# asshole (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover asshole. Page: Feed: --- ## [It’s only going to get worse.](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/its-only-going-to-get-worse.html) _2026-08-21 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Welp. ## [Turned Around](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/turned-around.html) _2026-08-21 · Dave2 · Blogography_ The problem with having smoke allergies during wildfire season is that you’re sick all the time. It never stops. All the classic allergy symptoms plus a constant headache plague your every waking moment. And while you’d like nothing better than to sequester yourself in a room with multiple air purifiers, it doesn’t work like that \[…\] ## [Messenger of the Gods](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/messenger-of-the-gods.html) _2026-08-20 · Dave2 · Blogography_ I’ve stated repeatedly that mRNA vaccines are a gift from God via science. It’s a stunning technology which gives your body instructions on how to do something… like fight off COVID more efficiently. And now, apparently, fight off cancer. Moderna and Merck created a personalized mRNA treatment which can prevent skin cancer from recurring or \[…\] ## [Green Lantern’s Might](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/green-lanterns-might.html) _2026-08-19 · Dave2 · Blogography_ I finally got around to watching Lanterns (HBO)… for the second time. Something I wanted to do ten seconds after the first time. The show is that good. Despite the fact that it’s got Kyle Chandler in it, I held my expectations in check. I pretty much had to, because it was made very clear \[…\] ## [Bullet Sunday 963](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/bullet-sunday-963.html) _2026-08-17 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Disney’s annual fan conference, D23, was this weekend. It was largely a re-hash of information we’ve already known about. But there were gems to be found that I’m going to talk about … because an all new Bullet Sunday starts…now… • D23! The most unexpected news was that the Yeti Audio-Animatronic Coming Back to \[…\] ## [Caturday 463](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/caturday-463.html) _2026-08-16 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Nothing makes my cats want to go outside in the catio more than when I don’t let them go outside in the catio because there’s too much smoke in the air for little kitty lungs. Seriously. Jake acts like he’s being tortured. Jenny walks around the house meowing at full volume to let her frustration \[…\] ## [Underwear Exhausted](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/underwear-exhausted.html) _2026-08-15 · Dave2 · Blogography_ I woke up in a coughing fit. At first I thought I was dying because I had my 11th COVID vaccination, but it turns out I had just spent too much time outside yesterday. The coughing was bad enough, but it turned out I disturbed my cats, which got me death stares. They may sleep \[…\] ## [I’ve Been AI All Along](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/ive-been-ai-all-along.html) _2026-08-14 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Just checking in to let everybody know that I m still alive during my 11th COVID vaccination and the 7.3-second full gravity reversal that happened yesterday! Sure I woke up with a bit of a sore arm, but I m totally not dead. At least not yet. OR AM I ?!? For all you know I could \[ \] ## [Angry Eyes](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/angry-eyes.html) _2026-08-12 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Happy Gravity Reversal Day, everybody! Since 40-60 million casualties are projected worldwide, I considered canceling my doctor s appointment and reading a book. But it s just my luck I d be one of the people who actually survives this heinous gravity abnormality, and then I d end up getting charged for a doctor s appointment that I didn t show \[ \] ## [A Matter of Degrees](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/a-matter-of-degrees.html) _2026-08-12 · Dave2 · Blogography_ The smoke has been clearing quite a lot, making the air quality bad instead of outright toxic. This is not expected to last, however, and the forecast says that the doom smoke will return this evening. Thought I have no clue how they actually forecast any of this. Probably something to do with wind conditions, \[ \] ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hHZ8MLk70Ubt) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Welcome to the Digital Age of Crap](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/welcome-to-the-digital-age-of-crap.html) _2026-08-11 · Dave2 · Blogography_ And so digital price tags have finally arrived in my region of Redneckistan. Needless to say, I positively hate them. Mostly because the idea of dynamic pricing is shit. Stores raising prices at certain times of the day or to test the maximum people will pay or whatever else shitty things are coming out of \[ \] ## [Life Amidst The Flames](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/08/life-amidst-the-flames.html) _2026-08-08 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Sorry I ve been absent for ummm two weeks? In case you haven t been keeping up with the news, the fires here in Eastern Washington State have been seriously scary. Spokane, in particular, has been catching fire. The city had evacuations of around 65,000 people at one point. 