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Look, the digital landscape is shifting like a damn landslide, and we need to talk about it. Thistle and Moss has never been just some newsletter you scroll past while taking your morning shit—it’s a living, breathing ecosystem where ancient druidic wisdom digs its roots deep into the messy, complicated soil of modern progressive activism. It’s where the sharp, protective thorns of the thistle tell fascists to fuck right off while the soft, resilient moss cushions our collective trauma.
This space is a convergence point—a sacred grove where earth-based spirituality, real-talk healing work, and unflinching political commentary tangle together like brambles. We don’t just observe what’s happening; we get our hands dirty in the raw, pulsing heartbeat of social transformation, feeling its rhythm shake our bones, tasting the bitter-metal tang of necessary change.
But here’s the thing: Substack’s ground has turned to quicksand. Recent security breaches tore holes in their infrastructure, and their cozy embrace of far-right shitheads has poisoned the whole damn well. When a platform can’t maintain basic security while rolling out the red carpet for dangerous extremists, it’s time to pull up our roots and scatter our seeds somewhere that isn’t actively rotting.
So here’s where our actual content lives now:
Our live sessions pulse strongest on YouTube - Wendy The Druid, where your comments flow like wild rivers during broadcasts, creating real-time magic together. We’re also streaming on PeerTube - Spectra Video—a decentralized platform that corporate overlords and fascist sympathizers can’t fucking touch.
For those who want the bleeding edge, Stream Place offers ATProto-powered streaming—just login with your Bluesky account, no bullshit gatekeeping. And yeah, Bluesky is where you’ll get notifications when we go live, keeping you plugged into the community heartbeat.
And listen—subscribe through our actual domain, not through Substack. This keeps us connected when we finally cut that cord.
Here’s what you need to know: In four months, Substack won’t host our live content anymore. Period. It’ll just be a place for notes and comment threads while our real work—the meditations, political deep-dives, healing circles, community gatherings—lives exclusively across these independent spaces.
