When you are putting together a post it can be easy to accidentally have it set for "Paid subscribers only" because that is what Substack has as the default. You have to change it for every post.
Oh man, I bet Elon's gonna be a bitch about it. Using his useless, unsellable trucks for target practice? That's gonna hurt his ego. I don't think he'll do this, unless they pay him full price for those trucks. And why would they do that?
I mean they could be making sure they can target electric vehicles but there's way cheaper ways to do it. Though of course the army has never been known to save a dollar when it can spend 2 more.
Yeah, they could get junk cars that still barely run from any junkyard and use those for so much cheaper. I feel like they're doing this to personally insult Elon. I kinda love that part of it, but I hate our military paying Elon ANY money whatsoever.
"If you wanted to put the brakes on technology developments and take a close look at them under this political situation—the distribution of power between Republicans and Democrats—that’s really not going to happen. The door is pretty open to the interpenetration of high tech and the Defense Department.”
That doesn't sound very good. Anywho, they can have my beat up Subaru sedan for a million bucks, cuz I don't know what it's gonna take to destroy that thing. It'll be good practice.
If the Girl Scout article is gonna be the Open Thread, I guess I'm done for the day. Or I could just read and post non comments on the Movie night thread.
I don't like apps. I'm a computer person, I barely understand smartphones. I use mine to call and text and occasionally consult a map. I don't doomscroll.
I cant read Andrew's post because my subscription is grandfathered in from pre-substack. I don't pay the substack surcharge so I guess I don't exist any more.
Just what I came here to ask. I was able to read the whole story for free, but when I tried to reply, the Reply button wasn't there, and when I refreshed the page, it was suddenly behind a paywall. Which is weird, cause Wonkette said that would never be the case? Maybe they were hacked.
I really hope this doesn't become pay-to-read. There are so many sites I used to visit for liberal news, and they are all going behind paywalls. New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, the former Gawker sites...where else am I supposed to go for news that does not insult my intelligence?
I think this will turn out to be the case. I pay by the year as a one-time donation and even if it were their intention to paywall the article, they would be cutting off the Patreon and other non-Substack paying non-commentors.
I'm sure this is a momentary misunderstanding, and I urge folks not to go away until it's resolved or clarified.
Has something happened with non-comments? At the Sunday morning thread, I was told I had to join Substack to see the thread, and to download the Substack AP, but this didn’t seem to work intuitively. Do we now have to formerly join through Substack? What about our existing PayPal accounts, because I don’t know how to cancel those
If you have multiple Substack or google accounts, and you inadvertently sign in using the wrong one, Substack will think you're a new user and prompt you to sign in. Also you could try turning it off and turning it back on again, that's the only thing I know that works.
I got the same thing. I read the article and was reading the non comments and even posting a few non comments but could not 'like' any non comments. Now I can't even read the article.
I think it's just a mistake. Things like this have happened before (not being able to like a post or comment), but not being blocked completely from reading.
I suspect it's just a glitch or a setting that needs to be changed.
Florida’s universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape higher education in a conservative mold aren’t just targeting Ivy League elites. They’re stripping millions from Florida universities — and the state’s Republican governor is happy to help.
Florida’s terminated NIH and NSF grants eclipse $170 million in total federal funding over recent year {with} (a)t least $80 million in obligated but unspent money is estimated to be lost by Florida toward these grants, the data shows.
Slightly sprained my ankle running through the woods in my boat shoes to find the dead party.
Yay, the glitch is gone!
Thanks for letting us know!
yay!
And, as if by magic, the Girl Guides article is no longer paywalled.
Thanks to whichever admin fixed this.
THANKS
A friend found himself in some criminal legal trouble out in California.
Another friend remarked "Yeah, he did things that were bad, even by our standards."
It's always possible some hacker REALLY hates the Girl Guides of Canada. That's the conspiracy theory I'm going with.
Epstein.
The "girl guides of Canada" post is saying "This post is for paid subscribers"
Now, I am paying Wonkette regularly, but I didn't know that there was a difference in the eyes of Substack?
When you are putting together a post it can be easy to accidentally have it set for "Paid subscribers only" because that is what Substack has as the default. You have to change it for every post.
Oh wow, one little "oops", and hundreds are freaking out in the earlier thread!
Sure thing.
Scary how well I blend in. No thought of scrolling down and see if anyone else had noticed it already :-)
It's a glitch of some sort. It's happened before.
We're thinking it's a glitch or hack.
OK.
I'll be sure to complain like a little, herm, complaining type of person if it recurs
;-)
The U.S. Air Force is trying to acquire Tesla Cybertrucks to use as missile targets in battlefield training. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/air-force-bid-for-tesla-cybertrucks-in-target-practice-symbolizes-the-evolving-relationship-between-the-pentagon-and-big-tech-expert-says/ar-AA1KfiBx
There are two possibilities, either Trump wants to blow up Elon's signature accomplishment or this is an excuse to funnel money to Tesla.
I'm gonna go with your second theory.
Oh man, I bet Elon's gonna be a bitch about it. Using his useless, unsellable trucks for target practice? That's gonna hurt his ego. I don't think he'll do this, unless they pay him full price for those trucks. And why would they do that?
Are we sure this isn't an onion article? I mean, you can buy a 74 plymouth for 50 bucks and it still runs.
I mean they could be making sure they can target electric vehicles but there's way cheaper ways to do it. Though of course the army has never been known to save a dollar when it can spend 2 more.
