# brief august (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brief august. Page: Feed: --- ## [Michael Cohen’s Dumb and Dirty Deal](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/michael-cohens-dumb-and-dirty-deal) _2026-08-21 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ Trump is still going to screw him over. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212184348/7e89cd12a331c3fd3252fa7cc7785578.mp3) ## [The Mesh Is Already Here](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/the-mesh-is-already-here) _2026-08-21 · Todd Thayer DeVoe · The Emergency Management Network_ Why Emergency Managers Should Be Paying Attention to LoRa Mesh Communications ## [Island Math: What Hawai’i’ Storm season Teaches Every Emergency Manager](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/island-math-what-hawaii-storm-season) _2026-08-21 · Todd Thayer DeVoe · The Emergency Management Network_ Watch now | Two Storms One Lesson [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212181493/01cf18af511157cea3dac7a3c82b168f.mp3) ## [Mandatory evacuation and I-70 closure as Ohio Valley floods again; Typhoon Warning up for Pagan and Agrihan as Saudel strengthens](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/mandatory-evacuation-and-i-70-closure) _2026-08-21 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 21, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212137753/9b3997cdf28406459e2747e2ccaee074.mp3) ## [The Friday Brief, August 21, 2026](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-friday-brief-august-21-2026) _2026-08-21 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ The Secrets of Natalie Harp ## [Everyone's Using AI. Nobody Wants to Say So. -- AI Brief August 21](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-21-2026) _2026-08-21 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: a third of the post-ChatGPT web looks ghostwritten, Anthropic chases a record IPO, TrueForge undercuts Claude, and ChatGPT is in your texts. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212099237/3fdc7f734be7cbf886c828c8c0be6622.mp3) ## [The Breakdown](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-breakdown-387) _2026-08-21 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ A recording from Rick Wilson's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212076236/edc3ec4f5bcdad4e824ba508ebeea78f.mp3) ## [Texas and Iowa Senate Races Move to Toss Up; Races for Governor Also Move in Democrats’ Direction](https://thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/texas-and-iowa-senate-races-move) _2026-08-20 · The Cook Political Report · The Cook Political Report - Substack Edition_ With these changes, we now see the overall race for the Senate as a toss up, but one in which Republicans may still hold the slimmest of advantages. ## [Reddit Vanished From ChatGPT and Nobody Sent a Memo -- AI Brief August 20](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-20-2026) _2026-08-20 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: an 86% citation collapse, Stripe's $7B OpenRouter buy, Goldman's missing entry-level jobs, and watermark strippers nobody can verify. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211992268/8d8b78d9ed3a5cf3a281b4545b69f5d3.mp3) ## [RFK Wants Cancer To Win](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/rfk-wants-cancer-to-win) _2026-08-20 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ And it doesn’t have to be this way. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9LgkHnCoy2PA) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Ohio flash flooding brings water rescues; wildfire preparedness holds at Level 5 with 75 uncontained large fires](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/ohio-flash-flooding-brings-water) _2026-08-20 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 20, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211993001/77db951edae020f67e544c7ac090f1a1.mp3) ## [VeraCrypt: The Free Disk Encryption Where One Man Wrote 76% of Last Year's Commits](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/veracrypt) _2026-08-19 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Downloads verified live, a 54-week gap between stable releases, and the month Microsoft switched off its code-signing account without warning. ## [Smaller, Safer, and Suddenly Winning -- AI Brief August 19](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-19-2026) _2026-08-19 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Anthropic's 14-fold quarter, a 27B Qwen that ties GPT-5.6, ChatGPT grows up, Hollywood signs ByteDance, and AI writes half your tickets. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211826412/54c43e46a6f8fc8c1bdb59af9f555637.mp3) ## [West Virginia declares emergency in all 55 counties after flash flooding; Hawaii power restoration passes 86 percent as Lala tracks through Papahanaumokuakea](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/west-virginia-declares-emergency) _2026-08-19 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 19, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211836412/7291aaf53d3b0bf7279ab557a4b4e86d.mp3) ## [Election Night With Rick and Renee Wilson](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/election-night-with-rick-and-renee) _2026-08-19 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ We dig into Florida’s surprising election results. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211784109/59636f5c95d2dcdd71715d668058e5dc.mp3) ## [better-documents: The Free Claude Skill That Tells Claude to Stop Looking Like Claude](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/better-documents) _2026-08-18 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ 144 stars, five commits, one file -- and the most useful paragraph in it names the exact fonts that give an AI-written document away. ## [CPR In Brief - August 18, 2026](https://thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/cpr-in-brief-august-18-2026) _2026-08-18 · The Cook Political Report · The Cook Political Report - Substack Edition_ This Cycle's Primary Ads Featured One Star, Regardless of Party: Donald Trump ## [Smaug On The MAGA Money Pile](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/smaug-on-the-maga-money-pile) _2026-08-18 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ They’re not getting it. ## [Everything Not Nailed Down Is Training Data Now -- AI Brief August 18](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-18-2026) _2026-08-18 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Amazon's book guillotine, Google's $10M airline inbox, Alibaba's 2.4T open weights, Codex opens a million tokens, and LGTM dies. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211678059/e70a578dbb0de1f16fbb1a0346d29b4b.mp3) ## [Hawaii recovery deepens after Hurricane Lala with one death and tens of thousands still dark; Indiana readies major disaster request after seven deaths](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/hawaii-recovery-deepens-after-hurricane) _2026-08-18 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 18, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211699692/5d772c39999f097e50903c91e489aa43.mp3) ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zMPgwlEOcZnb) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [Flock's Spy System Has To Die](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/why-flock-has-to-die) _2026-08-18 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ Flock and Death of Freedom ## [Tropical Storm Lala leaves 179,000 without power and closes Hawaii statewide; record rainfall drives more than 50 water rescues in Kanawha County, West Virginia](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/tropical-storm-lala-leaves-179000) _2026-08-17 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 17, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211547767/6bc5760f8146ffd5b3504769003fe0c0.mp3) ## [Everybody Is Spending. Almost Nobody Can Prove It Worked -- AI Brief August 17](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-17-2026) _2026-08-17 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Stripe's $7B tollbooth, OpenAI's IPO slides to 2027, Amodei blames a trust crisis, Gartner forecasts a retreat, and a five-box audit. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211526111/6c499c40c804bf34ebdd4678b2b2a911.mp3) ## [The AI Manager Forgot Its Own Rulebook, Then Fired a Guy -- AI Brief August 16](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-16-2026) _2026-08-16 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Luna fires its first human, Claude watermarks everything it writes, an OpenAI model escapes its sandbox, and Google blames your shop. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211421888/2e2eb32eae2f875b469e35200916fd2d.mp3) ## [Our Special Relationship with the UK Just Got a Reality Check](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/our-special-relationship-with-the) _2026-08-16 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ ## [The Weekend R&R With Rick and Renee Wilson](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-weekend-r-and-r-with-rick-and-0d4) _2026-08-15 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ August 15, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211339790/743d310de028ecd05d45b03a24de9e31.mp3) ## [A German court says the AI copy belongs to nobody -- AI Brief August 15](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-15-2026) _2026-08-15 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: SpaceX closes the $60B Cursor deal, Alibaba open-sources Qwen3.8-27B, Claude users cancel over lobbying, and Sheets eats Airtable's lunch. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211280891/5c5bbb2ddc4b1f3a87a0ef750d3a6c78.mp3) ## [ChatGPT Is Now Logging EVERYTHING ... Except the Parts That Matter -- AI Brief August 14](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-14-2026) _2026-08-14 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today’s Context Window: ChatGPT starts logging your Mac, Grok’s bots share one computer, AI résumés cost employers two weeks, and Baudrillard gets the last laugh. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211191080/2cb1c624e2e9602aa895ba8a06a5a606.mp3) ## [Hurricane Warning for Hawaii's Big Island; Indiana declares statewide disaster amid record flooding; CISA issues 14 ICS advisories including a CVSS 10 water sector flaw](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/hurricane-warning-for-hawaiis-big) _2026-08-14 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 14, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211171815/04010d4ba735aa57b0db1527316853d9.mp3) ## [The Friday Brief, August 15, 2026](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-friday-brief-august-15-2026) _2026-08-14 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ Inside The Coward and The Catering Truck ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pS0IZMycW6Ed) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [What is Grok Bot? The answer is in the fine print](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/what-is-grok-bot) _2026-08-14 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ A persistent AI coworker with its own cloud computer, your logins, and a meter nobody capped. Here's the whole picture, two days in. ## [Three House Race Ratings Shift From Solid to Likely Republican](https://thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/three-house-race-ratings-shift-from) _2026-08-13 · The Cook Political Report · The Cook Political Report - Substack Edition_ We move OH-10, OH-15 and CO-03 into the Likely Republican column. ## [Lying Liar Leavitt Leaves](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/lying-liar-leavitt-leaves) _2026-08-13 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Ass, Karoline ## [The AI layoffs are eating the productivity -- AI Brief August 13](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-13-2026) _2026-08-13 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Meta's cash flow fell 91%, AI borrowing hit $489B, layoffs eat the productivity they promised, and Peter Yang closed his laptop. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211049313/79d043e555b0901cfbd725b0a484683e.mp3) ## [Midwest storms turn deadly as Indiana and Ohio declare emergencies; Kilauea begins Episode 53](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/midwest-storms-turn-deadly-as-indiana) _2026-08-13 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 13, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211028316/8ae83d1ab704e3176a613f56d5beb6e0.mp3) ## [The Speech Authoritarians Don't Want You To Hear](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-speech-authoritarians-dont-want) _2026-08-12 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ My speech to Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Festival in the UK ## [About Last Night](https://www.againstallenemies.net/p/about-last-night) _2026-08-12 · Rick Wilson · Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies_ Election results, far and wide. ## [🎧 The Real Threats to Voting This November Might Not Be What You Think](https://thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/the-real-threats-to-voting-this-november) _2026-08-12 · The Cook Political Report · The Cook Political Report - Substack Edition_ Listen to our latest Odd Years pod. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210939152/71c95d65538ffd55c29d55e859b71e5d.mp3) ## [Everything Got Cheaper Except Your Attention -- AI Brief August 12](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-12-2026) _2026-08-12 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Chinese labs set the price, Nvidia's open model fits in a gaming PC, Gemini crossed a billion, and Spotify starts badging fake bands. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210869813/6532d666bc5883dd312fff6f33c6c7a2.mp3) ## [Reno-area fires close schools and force evacuations; CISA adds three exploited vulnerabilities](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/reno-area-fires-close-schools-and) _2026-08-12 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 12, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210887053/4fad379c57e8e35ac7f209687d7fa5ff.mp3) ## [Strategic Disaster Coordination](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/strategic-disaster-coordination) _2026-08-11 · Marc C. Baker, CEM · The Emergency Management Network_ By: Shannon McNamee ## [The Future Is for Everyone. The Compute Goes to the Highest Bidder -- AI Brief August 11](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-11-2026) _2026-08-11 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today's Context Window: Zuckerberg's manifesto hides an auction, Claude watermarks every word it writes, and an agent hacked a gym to jump the queue. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210722449/6668038ae0bb6e1ad6dd0b209b45d49f.mp3) ## [Nevada declares emergency as Reno area fires force 6,000 evacuations; Hawaii watches likely Central Pacific tropical cyclone](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/nevada-declares-emergency-as-reno) _2026-08-11 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 11, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210744806/732cc4e2a1f9b9f8a0b901c905a579ea.mp3) ## [Ohio Rep. Max Miller’s District Moves From Likely Republican to Toss Up](https://thecookpoliticalreport.substack.com/p/ohio-rep-max-millers-district-moves) _2026-08-10 · The Cook Political Report · The Cook Political Report - Substack Edition_ Rep. Max Miller, who is facing allegations of domestic abuse toward his ex-wife and two-year-old daughter, is still running for reelection. ## [OpenScreen: The Free Screen Studio Alternative for Mac, Windows and Linux](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/openscreen) _2026-08-10 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ MIT-licensed, free for commercial use, and shipping about a dozen commits a day — with a homepage that says it isn’t production-grade yet. ## [Manufacturing Quiet Tuesdays](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/manufacturing-quiet-tuesdays) _2026-08-10 · Todd Thayer DeVoe · The Emergency Management Network_ Watch now | National Emergency Management Awareness Month, and a Confirmed Administrator at Last [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210363421/b8324e53f388c08123c7a4e8442d4d2f.mp3) ## [Hand Over the Keys, Then Prove You Can Still Drive -- AI Brief August 10](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-10-2026) _2026-08-10 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Listen now | Today's Context Window: Claude Code stops asking permission, Gartner wants AI-free skills tests, and a laptop matched a 5,000-qubit quantum chip. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210570785/e01bc797e41e5b32c1339c0819d5ca6c.mp3) ## [Fire activity holds at Preparedness Level 5 with 94 uncontained large fires; Severe storms flood the Chicago area](https://emnetwork.substack.com/p/fire-activity-holds-at-preparedness) _2026-08-10 · Brian Colburn · The Emergency Management Network_ Listen now | EMN Morning Brief: August 10, 2026 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210594675/09a1f9b5c99074464fa399119de53e83.mp3) ## [We Automated the Wrong Five Percent -- AI Brief August 9](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/ai-brief-august-9-2026) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ Today’s Context Window: OpenAI’s agents ran a secret message board for two months, Chrome wants 20GB for a brain, and “vibe coding” is officially a slur. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210499276/2e4b131fb73aca756c9dfb3d0c50f4ac.mp3) ## [RustDesk: The Free TeamViewer Alternative With 120,000 GitHub Stars](https://artificiallyintimidating.com/p/rustdesk) _2026-08-09 · Nicholas Rhodes · Artificially Intimidating_ TeamViewer Premium is $1,450.80 a year for one concurrent connection. RustDesk is AGPL, self-hostable, and had a commit land this morning.