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How many different languages can we say "hello" in today's thread? Reply to this comment and say "hello" in your language.

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"boa tarde" - good afternoon in Brazilian Portuguese. the equivalent to hello is "oi" ou "olá".

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"Feasgar math!" -- that's "good afternoon" in Scots Gaelic

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Mabuhay!

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Greetings from the Philippines! 🖖

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Labas! In Lithuanian.

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In Japanese, there are a few ways to say it, based on the time of day ... but the one you'll hear the most often is こんにちは (konnichiwa) :)

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god eftermiddag - swedish

Everyday, before the European markets open, I review the previous days talking points to provide you with an easy to read, concise - Macro Economic Perspective - highlighting data and big picture fundamentals that drive asset trends and prices.

It's a 2 min daily read that'll keep you on the right side of the market.

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Code switching as the native language all the way! Hi/Oi/Cześć!

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Code switching can be such a blessing! You forget something in one language, and - voila - another language comes to the rescue.

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Totally! The language a polyglot is most at home in.

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'ggiorno. - It's goodday in my italian dialect

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G'day. I'm from Australia and currently living in Australia, but plans are afoot to relocate to Europe in the near future.

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Moien! in Luxembourgish

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Dia daoibh! (Irish)

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Salam/ سلام in farsi

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: )

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你好, in Mandarin Chinese! I'm Zichen Wang and I'm writing the Pekingnology substack on China. Check it out!

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Gidday :D

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გამარჯობა - Try to read it :)

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I have Georgian friends in Russia, it's "gamardzhoba" which means hello in Georgian. During my trips through Georgia I happened to almost learn your alphabet! გმადლობთ!

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"안녕하세요(An-nyung-ha-se-yo)" in Korean :)

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Grüezi mittenand (the formal hello everyone in Swiss German) or Sali zämme (the more casual informal way)

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Thanks for stopping by our special shoutout thread! Our team is signing off for now. We know that in many parts of the world, people are sleeping. We will be keeping an eye on the thread over the next few days to see who else stops by.

We hope to see you at our shoutout thread again next month, the first Thursday of July.

Until then, happy reading!

Katie, Kelsa, and Bailey

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Hello everyone!!! I'm Poly, i'm an artist and a poet!! I'm pretty new here and love sharing my words to the world wide web!!! check out my poems here ! https://polyswords.substack.com/ lot of love!!!

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I've been writing my own culture blog on Substack for a while at chasingangels.substack.com

to celebrate all kinds of hidden gem culture recommendations, but am completely new to discovering other writers, so am really looking forward to your suggestions here... Thanks for getting it going Substack team!

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That looks like something worth checking out!

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Thank you Arjan, all feedback always so helpful!

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Yours looks very compelling and serendipitous! Subscribed to you already, looking forward to receiving dispatches from you!

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Thanks so much Oleg. Working on it and loving the journey into wild thoughts...

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Brilliant - have subscribed and will look forward to getting stuck in.

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Kia ora tātou, I am a Māori writer from New Zealand and I’m keen to connect with other First Nations/indigenous writers. I write about climate change through the prism of colonisation, social justice and equity, with a specific New Zealand vibe (so could appeal to my indig-brothers and sisters grappling with same-same but different issues in their own lands). I use my Substack to publish the work that tends to ‘not belong’ in other places, which is to say, holistic for me, genre-bending for trad publishing! It’s creative non-fict meets journalism meets poetry. There’s a beautiful grassroots writers’ community in Aotearoa and we are slowly building and keen to connect with others. Ngā mihi

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Kia ora, Nadine. Another Kiwi writer here. I'm an immigrant here (twice - long story) from a mixed family. My wife is part Maori (as are so many of course) who can trace her ancestry to the canoe Mataatua. My daughter's partner is Samoan, and we have beautiful brown mokos. My substack is an autobiography combining stories with 500 songs in a Spotify playlist that are the soundtrack to my life so far. I always wanted to write a book that people can listen to as well as read. This is the place I found to do it. I look forward to reading your writing. Nga Mihi

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And great poetry and short stories too! Xxx

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Ahhhh!! Kia ora! So nice to have connected via this thread !

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I'm in Canada (eh?), so I'm not an International writer. But I want to give a shoutout to 2 writers in Australia and New Zealand.