Yeah, they could get junk cars that still barely run from any junkyard and use those for so much cheaper. I feel like they're doing this to personally insult Elon. I kinda love that part of it, but I hate our military paying Elon ANY money whatsoever.
This story was originally featured on Fortune.com. Also too, the 74 Plymouth is worth more than a Cybertruck and much better looking.
In a few months, a memo instructing tanks deploying in areas where there might be cybertrucks to be equipped with fire hoses.
That's one way to get rid of excess inventory- at the taxpayer's expense.
Or, they want to train the air force to attack civilian targets.
Do they need to be trained in that? Most armies have killing civilians down pat.
Why not both?
"If you wanted to put the brakes on technology developments and take a close look at them under this political situation—the distribution of power between Republicans and Democrats—that’s really not going to happen. The door is pretty open to the interpenetration of high tech and the Defense Department.”
That doesn't sound very good. Anywho, they can have my beat up Subaru sedan for a million bucks, cuz I don't know what it's gonna take to destroy that thing. It'll be good practice.
At least those trucks are good for something.
They'll probably make the missiles spontaneously fail to detonate.
Ha!
On the bright side, I will probably accomplish more this afternoon.
Oh look, baseball! Never mind.
If the Girl Scout article is gonna be the Open Thread, I guess I'm done for the day. Or I could just read and post non comments on the Movie night thread.
Welcome to the outcast club!
This is a refugee camp. Someone needs to be from the UN.
At least something works!
Paywalled out of the current post because I don't (and will not) use the app.
I don't like apps. I'm a computer person, I barely understand smartphones. I use mine to call and text and occasionally consult a map. I don't doomscroll.
being on the app does not help. On the app it's helpfully marked with a little padlock and all.
I tried to use it, and even then it didn't work. And this time it isn't Apple's fault.
The world would be a better place if moar people would pull their head outta their app.
I will not move to the app. I hate fucking apps and resent when I am forced to use them.
And I subscribe but not via Substack.
I tried the app. It was not good.
Fuck apps.
I hate doing things (especially typing) on my phone.
I hated it too until my son showed me the swipe keyboard. Just drag your finger over the words, and about 90% of them come out right the first time.
Yeah, if I typed my posts with 2 thumbs they'd be incoherent
Same here!
It appears Wonkette just paywalled itself, unless you download an ap for IoS or Android.
Bye, everyone. I'm on a desktop computer.
Same on a PC laptop running Chrome.
I think this is just a Substack glitch that we've seen before.
I can't get past it, except on this thread.
That's what I'm guessing. Or hackers.
I cant read Andrew's post because my subscription is grandfathered in from pre-substack. I don't pay the substack surcharge so I guess I don't exist any more.
Yup.
I have plenty of non-Wonkette things I can do instead.
Just what I came here to ask. I was able to read the whole story for free, but when I tried to reply, the Reply button wasn't there, and when I refreshed the page, it was suddenly behind a paywall. Which is weird, cause Wonkette said that would never be the case? Maybe they were hacked.
I really hope this doesn't become pay-to-read. There are so many sites I used to visit for liberal news, and they are all going behind paywalls. New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, the former Gawker sites...where else am I supposed to go for news that does not insult my intelligence?
Nah. Something happened with Substack I imagine. Rebecca or Dok could fix it but I don't want to email them on a Sunday.
I think this will turn out to be the case. I pay by the year as a one-time donation and even if it were their intention to paywall the article, they would be cutting off the Patreon and other non-Substack paying non-commentors.
I'm sure this is a momentary misunderstanding, and I urge folks not to go away until it's resolved or clarified.
oh good!
I subscribe via Patreon and not Substack.
Why this all of a sudden?
Because it's a fuckup
Has something happened with non-comments? At the Sunday morning thread, I was told I had to join Substack to see the thread, and to download the Substack AP, but this didn’t seem to work intuitively. Do we now have to formerly join through Substack? What about our existing PayPal accounts, because I don’t know how to cancel those
If you have multiple Substack or google accounts, and you inadvertently sign in using the wrong one, Substack will think you're a new user and prompt you to sign in. Also you could try turning it off and turning it back on again, that's the only thing I know that works.
I wonder if their site is glitching or if they've been hacked, this is very strange.
This. I can't even read the Girl Guides thread now. I *am* a paid subscriber via Patreon. I've never not been able to access an article like this. :(
Thanks Ziggy
Hey new thread is now saying it's subscriber-only :(
Yep. Same.
I got the same thing. I read the article and was reading the non comments and even posting a few non comments but could not 'like' any non comments. Now I can't even read the article.
And I had a really apt story about visiting Canada with my Brownie troop when I was 10!
The exact same thing happened to me. I can't even access it now.
seriously, what is the with the sudden change?
I think it's just a mistake. Things like this have happened before (not being able to like a post or comment), but not being blocked completely from reading.
I suspect it's just a glitch or a setting that needs to be changed.
Substack taking lessons from Disqus now?
*shoulder shrug*
Florida’s universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape higher education in a conservative mold aren’t just targeting Ivy League elites. They’re stripping millions from Florida universities — and the state’s Republican governor is happy to help.
Florida’s terminated NIH and NSF grants eclipse $170 million in total federal funding over recent year {with} (a)t least $80 million in obligated but unspent money is estimated to be lost by Florida toward these grants, the data shows.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/floridas-universities-face-research-overhaul-courtesy-of-trump-and-desantis-00499572
When you have a state full of retirees you don't need no stinking education, research, or investment.
Most faculty with any sense have been fleeing Florida colleges and universities.