Housekeeping: I received a gibberish email (posted below) stating that some people want to unsubscribe. If you want to unsubscribe follow the instructions in the link immediately below the fold

How do I unsubscribe from a free subscription? – Substack, Inc

Here is the “gibberish” that was sent as an email – maybe other SubStackers also got this?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 8:57 PM <unsubscribe@vaderetro-safeunsubscribe.com> wrote:

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Weird huh? Maybe it’s a bot attack!

Onwards!

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