What You Get by Subscribing to ML@B Blog on Substack

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ML@B Blog is the Substack publication of Machine Learning at Berkeley (ML@B), a student organization at UC Berkeley. Subscribing gets you access to the blog's posts in your Substack feed and inbox, and it signals that you want to follow what the group publishes. The publication reports over 4,000 subscribers, so you'd be joining an existing readership rather than an empty list.

What the publication is

The site identifies itself plainly: "Machine Learning at Berkeley is a student organization at UC Berkeley," and the blog is published under the name "Machine Learning." It runs on Substack, the newsletter and blogging platform, which hosts the content and handles subscriptions.

That matters for what you're actually signing up for. You're subscribing to a Substack publication, not to a standalone website with its own account system.

What subscribing involves

The subscription flow is Substack's standard one. Based on the site's own text, the key points are:

  • You subscribe by email. The page presents a "Subscribe" action, and the surrounding copy notes that "By subscribing, you agree Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy."
  • Your agreement is with Substack's terms, not just the blog. The consent language is Substack's, covering how the platform collects and uses information.
  • The site needs JavaScript. The page states: "This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts." If the subscribe form or post list doesn't appear, that's the first thing to check.

The page also shows a "No thanks" option alongside the subscribe prompt, which is the standard way to dismiss the signup overlay and keep reading.

What you get after subscribing

Substack subscriptions to a publication like this typically deliver new posts to your inbox and make them available in the Substack app or web reader. The site itself doesn't spell out a tier structure, paywall, or posting cadence in the material available, so treat specifics like frequency and whether any posts are subscriber-only as things to confirm once you're on the list.

What is supported by the page: the publication exists, it's run by ML@B at UC Berkeley, it has over 4,000 subscribers, and subscribing means agreeing to Substack's terms.

Practical notes before you sign up

  • Check the JavaScript requirement first if the page looks broken or the subscribe button does nothing.
  • Read the consent line. Subscribing accepts Substack's Terms of Use and Information Collection Notice, which govern platform-level data handling.
  • Unsubscribing is handled through Substack, as with any publication on the platform — look for the unsubscribe link in a delivered email or manage it from your Substack account.

If your goal is simply to read ML@B's writing, subscribing is the intended path; there's no separate membership described on the page beyond the Substack subscription itself.