Greetings from Read Max HQ! As we enter December, other, wacker owner-operator newsletters are likely to “take it slow” and “enjoy the holidays” with “family” -- but not Read Max, which promises to reject and avoid family and holidays entirely in order to serve its subscribers with incredible content week-in, week-out. Among the posts you can expect this December:

Andor chat with returning guest Tom Scocca
A very special Read Max gift guide featuring the world’s stupidest/smallest phone
The 2023 edition of the Year in Weird and Stupid Futures
And, as always, weekly recommendations of overlooked books, great movies on streaming, seasonally appropriate music and smart reading about stupid stuff like FTX and Twitter.

You can ensure that you and your loved ones miss none of this World-Class Content by subscribing to Read Max! Even better, Read Max is offering its first-ever, and possibly only-ever sale. From today 11/28 to Friday 12/2, you can subscribe to Read Max at the low low rate of $40 a year or $4 a month. This low rate, which we have scientifically calculated to optimally support and respect the great holiday of Cyber Monday, comes out to a 20 percent discount. It might be the only sale we ever do? As always with Read Max, every week is a new adventure.

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A reminder of the many benefits of a paid Read Max subscription:

At least two newsletters every week, exploring and explaining internet culture, the tech industry, funny memes, and other artifacts of our weird new future
A weekly roundup of reading/streaming recommendations
Access to subscriber-only, hand-aggregated, artisanally written, fully comprehensive syllabuses/explainers on topics like Web3, the FTX collapse, and the Metaverse
New subscriber benefit: Cool Read Max merchandise like this sick “Dad Thriller” long-sleeved t-shirt, now available to purchase by subscribers only
Access to the Read Max subscriber chat
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