alas

alas

Originally shared by Anthony Zana

[A Willing Foe, Indeed.,That Much Less Sea to Room]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I am, of course, very sad.

The fact that it’s happening 3 years-to-the-day after the Reader shutdowns adds special pain.

I fear we are seeing the long, slow death and independent websites, outside of walled gardens and networks.

I fear long form content on the net is slowly becoming endangered and anything that doesn’t fit into a tweet, vine, listicle or animated GIF won’t be able to reach critical mass.

(To say nothing of pro-feminist content, targeted at a general audience).

I am, however very glad that the archives will exist “until the heat death of the universe”

If you haven’t followed the toast closely, you should read through them. It’s the most consistently funny (and sometimes sad, and sometimes insight) website I’ve ever followed.

I hope all of the contributors keep making awesome things that find there way to me.

I will of course, continue my syndication duties until the last moments.

Suggestions to fill the buttery, toast-shaped hole in my heart are most welcome.

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