The Week in Botany has moved
The Week in Botany is now sent via Buttondown.
You may be aware that Substack hosts and profits from Nazi content. They’ve said that while they don’t like Nazis, if they didn’t promote and profit from these newsletters, the Nazis would only become more influential.
We’re assuming they’re speaking in good faith when they say this. So, as we’d like Botany to become more influential in society, moving from Substack seems like a good idea. This way, we get the benefits of being unpromoted by Substack.
If it turns out that Substack isn’t acting in good faith, then we’re better off away from the site anyway.
As the newsletter is funded by a non-profit company, this is a decision we can make. We appreciate it’s not a decision every Substack author can make.
The company’s defense boils down to the fact that nothing that bad has happened yet. But we have seen this movie before, from Alex Jones to anti-vaxxers to QAnon, and will not remain to watch it play out again.
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