# friday flashback (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover friday flashback. Page: Feed: --- ## [Letter from a Reader 8.20.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letters-from-a-reader-82026) _2026-08-20 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Why it’s pretentious to call a first novel a ‘debut novel’ (and too many authors act as though it isn’t), Goodreads adds a shelf, and Chris Bohjalian’s new thriller ## [Letter from a Reader 8.17.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letter-from-a-reader-81726) _2026-08-17 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Don't blame critics and journalists for giving Jason Arday's book bad reviews. Blame the publisher who bought it and made it available to all of them ## [New York Times to pay $200,000-$225,000 to Gilbert Cruz's successor at the book review](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/new-york-times-to-pay-200000-225000) _2026-08-15 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Read annotated excepts from the Times' new ad for his replacement to see if you qualify for a quarter million in salary and benefits ## [Letter from a Reader 8.14.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letter-from-a-reader-81426) _2026-08-14 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Friday Flashbacks on a football classic, an award-winning true-crime tale, the delightful novel in letters 'Daddy-Long-Legs,' and palindromes for all ages in 'So Many Dynamos!' ## [Letters from a Reader 8.13.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letters-from-a-reader-81326) _2026-08-13 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Why I'm not rushing out to buy the hot new bestseller, 'The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery' ## [Yet another conflict of interest erodes the credibility of New York Times book coverage](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/yet-another-conflict-of-interest) _2026-08-12 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Why did the Times let a Penguin Random House author defend book awards, which PRH tends to dominate? Horror stories from a Pulitzer judge help to show what was wrong with a guest essay ## [Letter from a Reader 8.10.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letter-from-a-reader-81026) _2026-08-11 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ The 'dishonesty' of true crime, Penelope Fitzgerald's elegant Cambridge novel, and coming tomorrow: Horror stories I've heard firsthand about judging the Pulitzers and other awards ## [Is Jason Arday's new book another 'fake memoir'?](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/is-jason-ardays-new-book-another) _2026-08-08 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Whatever you call it, the disgraced Cambridge professor's book could hurt people with autism and face the class-action lawsuits that James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces' did ## [Letter from a Reader 8.6.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letter-from-a-reader-8626) _2026-08-06 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Friday Flashbacks on Henry James' 'The Portrait of a Lady,' 'Ebert's Little Movie Glossary,' and an entertaining book of poems for children ## [I was sucker-punched by Kathryn Stockett's 'The Calamity Club'](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/i-was-sucker-punched-by-kathryn-stocketts) _2026-08-05 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ Southern women deserve better than being stereotyped as 'plucky' or 'feisty' when they do things that are silly, dangerous, or even criminal ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sBSJ0uX84dmD) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Letter from a Reader 8.1.26](https://jansplaining.substack.com/p/letter-from-a-reader-8126) _2026-08-02 · Jan Harayda · Jansplaining_ What journalists should ask 'Calamity Club' author Kathryn Stockett, Joan Didion on California, and the world's best gift for a reader ## [I deleted x and reddit and almost finished my cs diploma](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=I_deleted_x_and_reddit_and_almost_finished_my_cs_diploma) _2026-06-30 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Lessons from the Cross and Resurrection](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Lessons_from_the_Cross_and_Resurrection) _2026-04-11 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Great grades at third semester too](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Great_grades_at_third_semester_too) _2026-03-08 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Never stopped studying since August 2024](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Never_stopped_studying_since_August_2024) _2026-02-09 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Thoughts about English, French, Spanish, and German](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Thoughts_about_English,_French,_Spanish,_and_German) _2025-11-30 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Please do not die](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Please_do_not_die) _2025-10-12 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Very busy in the intensive code camp](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Very_busy_in_the_intensive_code_camp) _2025-09-16 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Finally I watched Django unchained and its 2 memes have a meaning now](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Finally_I_watched_Django_unchained_and_its_2_memes_have_a_meaning_now) _2025-09-07 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Friday Flashback 9 About searching for freelance jobs](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Friday_Flashback_9_About_searching_for_freelance_jobs) _2025-08-30 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/AhaSj2HxrLDr) _2025-08-30 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [The new design of this website and other programming things](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=The_new_design_of_this_website_and_other_programming_things) _2025-08-19 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [News from my intensive code camp](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=News_from_my_intensive_code_camp) _2025-08-10 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Avoidng nudes in my facebook account](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Avoidng_nudes_in_my_facebook_account) _2025-08-03 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Friday Flashback 8 2nd semestre results and other programming scholarship](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Friday_Flashback_8_2nd_semestre_results_and_other_programming_scholarship) _2025-08-01 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [I bought a used laptop](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=I_bought_a_used_laptop) _2025-06-28 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Friday Flashback 7 Discarded Things movie and other things](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Friday_Flashback_7_Discarded_Things_movie_and_other_things) _2025-06-21 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [I passed IQ and English exams](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=I_passed_IQ_and_English_exams) _2025-05-16 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [My lost writings on bubblews dot com](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=My_lost_writings_on_bubblews_dot_com) _2025-05-10 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Friday Flashback 6 My first course on Udemy](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=Friday_Flashback_6_My_first_course_on_Udemy) _2025-05-03 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [How do I watch paid movies legally for free](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=How_do_I_watch_paid_movies_legally_for_free) _2025-04-18 · Moheb Rofail_ ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MQelM1mCHeIp) _2025-04-18 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [A slight update to my portable pc setting](https://moheb-rofail.neocities.org/?page=post&p=A_slight_update_to_my_portable_pc_setting) _2025-04-13 · Moheb Rofail_