# lyndon johnson (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lyndon johnson. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sweating in the Margins](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/sweating-in-the-margins) _2026-08-18 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ On doing big edits for others ## [The First Time I Saw the Future](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/the-first-time-i-saw-the-future) _2026-08-14 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ at least three different ways of being naked ## [Environmental Protection](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/environmental-protection) _2026-08-13 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ on blue lights, bouncers, and pretty houses ## [I Read 50 Books to Write This Novel. Don't Do That.](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/i-read-50-books-to-write-this-novel) _2026-08-11 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ The strategic mishap that turned a short novel into a five-year grind. ## [Cheesecake Provenance](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/cheesecake-provenance) _2026-08-09 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ and other things with which winners are concerned. ## [Hypothalamus in a Hat](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/hypothalamus-in-a-hat) _2026-08-04 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ 6 days til CUBATOOTH... ## [Prohibition's Catholic Wine Cartel](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/prohibitions-catholic-wine-cartel) _2026-08-03 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ 7 days til my new book CUBATOOTH ## [You Can't Eat Burritos Here](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/you-cant-eat-burritos-here) _2026-07-26 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ and other reasons kids go to jail ## [Dollar Gummies](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/dollar-gummies) _2026-07-20 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ And other materials. ## [I Quit My Job](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/i-quit-my-job) _2026-07-15 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ before they could fire me. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JRBPyqjuEZbR) _2026-07-15 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [bad news but the good kind](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/bad-news-but-the-good-kind) _2026-07-10 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ Hey but my schedule's wide open if you need an editor! ## ["We Always Leave Things Unfinished"](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/we-always-leave-things-unfinished) _2026-06-30 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ William T. Vollmann is dying. In his Sacramento studio, he talks America, unfinished work, and the 3,096-page opus he finished just in time. ## [Vagabond Believers](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/vagabond-believers) _2026-06-19 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ On Meaghan Garvey's terrific new book and its haunted personal vibes. ## [“I’d Rather You Didn’t”](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/id-rather-you-didnt) _2026-06-14 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ Inside The New Yorker’s Takeover: 1984—1985 ## [Abduction Chic](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/abduction-chic) _2026-06-08 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ On buying Hokas. ## [Three Pivotal Moments When Someone Told James Ellroy to Chill Out and He Listened](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/important-moments-when-someone-told) _2026-06-06 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ And how his new novel RED SHEET \*happens\* to be his best in 25 years. ## [A Celebrity Buys Groceries](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/a-celebrity-buys-groceries) _2026-06-03 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ For the octopus who needs them. ## [A Customer Gave Me Porn](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/a-customer-gave-me-porn) _2026-06-01 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ And also a dreambook. ## [No Power to Stop It](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/no-power-to-stop-it) _2026-05-29 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ "The literary equivalent of Charles Manson." Robert A. Caro's epic, THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON, debuts. ## [The Disabled Person I Dislike Most](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/the-disabled-person-i-dislike-most) _2026-05-24 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ And there are others. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vyFIyLmljC4q) _2026-05-24 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [The First Reactions](https://bigreaderbadgrades.substack.com/p/the-first-reactions) _2026-05-22 · Alexander Sorondo · big reader bad grades_ The first volume of Caro's biography, THE YEARS OF LYNDON JOHNSON, is excerpted in "The Atlantic" -- and promptly attacked. ## [Reflections on AISI](https://naml.us/post/reflections-on-aisi/) _2026-05-15 · Geoffrey Irving_ I left DeepMind to join the UK AI Security Institute (AISI) as a Research Director in December 2023 and officially started in April 2024 (I spent the intervening time on family travel, wandering around London, and formalising interval arithmetic ). The past two years have cemented AISI as my favourite job to date: AISI has done a tremendous amount to sharpen the conversation around AI risks within…