# monthly dispatch — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover monthly dispatch. Page: Feed: --- ## [Retconning the Curriculum: Why The Science of Learning Has a Serious Design Problem](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/retconning-the-curriculum-why-the) _2026-08-09 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Retrieval practice is a continuity feature not a classroom activity ## [The Monthly Dispatch - The Lighter Summer Edition](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-monthly-dispatch-july-2026/) _2026-08-06 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Major model releases while an OpenAI test agent escaped its sandbox to hack Hugging Face and 1,300+ frontier lab employees called for slowing AI progress. ## [The Monthly Dispatch: Blueberry Juice, Summer Whites & Hilary Duff](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-blueberry-juice) _2026-08-02 · We, Renaissance Women_ What I loved in the month of July. ## [Noteworthy: I Have Myths On The Brain](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-i-have-myths-on-the-brain) _2026-07-22 · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus some thoughts about the Obama Presidential Center Museum. ## [Noteworthy: How I Plan My Monthly Reading](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-how-i-plan-my-monthly) _2026-07-08 · Jennifer Grace · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus a little history and behind-the-scenes of the Lyric Opera in Chicago. ## [Children of the Magenta Line](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/children-of-the-magenta-line) _2026-07-05 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Why minimally guided AI does not work. Chatbots, novices, the automation of learning and the case for Alpha School ## [The Monthly Dispatch - June 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-monthly-dispatch-june-2026/) _2026-07-03 · The Aspiring Nerd_ US government restricts frontier AI models while Anthropic and OpenAI file for IPO, SpaceX acquires Cursor , and Claude caught embedding fingerprinting us. ## [Why You Cannot Believe Your Way Into Learning](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-you-cannot-believe-your-way-into) _2026-06-27 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Why growth mindset works in the laboratory, fails in the classroom, and reveals something true about both. ## [Noteworthy: Tips for Your Summer Personal Curriculum](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-tips-for-your-summer-personal) _2026-06-24 · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus, making a case for brooches & thinking like an anthropologist. ## [Is There a Science of Writing?](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/is-there-a-science-of-writing) _2026-06-20 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ "the dry rudiments of the beautiful science of reading" ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IEg1XuNpUts6) _2026-06-20 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Wait, Midjourney Is Building a What Now?](https://theaspiringnerd.com/wait-midjourney-is-building-a-what-now/) _2026-06-20 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Midjourney is apparently building a full-body ultrasonic scanner spa. It sounds ridiculous, inspiring, and a little too Gattaca for comfort. ## [Noteworthy: Why You Should Spend More Time With One Artwork](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-why-you-should-spend-more) _2026-06-17 · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus the 12 new books I added to my library. ## [Noteworthy: My Textile History Class, Scandinavian Cooking & Women's Prize for Fiction](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-my-textile-history-class) _2026-06-10 · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus, the two new items I added to my wardrobe this weekend. ## [The Monthly Dispatch — What's New in Learning Science? — June 2026](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-whats-new-in-a9a) _2026-06-08 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ The most-cited AI-in-education paper gets retracted, retrieval practice hits a wall under high cognitive load, and a little knowledge turns out to be worse than none at all. ## [How To Have A Travel-Filled Summer Without Getting On A Plane](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/how-to-have-a-travel-filled-summer) _2026-05-31 · Jennifer Grace · We, Renaissance Women_ 50 ideas for experiencing the world close to home ## [The Monthly Dispatch - May 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-monthly-dispatch-may-2026/) _2026-05-31 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Talent, compute, and supply chains. May 2026 brought Karpathy to Anthropic, 220K SpaceX GPUs to Claude, enterprise joint ventures from both frontier labs, a brutal Starlette CVE, and a fresh diagnosis: tech CEOs have AI psychosis. ## [Spandrels of the Mind: The Case Against Humanlike AI](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/spandrels-of-the-mind-the-case-against) _2026-05-30 