👀 OK Doomer. It's you. You are the doomer.
👀 OK Doomer. It's you. You are the doomer.
#320 | A place for honest opinions
If you've been following Just One Thing for a while, you'll know that we moved publishing platforms over to Substack a few months ago. This was preceded by a switch The Kable (my day job) made to Substack.
Like any other platform, Substack too has a recommendation algorithm. However, the platform is too US-centric for its recommendations to resonate. One, however, stood out for me. Which is our Thing for today: OK Doomer.
OK Doomer is used to be a newsletter written by Jessica Wildfire, covering a variety of topics, including politics, culture, education, and the climate crisis, with, in the words of the creator, "an unfiltered but empathetic perspective."
I first encountered it on Substack but it moved to its own site a few months ago. That rare instance when I'm grateful for an algorithmic recommendation and even more grateful that OK Doomer moved away from Substack only after I got a chance to experience it.
And I can't recommend it enough. The writing is top-notch, and the perspectives - on public health especially - are starkly and refreshingly different from what you'd get with mainstream media. I mean, when did you last wear a mask in public? And it is obvious that each post has been crafted with much thought and attention. The most recent ones that stayed with me are this one and this.
Unlike what the name might suggest, OK Doomer isn't all doom and gloom though, even if world events might necessitate just that. Go ahead. Give it a read. If you like what you see, maybe sign up for a paid plan. It won't cost you much but will help keep great writing alive longer.
Baaa.