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A project by regina doman on what we can save in our decaying culture and pass on to the next generation. Particularly from the perspective of a Catholic homemaker. Enter your email to subscribe or click "I'd rather just read it" or the X to read it.

A woman's perspective on Christian living. Insightful.

- Joseph Hex

The Library of Celaeno

By Librarian of Celaeno

The Library of Celaeno is a cosmic repository of wisdom located deep in the Taurus Constellation.

Unlike all of us goobers who've read a book or two and suddenly think we're historians, The Librarian is the real deal. A true scholar and a gentleman.

- Joseph Hex

The Lake of Lerna

By Yakubian Ape

A collection of gonzo musings, opinions, and light exploration on culture, both high and low, popular and niche, the individuals that create it, and the beasts that haunt it, among other things.

The history of the internet written by a natural comedian. Long-form essays. Excellent writing. Lots of laughs. Bizarre topics. Always compelling.

- Joseph Hex

The Freedom Scale

By Christopher Cook

Human rights. Philosophical fury. The impermissibility of the state. A way out of the darkness. The world has gone insane—we already know that. Now…where do we go from here?

Freedom Music Friday is great fun, and he communicates Libertarian ideals with practicality and panache.

- Joseph Hex

1, by Jonathan Yagel

The single best insight I found last week, in 1 minute or less.

What a great idea. In five years you'll be the same person except for the people you meet and the things you read. Yagel shakes things up for us mentally. We need that.

- Joseph Hex

New Right Poast

By Dudley Newright

Making sense of the New Right. The best tweets, threads, video, audio, and longreads -- all in one cozy newsletter. Publishing biweekly.

This guy brings it all together in an entertaining and enlightening way. This kind of work turns a mob into a movement. That's power, my friends, that's power.

- Joseph Hex

Anarchonomicon

By Kulak

Extremist in Extremis

This dirty Kulak deserves death for being so prolific and brilliant. Lots of "Ah-Ha" moments and interesting, outside-the-box thinking. Great!

- Joseph Hex

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell

The Starfire Codes by Demi Pietchell explores spirituality, survival, metaphysics, media, and the truth. Join us at starfirecodes.com

Demi loves her people and it shows. Subscribe for encouragement, great memes, and interesting discussion.

- Joseph Hex

The Upheaval

By N.S. Lyons (The Upheaval)

Exploring the shared upheavals of our era, including technological and cultural change, the ideological revolution consuming the West, the rise of China, and the crisis of liberalism.

Long-form essays that explain the world from a uniquely Eastern perspective. Your brain will be bigger, I promise.

- Joseph Hex

Racket News

By Matt Taibbi

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.

The granddaddy of Substack success. You see why. Meticulous research and reporting. Also, the weekly podcast is a lot of fun. Get informed!

- Joseph Hex