# four part series (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover four part series. Page: Feed: --- ## [🎙YouTube doubled the watch-hour bar (4,000 → 8,000) for new Partner Program applicants, effective Feb 2027](https://podwires.substack.com/p/youtube-doubled-the-watch-hour-bar) _2026-08-20 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [🎙The group that sets how your downloads get measured wants your feedback by tonigh](https://podwires.substack.com/p/the-group-that-sets-how-your-downloads) _2026-08-19 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [🎙Nielsen just bought the company that decides which of your episodes are 'safe' enough to run ads against](https://podwires.substack.com/p/nielsen-just-bought-the-company-that) _2026-08-18 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [🎙Spotify will start labelling AI artist identities. Podcasts run on the same system](https://podwires.substack.com/p/spotify-will-start-labelling-ai-artist) _2026-08-17 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [🎙️ iHeartMedia's Podcasts Grew 21%. The Company Underneath Them Is Carrying $5 Billion in Debt.](https://podwires.substack.com/p/youtube-doubled-the-price-of-admission) _2026-08-15 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [🎙️ Spotify says podcasts are propping up its revenue. It's also spending $230M partly to build its AI-generated replacement.](https://podwires.substack.com/p/spotify-says-podcasts-are-propping) _2026-08-09 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [Outdoor Transplants: A Good Alternative](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/outdoor-transplants-a-good-alternative) _2026-08-07 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ Everyone knows about indoor transplants - but for frost tolerant vegetables, outdoor transplants offer many more pros than cons. ## [🚨 Acast Just Turned Its First-Ever Profit — By Inventing a Metric That Grew Only 2%](https://podwires.substack.com/p/acast-just-turned-its-first-ever) _2026-08-02 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [Tulips, Potatoes, and Other Immigrants](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/tulips-potatoes-and-other-immigrants) _2026-07-31 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ One wintry afternoon in January this year, we stepped into the Tulip Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ## [🎙 Podcasting's New Measurement Standard Has One Catch: Nobody Has to Use It](https://podwires.substack.com/p/podcastings-new-measurement-standard) _2026-07-27 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ew9FGOFJ5G0I) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Audioboom Rejects Buyout Bids as Revenue Surges 30%, While BBC Podcasts Top 116 Million Listeners Abroad](https://podwires.substack.com/p/audioboom-rejects-buyout-bids-as) _2026-07-19 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Today's newsletter is (once again) powered by Mencari News. You can get smarter in five minutes. Sign up for the free daily email on Australia's Politics, tech and finance news that you'll actually enjoy reading. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207645139/a34dceefb32359f137043c809329b666.mp3) ## [🎙 YouGov Data Shows Podcast Genres Split Sharply by Gender — and Not Every Genre Is Going Video](https://podwires.substack.com/p/yougov-data-shows-podcast-genres) _2026-07-19 · Podwires Team · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Did someone forward this to you? ## [The Podcast Industry's Dual Shift: Where Listeners Go and How Advertisers Reach Them](https://podwires.substack.com/p/the-podcast-industrys-dual-shift) _2026-07-19 · Miko Santos · Podwires |Become a Smarter Podcast Producer in 5 mins_ Episode Summary [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207240590/9097f7e214ee514aef75d0f17877d696.mp3) ## [A Reluctant Line Dancer](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/a-reluctant-line-dancer) _2026-06-26 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ Poetry in Motion and the Rediscovery of Play ## [Notes From a Serial Emigrant](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/notes-from-a-serial-emigrant) _2026-05-29 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ On Reading Moberg’s The Emigrants ## [Trench Composting](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/trench-composting) _2026-05-14 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ Garden waste is a natural bi-product of early spring garden preparation - but why send all that good organic material to the curb when you can compost it in you garden beds? ## [Where Is the West Going?](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/where-is-the-west-going) _2026-05-08 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ Religion, Nihilism, and How a Demographer Connects the Dots ## [Tomato Soup Cake](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/tomato-soup-cake) _2026-04-29 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ It's sounds like the worst cake ever - but it is actually wonderful. Give this recipe a try and I guarantee you'll add it to your repertoire! ## [Early Season Planting](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/early-season-planting) _2026-04-21 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ Think it's too early to start planting? Please, read on - because early season planting makes perfect sense if conditions are right, and you're planting the right things. ## [Video and transcript of talk on writing AI constitutions](https://joecarlsmith.com/2026/04/09/video-and-transcript-of-talk-on-writing-ai-constitutions) _2026-04-09 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ From a talk at Yale Law School in March 2026. ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iy7nrfY763Oz) _2026-04-09 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [AgeBenchmark - How Does Your Age Compare to History's Greatest Achievers?](https://ryanlynch.me/blog/agebenchmark/) _2026-04-07 · Ryan Lynch_ Building a web app that compares your age to the ages at which famous historical figures hit their biggest milestones. ## [Bad Water in Germany](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/bad-water-in-germany) _2026-04-03 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ How I Tripled my Vocabulary in Three Days ## [On restraining AI development for the sake of safety](https://joecarlsmith.com/2026/03/19/on-restraining-ai-development-for-the-sake-of-safety) _2026-03-19 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ My take on slowing down AI. ## [A High-level Overview of the AI Agent Technical Stack in Early 2026](https://ryanlynch.me/blog/ai-agent-technical-stack-2026/) _2026-03-15 · Ryan Lynch_ A practical overview of the modern AI agent technical stack, covering LLMs, agent frameworks, tools, memory, sandboxes, and infrastructure. ## [Your Time Is Valuable - But It Isn't Worth Anything...](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/your-time-is-valuable-but-it-isnt) _2026-03-12 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ This was a couple weeks in the making, but please, come