Goodbye Substack*

Lucy Williams

18 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

*I posted this on Substack but forgot to post it here on Ghost....

Dear readers (you precious few!)

I’m leaving Substack …

In January, one of the substacks I follow, ‘The Border Chronicle’ which posts about US border issues, announced they were leaving Substack because of the platform’s choice of funders and editorial policies. More recently the Guardian published this:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

Substack is not the place for me.

I really rate the Border Chronicle so I have followed them to ‘Ghost’.

If I have gone through the process correctly (hopefully) there should be no difference for you and posts old and new should miraculously appear in your inboxes.

As some of you know I have be away and my next posts will be about my travels - I hope you find them interesting.

Thank you for reading

Lucy

PS - FOLLOW ‘THE BORDER CHRONICLE’

https://explore.ghost.org/p/the-border-chronicle

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