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Nov 26, 2024

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In the spirit of Thanksgiving—which Americans will celebrate later this week—I’ve been thinking about ways to show my appreciation for all of you, especially my paid subscribers and patrons.

One idea I love was adding your names to the credits of my upcoming videos—a little “thank you” for supporting my creative journey.

I see Patreon and YouTube creators doing this all the time, and think it’s a nice touch.

But then I remembered: Substack isn’t Patreon or YouTube.

In Substack’s “dashboard,” paid subscribers are identified by email addresses, and sharing anyone’s email is definitely not happening. Even names—without consent—are off-limits. Privacy comes first…and foremost.

Even those who comment publicly on posts—how can I be sure anyone wants to be publicly credited? Or how they'd like to be credited?

It's a reminder that surprises aren’t always simple or universally welcome.

So…if you’re a paid subscriber (monthly, annual, or founding member) and would like to be included in the credits, please reply or email me—collidepress@gmail.com—with the following info:

Consent to be included in the credits.
How you’d like to be credited.

This is completely optional. No pressure either way.

The sooner I hear back, the sooner I can add you to the list and videos.

Thanks for reading, subscribing, and supporting!
Clint

P.S. In case you missed it, I’ve re-enabled Chat. In an effort to prevent bad actors from abusing the feature, only I’m able to start a thread, and only paid subscribers are able to reply. But everyone—free subscribers and visitors—can view. It’s the best solution I can come up with to help protect everyone’s safety…and sanity.

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ON THIS DAY = NOVEMBER 26

BIRTHDAYS

1604 = Johannes Bach = German organist and composer
1895 = Bill W. = American activist and Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder
1902 = Maurice McDonald = American businessman and McDonald's co-founder
1920 = Daniel Petrie = Canadian-American filmmaker
1922 = Charles M. Schulz = American cartoonist and Peanuts creator
1924 = George Segal = American artist
1933 = Robert Goulet = American-Canadian singer and actor
1933 = Stanley Long = English director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 = Rich Little = Canadian-American comedian, actor
1939 = Tina Turner = American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1945 = Daniel Davis = American actor
1957 = Félix González–Torres Cuban-American artist 🌈
1957 = Simon Nkoli = South African activist and anti-apartheid activist 🌈
1970 = John Amaechi = English retired basketball player 🌈
1972 = Jonathan Caouette = American filmmaker (Tarnation) 🌈
1973 = Peter Facinelli = American actor, director, and producer
1973 = Tammy Lynn Michaels = American actor 🌈
1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter
1990 – Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter
1994 = Emma Portner = Canadian dancer and choreographer 🌈
1998 =Chella Man = American actor, activist, and artist 🌈

EVENTS

1778 = In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
1789 = A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by POTUS George Washington at the request of Congress.
1863 = POTUS Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. Following the Franksgiving controversy from 1939 to 1941, it has been observed on the fourth Thursday in 1942 and subsequent years.
1922 = Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3,000 years.
1922 = The Toll of the Sea is released in theaters as the first widely-distributed film to use two-tone Technicolor.
1942 = Casablanca premieres in New York City.
1977 = An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
1978 = ABC airs A Question of Love, a TV movie “based on a true legal case in which a lesbian mother fought for custody of her children against her ex-husband who claimed her lifestyle was immoral.”
1989 = America’s Funniest Home Videos premieres on ABC.
2000 = George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
2003 = In the UK, the Queen’s Speech—Volume 655—includes a “commitment to increased equality and social justice by bringing forward legislation on the registration of civil partnerships between same-sex couples.”
2008 = Milk, the Harvey Milk biopic, is released in theaters.