100% confirming this is the common mythology, being told as far back as 1992.
If you, like me, grew up in the United States of America, you’ve probably heard a story of the late 1970s and early 1980s that goes something like this: “In the 70s, Carter’s liberal big-government policies resulted in runaway inflation. Reagan came in and defeated inflation, and produced an economic boom with deregulation and tax cuts. Reagan also embarked on a massive defense spending binge which, although it increased the deficit a lot, forced the USSR to bankrupt itself trying to keep up, and thus won the Cold War.”
100% confirming this is the common mythology, being told as far back as 1992.
Carter was also criticized for being weak on defense, but he was also the one to authorize the Advanced Technology Bomber, which became the B-2 Spirit, an important step in stealth technology...
Carter was also criticized for being weak on defense, but he was also the one to authorize the Advanced Technology Bomber, which became the B-2 Spirit, an important step in stealth technology development.
Offtopic but related: Is there a better way to read Substack than Substack proper? I get a sense that the platform doesn't give two fucks about the reader, given that they bar you from reading the...
Offtopic but related:
Is there a better way to read Substack than Substack proper? I get a sense that the platform doesn't give two fucks about the reader, given that they bar you from reading the rest of the piece until you SUBSCRIBE or remove the prompt to every single time.
If you're on desktop, I'd recommend using uBlock Origin (or any similar extension) to disable javascript by default. Enabling javascript for a website for the rest of the session is just two...
If you're on desktop, I'd recommend using uBlock Origin (or any similar extension) to disable javascript by default.
Enabling javascript for a website for the rest of the session is just two clicks and it's one more to enable it permanently.
So many websites that are linked on aggregation sites go from unbearable to a decent reading experience with javascript disabled.
I use uBlock Origin, but I've never considered using it to disable JS. Substack is perfectly readable now. Neat! Thanks for the idea! P.S. When you disable JS, Substack pops up an annoying little...
I use uBlock Origin, but I've never considered using it to disable JS.
Substack is perfectly readable now. Neat! Thanks for the idea!
P.S. When you disable JS, Substack pops up an annoying little bar at the bottom of the page prompting you to turn it on because Substack don't work all that well without it... for some reason, and despite serving static content. We've been in that stage of the Web for a while, but this is a rare occasion where I witness it first-hand.
Either a lot of authors don't give a fuck about you reading the piece, or Substack as a platform doesn't. That's my take, after seeing all the prompts sliding up at every single article of...
Either a lot of authors don't give a fuck about you reading the piece, or Substack as a platform doesn't. That's my take, after seeing all the prompts sliding up at every single article of interest I'd opened in the last three months or so.
100% confirming this is the common mythology, being told as far back as 1992.
Carter was also criticized for being weak on defense, but he was also the one to authorize the Advanced Technology Bomber, which became the B-2 Spirit, an important step in stealth technology development.
Offtopic but related:
Is there a better way to read Substack than Substack proper? I get a sense that the platform doesn't give two fucks about the reader, given that they bar you from reading the rest of the piece until you SUBSCRIBE or remove the prompt to every single time.
If you're on desktop, I'd recommend using uBlock Origin (or any similar extension) to disable javascript by default.
Enabling javascript for a website for the rest of the session is just two clicks and it's one more to enable it permanently.
So many websites that are linked on aggregation sites go from unbearable to a decent reading experience with javascript disabled.
I use uBlock Origin, but I've never considered using it to disable JS.
Substack is perfectly readable now. Neat! Thanks for the idea!
P.S. When you disable JS, Substack pops up an annoying little bar at the bottom of the page prompting you to turn it on because Substack don't work all that well without it... for some reason, and despite serving static content. We've been in that stage of the Web for a while, but this is a rare occasion where I witness it first-hand.
I use RSS for the Substacks I read regularly.
Firefox Reader Mode on Desktop and Android does well.
Isn't that an option exercised by the author? I sure thought so. If not, I'm less likely to ever use Substack myself.
Either a lot of authors don't give a fuck about you reading the piece, or Substack as a platform doesn't. That's my take, after seeing all the prompts sliding up at every single article of interest I'd opened in the last three months or so.