Ryan Butta- Out of Office- https://ryanbutta.substack.com/

Ryan is an Aussie writes about leaving the corporate world--with no backup plans-- in search of a more meaningful life.

Luigi Cappel- In My Life- https://inmylife.substack.com/

Luigi is a Dane living in New Zealand and the son of a prolific artist. His newsletter is a biography of sorts, punctuated by tracks that made impressions on him. He has traveled extensively, met a bevy of artists and musicians, and has nostalgic pictures.

Given the intense history of cricket rivalry between Australia and New Zealand, I may be in trouble if either find out I'm subscribed to the other.

Oops. Too late I guess ;-)

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Thanks so much Nikhil. I was actually born in Holland, but it's all good, I really appreciate the shout out. As to Ryan, we Kiwis and Aussies love to compete against each other, but we are also best of mates off the pitch :)

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Love these tips!! Thank you Nikhil!

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One of the first Substack newsletters I read was Letters from Quarantine, which was hilarious (the author was based in Milan) and it kept me entertained through the early dark days of COVID. https://mammamia.substack.com/. I spend a lot of time in Mexico, so I'm often writing about it in my blog (hence the name), which is currently a finalist in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists column-writing contest (that's a mouthful). Would love to find other blogs about Mexico.

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Hi Rebecca!

Check out https://www.opinion51.com/. Also, a little quiet lately but Renata Lira is fabulous - https://renata.substack.com/. Also, https://www.whitepaper.mx/. These two are also written by expats! https://susannahrigg.substack.com/ and https://www.themexpatriate.com/about

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Thanks for the recommendation Kelsa, I'm actually in the middle of a relaunch!

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Thank's exciting!

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Such a surprise to find this in my mailbox--so far most of the publications I've been seeing seem to be American or Canadian. I can't offer any recommendations so far but really looking forward to discovering authors from outside the North American circle. As for me, I'm a bit of a nomad/third culture kid, currently based in Poland. Writing about flipping the narrative about belief/doubt. Still in the warm-up phase, so very excited.

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Ooo - this sounds fun! <3

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Haha thank you! Btw I just laughed out loud reading the title of your publication <3

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I'm delighted! There is a story about my first swear....I was 5 and a half. I was engaged to my BFF who was 6 and three quarters. We had plans for a crystal bakery. Our parents were out to eat and he whispered to me under the table, "Get up on your chair and yell out F.U.C.K spells...and I did, so loud...so proud. I knew it was naught but I didn't know what it meant of course. Now I have an acrynom for reclaiming it as sacred. Would like to know what it is?

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Ha! I was faster! Just checked it out on your site! I love this kind of reclaiming. You decide what it means for you, f**k the top-down definition :D

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Hahahahahahah! EXACTLY! I think understand the entire significance of my site: fuck the top down definition of ( ) but do it in Truth and Love <3

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Feasgar math! I'm Kevin Rutherford from the UK -- recently joined substack and still learning how to find consistency as a writer. I'm gonna tag Clarke Ching from New Zealand, who is just today launching his "Rolling Chapters Downhill" book read-along on Substack.

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Hi, all! I'm from São Paulo/Brazil, and I write two publications in Brazilian Portuguese – Paulicéia is abt cultural life in SP and Tá Todo Mundo Tentando (translates as "everybody is trying") is a literary newsletter with chronicles and short essays.

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Hola from Barcelona! I’m a journalist especialized in digital media, author of the book “La reinvención de The New York Times”.

In my newsletter Tendenci@s I write about trends and interesting developments in digital media, and also about The New York Times and the world of newsletters. And always with an interview with relevant people from these fields.

I would like to recommend the work of Mar Manrique with her newsletter “Fleet Street”, also about media but from the point of view of a young journalist (https://fleetstreet.substack.com), and also what the Colombian journalist Sinar Alvarado is doing at https://elpedalista.com to explain incredible stories by bicycle.

Best regards and happy writing and reading!

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Hi! I'm Maria Caram from Brazil and I write about women in music. I am currently structuring a second publication about Brazilian indie music (https://undergrations.substack.com/p/coming-soon?showWelcome=true&s=r).

