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Dan Rather
Personal blog · steady.substack.compoliticsculture
Dan Rather writes Steady, a personal blog at steady.substack.com about politics and culture. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dan Rather's Substack in threads on RSS and a Utah fluoride ban. The comments discuss RSS discoverability and taxes, and none judge the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.
What Hacker News says?
RSS as branding - well, I've tried to sell people on it for years. I actually worked at an RSS aggregator startup for 7 years, so I spent a while pushing it. You say "RSS" to most people and their eyes glaze over. >The subscription process is simplicity itself You must've found some different sites than I have, because even sites that have a feed don't make it obvious how. For instance, check out Substack, ex: https…
Comment linking /p/america-the-beautiful
on “I Still Use RSS”Submitted The Purge as a story · 3 points
HN discussion>what do you mean by that I mean, raise taxes on businesses (wanna guess how many walmart employees are on government aid, i.e how much we tax payers are directly subsidizing their exorbitant profits while they pay their employees below a living wage?)Tax the rich, (3 individuals hoard more wealth than 50% of the country combined) + Cut some large percentage of insurance jobs, military spending, and use that money t…
Comment linking /p/women-in-texas-are-dying
on “Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water”Submitted If You See Crazy, Report Crazy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Defense of Science as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Burning Down Yosemite and the Redwoods as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Echoes of January 6 as a story · 1 points
HN discussion