# keith (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 10 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover keith. Page: Feed: --- ## [Prosecution Closes Witness List With Testimony From Daphne’s Son](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/prosecution-closes-witness-list-with-testimony-from-daphnes-son) _2026-08-20 · Julian · Amphora Media_ The prosecution closed its list of witnesses in the trial against Yorgen Fenech with the testimony of Andrew Caruana Galizia, one of Daphne’s sons. Tomorrow, the defence will begin to present its witnesses. Andrew Caruana Galizia told jurors that his mother had established that Yorgen Fenech was the owner of 17 Black about a year \[…\] ## [Police Searched Keith Schembri’s Castille Office And Left With One Sheet Of Paper, Jurors Told](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/police-searched-keith-schembris-castille-office-and-left-with-one-sheet-of-paper-jurors-told) _2026-08-19 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Police who searched Keith Schembri’s Castille office as part of the investigation into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder left with a single sheet of paper, jurors in Yorgen Fenech’s trial were told – and that the three-hour search of his home yielded nothing. Inspector Kurt Zahra continued his testimony, building on Yorgen Fenech’s police statement shown \[…\] ## [‘I Was Commissioned By Keith Schembri’: Fenech Admits Paying Theuma Hundreds Of Thousands But Denies Ordering The Murder](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/yorgen-fenech-police-statement-daphne-keith-schembri-muscat) _2026-08-18 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Yorgen Fenech’s statement to police was played to jurors, in which he admitted passing hundreds of thousands of euros to the middleman Melvin Theuma, but insisted it was extortion and that it was Keith Schembri who orchestrated the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia The recordings cover two days of questioning by Superintendent Kurt Zahra at \[…\] ## [Yorgen Fenech Told Police He Was Involved In Daphne’s Murder But Insisted Keith Schembri Ordered It](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/yorgen-fenech-police-statement-keith-schembri-daphne) _2026-08-17 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Inspector Kurt Zahra walked jurors through Yorgen Fenech’s four-hour statement to police, where he admitted being involved and providing money for Daphne’s murder and the hitmen after their arrest – but painted Keith Schembri as the one who ordered the hit and Theuma as the man who organised it. On 29th November, Fenech’s lawyers asked \[…\] ## [Let’s Link: Your Weekend Reading List](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/lets-link-your-weekend-reading-list) _2026-08-17 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ Usher's crib, Spider-Man's lil' fella and the power of Keith Lee. ## [Bops You Should Know: New Songs From Karol G, Busta Rhymes, Drake, and Flo](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/bops-you-should-know-new-songs-from) _2026-08-15 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ In case you're in charge of the aux this weekend. ## [Melvin Theuma’s Cross-Examination: Schembri, Messages And The Assistant Police Commissioner](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/melvin-theumas-cross-examination-schembri-messages-and-the-assistant-police-commissioner) _2026-08-13 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Melvin Theuma faced an intense line of questioning under cross-examination by Yorgen Fenech’s defence team, who raised questions over his credibility, namely over the involvement of Keith Schembri in the murder. This included Theuma naming Schembri as one of the masterminds in a handwritten note to Fenech. Theuma repeatedly said that he had only assumed \[…\] ## [MACRO’s Summernight Shines a Light on the Inaugural Epigraph Creator Fellowship](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/macros-summernight-shines-a-light) _2026-08-12 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ The program powered emerging filmmakers with AI technology to amplify their creativity. ## [‘It Will Happen On Saturday’: Messages Show Fenech Warned Theuma Of Arrests And Coached Him Past The Security Service](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/melvin-theuma-yorgen-fenech-messages-recordings) _2026-08-12 · Julian · Amphora Media_ The prosecution closed its examination of Melvin Theuma on Tuesday afternoon, ending several days in the witness box with a series of chat exchanges in which the self-confessed middleman and Yorgen Fenech discussed arrests and how to throw investigators off their trail. Fenech’s defence team will begin its cross-examination when the trial resumes on Wednesday. \[…\] ## [Plagiarism](https://keithbrown.com/plagiarism/) _2026-08-11 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ Every generation of cheap content invents its own watermark. Every watermark eventually gets a workaround. Here s the twenty-year pattern hiding inside this week s AI news. In this post: I read a thread this week from the CTO of GPTZero explaining how Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI actually watermark AI text. Not the marketing version. The real \[ \] The post Plagiarism appeared first on Keith Brown… ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JNRaT4pMSn6n) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Why Roc-a-Fella Records Is One of America’s Greatest Business Successes](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/why-roc-a-fella-records-is-one-of) _2026-08-11 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ Journalist and author Sowmya Krishnamurthy speaks on her upcoming book, The Blueprint, which chronicles the rise, fall, and legacy of Roc-a-Fella Records. ## [Melvin Theuma’s Recordings Of Yorgen Fenech: Daphne’s Laptop, The Hitmen, Money And Malta’s Politicians](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/melvin-theuma-tapes-yorgen-fenech-daphne-laptop-hitmen-payments) _2026-08-10 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Yorgen Fenech privately backed the public campaign to have Daphne Caruana Galizia’s laptops returned from Germany, because their contents would throw suspicion onto everyone she had written about, jurors heard on Monday. “It’s disgraceful that they didn’t bring them,” Fenech is heard saying on a covert recording made by Melvin Theuma, the middleman who arranged \[…\] ## [Two Loops](https://keithbrown.com/two-loops/) _2026-08-08 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ I spent the last few days building using some of the latest AI tools and models. Nearly didn t sleep, seriously. Was up for nearly 24 hours straight, building out several working prototypes at the same time. It was a big mental shift from what I m used to. Instead of planning out a quarterly roadmap that \[ \] The post Two Loops appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [‘When I Told Keith, He Froze’: Yorgen Fenech’s Recorded Conversations With Melvin Theuma Played In Court](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/melvin-theuma-yorgen-fenech-recordings-keith-schembri) _2026-08-08 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Jurors heard Melvin Theuma’s secret recordings for the first time on Saturday, as prosecutors played tapes in which Yorgen Fenech is heard discussing Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder, the money that reached the men who carried it out, and the involvement of Keith Schembri. “When I told him \[about the murder\], he froze. I told him, \[…\] ## [‘We Killed Her’: Melvin Theuma Details How Yorgen Fenech Ordered Daphne’s Murder](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/melvin-theuma-middleman-testimony-yorgen-fenech-daphne) _2026-08-07 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Melvin Theuma, the self-confessed middleman who was granted a presidential pardon in exchange for his evidence, took the stand on the 33rd day of the trial against Yorgen Fenech. Over several hours, he set out a timeline of Caruana Galizia’s assassination as he describes it: the conversation in which he says Fenech first raised her \[…\] ## [Yorgen Fenech’s Doctor: Escape Plans, Cocaine Addiction, Notes And A Selective Memory](https://www.amphora.media/2026/08/yorgen-fenechs-doctor-escape-plans-cocaine-addiction-notes-and-a-selective-memory) _2026-08-06 · Julian · Amphora Media_ Doctor Adrian Vella walked jurors through a series of episodes with Yorgen Fenech before and after his arrest in connection with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, describing Fenech’s cocaine use, the plans he and his brother made to leave Malta, and the notes Vella carried to him from Keith Schembri. Vella, a doctor from \[…\] ## [Let's Link: A Quick Reading List](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/lets-link-a-quick-reading-list) _2026-08-03 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ A mixtape for your mind ## [Vol #6 - August 2026](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/vol-6-august-2026) _2026-08-01 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ From Under the Bridge - Official Newsletter of Keith M. Leonard ## [Welcome to MACRO Works](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/welcome-to-macro-works-108) _2026-07-29 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ UpRising has moved to Substack because community and culture need a two-way conversation ## [Welcome to MACRO Works](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/welcome-to-macro-works) _2026-07-29 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ A behind the scenes look at the world of entertainment through MACRO’s eyes. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208943077/0e119c8bc6514f5c1704cdc9a0913666.mp3) ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m1fa4h0jf950) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Miscellany № 112: books!](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/07/miscellany-112/) _2026-07-24 · Shady Characters_ It’s been a while since I crossed off some of the book-related items on my to-do list, so here are a few recent links worth talking about. “Brazilian Caracara Eagle (Robert Havell Jr.) (After John James Audubon), M10298,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Jul 24, 2026, https://hvrd.art/o/312043 . I write in The Book about John James Audubon’s The Birds of America , a massive artistic,… ## [Hyperbolic Headlines and AI security](https://greenman.org/posts/openai-huggingface-headlines/) _2026-07-22 · Welcome on Greenman.org_ An examination of a recent security event ## [The Declared Principle of America](https://keithweinereconomics.com/2026/07/15/the-declared-principle-of-america/) _2026-07-15 · Keith Weiner · Keith Weiner Economics_ With the recent 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, I thought it was appropriate to write about the key idea, the Declared Principle. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, \[ \] ## [Double Down on Humans](https://keithbrown.com/double-down-on-humans/) _2026-07-15 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ Was catching up with a founder of an early stage software company last week over coffee. They recently launched a big outbound marketing campaign. It sounded great at first. They integrated three separate autonomous AI agents to scrape LinkedIn, write personalized emails, and handle follow-ups. They sent 100,000 hyper-targeted emails in 30 days. The result? \[ \] The post Double Down on Humans… ## [Mask Off](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/mask-off) _2026-07-14 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ Peacock’s new psychological drama Strung has endless twists. But masks are a central motif. Director Malcolm D. Lee breaks down their significance in the film. ## [Lil Rel Directing a Horror is Comedy. No Seriously.](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/lil-rel-directing-a-horror-is-comedy) _2026-07-14 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ Actor-comedian Lil Rel Howery has proven that he's indeed no joke on the other side of the camera. ## [Knicks in 5](https://macroworks.substack.com/p/knicks-in-5) _2026-07-14 · MACRO MEDIA · MACRO Works_ For the first time in 53 years, the New York Knicks are NBA champions! We're looking back at the massive imprint the franchise has left on TV and film. ## [An interview with Ollie Wagner, Apple emoji designer](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/06/ollie-wagner/) _2026-06-13 · Shady Characters_ It was impossible, I found, when writing Face with Tears of Joy , to get a response to questions or interview requests out of Google, Apple, Meta and the other big emoji vendors. (A lone author writing a book on a twenty-year-old technology probably doesn’t move the PR needle a great deal for companies like these. In hindsight, I probably should have begun my email subject lines with the word “ AI… ## [A quick letter to Keith Urban...let's meet in Philadelphia](https://michaeldermansky.substack.com/p/a-quick-letter-to-keith-urbanlets) _2026-06-08 · Michael Dermansky · C&P MHD (cute and powerful Michael Harris Dermansky)_ I was accepted at the Philly Fringe on September 23-25th. ## [Anthropic Whales](https://keithbrown.com/anthropic-whales-ipo/) _2026-06-02 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ The insights, analysis, and data presented in this article are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. Always conduct your own independent due diligence before buying or selling any security. I was catching up with the founder of CostHawk recently, asking him what he s seeing in \[ \] The post Anthropic Whales appeared first… ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/44iwtN3x9Eau) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [The Story of Emma](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/the-story-of-emma) _2026-05-26 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ A Wolves Short Story ## [Builders or Growers](https://keithbrown.com/builders-or-growers/) _2026-05-23 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ There is an iconic scene in Moneyball where Billy Beane sits at a drab boardroom table, completely surrounded by old-school baseball scouts. They are debating subjective aesthetics, tracking useless legacy data points, and bloating the payroll with players who look the part. Billy realizes the entire industry is playing a legacy game. The goal isn t \[ \] The post Builders or Growers appeared first… ## [Miscellany № 111: do the evolution](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/05/miscellany-111/) _2026-05-15 · Shady Characters_ As we saw last time round, emoji is young and still changing. And while punctuation may be much older, it, too, is still very much subject to change. Here are a few recent links to bear that out. Google’s Gboard keyboard, as of May 2026, with comma and full stop keys still in place. (Keith Houston) If you use an Android phone, there’s a decent chance you’re also using Google’s “Gboard” keyboard… ## [The New Exec Team](https://keithbrown.com/ai-native-ceos/) _2026-05-06 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ There is a scene in Jaws where the shark finally shows itself, and Brody famously says, You re gonna need a bigger boat. He was wrong. They didn t need a bigger boat. They needed a crew that could actually move. Jaws was an AI-native team. It sounds silly, but if I haven t lost you yet, read \[ \] The post The New Exec Team appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [From Under the Bridge](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/from-under-the-bridge) _2026-05-02 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ The official newsletter of Keith M. Leonard - Author ## [“Claim the Pack” Giveaway](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/claim-the-pack-giveaway) _2026-04-25 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ A Subscriber-Only Opportunity ## [Miscellany № 110: do