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Resets Refunds and Renaissance Fairs of Togetherness (opens the original)
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Hello Substack readers!Thanks for supporting Pesca Profundities all these years! A few of you have reached out to us to say that the support has been worth it, but now that the page as we know it has changed significantly (i.e., far fewer posts), you think your monetary contribution should be redirected elsewhere. Among the potential beneficiaries that have been mentioned: buying Haley Stevens singing lessons, or a new social media app called Pic Poc, which is entirely thieves and street urchins
Gisty Headlines With Little to No Context (opens the original)
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It has been about a month since we stopped doing the Gist List, but I still see a bizarre headline that will make me think, “This would be a great one for The Gist List!”Just last night, Gist List Doyenne (and growing ever more employable by the day) Kathleen sent me the following message.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!A6VN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59
Is That BS? Can Wind Actually Burn Your Skin? (opens the original)
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Editor’s note: We originally intended to run this alongside The Gist’s episode on windburn, but as you know, The Gist is ending after 12 years. This was ’s write-up about windburn. If you like it, you should follow her over at her Substack: Subscribe to Ou
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