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Upcoming "Sucks" events return, Live chats, and massive discounts! Huzzah!
May 11, 2023

The transition of The Lunduke Journal to Locals is off and running!

If you haven’t gotten yourself setup on Lunduke.Locals.com — I’m about to give you a bunch of new reasons to get that done… and make it ridiculously affordable at the same time.

Seriously. I don’t want anyone to be left out, so I’m making this easy and crazy affordable.

Upcoming Lunduke Journal Events

We have a dedicated events calendar over on Locals. You can check it either at Lunduke.Locals.com/events or on the Locals iOS / Android app by clicking the “Events” tab at the bottom.

A few things coming up that you’ll need a Locals account to take part in:

  • Linux Sucks 2023 (live stream and recording) - May 27th

  • macOS Sucks (live stream and recording) - June 10th

  • Plan 9 Week - Starts June 21st

More events will appear on the calendar in the coming days. So, keep an eye out!

Live Text Chats!

Now that the entire Lunduke Journal community is able to meet up in one place… we can start having regular text chats on Locals! Nobody will be left out!

No set schedule for these yet — but I’d like to start having several of these each week.

I will announce each one on Locals — and you can join in both from Lunduke.Locals.com and the Locals Android or iOS app.

In fact… I think I’ll kick off a Live Chat right now!

Let’s make moving to Locals affordable for everyone!

Over on Locals we have three unique communities:

  1. Lunduke.Locals.com — the primary, Tech-focused community.

  2. NerdyEntertainment.Locals.com — focused on nerdy entertainment (TV, comics, books, etc.).

  3. ConservativeNerds.Locals.com — the only place around here where politics is allowed.

While the Tech community is certainly the largest (and oldest) — and it is absolutely reasonable to simply grab a subscription to just Lunduke.Locals.com — how cool would it be to have access to all three?

RIGHT?!

To make that easy and affordable for everyone — while we’re undertaking this mass transition from Substack to Locals — I’m seriously discounting two subscription options that provide exactly that.

  • The Yearly Founding Member Subscription — Discounted to $75 for a full year. ($6.25 per month for three communities / publications? Awesome.)

  • The Lifetime Subscription — Discounted to $120… for life. That’s insane. Never pay again and get access to every part of The Lunduke Journal forever.

Just follow the instructions below. Super simple.

Note: If you already have a Founding or Lifetime Subscription and have not already set up your Locals accounts… simply reach out to Lunduke and you’ll get setup lickety split.

How to get the Founding Member subscription:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/subscription.

  2. Create an account (if you haven’t already).

  3. Select the “Annual” option and enter $75 into the field.

It will look something like this:

 

How to get the Lifetime subscription:

  1. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.

  2. Select the “Give Once” option and enter $120 into the field.

 

Once you’ve done that, Lunduke will set all of your accounts — on all three Locals sites — to full access. Easy peasy.

Getting Started on Locals

One you are all setup, head to the following post on Locals:

https://lunduke.locals.com/post/3979854/a-quick-locals-primer-for-the-new-folks

This will give you a handy, quick primer on where to find all of the subscriber benefits and some tips on how to make the most of your Locals experience.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

-Lunduke

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Hello all of you amazing Lunduke Journal subscribers!

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