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Make a personal website. It can be really simple! Do it for free at neocities.org! But have one of your very own that no one else controls. And start a newsletter. Make sure the service allows you to export and move your subscribers. Okay, now you have some independence and options.

Periodically plug your website and newsletter on your social media so folks who like you have the chance to subscribe. Now when the social media site dies or gets overwhelmed by bigots, you still have a way to connect with folks who like your stuff.

Okay, just for kicks, I threw together a template of a INCREDIBLY BASIC BUT STILL FUNCTIONAL personal website built in HTML. Feel free to check it out! gregpak.nexus/sample/

You could steal this code and sub in your own images and links and text in the key areas and you'd have a very barebones but functional home base. Yep, it's crappy code! Even kinda crappy for HTML in 1999! But it actually... works! Still! In 2025! gregpak.nexus/sample/

Yep, it can be a little daunting. But it's not actually THAT hard if you give it a little time. (And it's actually really fun.)

I want to just add on that if you want a super simple blog to put in here, bearblog is unbeatable. It can't get simpler.

THANK YOU! I will check it out!

Gonna go add Cool Links to my blog.

davebauer.art/cool-links/

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