# hank green (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover hank green. Page: Feed: --- ## [Beyond the Zimmermann Telegram, part one](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/beyond-the-zimmermann-telegram-part) _2026-08-20 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ How World War One created the window of opportunity for Mexico to settle a century of political polarization...on the battlefield. ## [Rhetoric & Reality](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/rhetoric-and-reality) _2026-08-18 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ From Locke to Plato, is rhetoric just sophistry taking advantage of us? ## [Life, death, an wonder of the Cosmos](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/17/life-death-an-wonder-of-the-cosmos/) _2026-08-17 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ I really enjoyed this discussion between @astrokatie.com and @hankgreen.bsky.social in an episode of Hank’s podcast, Humans. It’s a wonderful perspective of science and discovery: ## [Being a mensch](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/15/being-a-mensch/) _2026-08-15 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ I m not really a religious person. Having said that, I enjoyed and appreciated this episode of For Heaven s Sake from the Shalom Hartman Institute about being a mensch from a Jewish perspective: ## [Ahsoka – Season 2 teaser](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/15/ahsoka-season-2-teaser/) _2026-08-15 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ I m really looking forward to this. Also, there is a lot going on in this teaser trailer! ## [Imagining American Power: Air Force One](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/imagining-american-power-air-force) _2026-08-15 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ The 1990s, and remembering how post-Cold War Americans still imagined their leaders as potentially heroic. ## [What is an accident?](https://clkoerner.com/2026/08/14/what-is-an-accident/) _2026-08-14 · Chris · Chris Koerner_ Larry: For the sake of your viewers who can t see this, I m showing you I always have a flashlight in my pocket. That s what I walk around with. A good prop person always has a a flashlight, and it s there so that you can shine it down the barrel and check for that. If you Continue reading What is an accident? ## [When did the Great War end and the Second World War begin? Defining the Interwar Period](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/when-did-the-great-war-end-and-the) _2026-08-13 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ It is more of an open question when you move beyond Europe. ## [Prettify your WordPress dashboard with OpenStation](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/12/prettify-your-wordpress-dashboard-with-openstation/) _2026-08-12 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ If you're a bit bored of the classic WP Admin dashboard of your WordPress site, try OpenStation for a more computer desktop-style view. It's a nice change. I have mine set to "Living Tree". ## [Not so competent AI overlords](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/12/not-so-competent-ai-overlords/) _2026-08-12 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ People are worried that our soon-to-be AI overlords will take over our lives and run human civilization into the ground with their superior intelligence. Those people probably haven t had the frustratingly frequent experience of seeing these agents utterly fail to successfully complete tasks we ask and empower them to do. Repeatedly. ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eQTeqxkIzrZ4) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [History is your Data for Maturity](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/history-is-your-data-for-maturity) _2026-08-11 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ We can't learn from experiences unless we take the time to remember them. ## [Type](https://type.joohyunpark.com/) _2026-08-08 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ one of several playful web experiments by Joohyun Park # ## [Palaces, Pandemics, and the Creation of Washington D.C.](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/palaces-pandemics-and-creation-of) _2026-08-08 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ How a Devastating Pandemic Ruined Philadelphia’s Plot to Remain the US Capital ## [America permanently took over Danish Territory for National Security](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/america-permanently-took-over-danish) _2026-08-05 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ How fear of World War One Germany provoked the US to takeover Danish territory ## [Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in alphabetical order](https://vimeo.com/1215576459) _2026-08-05 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ the latest submission to Supercut.org , inspired by Of Oz The Wizard via supercut.org # ## [Science stuff as an antidote to Crazy World Stuff](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/08/05/science-stuff-as-an-antidote-to-crazy-world-stuff/) _2026-08-05 