I would suggest à toa pelo mundo, a Brazilian travel newsletter https://eusouatoa.substack.com/

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I've really been getting into Today in Tabs recently - https://www.todayintabs.com/

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Hello, my name is Arjan and I am a poet. I am Dutch, live in France, but I write mainly in English. My substack is an inbox poetry magazine, that lands in inboxes every Friday with fresh poetry and links to works elsewhere. I'm planning on inviting other poets to contribute once a month. I also occasionally make podcast episodes. Always curious to learn about newsletters with original poetry.

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Hallo! I'm a British marital therapist and writer living in Berlin. My newsletter is The Meaningful Life, and I write about therapy, relationships and finding fulfilment in life: https://themeaningfullife.substack.com/

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Awesome to find fellow mental health professionals! Subscribed. I am Dutch, writing about psychology topics and based in Amsterdam.

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Ah, great! So close. I really like The Present Psychologist - happy to include as one of my recommendations and would be most grateful if you'd consider doing the same. It seems to be a really effective way to find the right new audience.

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Hej! I'm Viktoria from Sweden and I (try to) write a warm and cozy newsletter about all things Swedish. Lots of "fika" (coffee and cake)!

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Hej! Will you be covering the weird (and super online) #swedengate phenomenon?

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Hej! Yes, I will write something about it in next week's issue.

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Cool! I gave a lukewarm take on it in my latest issue as well :)

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Hi, hola, and qué tal? I’m Kiki, originally from the US but I’ve been living in Spain for the past six years. I just joined substack recently and write about food culture and my culinary adventures in Spain.

Two of my recent favorite international writers are Sinù at Dash of Prosecco (https://sinufogarizzu.substack.com) and Rachel at ingredient (https://ingredientbyrachelphipps.substack.com).

I love Sinù’s new project where she’s working her way through a classic Venetian cookbook and sharing her adventures (and the recipes!) along the way. Rachel writes about a new ingredient each month, and I really enjoyed her last newsletter which was actually about affordability of ingredients and ingredient snobbery.

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Kik you're the sweetest, and I reciprocate wholeheartedly. Your newsletter Come Como Kiki is a breath of fresh air, a highlight in my inbox. Anyone interested in discovering all the delicious food encountered by Kiki in her Spanish adventures should subscribe pronto :) 🔥

https://comecomokiki.substack.com/

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Thanks so much, Sinù! :)

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Hi Everyone! I'm an American who has lived for 10 years in Moldova and writes about Moldovan politics and economics. Moldova is known as a "small country with a big heart" and has taken in more Ukrainian refugees per capita than any other country. We cover the affects of the ongoing war next door as well as the massive challenges in economics, corruption and security unleashed by the conflict. Check us out!

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Just saying hello from the UK. I write a droll comedy and politics newsletter. Andrew Sullivan gave it a shout out a few weeks back, so you might enjoy. One mail a week, free for the forseeable!

https://stiffupperquip.substack.com/

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I’m Claire in Scotland, though my newsletter is set in California so maybe this is a cheat! I would love recommendations for any other history publications -- I haven’t found many so far!

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Hi everyone, I'm Tomek :)

I'm based the Netherlands but originally from Poland.

I write unique professional, about personal development, building self-awareness and applying it to your career! Just got started about a month ago.

https://uniqueprofessional.substack.com/

Among others, I'm reading a great newsletter that I discovered in last month's shoutout thread called Morph and written by Sharon McRae (I am not sure where she is from...)

https://morph01.substack.com/

So far I've found every single one of her articles very interesting, all in the realm of health and transformation, with topics ranging from setting boundaries to personal mission statements. Check it out!

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Hi Tomek! Great project. Morph is a new one to me - very cool!

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I love how practical the advice is that Sharon shares!

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Hey, friends. Hope you guys are doing well.

I've started very recently a newsletter called "Vida Vivida", here in Brazil. It's a piece to have a moment where I can write about simple things that happen through life and we don't necessarily realise as we should. The beauty of the sun, the sound of the city, the way people walk to chase what they dream etc.

If you are brazilian, I hope you can check it out. If you are from other countries, why not try to learn another language such as portuguese? :)

(esdraspereira.substack.com)

Thanks everyone!

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Adorei suas paisagens 😉 de onde está no Brasil?

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Oie, Carolyn! Moro em Sorocaba, interior de SP. E tu? :)

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Agora na Polônia rsrs! Não conheço São Paulo, vai ser um prazer conhecer através da sua escrita! Só passei um tempinho no Rio, Salvador e Curitiba.