along for the journey - I hope it provides some food for thought :) ## [Configuring AI Coding Tools: A Practical Guide for Developers Who Want Control, Not Autopilot](https://ryanlynch.me/blog/configuring-ai-coding-tools/) _2026-03-10 · Ryan Lynch_ A practical walkthrough of AI coding tool configuration for developers who want AI assistance without losing control. ## [Who Are You?](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/identify-yourself) _2026-03-06 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ The Kaleidoscope of our Selves ## [Should I Grow or Buy Transplants?](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/should-i-grow-or-buy-transplants) _2026-02-18 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ Should I grow my own transplants indoors, or just buy them when it’s time to plant? The answer is YES. Confused? Please read on. ## [How to Make Scones](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/how-to-make-scones) _2026-02-14 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ The world is frozen outside - so why not make some tea and scones, and take in the beautiful winter scenery from the kitchen window, while sitting around the table with friends. ## [Understanding Eyjafjallajökull](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/understanding-eyjafjallajokull) _2026-02-06 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ Kingkortobbobimur and a Martian Linguist ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/21eywVMVHi6O) _2026-02-06 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Time to Rethink Your Transplanting Game](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/time-to-rethink-your-transplanting) _2026-02-04 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ It will soon be time again to start thinking about transplants - but before you do that, you may first want to reconsider what you start, and how you grow it. ## [Building AIs that do human-like philosophy](https://joecarlsmith.com/2026/01/29/building-ais-that-do-human-like-philosophy) _2026-01-29 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ AIs will face philosophical questions humans can t answer for them. ## [Undiscovered Gardening](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/undiscovered-gardening) _2026-01-28 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ Want to learn more about gardening in the off-season? The first step is finding a way to learn the things you don't think you need to know. What are those things? Read on... ## [Lightly Philosophizing About the Art of Photography](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/lightly-philosophizing-about-the) _2026-01-16 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ True to the spirit of this blog, here I am once again venturing into territories where I have no formal credentials. ## [There's No App for a Great Garden](https://maritimegardening.substack.com/p/theres-no-app-for-a-great-garden) _2026-01-15 · Maritime Gardening · The Maritime Gardening Newsletter_ The wonders never cease with our amazing technological innovations, and gardening apps offer a host of useful hacks for gardeners looking to up their game - but I don't think they have much to offer. ## [An End-of-Year Glance Back Down the Road](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/an-end-of-year-glance-back-down-the) _2025-12-27 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ On Writing “The Firmament” ## [Video and transcript of talk on human-like-ness in AI safety](https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/12/17/video-and-transcript-of-talk-on-human-like-ness-in-ai-safety) _2025-12-17 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ From a talk I gave at Constellation in December 2025. ## [Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning - A Critical Take](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/viktor-frankls-mans-search-for-meaning) _2025-12-05 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ A Critical View ## [How human-like do safe AI motivations need to be?](https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/11/12/how-human-like-do-safe-ai-motivations-need-to-be) _2025-11-12 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ AIs with alien motivations can still follow instructions safely on the inputs that matter. ## [36 Years After the Berlin Wall Fell - The Unfinished German Reunification](https://outsightsofaconspecific.substack.com/p/36-years-after-the-berlin-wall-fell) _2025-11-09 · Outsights of a Conspecific · Outsights of a Conspecific_ A Linguistic Exploration ## [Artificial Infinitude #4: AGI's Victories Would Not Be Ours](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/artificial-infinitude-4-agis-victories) _2025-11-04 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ The moment our creation ceases to be finite is the moment it ceases to be ours. ## [Leaving Open Philanthropy, going to Anthropic](https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/11/03/leaving-open-philanthropy-going-to-anthropic) _2025-11-03 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ On a career move, and on AI-safety-focused people working at AI companies. ## [Myth, Man, Machine: Season One in Review](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/myth-man-machine-season-one-in-review) _2025-11-03 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ Announcing the end of the first run of posts; season finale tomorrow. ## [Pointsman’s Agony](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/pointsmans-agony) _2025-10-26 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ On technological metaphors' usurpation of our thought. ## [We're Having Digital Twins](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/were-having-digital-twins) _2025-10-13 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ Simming in a data lake with our 10,000 closest copies. ## [Artificial Infinitude #3: Finitude and the Two Categories of AI](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/artificial-infinitude-3-finitude) _2025-10-09 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ If AGI cannot unclog a toilet, is it really General? ## [Controlling the options AIs can pursue](https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/09/29/controlling-the-options-ais-can-pursue) _2025-09-29 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ On blocking paths to power, and on making deals. ## [Biblical Freight](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/biblical-freight) _2025-09-25 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ Scripture, archaeology, and the purpose of biblical allusion. ## [Video and transcript of talk on giving AIs safe motivations](https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/09/21/video-and-transcript-of-talk-on-giving-ais-safe-motivations) _2025-09-21 · Joseph Carlsmith RSS Feed_ From a talk at UT Austin in September 2025. ## [Ingester, Devourer, Consumer, Swallower](https://mythmanmachine.substack.com/p/ingester-devourer-consumer-swallower) _2025-09-14 · miklos · Myth, Man, Machine_ Concerning the perception of machines.