the revolution](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/04/miscellany-110/) _2026-04-24 · Shady Characters_ A bumper emoji miscellany this week to celebrate Shady Characters ’ new platform ! I’ll be publishing miscellany on other subjects in the coming weeks, but for now, let’s get started. First, Finnish readers might be interested in this article about emoji by Oskari Onninen. Oskari looks into the meaning and use of ‘🤠’, along with emoji in general; I talked to him as part of his research, and he… ## [The new \Shady Characters\ is now live!](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/04/new-shady-characters-live/) _2026-04-17 · Shady Characters_ I’ve been telegraphing this for a while now , but the new Shady Characters is out of its beta phase. What you see now at shadycharacters.co.uk is, I hope, faster and more accessible version of the site that preserves the appearance and content of the old one. It pains me to admit that I’ve been working on this for almost four years (!), and things have changed a bit since then. My wife and I had… ## [The Legacy SaaS Premium](https://keithbrown.com/legacy-saas/) _2026-04-16 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ Over the last six months, I’ve spoken to more than a dozen executives at mature, established software companies. Every single one of them is facing the exact same existential threat. Legacy SaaS is now a dirty word. And it gets worse. Customers at these legacy SaaS companies are looking at their platforms and asking a \[ \] The post The Legacy SaaS Premium appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [The Wolves](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/the-wolves) _2026-04-09 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ Join the hunt on May 1, 2026 ## [A reminder: the new/old \Shady Characters\ will be launching soon](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/03/reminder-new-shady-characters/) _2026-03-29 · Shady Characters_ As I wrote last month , I’ll soon be launching a new version of Shady Characters . Specifically, I will be replacing the current version on or around Friday 17th April. You can preview the new site at https://staging.shadycharacters.co.uk ; with luck, it should look more or less identical to the current version. That said, a few things will change: Comments will be handled by email . When you… ## [The Last Castle](https://keithbrown.com/the-last-castle/) _2026-03-24 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ I have spent the last twenty years of my life in the SaaS trenches. I love this industry. I love the expansion revenue, the predictable seat counts, and the way software used to solve every problem by adding more humans to a platform. I have seen the SaaS 1.0 era turn into a gold rush, \[ \] The post The Last Castle appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [Value and Business - a digression](https://greenman.org/posts/value-and-business/) _2026-03-19 · Welcome on Greenman.org_ Keith rambles on in a braindump of economic ennui ## [Bottlenecks](https://keithbrown.com/bottlenecks/) _2026-03-16 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ Software used to be hard. We paid Alpha Engineers like professional athletes because they were the only ones who could turn a vision into a functional machine. For a decade, the legacy software engineer was the most expensive line item on the P L. Google famously paid Principal Engineer Zach Lloyd a retention package so lucrative \[ \] The post Bottlenecks appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [Bronze Medals](https://keithbrown.com/bronze-medals/) _2026-03-15 · Keith Brown · Keith Brown_ We were halfway to San Antonio yesterday when I realized I had not looked at a single Yelp review or scrolled through a TripAdvisor list. Usually, planning a spring break trip out of Dallas is a week of open tabs and second-guessing. This time, I let Gemini handle the architecture. It chose a specific cabin \[ \] The post Bronze Medals appeared first on Keith Brown . ## [Big Island Courage](https://michaeldermansky.substack.com/p/big-island-courage) _2026-03-09 · Michael Dermansky · C&P MHD (cute and powerful Michael Harris Dermansky)_ I’m driving in an open air jeep with four wheel drive on the dreamy roads of Big Island. ## ["The Wolves" are coming!](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/the-wolves-are-coming) _2026-03-09 · Keith M. Leonard · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ Emerging in the month of the Dual Moons ## [The Ghost Light](https://keithleonardauthor.substack.com/p/the-ghost-light-35d) _2026-03-07 · Keith M. Leonard - Author's Substack_ Part 4: The Light ## [Testing is Engineering](https://greenman.org/posts/testing-is-engineering/) _2026-03-07 · Welcome on Greenman.org_ Continuing journal of Keith's Ruby re-learning project wherein he writes tests. ## [Cairo: a \Shady Characters\ field trip](https://shadycharacters.co.uk/2026/03/egypt/) _2026-03-06 · Shady Characters_ This February my family and I visited Egypt for the first time. We were fortunate to be able to go; it was an amazing trip to a fascinating country, and, of course, there was more than a little of interest for Shady Characters readers. Here are a few words and pictures about the trip. Cairo We arrived at Cairo airport after dark, with two tired but wakeful kids in tow, and, eventually, found our…