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Sensacional! Mas você é brasileira? Vi que sua news tá em inglês... Eu já estive em Cracóvia em 2017, visitei Auschwitz. Obrigado por dar uma chance à minha news :)

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Rsrs sou não! Mas fiz meu doutorado na UFF :) isso ajudou, né

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Sensacional! 👏🏻

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Hello, I'm an author based partly in New Delhi and partly in Berlin, and I write personal essays about both those cities. Plus a lot of links. :) my substack is pretty old so there's lots to explore in the archives too.

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Hi all! I'm writing a weekly newsletter dedicated to fiction/creativity/languages. Follow me for an unapologetically Baltic take on things (I come from Lithuania).

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The stuff I've written about includes (in no particular order): Russophone linguistic chauvinism, Wild Abandon (a Turkish Netflix series about a LARPing punk), Riad Sattouf's graphic novels, whataboutist rhetoric, and more.

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Hey everyone, I'm Ingrid and I've been writing a newsletter about lifestyle and behavior directly from São Paulo, Brazil. Excited to discover more writers!

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To anyone with an interest in the most niche sport of rugby, I write a newsletter looking at the sport with an analytical, story, and human point of view :)

https://onrugby.substack.com

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I really like Lauren Crichton and her creation "Pass It On". She is currently based in Sweden and provides great tools and insights for those in the nonprofit world. Her work can be found at: passiton.substack.com

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Hi all!

I just relaunched my newsletter Reasons To Keep Going on substack which seems to be the perfect platform. You can read it here: https://reasonstokeepgoing.substack.com

It was started after losing a friend to suicide and is about the small joys & tiny things that help us keep going in spite of *gestures to capitalist hellscape we're inhabiting*. It's also very queer & neurodivergent but I suspect that's just because I'm writing it. I'm hoping to also introduce interviews in the long-term with people driving change and doing good things, too.

I'd love to hear & support anyone else writing mental health-themed newsletters, as well as anyone queer &/or disabled. I'd also love to hear from anyone writing about events & goings on in Britain.

Lots of love Xx

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Nadine Hura, a Maori writer in New Zealand has written some great pieces around suicide and is on substack.

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Hi all, I am Alf, a psychologist based in Amsterdam. My native language is Dutch, but I write in English. My Substack newsletter covers mental health and psychology, to spread awareness and help destigmatize mental health issues!

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Namaste 🙏 from India ☺

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Namaste 🙏We're from India too :)

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"Grüezi" in Swiss

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Hi everyone! Late jumping in today. If you write about mental health, self-help, or other encouraging messages, I want to read your stuff! So let me know. I like supporting that field, but I'm also interested in humor/satire, sports, and plenty of other creative outlets. Let me know if you want another subscriber and I'll check out your substack. Happy writing, y'all.

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Hello writers of the world! Let us celebrate language, whatever this may be. Here I am living in the beautiful mountains of Colombia, thinking in Spanish, writing in English about the spirit of the place or genious loci.

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Hello :-) to all of you wish you a wonderful day

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there are dozens of great Substack newsletters in Brazil, but since English seems to be our common language I'll link Fogo Baixo/Low Heat, a newsletter with investigations on food and everything that surrounds it, written in Portuguese and English https://flaviaschiochet.substack.com/s/in-english-please

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I need to shout out 5 international writers I met through Substack Go. We keep in contact and they're all amazing for different reasons!

Joel is an expat linguist extraordinaire living outside of Tokyo. https://learned.substack.com/

Matthias is a French ployglot traveling the globe. https://mathiasbarra.substack.com/

Pranjal is a brilliant creative and yogi from India. https://pranjalsaxena.substack.com/

EB is your go-to on narcissism in the UK. https://practicalgrowth.substack.com/

Rylla is a mindfulness guru based out of Basel. https://rylla.substack.com/

And me? I write about science, culture, and philsophy out of Nashville.

https://theorygang.substack.com/

I'm lucky to have met them though Substack Go. We still have weekly sessions that we all look forward to!

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Check out Steve Fendt's fiction, in Australia: https://stevefendt.substack.com/

And the amazing tidbits of FFOREST, from Wales: https://fforest.substack.com/ All about the JOY of growing slowly!

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I'm Adebayo Oduwole, a writer from Nigeria. I publish 3b's&bs, which is short for Bayo's Bants, Broodings and Brilliant Somethings (yeah, I know). It's pretty much about my experiences while adulting, and I started it in May.