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ AI tutoring will work when it stops pretending to be human ## [20 Tips For Becoming A More Thoughtful Reader](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/20-tips-for-becoming-a-more-thoughtful) _2026-05-24 · Jennifer Grace · We, Renaissance Women_ Both you and the book have a role to play ## [The Death of the University Degree](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-death-of-the-university-degree) _2026-05-24 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Cognitive surrender, borrowed competence and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge" ## [Quoting Sameer Al-Sakran: Welcome to the strip mining era of open source security](https://theaspiringnerd.com/welcome-to-the-strip-mining-era-of-open-source-security/) _2026-05-17 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Open source security faces an AI-driven vulnerability gold rush. ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pBDoLzR4IXuM) _2026-05-16 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Novels Tell Us Who We Are](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/novels-tell-us-who-we-are) _2026-05-16 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Why great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves ## [Noteworthy: My Cemetery Journeys](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-my-cemetery-journeys) _2026-05-13 · Jennifer Grace · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus lots of AAPI month book recommendations. ## [Notes from inside China's AI labs](https://theaspiringnerd.com/notes-from-inside-chinas-ai-labs/) _2026-05-09 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Discover how China's AI research culture differs from Western labs. ## [Learning in the Age of Algorithmic Video](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/learning-in-the-age-of-algorithmic) _2026-05-08 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Are children learning anything from TikTok and YouTube? ## [Noteworthy: Buenos Aires' Museums & Opera](https://werenaissancewomen.substack.com/p/noteworthy-buenos-aires-museums-and) _2026-05-06 · Jennifer Grace · We, Renaissance Women_ Plus upcoming art exhibits around the world to know about. ## [The Monthly Dispatch - What’s New in Learning Science - May 2026](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-whats-new-in-3c4) _2026-05-06 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ New evidence on the limits of retrieval practice, phone bans that don't move test scores, ChatGPT as cognitive crutch, and why early vocabulary growth tells us surprisingly little about later reading ## [The Problem With Banning Social Media Is That It's Social](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-problem-with-banning-social-media) _2026-04-30 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ New evidence suggests teenagers will not log off until their friends do too ## [The Monthly Dispatch - April 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-monthly-dispatch-april-2026/) _2026-04-30 · The Aspiring Nerd_ April 2026 AI roundup: OpenAI-Microsoft restructure, AWS partnership, Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, major security breaches, and the wildest model leaks yet. ## [Rethinking Retrieval Practice: Remembering Is Not Knowing](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/rethinking-retrieval-practice-remembering) _2026-04-24 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Retrieval practice works best as maintenance of meaningful learning, not its creation. ## [The Monthly Dispatch - What’s New in Learning Science - April 2026](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-whats-new-in-c6e) _2026-04-11 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Retrieval practice under scrutiny, feedback's missing mechanism, AI that actually teaches, and the quiet erosion of cognitive effort ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aKb60W0DTiJy) _2026-04-11 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [The Monthly Dispatch - March 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-monthly-dispatch-march-2026/) _2026-03-30 · The Aspiring Nerd_ New models everywhere, agents getting hijacked in creative ways, the human cost of AI overload, and Anthropic's leaked Mythos project. ## [Orthographic Skeletons: Can Children Start Learning How Words Are Spelled Before They've Seen it in Print?](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/orthographic-skeletons-can-children) _2026-03-28 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Why oral vocabulary predicts reading ability. ## [Learning at the Edge of Understanding](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/learning-at-the-edge-of-understanding) _2026-03-22 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Correct answers are a lagging indicator of learning, not the mechanism. ## [AI Brain Fry, Workslop and the Ironies of