Post No. 3,429 - And another writing platform turns out to be ... flawed

After I left my day job (open to new [NON-engineering] offers now 😊 ), I left a professionals' social media platform when they refused to act against an act of misogyny. After a few years, I rejoined to try to promote my new business, but I am in a different part of that platform where misogynists and other bigots would be drowned out by the users of the platform ... but I am very aware that there are some rabid bigots hating away on parts of that platform - a small proportion, but given the incompetence of whoever made that decision that drove me away, and no doubt countless other decisions, that small proportion is, in effect, protected and covered up. 

It's a micro version of what was done by the E_st__n class and their sock puppets. 

And it happens, to varying extent elsewhere. 

I left another social media platform when some racist commentary by a trans person was responded to with transphobia - both sides were wrong, and it was impossible to respond in any way, shape, or form. (Other social media platforms have been ... so-so.)  

I went to Medium as a writing platform, but they changed their rules just after I arrived and it made trying to earn an impossibility unless you wrote in what I considered a commercial, inauthentic manner. Nevertheless, I did a fair bit of writing there before deciding to put my energy elsewhere (I was still in my former day job, and didn’t have enough energy for what they wanted). 

Now I've gone to SubStack, and, although I haven’t done the spiritual interviews I wanted to do, I am reasonably happy with what I’m doing there. 

It’s slow going - much as this blog didn’t really take off until around 2021, my 15^th year of blogging (with signs of growth from around 2015, my 9^th year of blogging). I don’t have that many years of life left, and I need to get a better income somewhere because of family issues so my efforts will have to go elsewhere.  

But, in terms of the main theme of this post, I had a fair idea there were right wingers somewhere on SubStack - and that has now been confirmed, with one being a particularly appalling person.  

And SubStack has refused to moderate any extremists content ... (see here).  

So ... what do I do? Ghost is apparently better financially, but I am not making any money so that isn’t relevant, and SubStack is apparently simpler - but some reviews swap that order.  

Or do I just return to focusing on this blog ...  

 

Right now I am too exhausted to decide, but when I do make a decision, Dear Reader, I will let you know.  

PS - the writing I do on SubStack is different to the writing I do here, so I will also continue the SubStack writing, but at a lower level of intensity. 

After I made that decision, an author I have respected for some time has posted this:   “Andrew T_ot_ is on Substack. You know what? I’m not leaving. I’ve spent the last four years searching for a home, and I’m not going to let one more misogynist push me off the only platform where I still have a voice. If you’re a man telling me to leave Substack, consider your own privilege. You can just go somewhere else. I can’t.” 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If you appreciated this post, please share it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
and you can support me at PayPal (or PayPal Repeating Support Options) or Ko-Fi 
Any and all support will be greatly appreciated, and will aid me in continuing this work 

 

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2026     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

 

Post No. 3,413 - Another activism email

I sent this to my local Federal MP a few minutes ago.

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Dear Member for _, 

 

Re:  Some recent mews articles on climate misinformation, social media, good religious people, and genocide [content warning for the last item] 

There are some news articles from today and yesterday which I consider worth noting - my apologies if you are already aware of these. 

• Firstly:   “‘Denial machine’: climate misinformation is fuelling conflict in Australian communities, inquiry finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/25/australia-climate-misinformation-social-media   
  I consider addressing these lies to be of great importance - not only for the wellbeing of Australians, but for the survival, or at least quality of existence, of future humans.   
  
  

• Related to the previous article, in that it deals with abuse of communication, is:   “Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds | Social media | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/jury-verdict-us-first-social-media-addiction-trial-meta-youtube   
  As I’ve written previously, I have grave concerns about the risks of privacy breaches and isolation of minority youth created by the age verification aspects of the young people social media ban. Be that as it may, the ban is in place - but it fails, IMO, to address this main problem, which is the unconscionable conduct of social media platforms - which has now been demonstrated by a court decision (albeit in the USA, and with an utterly inconsequential [given Meta's and YouTube's financial scale] fine). That court decision, I suggest, is reason to extend our previous actions aimed at looking after young people to actions that will better look after ALL social media users, whatever their age.   
  
  
• The third news article illustrates something I have been trying to get others in the LGBTQIASB+ communities to realise for DECADES: not all religious people are bad - my (minority) religion is inclusive, and I know there are Christian churches which are inclusive, and activists for inclusion in most religions that discriminate. Other members of the LGBTQIASB+ communities, (pseudo)“journalists” chasing clickbait, and, sadly, a number of politicians have failed to realise that, and as a result have failed to push back against bigotry over the last three decades that this has been of particular concern to me. 
  It must also be noted, however, that the fault also lies with those members of progressive religions, or with progressive views in reactionary religions, who FAIL to speak out against the hate of their fellow religious travellers. 
  Now, however, we have finally got someone who is doing exactly that, as reported in “Democratic rising star extends ‘love’ after Hegseth pastor prays for his death | Democrats | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/james-talarico-pete-hegseth-pastor   
  I would hope that it would be possible to build a database of progressive religious people who are prepared to speak out publicly whenever a reactionary religious adherent promotes hate.   
  
  
• And on hate, one of the most extreme versions of that is genocide. Yesterday a news article expanded on the genocide committed last year in the city of El Fasher, in Darfur, Sudan - one terrible happening in a war full of terrible events that appears to have been largely neglected or ignored by the world.   The article’s details are:   “Heroism, horror and the ‘pits of hell’: inside the last days of El Fasher | Global development | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/25/heroism-horror-and-the-pits-of-hell-inside-the-last-days-of-el-fasher   
  The world has also responded inadequately to the genocide in Gaza, and almost every single genocidal event over the last half century - with the belated response to some of the atrocities during the break up of Yugoslavia being a sort of exception. 
  I have not seen any of the moral outrage and commitment shown, however, to the calamity in Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War.   
  Each mass atrocity is an opportunity for the world to do better - El Fasher and Gaza have been missed, but there is another opportunity now in southern Lebanon:   “The Guardian view on Israel’s war in Lebanon: allies must not accept a repeat of the crimes in Gaza | Editorial | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/25/the-guardian-view-on-israels-war-in-lebanon-allies-must-not-accept-a-repeat-of-the-crimes-in-gaza   
  
  I commend that editorial, and the preceding articles, for consideration by the appropriate people  
  

As always, no reply to this email is necessary, but I am happy for it to be forwarded (preferably de-identified) and to discuss the items further if desired. 

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider: 

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”;  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If you appreciated this post, please share it. I am now on SubStack, Patreon, 
and you can support me at PayPal (or PayPal Repeating Support Options) or Ko-Fi 
Any and all support will be greatly appreciated, and will aid me in continuing this work 

 

Remember: we generally need to be more human being rather than human doing, to mind our Mӕgan, and to acknowledge that all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering” (just as binary gendered [men’s and women’s] sporting teams are either both given the gender descriptor, or neither).

#PsychicABetterWorld   and  

Note that I am cutting back on aspects of my posts - see here, and Gnwmythr is pronounced new-MYTH-ear  

Copyright © Kayleen White 2007-2026     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-ShareAlike basis https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/