DID TRUMP FORGIVE EVERY STUDENT LOAN?

Oh, I sure hope this happens: “Every Student Loan is now “Forgiven” thanks to Trump.”

If you suddenly find your loan managed by an agency not named in your contract, not authorized by Congress, and not subject to the same legal compliance regime, guess what?

That’s a breach. A big one.

And in contract law, a breach that goes to the heart of the agreement—like changing the party responsible for enforcement or management—is what courts call a material breach. That means the contract is no longer valid. And if it’s not valid, they can’t enforce it.

It’s a post from someone you read on the internet – don’t stop paying your loans just yet.

“As I said earlier: get your paperwork. Talk to a lawyer. If lawsuits start to emerge, then evaluate whether you want to participate. But that’s a legal process — not a unilateral decision to walk away from a loan just because you read a compelling Substack post.”

RELATED: Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, ‘special needs’

HOW TO FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH MUSIC

I’m sad when I click to listen to someone’s latest offering and I’m left with a long narrow list of digital music streaming providers and download partners.

Now, a “landing page” with lyrics and photos and other “on brand” delights would be so appealing, and it’s not that hard in 2025.

But instead, a legion of talented music makers are content to do what everyone else is doing, sending their adoring fans to faceless corporate data collection services instead of pulling them further into their own creative world (and capturing a few email addresses in the process).

RESKETCH NOTEBOOKS

These look amazing.

“(Resketch) makes notebooks and sketchpads of unused architectural diagrams, maps, logs, sheet music, and more. The resulting designs offer users the opportunity to creatively engage with the original markings and add their own additions to the printed pages. Flipping through a notebook also becomes an act of discovery as old calendars or bureaucratic forms are tucked between graphs and lines.”

Via Colossal

COLLABORATION IS HOW WE THRIVE

Love this from Natalie Brite:

By shifting from competition to collaboration, you:
Create sustainability—because you no longer have to do everything alone.
Build trust & credibility—because people respect businesses that uplift others.
Challenge the corporate model—because small businesses thrive in community, not isolation.

Social media has led us to believe the idea of the lone genius. We figure everything out on our own. Growth as the singular focus.

What’s the old adage? To go fast, go alone. To go far, go with others.

AVOIDING SOME SUBSTACK LOCK IN

I tried hosting my interview videos as a Substack Podcast, but I realized something in the process – all media uploaded to Substack (video or audio) can’t be embedded on your own site. You’ve got to either uplpoad the video to YouTube (meh, Google), or in the case of the podcast… well, you’re out of luck.

So that’s why I moved things to Transistor. Yes, I have to pay $20/mo for it, but if that’s the price I need to pay to keep my interviews from disappearing if the Substack platform goes away (or gets bought by Elon Musk), then it’s a good investment.