue Trader Joe's for not accurately informing me about the nutrition of all these date pits i've been consuming, though
for the first time since opening my store, every single item is in stock!
![An array of stickers, including various sizes of "[citation needed]" stickers, ignore all previous instructions stickers, "Anti Crypto Cryptid Club" stickers with bigfoot and mothman, and an ignore all previous instructions print](https://storage.mollywhite.net/micro/1bd3c931bd86ec265024_stickers.jpg)
We can build the web that we want to see. Watch the recording of my talk from XOXO!
smol [citation needed] stickers are in stock, and these ones have white underprinting so they show up better on bright backgrounds!
![Molly’s hand holding a bright turquoise notebook, with a transparent sticker featuring the [citation needed] text from Wikipedia. The sticker is 3" x 0.5" (7.6cm x 1.25cm).](https://storage.mollywhite.net/micro/9d27556495f1f08ec5b0_DSC00193.JPG)
Citation Needed
Why did the former Alameda Research CEO receive only two years imprisonment for her role in the FTX collapse?
Read · Oct 2, 2024
got some sunnier photos of my little friends
A lot of Taylor Lorenz’s announcement about going independent resonates so strongly that it’s hard to pick just one paragraph to quote.
I’ve always operated in a weird liminal space, often labeled as an “influencer” or content creator as much as a journalist. And I am, and have always been, both. But the legacy media is not set up for people like me. The truth is that in today's media environment, these distinctions are meaningless. We are all part of the same media ecosystem; we can all have a voice online. These artificial lines were demolished years ago. The journalists I’m most inspired by today are those who have taken their voices back into their own hands— independent content creators who challenge powerful institutions and carve out their own space in a crowded media landscape. By going independent, I hope to do more of what I love: helping people understand the world around them, inspiring them to build a better internet, holding power to account, and honestly, having a lot more fun!! I want to do all of this without worrying about some corporate overlord and without the constraints of institutions that, at times, are more concerned with optics than with challenging power. I want to experiment with new formats in storytelling without navigating a vast corporate bureaucracy. I want to be able to write freely and speak directly to people via Substack, TikTok, YouTube, my podcast, and run my silly meme pages.
