The Wayfinder
Nina Jankowicz, Emily HorneYour guide to a toxic information environment.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 117 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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What I’d Do If I Had ‘Complete Control’ Over the Internet
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LAST WEEK, far-right influencer Mike Cernovich tweeted that I was nearly “given complete control over the internet” in my former role in the Biden Administration.
If you don’t know Cernovich, he’s a mano...
Field Notes: August 2, 2026
Welcome to Field Notes, a roundup of readings to help you find your way through our polluted information environment, along with some “offline” commentary—what’s going on in my garden, my kitchen, and my life off screen. 🧭
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The MAGA Loyalist Poised to Control US Foreign Broadcasting
PICTURE, IF YOU WILL, a person who has cheered the both barring of researchers from the United States based on their speech and the dismantling of an office that fought foreign influence.
A political appointee who appeared alongside an ext...
Substack’s AI Detector Is a Vanity Project
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A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, a Google Alert let me know my name was mentioned in a Substack post from a user I hadn’t heard of. The “resistance”-themed account specialized in writing songs and poems and had menti...
Field Notes: July 18, 2026
Welcome to Field Notes, a roundup of readings to help you find your way through our polluted information environment, along with some “offline” commentary—what’s going on in my garden, my kitchen, my life off screen.
Online Notes
A f...
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I study the worst of the Internet and teach you how to avoid it. Demonized by the American right. Banned by Putin’s Russia. Undeterred.
Author of Spin Class. Recovering National Security Council and State Department spokesperson. Mom, Michigander, chocolate chip cookie baker.
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