# missed week (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover missed week. Page: Feed: --- ## [Can a dead cat make a full recovery? What you missed this week on my substack!](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/can-a-dead-cat-make-a-full-recovery) _2026-08-21 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ Have you heard of a ‘dead cat bounce’? ## [What To Do Instead of Looking Busy](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/what-to-do-instead-of-looking-busy) _2026-08-20 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ A CEO replied to one of my newsletters on the dangers of over-utilisation in slasher films, saying that I hadn’t given the reader any guidance on what to do instead of measuring activity. ## [Are You The Prime Minister of New Zealand?](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/are-you-the-prime-minister-of-new) _2026-08-19 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ In the category of bureaucracy gone mad, when I worked at a payment card company, we had to perform Know Your Customer checks to see if any users were Russian oligarchs or convicted felons or otherwise slippery folk. ## [We Forgot To Check](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/we-forgot-to-check) _2026-08-18 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ Much of the Internet was down last year - 20th Oct 2025. ## [Word of the Week: Dead Cat Bounce](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-dead-cat-bounce) _2026-08-17 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ In finance, a dead cat bounce is a tiny recovery in a stock that’s plunging toward oblivion: ## [Everything Isn’t Total Shit: A Few Good Things Happened Recently](https://soinformed.substack.com/p/everything-isnt-total-shit-a-few-82b) _2026-08-16 · So Informed · So Informed_ A reminder that there are good things happening! ## [Finding an AI Tsar and walking in someone else's moccasins - what you missed this week](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/finding-an-ai-tsar-and-walking-in) _2026-08-14 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ Plenty to get your brain in gear this week amongst my Chestnuts - daily short snackable thoughts and ideas that will get you commenting and discussing! ## [AI Tsar](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/ai-tsar) _2026-08-13 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ An excellent question that a client agreed to have me answer here: ## [Don't Make Me Think](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/dont-make-me-think) _2026-08-12 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ My car’s GPS has settings like “avoid motorways”, “fastest route”, and “avoid tolls”. ## [Less Wish, More Wash](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/less-wish-more-wash) _2026-08-11 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ “Washy” means feeble, thin like watery soup. ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7bUqIIb7bInK) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Someone else's Moccasins](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/someone-elses-moccasins) _2026-08-10 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ I had an astonishing exchange with the person repairing my computer this week. ## [The Line of Death and why Netflix agrees with me on AI - what you've missed this week](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/the-line-of-death-and-why-netflix) _2026-08-07 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ Whether you’re reading everyday, or waiting for my weekly round up of Chestnuts - my short snackable daily provocative thoughts and tips - don’t forget to get involved and comment on those that spark your own thinking. ## [Netflix Says: You don't own AI output](https://squirrelsquadron.substack.com/p/netflix-says-you-dont-own-ai-output) _2026-08-06 · Douglas Squirrel · Squirrel Squadron Substack_ News flash: Netflix endorses my second law of AI, which says ## [Headlines Lost in the Chaos: What You Might Have Missed This Week](https://soinformed.substack.com/p/headlines-lost-in-the-chaos-what-90f) _2026-07-31 · So Informed · So Informed_ Alt headline, if I'm being honest: "News I wish I missed this week" ## [50 Years of Executions: What Is There to Show for It?](https://soinformed.substack.com/p/50-years-of-executions-what-is-there) _2026-07-02 · So Informed · So Informed_ Today marks 50 years since the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty in the U.S. ## [What to know about forced labor in immigration detention](https://soinformed.substack.com/p/what-to-know-about-forced-labor-in) _2026-06-19 · So Informed · So Informed_ ...and how you can take action. ## ["Every Second Counts" - The Bear Comes for VC](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/every-second-counts-the-bear-comes) _2026-02-25 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ California's Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law Has Finally Arrived ## [The Doomsday Filing: A VC's Guide to the BE-180](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/the-doomsday-filing-a-vcs-guide-to) _2025-07-22 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bureau of Economic Analysis ## [Innies, Outies, and the SEC: What Severance Can Tell Us About the Integration Doctrine](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/innies-outies-and-the-sec-what-severance) _2025-03-19 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ How Integration Stitches Advisers Back Together ## [The Corporate Transparency Act Will Not Go Away...](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/the-corporate-transparency-act-will) _2024-12-24 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ BOI filings are back on but FINCEN extends the deadline until January 13th ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WNgvAgpU9vpw) _2024-12-24 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Pencils Down (For Now)](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/pencils-down-for-now) _2024-12-05 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas grants a nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act and the BOI reporting requirements ## [Investors Bolt](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/investors-bolt) _2024-09-04 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ What is the deal with pay-to-play provisions? ## [Unenforceable, Jerry!](https://ventureawaits.substack.com/p/unenforceable-jerry) _2024-08-23 · Shayn Fernandez · Venture Awaits_ The latest on the "ban on non-competes"