Roll
I first published this list in the February 2022 issue of my monthly newsletter, and update it as I add and delete feeds. You can find snapshots of this page at the Internet Archive. NetNewsWire is a great app for following and reading feeds.
It Is Difficult to Get Someone to Understand Something When Their Salary Depends Upon Their Not Understanding It
On January 13, 2024, I added notes to indicate which writers use Nazi-apologists Substack. Leaving Substack is hard. Writers believe their readers won’t follow them off of Substack, threatening their income. Creating a new publishing process is confusing and time-consuming.
I waited over three months, until April 18, 2024, to stop following the writers who continued to publish on Substack. When they stop using it, I’ll start following their work again.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, I recommend Molly White’s, “Citation Needed has a new home” and Casey’ Newton’s, “Why Platformer is leaving Substack.” Like Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads, WhatsApp), TikTok, and X, Substack does far more harm than good. It’s disappointing that many of my favorite writers don’t seem to care.
These are the writers, none of whom use Substack, whose work I follow:
- Maggie Appleton creates visual essays on programming, design….
- Mandy Brown writes about books.
- Maciej Ceglowski is an activist, adventurer, and technologist.
- Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino writes about design work.
- Shari Eberts writes about living with hearing loss.
- Meryl Evans writes about accessibility and people with disabilities.
- Meghann Featherstone is a sports nutritionist.
- Caitlin Flanagan is a social critic.
- Zinzy Waleson Geene is a researcher, designer, writer, and mentor.
- John Gruber writes about Apple.
- Kieran Healy studies market society and social classification.
- Cat Hicks loves complicated problems and kind people.
- Alex Hutchinson writes about endurance training.
- Stacy-Marie Ishmael is a journalist and editor.
- David Kiesling writes about weight training equipment.
- Erin Kissane helps people understand complex data and ideas.
- Rohan Kumar writes about open source technology.
- Cindy Kuzma writes about running.
- Vu Le writes about nonprofits.
- Matt Levine writes about finance.
- Mary Lin experiments with food I want to eat.
- Sabrina Little is a philosopher who writes about running.
- Herman Martinus likes solving problems. He runs Bear Blog.
- Kyle Merber writes about competitive runners.
- Jen Miller writes about being a freelance writer.
- Greg Nuckols writes lifting weights, and runs Stronger by Science.
- Laura Olin’s newsletter started my addiction. She’s still the best.
- Leon Paternoster writes about web design and politics and….
- Kristen Pathagani writes about science in a world of untrue facts.
- Jonathan Ping writes about personal finance.
- Lincoln Quirk has a technologist’s view of the world.
- Rosemary Richings helps organizations become disability-friendly.
- Jenn Schiffer is a great comedian and a darned good coder.
- Brent Simmons writes about software development.
- Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh is a chemistry professor and ungrading advocate.
- Erin Strout writes about runners.
- Nicole Sullivan writes about technology.
- Melanie Sumner writes about digital accessibility.
- Rebecca Toh is a day-time photographer, night-time writer.
- Chelsea Troy writes about tech and privacy, climate change, and machine learning.
- Jon Paul Uritis writes about working in tech.
- Lea Verou writes about technology.
- Cecily Walker writes about love, values, living in Vancouver….
- Léonie Watson specializes in accessibility and inclusive design.
- Jessamyn West is the coolest librarian.
- Molly White writes about ethics in technology.
- Karen Yin write about Conscious Style, an “approach to language that includes, respects, and empowers.”
- Devon Zuegel writes about incentives, tools for thought, and cities.
Inclusion Rider
These are the Inclusion Rider percentages for my Roll:
- Women (target is at least 51%): 67%
- BIPOC (target is at least 40%): 19%
- People with Disabilities (target is at least 26%): 10%
- LGBTQIA+ (target is at least 7%): 8%