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Hi all. I’m hoping that you are enjoying the newsletter with its mix of bleak analyses of our current fascist nightmare and (sometimes also bleak, but sometimes not) discussion films/music/culture.

If you are! You should be aware it’s a tough time for independent journalists. I’ve lost numerous major clients in the first half of 2025, and finding others is…challenging. So I depend on you all increasingly to keep me afloat and scribbling.

So! If you do like the newsletter, consider becoming a paid subscriber. It’s $50/year, $5/month. Your contribution helps me keep going, and ensures that I can keep the newsletter free for everyone.

As a bonus! I just discovered I still have four copies of my full length poetry collection Not Akhmatova sitting here on my desk. I’d love to send signed copies to the first four people who join today with an annual sub. (If you give me your address!)

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Thanks everyone. We will be back with more scribbling soon!