> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://pete.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hello 2024 - URL: https://pete.news/hellocomputer/hello-2024/ - Published: 2024-01-28T20:39:55.000Z - Updated: 2024-01-28T20:39:55.000Z - Description: Hello 2024. Let's reboot this newsletter one more time. - Author: Pete Carr - Tags: HelloComputer, #HelloComputer, 2024 ## Viewscreen This week’s photos are from New York on 1st January, 2017\. Everywhere was closed so we took a wander across the Brooklyn Bridge. ![A Verizon building stands tall over other buildings in NYC.A Verizon building stands tall over other buildings in NYC.](https://pete.news/content/images/2024/01/L1090798-pete-carr.jpg) ## Captain’s Log Hello 2024\. Lets reboot this newsletter one more time. It’s the end of January and a fine happy new year to you all. I realise it’s nearly February but I have a valid reason for being late. There were… nazis. Late last year, against my instincts because [Substack has a history of being dicks](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/substack-backlash/?guccounter=1), I rejoined Substack. I felt like I was failing as a writer by being out on my own. Maybe having the social network of Substack would help, despite the people who run it being dicks. I rejoined and a couple of months later the site had a nazi problem. Is it so surprising that a site run by people who are fine with transphobic content develops a nazi problem too? So I left, again, at Christmas of all times. I spent January trying to figure out where to host this newsletter. Balancing features, costs and options was tricky. Eventually my autistic side got lost in it all and I couldn’t make a decision on what to do next. Another week went by and slowly I managed to make a system that worked… hopefully. The people who make Ghost do not endorse this setup. So let’s see how this goes. An all new site, [Pete.News](https://pete.news/). If you get this, do let me know if it's working OK. Just for transparency, I’m still subscribed to newsletters on Substack. The writers are good. The technology is good. I don’t blame anyone for using it. Maybe have an exit plan. If you’d like to read up on the Substack situation here are some solid links. - [Substack’s Founders Dive Headfirst Into the Culture Wars | Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/substacks-founders-dive-headfirst-into-the-culture-wars) - [Substack creators are leaving the platform over misinformation and hate speech | Mashable](https://mashable.com/article/substack-writers-leaving-misinformation) - [Substack faces backlash over the writers it supports with big advances | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/substack-backlash/?guccounter=1) - [Substack Turns On Its ‘Nazis Welcome!’ Sign | Techdirt](https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/26/substack-turns-on-its-nazis-welcome-sign/) - [Why Platformer is leaving Substack](https://www.platformer.news/why-platformer-is-leaving-substack/) - [Substack’s moderation battle: all the latest news](https://www.theverge.com/24040685/substack-newsletters-nazi-content-moderation-policy) - [Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content](https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011232/substack-nazi-moderation-demonetization-hamish-mckenzie) - [Leaving Substack (Again)](https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/leaving-substack-again/?ref=second-breakfast-newsletter) - [Citation Needed has a new home](https://citationneeded.news/citation-needed-has-a-new-home/) - [Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details](https://citationneeded.news/substack-to-self-hosted-ghost/) - [Substack co-founder says ‘we don’t like or condone bigotry,’ doesn’t explain how Notes will moderate it](https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/24/23696530/substack-notes-moderation-bigotry-chris-best) - [Ban Nazis, Unban Sex Workers on Substack](https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/ban-nazis-unban-sex-workers-on-substack) ![A small church is lit by evening sunlight and stands next to the Brooklyn Bridge. A couple of people walk past the church.A small church is lit by evening sunlight and stands next to the Brooklyn Bridge. A couple of people walk past the church.](https://pete.news/content/images/2024/01/L1090845-pete-carr.jpg) --- No big story this week. This post is mainly a test to see if everything works OK. I have been having lots of thoughts over the past month so there’s stuff coming. - Yearly Theme Update - Starting ADHD meds (they came 5 months early!) - Getting hearing aids - Thoughts on dopamine sources - Something something LGBTQ+ History Month If this system holds up, regular newsletters will be coming through Febuary via [Pete.News](https://pete.news/). --- ![Various buildings in Manhattan lit by the afternoon sun. One is twisty.](https://pete.news/content/images/2024/01/L1090803-pete-carr.jpg) --- ## ![People walking across the Brooklyn Bridge in the afternoon sun. ](https://pete.news/content/images/2024/01/L1090797-pete-carr.jpg)