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Blake Chastain

Blake Chastain

Author, writer, and podcaster.

Welcome to the new site

Hi there. 👋🏻 If you're reading this, it's likely because you're on the mailing list for my newsletter, The Post-Evangelical Post. I'm migrating off of Substack to my own Ghost website. In November 2025, after almost a decade of working full-time and publishing

I may have to start wearing a watch again.

The ugly Pebble 2 Duo is the smartwatch for meThis is a welcome new-old idea about smartwatchesThe VergeDavid Pierce Pebble is so back.

Reading Notes: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow

I just recently started the latest Cory Doctorow book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It. I'm early on in the book - he's still providing case studies of enshittified platforms such as Facebook, Amazon, and Apple - but I'

WIRED: The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It's a Shit Show.

The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit ShowThe Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.WIREDVittoria Elliott What a surprise.

One more for the collection, I guess.

Bending Spoons is buying up Eventbrite, too.The Italian software company just announced billion-dollar deals to purchase AOL and Vimeo, and now it has reached an agreement to acquire Eventbrite for $500 million. Bending Spoons has added several other digital businesses to its portfolio in recent years, including Evernote, Meetup,