# cliff potts (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover cliff potts. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Gold Watch](https://wps.news/2026/08/23/the-gold-watch/) _2026-08-23 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Cliff Potts reflects on GoDaddy, retail-style tech work, broken management, and why even the cheap golden watch he bought himself as recognition was eventually stolen. ## [Sara Duterte Trial Faces Schedule Shift as Confidential-Funds Case Drags On](https://wps.news/2026/08/23/sara-duterte-trial-faces-schedule-shift-as-confidential-funds-case-drags-on/) _2026-08-23 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial continues through the confidential-funds phase as prosecutors push for afternoon hearings, Friday trial days, and a faster path through the Senate calendar. ## [Where in the World Is Mitch McConnell? Seventy Days Later](https://wps.news/2026/08/23/where-in-the-world-is-mitch-mcconnell-seventy-days-later/) _2026-08-23 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Seventy days after Mitch McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization, Kentucky voters still have no direct public proof that one of their two senators is capable of doing the job. ## [West Philippine Sea Situation Report (SITREP): August 14–23, 2026](https://wps.news/2026/08/23/west-philippine-sea-situation-report-sitrep-august-14-23-2026/) _2026-08-23 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Chinese coast guard and naval vessels maintained sustained pressure around key West Philippine Sea features from August 14 through August 23, while no new major physical confrontation was confirmed. Monsoon weather complicated maritime operations, but the broader pattern remained one of normalized Chinese gray-zone presence and continuing Philippine monitoring and resistance. ## [Welcome to the Stacks](https://wps.news/2026/08/23/welcome-too/) _2026-08-23 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ A playful note from the curator’s desk thanking readers for wandering through the archives of WPS News and Occupy 2.5. A reminder that records matter, attention matters, and every visit helps keep the memory alive. ## [Bush Without 9/11: The Presidency That Never Happened](https://wps.news/2026/08/22/bush-ii/) _2026-08-22 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ The President which never was. ## [Transformers: Moving Power Without Moving Parts](https://wps.news/2026/08/21/transformers-moving-power-without-moving-parts/) _2026-08-21 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Transformers use changing magnetic fields to transfer electrical energy, making long-distance power distribution and modern electronic equipment possible without any moving parts. ## [Swimming in It Until You Escape](https://wps.news/2026/08/21/swiming/) _2026-08-21 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Iowa reveals how stagnation disguises itself as normal life—trapping people in motionless systems they cannot fully understand until they finally escape. ## [Soft Censorship Requires No Bans](https://wps.news/2026/08/20/suppressions/) _2026-08-20 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Modern information platforms rarely rely on bans to suppress content. This essay examines how control over visibility enables quiet, scalable censorship through downranking and obscurity, reshaping discourse without explicit prohibition. ## [Cerro de Pasco, Peru: The Plateau Above the World](https://wps.news/2026/08/20/andes/) _2026-08-20 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ At 14,000 feet in the Andes, Cerro de Pasco was both mining town and American enclave. Thin air, mossy gullies, and a visible divide between compound and town defined the beginning of this chapter. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/3bDEqqQf7Pk2) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [The Acid Trip We Never Took](https://wps.news/2026/08/19/done-clean-version-nothing-extra-after-the-body-except-what-you-actually-need/) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ A forgotten 1970s paperback leaves behind a strange idea about human behavior that proves harder to discard than the book itself. ## [Bread Riots and the Limits of Patience](https://wps.news/2026/08/18/bread-riots/) _2026-08-18 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ As food shortages and inflation persisted during the Civil War, patience gave way to collective action. This essay examines how bread riots marked the public breaking point of endurance on the home front. ## [Rights on Paper](https://wps.news/2026/08/18/papers-or-not/) _2026-08-18 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ China’s intellectual property laws often mirror international standards, but enforcement has frequently been slow or uneven. This essay examines how rights that exist on paper can fail in practice, enabling long-term competitive loss. ## [Going Public: Mobilization as a Governance Tool in the Trump Presidency (Part 9 of 19)](https://wps.news/2026/08/18/trump-9-of-19/) _2026-08-17 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — August 18, 2026 Let’s break the fourth wall for a second. By this point, this series had started to sound a little too much like a political science lecture. The information was sound. The tone was getting a little too classroom. \[…\] ## [Why Cost Imposition Shapes Behavior in the West Philippine Sea](https://wps.news/2026/08/18/why-cost-imposition-shapes-behavior-in-the-west-philippine-sea/) _2026-08-17 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ Increasing operational cost influences maritime behavior. This article explains how cost imposition shapes sustained activity in the West Philippine Sea. ## [Back When It Came Easy](https://wps.news/2026/08/17/back-when-it-came-easy/) _2026-08-16 · Dr. Potts · WPS News_ A reflection on how life moves from ease to weight and back again, not through control but through acceptance.