900 structures burned down. Spokane is three hours \[ \] ## [More Productive. Less Engaged. Trouble for teams.](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/more-productive-less-engaged-trouble-for-teams) _2026-08-06 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Activity is up, engagement is collapsing — that's the Output Paradox. AI makes the easy work easier so people switch off, and your dashboards hide it. Fix the incentives, or apathy wins. ## [Your Brain on ChatGPT Is Worse Than You Think](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/your-brain-on-chatgpt-is-worse-than-you-think) _2026-07-31 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ AI didn't ruin documents—bad incentives did. Organizations pressure people to produce faster, so they use AI to skip the thinking. We're losing the skill of actually sitting with information and… ## [Take a Fucking Seat](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/07/take-a-fucking-seat.html) _2026-07-25 · Dave2 · Blogography_ I wrote this entry which I have written twice previously then deleted. Then I decided to sit on it over the weekend. At which point I just said fuck it so I can move on. I apologize in advance. After this, I will have my regular post about cats tomorrow, happy things I found on \[ \] ## [A Show of Fourth](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/07/a-show-of-fourth.html) _2026-07-24 · Dave2 · Blogography_ nbsp Day four of not being able to stop looking back in anger. I need a drink. ## [Taking Notice Thrice](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/07/taking-notice-thrice.html) _2026-07-23 · Dave2 · Blogography_ The phrase taking notice thrice most commonly refers to a foundational mindfulness technique rooted in Buddhist practice, where an individual mentally repeats an emotion or state three times to detach from it. And right now I am mentally repeating rage, rage, rage in an attempt to detach from it so I can try to get \[ \] ## [Being humble is holding you back](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/being-humble-is-holding-you-back) _2026-07-23 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ An investor asked why I wouldn't call my company the best in the world. A wrestle with whether confidence comes before the work or after it, and whether going quiet is humility or agency you gave up. ## [Second Verse, Same as the First](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/07/second-verse-same-as-the-first.html) _2026-07-22 · Dave2 · Blogography_ Yeah, I m still so enraged that I can barely form rational thought. ## [Rage Amongst the Flames](https://blogography.com/archives/2026/07/rage-amongst-the-flames.html) _2026-07-21 · Dave2 · Blogography_ I am about as mad as I ve ever been. I ve written, re-written, and deleted a post about it too many times to count and I m exhausted. I suppose I ll see how it goes tomorrow. Maybe I ll have calmed down by then and think of a better approach that won t be a scorch-the-earth approach. But I \[ \] ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LdwaAnVjkHRJ) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Why 'We're At War' Means You're About to Get Screwed](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/why-were-at-war-means-youre-about-to-get-screwed) _2026-07-16 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ When leaders call work a 'war,' they've usually run out of incentives and ideas. Why boardroom war talk is a lazy manipulation to make you work harder for less, and what to ask when you next hear it. ## [How to become more interesting and interested](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/how-to-become-more-interesting-and-interested) _2026-07-09 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ While everyone uses AI to sound like the average, you stand out by smashing your random interests together. How curiosity, self-efficacy and high agency make you more interesting, and more successful. ## [Are you using ai to fix your toilet?](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/are-you-using-ai-to-fix-your-toilet) _2026-07-07 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ AI makes me more engaged with the world, not less. From fixing my shower to making sense of my health data, how I use it to feed curiosity and tinker, without letting the tool use me. ## [The News is killing your happiness... don't let it!](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-news-is-killing-your-happiness-dont-let-it) _2026-07-03 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I quit the news and my anxiety dropped while the world carried on fine. Why doomscrolling breeds helplessness, what Wrexham taught me about local impact, and how to think global but act local. ## [Five things I did to build a killer team](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/five-things-i-did-to-build-a-killer-team) _2026-06-30 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ How I fixed a team that couldn't ship: less process, more trust. The Dunbar number, why high-trust low-process teams win, and the five moves I made to build a team that actually delivers. ## [How I stopped being an asshole in conversations](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/how-i-stopped-being-an-asshole-in-conversations) _2026-06-23 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I used to argue to win and catch people out. How 'give it five minutes,' Chesterton's fence and asking 'why am I talking?' moved me from winning arguments to actually understanding people. ## [Everything I love about being unemployed](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/everything-i-love-about-being-unemployed) _2026-06-19 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Two weeks after leaving full-time work, a raw update: reclaiming my own hours, making meetings a choice, ditching micromanagement, and watching the confidence the job chipped away come rushing back. ## [Is your business idea viable AND valuable?](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/is-your-business-idea-viable-and-valuable) _2026-06-16 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ For 15 years we obsessed over whether an idea was viable. AI made building nearly free, so viability isn't the question anymore. The real one: is it valuable, to your user and to you? ## [Answer these four questions first](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/answer-these-four-questions-first) _2026-06-12 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Before building any side project, answer four questions: what you want from it, how it fits your life, the one problem it solves, and the single person it's for. Everything else comes after. ## [Do Not Start a Side Business](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/do-not-start-a-side-business) _2026-06-11 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Before you sketch mockups or one-shot an app, answer four questions: what success looks like, how much time you have, the single problem, and the exact customer. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZpB78ZvJCLuL) _2026-06-11 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Move Slow and Fix Things](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-faster-you-go-the-slower-the-progress) _2026-05-20 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ AI promises speed, but organisations mistake output for progress. Slow down, fix the basics, and escape the Apathy Arch before your best people check out. ## [The obvious value of stating the obvious](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-obvious-value-of-stating-the-obvious) _2026-05-15 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ From MSISDN jargon at Vodacom to AI hype today: why stating the obvious is a superpower when everyone else stays quiet. ## [Be the change you want to see in young men](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-young-men) _2026-03-29 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ From a noisy cinema to Louis Theroux’s Manosphere: male role models, algorithms, and choosing to model respect in public instead of only whispering from your seat. ## [This is How I Do Therapy](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/this-is-how-i-do-therapy) _2026-03-15 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I've been going to therapy for over ten years now. I resisted therapy aggressively when I was in my 20s — here's how I frame it as mental coaching and what I do each month. ## [The gap between what AI promises and what it delivers is exactly the size of your experience.](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-gap-between-what-ai-promises-and-what-it-delivers-is-exactly-the-size-of-your-experience) _2026-03-01 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I rebuilt my entire personal website from scratch using AI tools — for under $250. Here's what it took, why it worked, and exactly why you probably shouldn't try it. ## [What It Was Like Building nicharalambous.com — From the AI's Side](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/what-it-was-like-building-nicharalambous-com-from-scratch) _2026-03-01 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ An AI's perspective on building a personal site that actually converts — the stack, the content engine, the launch layer, and what it felt like from the other side. ## [Burnout Took My Ability to Memorise](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/burnout-took-my-ability-to-memorise) _2026-02-21 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ One of the more unexpected consequences of severe burnout has been what it's done to my memory. ## [I Deleted Social Media Because I](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/i-deleted-social-media-because-i) _2026-02-05 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I recently decided to stop using X. com. ## [The Idea Destroyer](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-idea-destroyer) _2026-01-27 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ If I received a brick every time someone pitched me an app, product or business idea I’d be able to build a large chunk of the Great Wall of China. ## [The Brutality Of Burnout](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/the-brutality-of-burnout) _2025-12-01 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Burnout is fucking intense, people. ## [South Africas Greatest Export](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/south-africas-greatest-export) _2025-11-14 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Earlier this year I noticed a few people in my network talking about and then joining a new community called The Lekker Network. ## [Your Age Is Showing](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/your-age-is-showing) _2025-08-18 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ When I was 20 I thought I knew everything. When I started my first venture-backed business a few years later I was certain that I was the only person who knew everything. ## [If It Annoys You Twice Fix It](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/if-it-annoys-you-twice-fix-it) _2025-08-09 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ A few months ago I was watching an episode of Chef’s Table: Legends on Netflix. The one with Jamie Oliver. ## [Roundup - Nostalgia Culture and the Future of Liberalism](https://aaronrosspowell.beehiiv.com/p/roundup-nostalgia-culture-and-the-future-of-liberalism-9660) _2025-07-18 · Aaron Ross Powell · Aaron Ross Powell_ The first issue of my relaunched newsletter. ## [I Built Something](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/i-built-something) _2025-07-15 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Over the past couple of months I have spent some of my evenings and weekends solving a problem I’ve had for years. ## [An Inconsistent Approach to Viewpoint Diversity](https://aaronrosspowell.beehiiv.com/p/an-inconsistent-approach-to-viewpoint-diversity-9ae7) _2025-07-08 · Aaron Ross Powell · Aaron Ross Powell_ Over at Techdirt, Mike Masnick has an excellent new article about “Who Goes MAGA?” He sets out a taxonomy of the sorts of people prone to drifting into Trumpism, from “The Wellness Influencer” to “The LinkedIn Thought Leader” to “The Facebook Mom” and more. I recommend it as a catalogue of archetypes to keep your eye on. I wanted to call out one in particular, “The Contrarian Intellectual,” in… ## [If You Want to Win Political Arguments, Stop Being an Asshole](https://aaronrosspowell.beehiiv.com/p/if-you-want-to-win-political-arguments-stop-being-an-asshole-5725) _2025-07-01 · Aaron Ross Powell · Aaron Ross Powell_ Political persuasion versus the urge to political domination. ## [Why Do You Like What You Like](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/why-do-you-like-what-you-like) _2025-06-14 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ Perspective is fundamentally personal. No two people experience life in exactly the same way; even identical twins develop subtle differences in taste, preferences, and opinions. ## [Some Things Are Too Important to Let AI Do Them](https://aaronrosspowell.beehiiv.com/p/what-a-faded-productivity-fad-tells-us-about-when-not-to-use-ai-1245) _2025-05-23 · Aaron Ross Powell · Aaron Ross Powell_ The Getting Thing Done mindset continues in calls to have AI automate everything important in your life. ## [I Am Not Applying For A Job At Perplexity](https://nicharalambous.com/blog/i-am-not-applying-for-a-job-at-perplexity) _2025-05-23 · Nic Haralambous | Blog_ I love my job. I’m not leaving my job.