Turns out Unreported Truths readers love free swag as much as anyone else

Lots of good stuff coming very soon – including, I hope, a fascinating 1988 paper on 19th-century British attitudes to vaccination and mandates. Turns out not everyone saw vaccines as a savior even in the epidemic era. The more things change…

But first, a bit of business. Six days ago, I added an offer to the Founding Member ($300 annual) tier: a free T-shirt. This was – not to put too fine a point on it – a hit, the kind of hit that made me wish I’d done it before. I guess a lot of you bought Bitcoin in 2013.

However: A few standard-tier paid subscribers emailed to ask whether they would be missing out in the future on any articles, the chance to comment, et cetera. The answer is no. I’m not taking anything away – the shirt is just a small (and to my mind well-deserved) thank you to UT’s biggest supporters.

So, with that settled: if you haven’t upgraded, and you want to, you still can. (Or if you already are a founding member and want a shirt, please me know.) Email me at alexberensonauthor at gmail with your address and size. I’ll order the shirts soon. They’re pretty cool, if I do say so myself…

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Two other minor points:

If you see a charge for BLUE DEEP on your Amex (or possibly other card), and you are a UT subscriber, please put it through. BLUE DEEP is my company; I’m not sure why, but some of you who were getting the charge as Unreported Truths Substack are now seeing BLUE DEEP.

And if you want to cancel and can’t for some reason (this happens once in a while, Substack glitches or maybe your annual subscription turned over without your noticing or what not), please email me before complaining to your credit card company. I assure you I am not in the business of charging people who don’t want to subscribe. I’ll sort it out more quickly than the card company!

Back to work…

Alex