# goldberg (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover goldberg. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump Is Monetizing the Presidency](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-is-monetizing-the-presidency) _2026-08-20 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ His crypto empire turns political power into private wealth—and gives powerful interests a financial stake in keeping him beyond accountability. ## [So a President “Chosen by Jesus” Sends His Son-in-Law to Negotiate With Iran…](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/so-a-president-chosen-by-jesus-sends) _2026-08-19 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ It sounds like the setup for a bad joke. Unfortunately, it is American foreign policy. ## [Trump Is a Chaff Machine — and the Media Keeps Locking On](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trump-is-a-chaff-machine-and-the) _2026-08-18 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ I don’t give a two-penny damn about Natalie Harp. The rumored romance is gossip. Trump’s concession to North Korea is news ## [The One Thing Trump Cannot Tolerate—Especially From His Allies: Independence](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/the-one-thing-trump-cannot-tolerateespecially) _2026-08-17 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ Trump doesn’t merely expect support from his allies—he expects submission. ## [If History Won’t Make Room for Trump, He’ll Remodel It](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/if-history-wont-make-room-for-trump) _2026-08-16 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ His fixation on the Kennedy Center and Mount Rushmore suggests a desire not merely to govern America, but to rewrite its monuments around himself. ## [Trump’s Superpower Is Shamelessness: A Psychological Look](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trumps-superpower-is-shamelessness) _2026-08-15 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ Healthy guilt can lead to remorse and self-correction. What happens when both are missing? ## [Trump's aircraft carrier decision tells us a great deal about how he thinks.](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/trumps-aircraft-carrier-decision) _2026-08-14 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ It involves something called processing fluency — and its implications go far beyond aircraft carriers. ## [The Karoline Leavitt face story has legs](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/the-karoline-leavitt-face-story-has) _2026-08-13 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ The story is spreading, but I’m more interested in the psychology behind the picture. ## [Bonus Weds. Substack: The Real D-List](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/bonus-weds-substack-the-real-d-list) _2026-08-12 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ Kathy Griffin made the D-list a joke. Donald Trump turned it into a vocabulary lesson - about himself. ## [Regular Weds. Substack: From Island Battlefields to Carrier Decks](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/from-island-battlefields-to-carrier) _2026-08-12 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ The Pacific war had a clear enemy and a clear objective. Can we say the same now? ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/dKy2Uc5DBfoq) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Better Them Than Me?](https://halbrown.substack.com/p/better-them-than-me) _2026-08-11 · Hal Brown · A Beta Brain_ Trump escaped a possible Iranian threat while reporters and staff remained aboard the decoy Air Force One. ## [Natural Machines 2.0 at Carnegie Hall — Program Notes](https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=1454) _2026-03-18 · dantepfer · Dan Tepfer_ On November 15th 2025, I brought my brand-new project Natural Machines 2.0 to Carnegie Hall. The performance featured The Knights orchestra and special guests Becca Stevens and Miguel Zenon. The house was full; it was the thrill of a lifetime. Continue reading ## [A Conversation with Thomas Morgan](https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=1448) _2025-10-23 · dantepfer · Dan Tepfer_ Had a lovely conversation with the great Thomas Morgan around his beautiful new album, Around You Is a Forest, which includes an algorithmic instrument he created called WOODS. Thomas and I share a love for improvisation and programming, and we’ve Continue reading ## [How A.I. Turns Perfection on its Head](https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=1437) _2025-10-18 · dantepfer · Dan Tepfer_ At the Village Vanguard, years ago, I made the following observation: jazz musicians used to wear sunglasses indoors in order to hide their bloodshot eyes, caused by taking heroin. Nowadays, jazz musicians wear sunglasses indoors to hide the fact that Continue reading