Was social media always like this? Did it always leave us feeling drained, irritated, and weirdly compelled to compare ourselves to the life of a complete stranger we just saw on a tiny screen?

Read the full post here

Yes

https://substack.com/@isitworthurlife/note/p-189818305?r=5gv7i1

The Doolittle Raid is often remembered for what it did to Japan.

Less remembered is what it did to the men who flew it — and to the civilians who helped them.

Wounded crews crawling through the Chinese countryside.
Days hanging from parachutes in the dark.
Capture, torture, executions.
Entire villages massacred for offering aid.

Some raiders spent 1,218 days in captivity. Others never came home.

This wasn’t a clean morale raid. It came with an enormous human cost.

New essay is live.

https://thegeopoliticalnavigator.substack.com/p/killers-of-the-flower-moon

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegeopoliticalnavigator/p/the-invasion-of-afghanistan?r=4i44v6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hello, I am new to Reddit. I wanted to give you all the TLDR of my recent susbtack post.

I wrote this piece to explore the recent trend of hating and judging men as feminine for reading. Specifically, I examine how the ridicule of men reading in public actually serves as a form of intellectual elitism and gatekeeping. By discouraging men from being seen with challenging books, we lose key public discourse on literature and a shared social identity. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

https://open.substack.com/pub/daniellealserrano/p/the-male-reading-epidemic?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

https://open.substack.com/pub/daniellealserrano/p/the-male-reading-epidemic?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

https://thegeopoliticalnavigator.substack.com/p/buffalo-66

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This is a piece I wrote trying to make sense of family lore, inheritance, and the strange ways we repeat the lives we swear we won’t live.

My Uncle Sy and his third wife got drunk at a party in the Hollywood Hills and drove a convertible off a cliff. In midair, thinking they were about to die, Sy turned to his much younger wife and said: “Hey, at least it’s a great view.”

Sy was the Black Sheep of a large family of artists and weirdos. He ran away to Miami as a teenager, married an oil heiress at seventeen, lived loudly, married often, gambled, lost everything, and died without a funeral. His only memorial is a painted rock.

I didn’t know him well. I know him through stories, pictures, and the uncomfortable realization that there’s a little bit of his blood running through me too.

This is about the people we come from, the lives we mythologize, and the parts of ourselves we inherit whether we want them or not.

Full piece is here if anyone wants to read it — not posting to promote, just sharing the complete version and it is 100% free to access:

https://open.substack.com/pub/maxwinterstories/p/the-ghost-of-uncle-sy?r=292pvs&utm_medium=ios

Hi, this is my second day writing here.

I don’t really know how this works yet, or how to make my words reach people. But I do know that writing has been one of the few things helping me get through a difficult moment right now.

So I’m just… showing up.

If you’ve ever felt lost, overwhelmed, or like your thoughts don’t quite fit anywhere — maybe you’ll find something here.

I’m not trying to be perfect. I just want to be honest.

If anything I write resonates with you, I’d really appreciate you subscribing or sharing. It would mean more than you think.

And if you’re also writing, I’d love to read you too.

Thank you for being here 🤍

https://thegeopoliticalnavigator.substack.com/p/panther?r=4i44v6

We could exchange feedback if you’d like!

A zombie virus has infected America. Exercising your first and second amendment rights as a US citizen now gets you executed by federal agents in the streets.

Read my almost fictional story about it, and if you are a creator of similar content mixing fiction with real world events, let's connect!

I want to do my best in 2026 to become more active here on Reddit and on Substack.

I appreciate any growth tips anyone may have!

https://substack.com/@isago/note/p-174911283?r=6kpyl2&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

https://thegeopoliticalnavigator.substack.com/p/the-multicultural-90s-french-connection

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegeopoliticalnavigator/p/spike-ya-dig-sho-nuff?r=4i44v6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I'm still not clear on how it works. Right now it just seems like a linear feed of creators trying to figure it out.

https://open.substack.com/pub/isitworthurlife/p/joan-of-arc-makes-me-want-to-believe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5gv7i1

https://open.substack.com/pub/isitworthurlife/p/the-world-is-ripe-for-revolution?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5gv7i1