# Phil Plait's new site?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 20, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533 "2022-10-20T09:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/1 "2022-10-20T09:39:42Z")

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Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has written his last blog for Syfy Wire. He said he was going to continue, but didn’t say where. Does anyone know what his new site is?

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/2 "2022-10-20T11:18:16Z")

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I want to say it is a substack site. He definitely announced it on Twitter so if you check back through his feed you should find it.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/3 "2022-10-20T11:48:12Z")

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Sorry, but I’m not a twit, er …um … I don’t do Twitter. Have no idea how to check his feed.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/4 "2022-10-20T13:01:03Z")

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> **[Bad Astronomy Newsletter](https://badastronomy.substack.com/)**
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> For curious people who want to learn more about Earth, space, the Universe... and who love reality for what it is, not what others tell them it should be. I have opinions, too: politics, life, climate science, and such as well. I'll write about 'em....

He linked to the substack in his final SyFy article, though he did say there might be other stuff on the horizon.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/5 "2022-10-20T18:08:01Z")

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Thanks. That’s it. Now to decide whether it’s worth paying for.

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**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phil-plaits-new-site/973533/6 "2022-10-21T10:23:21Z")

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I was on the fence about paying for a subscription until yesterday, but his [explanation](https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/the-spectacular-dusty-depths-of-jwsts) of the JWST’s newly released image of the “Pillars of Creation” in M16 pushed me over. He can be a little **too** enthusiastic in his writing at times for me, but the guy can definitely communicate effectively about some astronomical concepts that would otherwise be difficult to grasp. It’s less than $5 per month.