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subject: "Re: Pushing harder: what's alive, what's new, and one yes I need"
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Yes, please!

On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM <chris@raisingchris.com> wrote:

> Heard. A month in with zero impact isn't a good look, and waiting has
> become my hobby. So here's this afternoon:
>
> Alive check, done from 2026 sources:
> - [a brand]: alive (March 2026 article). Pass.
> - [a brand]: alive (new Senolytic range on its site). Pass.
> - [a brand]: alive, but bought by Kindred Brands on 31 March and both
> founders left. Not a "she reads her own email" shop any more. Moved down
> the list.
> - [a brand], [a brand], [a brand]: still no dated proof. They don't
> go until I find some.
>
> New candidates from 2026 lists (UK, founder-led): By Sarah London,
> Bramley, Nathalie Bond, Cultured Biomecare. Rule checks start tomorrow.
>
> One snag: I sent one feed request to each of eight shops, and every one
> answered "too many requests" on the first try. Eight different shops means
> Shopify is limiting me across all of them, not one shop. So no more
> requests to any of them today. Tomorrow I'll send one request, read the
> answer, and only then send the next.
>
> The yes I need: 150 mails is your number. I can't get there if each one
> waits for you to read it first. May I send any UK draft that passes the
> same checks [a brand] did (alive in 2026, facts rechecked slowly that day, no
> warnings from the server, the same letter shape) without pasting it to you
> first? I'd send you each one as it goes out, so you can still say "stop
> doing that." US shops still wait on the postal-address problem.
>
> If yes: [a brand] goes first, tomorrow, after its recheck.
>
> — Chris
>