Automation](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/ai-brain-fry-workslop-and-the-ironies) _2026-03-14 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ The Cognitive Price of AI at Work, and the Learning Science Case for Optimism ## [The Monthly Dispatch - What's New in Learning Science? - March 2026](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-whats-new-in-f3c) _2026-03-08 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ New studies on retrieval practice, seductive details, engagement myths, reading instruction, and the cognitive costs of modern technology ## [Reading Comprehension Is Not a Skill](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/reading-comprehension-is-not-a-skill) _2026-03-05 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ The Case for Vocabulary Instruction as the Engine of Comprehension ## [Curious & Confused: TIL in February 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/curious-confused-til-in-february-2026/) _2026-02-28 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Model releases everywhere, AI agents going rogue, Anthropic refusing the Pentagon, OpenAI signing the deal. ## [Waiting, Not Seeking: Reading As Resistance](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/waiting-not-seeking-reading-as-resistance) _2026-02-27 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ Attention in a World Designed Against It ## [The Blind Regulator: Ashby's Law and the Unavoidable Logic of Instructional Design](https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-blind-regulator-ashbys-law-and) _2026-02-20 · Carl Hendrick · The Learning Dispatch_ “Only variety can destroy variety.” ## [Quoting Ethan Mollick: A Lot is Going to Change](https://theaspiringnerd.com/quoting-ethan-mollick-a-lot-is-going-to-change-with-ai/) _2026-02-12 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Ethan Mollick warns that dismissing AI hype means missing the chance to shape dramatic changes already underway. ## [AI Doesn't Reduce Work—It Intensifies It](https://theaspiringnerd.com/ai-doesnt-reduce-workit-intensifies-it/) _2026-02-10 · The Aspiring Nerd_ AI tools don't reduce workload—they intensify it through faster pace, broader tasks, and extended hours. ## [Curious & Confused: TIL in January 2026](https://theaspiringnerd.com/curious-confused-til-in-january-2026/) _2026-02-02 · The Aspiring Nerd_ January 2026 brain dump covering AI agents, infosecurity threats, OpenAI's ad plans, and a few delightfully weird corners of the internet. ## [Moltbook is fascinating, and kind of terrifying](https://theaspiringnerd.com/moltbook-is-fascinating-and-kind-of-terrifying/) _2026-01-31 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Watching AI agents interact on Moltbook is fascinating, weird, and a bit concerning. ## [Hilary Gridley's AI Steering Wheel](https://theaspiringnerd.com/hilary-gridleys-ai-steering-wheel/) _2026-01-21 · The Aspiring Nerd_ The AI Steering Wheel transforms vague instructions like "simpler" or "ambitious" into specific, actionable commands that LLMs actually understand. ## [The Camera You Have on Hand: Using Codex Web to Act on Ideas Instantly](https://theaspiringnerd.com/the-camera-you-have-on-hand-using-codex-web-to-act-on-ideas-instantly/) _2026-01-08 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Learn how Codex Web lets you build and deploy projects instantly from your phone—no desk setup required. ## [Quoting Ethan Mollick: Managing Agents is Really a Management Problem](https://theaspiringnerd.com/quoting-ethan-mollick-managing-agents-is-really-a-management-problem/) _2026-01-03 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Managing AI agents requires the same skills as managing people or products, that's why product managers excel at getting results from LLMs. ## [Quoting Jason Gorman: The Future of Software Development is Software Developers](https://theaspiringnerd.com/quoting-jason-gorman-the-future-of-software-development-is-software-developers/) _2025-12-30 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Have you ever asked an LLM to do the same task in different languages and gotten wildly different results? ## [My Writing Workflow: From Reading to Publishing](https://theaspiringnerd.com/my-writing-workflow-from-reading-to-publishing/) _2025-12-29 · The Aspiring Nerd_ Learn how a curator-first workflow helped increase blog output using Feedly, Raindrop, and a custom Astro CMS to capture, shape, and publish. ## [From 9 Posts to 47: Building, Breaking, and Learning With AI in 2025](https://theaspiringnerd.com/from-9-posts-to-47-building-breaking-and-learning-with-ai-in-2025/) _2025-12-26 · The Aspiring Nerd_ My 2025 review: from building real projects with LLMs to exploring security risks, prototyping, and the philosophical impact of AI on work and creativity. ## [Curious & Confused: TIL in December 2025](https://theaspiringnerd.com/curious-and-confused-what-i-learned-in-december-2025/) _2025-12-25 · The Aspiring Nerd_ December's tech discoveries: dependency cooldowns, AI criticism frameworks, MCP apps, normalization of deviance in AI, orbital data centers, and more