Another newsletter I follow is Salaye Chronicles by Tam Olobio at https://salayechronicles.substack.com

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Hello! I'm based in the UK and have been writing about global affairs - health, environment development - on WorldWise for the past 2+ years.

My SHOUTOUT goes to Joel Hernandez who writes Mixed Migration-hebdo - check it out for really *smart* coverage of global migration events and policy developments. Joel always makes this stuff come to life: https://mixedmigration.substack.com/

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Great tip, thanks Anita!

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Hello! My name is Oren Liebenthal and I am a junior in high school living in the United States. My new year's resolution this year was to start listening to one music album every single day of the year, and that quickly sprouted into a new love for writing about music. I post an album review every single day on instagram, and then every week or two, I compile the best of my recent reviews and post them to substack. My instagram handle is an_album_a_day_ol. I do not have many connections on substack though, so I would love to see what other people are writing!

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That's a lot of albums to listen to!

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Sounds like quite the undertaking! Where do you get your album recommendations from?

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From friends, other reviewers on instagram, and pitchfork reviews/ lists

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Ciao, I am italian, living in Cagliari and doing a weekly newsletter for italian learners and Italy lovers since August 2020.

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I'm loving edwardslavsquat.substack.com - an American writing in Russia

He writes a light-hearted but narrative challenging substack based on evidence that Russia is pursuing the same digital domination goals as the World Economic Forum and the World Health Organization.

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Hi! I came here originally to enjoy reading material that was being censored on the MSM, but liked the blog format and decided to set up my own page dedicated to nice things: the Best of Scotland - as a form of therapy.

By all means subscribe (its free) and as I only post every couple of weeks, I promise I won't bore you to death ;-)

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Hi I'm Davide from Italy and I would suggest something different from my own topics (technology): Bestiale, a fun italian newsletter about animals. Found on https://bestiale.substack.com/

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Bestiale is a fun one! Great recommendation, Davide!

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Saludos desde Puerto Rico. Minima juridicae es una espacio donde coinciden el Derecho y la Literatura. Los esperamos.

Hello from Puerto Rico. Minima juridicae is a space dedicated to exploring the relation between Law and Literature. Welcome.

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I am new and need my voice heard. Please promote my true story of integrity and survival during these hard times. It is for the greater good of all. Thank you and God bless.

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Greetings from Brazil

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Hi Everyone,

Wonderful initiative to see so many writers here from all over the world.

I am an Indian journalist based in Switzerland.

I report and publish - Geneva Health Files - an investigative newsletter on power and politics in global health. Launched during the pandemic, I report on policy-making from the capital of global - Geneva, Switzerland - the home of WHO and scores of other organizations that influence international health policy.

Cheers.

Priti

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Hey there! I'm from Tyumen, Russia.

I'm running a Substack in Russian about writing and design, also sharing my life philosophy — https://lepekhin.substack.com — if you're Russian, too, hop in!

But I recently I've launched another Substack in English where I'm going to write more about life in Russia, about people of Russia, and beside that Im going to talk about how writing helps me in managing teams, time, and myself — https://evgenylepekhin.substack.com

The first edition of it is about to be sent out this weekend. So, subscribe not to miss a thing!

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The premise of my Substack is that memory -- of both recent history and the

'longue-durée' -- is essential for common-sense. Western civilization, from my perch in Japan, appears to be rapidly progressing toward demented autocracy. Elementary biological, moral,

and economic realities, that once constituted shared understandings, have been shattered. With this has come a jarring disjunction between lived experience and what we are told by authorities. Collective amnesia, reinforced by daily distractions, has wiped out memory of how we got here. So, I am 'In Search of Common-sense' -- please join.

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Kia ora and Fakaalofa Lahi Atu (Maori and Niuean for hello). I am an indigenous woman writer living in Aotearoa, New Zealand and have just recently joined Substack. I write in a range of genres - scripts, short stories, novel (have a published one..yuss), try my hand at poetry and want to learn about the art of spoken word, as well as write psychological assessment reports for youth court (my day job) and blog. I want to mention a Maori woman writer (from my own tribe of Ngati Hine) who encouraged me and other indigenous writers to join Substack and maintain our own tino rangatiratanga about what we publish...check her out: https://nadineannehura.substack.com/

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