Get The Gist List for $49 Before the Price Goes Up

A holiday deal with no crowds, no lines, and no chaos.

A yearly subscription to The Gist is just $49 through January 4.

That’s 32% off our monthly subscription! (It’s increasing to $59.99 in January—so think of this as beating the price hike before it beats you.)

As a paid subscriber, you’ll get:

• Tuesday & Friday Gist Lists: still free, still delightful.

• Monday & Thursday editions: the premium stuff.

• Pesca Profundities every Wednesday, sometimes paywalled.

• Access to every past paywalled post

• The smug satisfaction of supporting journalism while spending less than a mid-tier gingerbread house

What you’ll miss if you don’t subscribe:

Here are some of the recent subscriber-only stories you may have seen:

👬 Why men’s vulnerability groups won’t come close to solving male loneliness. (And why some companies are trying anyway.)

🐏🏳️‍🌈 How one German shepherd (an actual shepherd, not a dog) is saving gay sheep from the gallows.

🚚 How the Trump administration is sidelining truckers with an English test.

🇺🇸 The mathematical quirk in gerrymandering that makes it difficult to get representative election results.

This sale ends January 4, 2026. After that, the subscription price grows, much like the men who go to Turkey to get their legs broken.

Upgrade, keep the jokes coming, and start 2026 feeling slightly more informed than your friends.

See you beyond the paywall,

Mike