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ Perhaps if more of us spent more time looking up and around at the wonder of the natural world, and paying attention to our place in it, perhaps we would live somewhat less stressful, divisive, and unhealthy lives. ## [Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” is set today](https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/there-will-come-soft-rains.pdf) _2026-08-04 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ “‘Today is August 4, 2026,’ said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, ‘in the city of Allendale, California.'” via @aaronmeyers # ## [Marcin Wichary on the Mac’s quirky drag-install app windows](https://unsung.aresluna.org/as-a-windows-user-its-a-very-surreal-way-to-install-a-program/) _2026-08-04 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ some of the many ways designers encourage you to drag an icon into the Applications folder # ## [The Pudding’s lawn mowing experiment](https://pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/) _2026-08-04 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ 30,954 mowed a virtual lawn, but the best mowers thought about it first # ## [House House’s Big Walk out now](https://www.eurogamer.net/big-walk-review) _2026-08-04 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ I played the first hour of the game with three friends at Panic HQ last month and it’s brilliant # ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lotzCLklxOHr) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Hank Green's Pushback and our AI Induced Anxiety](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/hank-greens-pushback-and-our-ai-induced) _2026-08-04 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ Hank Green’s confession that AI hurt his creative process warns how our anxiety to be productive is being exploited by tempting shortcuts that drown creators. ## [Waxy Refresh: The End of Playfic](https://waxy.org/2026/08/waxy-refresh-the-end-of-playfic/) _2026-08-04 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ After 14 years, I decided to retire Playfic, an online community for writing and sharing interactive fiction made with Inform 7. All the games will stay online indefinitely. ## [Ikea Complexity Index](https://ikea.greg.technology/) _2026-08-03 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ I wonder how many people know they’ve committed to a 10 hour build when buying a $700 kitchenette via b3ta # ## [Covid's History versus Our Memory, the Fauci Tragedy](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/covids-history-versus-our-memory) _2026-08-01 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ How American political memory turned COVID-19's systemic failures into a tragedy centered on Anthony Fauci ## [Waxy Refresh: Supercut.org](https://waxy.org/2026/07/waxy-refresh-supercut-org/) _2026-07-31 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ Continuing my series of updating old side projects, I gave Supercut.org a big refresh, plus some notes on the sad state of Vimeo. ## [A Little Waxy Refresh](https://waxy.org/2026/07/a-little-waxy-refresh/) _2026-07-30 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ I updated Waxy.org's design over the last few weeks, part of a series of updates to some of my long-dormant projects. ## [Boxsquad](https://spacetypegenerator.com/boxsquad) _2026-07-30 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ new from the creator of Space Type Generator , be sure to turn on the “twerk” option # ## [When Germany Bombed & Closed the Statue of Liberty, and refused to pay the settlement](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/when-germany-bombed-and-closed-the) _2026-07-30 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ The World War One German plot that's why you can't visit Lady Liberty's Torch ## [The beautiful dream of objectivity](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/the-beautiful-dream-of-objectivity) _2026-07-28 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ Being objective is not a purity test. It is a pledge to be forthright. ## [Restaurants are leaning into handmade/DIY aesthetics as AI slop grows](https://www.eater.com/trends/975087/restaurants-lean-into-bespoke-handmade-elements-during-ai-flyer-backlash) _2026-07-26 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ we’re going to see this backlash everywhere to the polished blandness of generated imagery via Caitlin Dewey # ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/PWJqRvD1dQNw) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [The Smithsonian Exception](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/the-smithsonian-exception) _2026-07-25 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ The Smithsonian is not the Kennedy Center, and it should be kept independent of the president. ## [How AI agents forced a 30-year-old movie box office stats website offline](https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all) _2026-07-23 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ an escalating flood of agentic traffic, plus attempts to hack the server to manipulate prediction markets # ## [3D gaussian splat tour of