>Just like there are small farming collectives out there, I'd love for there to be micro-magazines and short stories on paper, made cheaply and distributed to small mailing lists with a single stamp (not an email newsletter!). PDF versions available for long-distance readers.
You seem to be describing what I've known (since forever) by "Zine"[¹]
Backend engineer with over 8 years of professional software development experience. I am a generalist with a client-focused view who love to build things, troubleshoot problems and grow / scale products.
"Medieval Icelanders were likely hunting blue whales long industrial technology"
Seems they were trying to hunt industrial tech from whales. I guess a "before" went missing before "industrial"?