San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral](https://vincentwoo.com/3d/grace_cathedral/) _2026-07-23 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ many nice touches from the the cutaway view to the cars and ambient audio, try WASD movement inside with Shift to sprint # ## [The Lindbergh Mission](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/the-lindbergh-mission) _2026-07-23 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ How the desperate Nazi need to brag enabled an in-your-face U.S. military intelligence operation that exposed the Reich’s interwar air build-up. ## [NYT on how Google’s AI search is hurting the open web](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zVA.A1LZ.AwMkNDLrNcPc&smid=url-share) _2026-07-21 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ starving websites big and small of search traffic while regurgitating their information for profit # ## [Your Environment is a Product of You](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/your-environment-is-a-product-of) _2026-07-21 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ The Canadian forest fires are proof we need to take human geography seriously as a matter of public policy and recover a culture of stewardship. ## [Rearm and Resent? The Contradiction in the USA's Europe Policy](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/rearm-and-resent-the-contradiction) _2026-07-18 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ US pressure on Europe to rearm ignores a 19th-century lesson: a reinvigorated great power, once unleashed, doesn't stay obedient to outsiders. ## [Jennifer Daniel previews the new emoji coming in Unicode 18.0](https://jenniferdaniel.substack.com/p/why-do-some-new-emoji-look-familiar) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ cracked face, pickle, eraser, lighthouse, and more # ## [dustin.works](https://dustin.works/) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ a very good personal homepage by Dustin Mierau # ## [Hack reveals Suno scraped YouTube, Deezer, Genius, and more](https://www.404media.co/hack-reveals-suno-ai-music-generator-scraped-youtube-deezer-and-genius/) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ even if courts decide AI training is fair use, companies may still be liable for illicitly acquiring copyrighted works # ## [Animator Zane Little tries to find the first smear frame in animation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH_K0u80tS0) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ his entertaining research found examples 30 years earlier than cited on Wikipedia , which was quickly updated # ## [The Lost Joy of Music Piracy](https://www.pigeonsandplanes.com/read/music-piracy-what-cd-oink-nine-inch-nails-streaming) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ Pigeons & Planes’ Eden DaSilva on the heyday of Oink’s Pink Palace and What.cd via Hacker News # ## [Kashmir Hill tries to find her AI-generated slop biographer](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/technology/ai-slop-books-biography-amazon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yFA.z1KA.DrCnzeLK-QyO&smid=url-share) _2026-07-16 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ she talked to one “author” who published 445 ChatGPT-authored books on Amazon via @kashhill # ## [After we win, do we punish them? The Great War Victor's Dilemma](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/after-we-win-do-we-punish-them-the) _2026-07-16 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ Aquinas, medieval popes, and Nuremberg all wrestled with the same question: when no court at home will try them, can rulers ever answer for their crimes? ## [How Evil Trout aims to turn a cult free game into a Steam hit again](https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-evil-trout-aims-to-turn-a-cult-free-game-into-a-steam-hit-again) _2026-07-14 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ The Incident at Galley House , the fully-voiced graphical adaption of the brilliant Type Help , is out now # ## [The Shape of Apps](https://parakeet.co/blog/the-shape-of-apps/) _2026-07-14 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ Louie Mantia on the history, limitations, and benefits of Apple’s squircle icons # ## [The Unfunded Liability of Elite Luxury](https://www.albertrussellthompson.com/p/the-unfunded-liability-of-elite-luxury) _2026-07-14 · Albert Russell Thompson · Outside the Academy w/ Dr. Albert Thompson_ Forgetting Cato, Encountering the Poissardes, thoughts on the Roman Republic and the French Revolution. ## [clipart.studio](https://clipart.studio/) _2026-07-13 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ make and share collages from the Internet Archive’s magazine collection or upload your own PDF # ## [Buddy List](https://aim.cee.wtf/) _2026-07-13 · Andy Baio · Waxy.org_ an AIM-style buddy list of your active Bluesky mutuals, no login necessary # ## [Like it is the first time for the agent](https://pauljacobson.me/2026/07/13/like-it-is-the-first-time-for-the-agent/) _2026-07-13 · Paul · Paul Jacobson_ Agents are peculiar constructs. At times they generate what seems to be to be utter genius. Other times, they behave like Skills they have run dozens of times before are totally new and surprising.