# open mic (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 9 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover open mic. Page: Feed: --- ## [Weekend Plans Post: Gaming the Hedonic Treadmill](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/21/weekend-plans-post-gaming-the-hedonic-treadmill/) _2026-08-21 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ You know the thing where stuff has to keep kicking it up? You can also kick it down. The post Weekend Plans Post: Gaming the Hedonic Treadmill appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Spare Me Your Jon Ossoff Outrage](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/21/spare-me-your-jon-ossoff-outrage/) _2026-08-21 · Merrie Soltis · Ordinary Times_ I am not that enamored with my Senator. 10 years ago, I had a “get your Ossoff my lawn!” sign...So y’all can spare me your fake outrage The post Spare Me Your Jon Ossoff Outrage appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [O, The Fans — The Difference in the Fans](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/20/o-the-fans-the-difference-in-the-fans/) _2026-08-21 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose The post O, The Fans — The Difference in the Fans appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Return to the Russian River](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/return-to-the-russian-river/) _2026-08-20 · Christian Kallen · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed. ## [Here comes the LUV (car wash, that is)](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/here-comes-the-luv-car-wash-that-is/) _2026-08-20 · Christian Kallen · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ Some people say they’re holding off on washing their car until LUV comes to town. A laudable sentiment, perhaps, but if the modern-day car wash on Healdsburg Avenue is what they’re waiting for, that day is upon us. Soon, anyway. The installation’s target date for opening is Sept. 1, or shortly thereafter. Asked whether or \[…\] ## [Growing up at Camp Rose Theater](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/growing-up-at-camp-rose/) _2026-08-20 · Staff Report · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ By Emma Tremont I grew up in Healdsburg. We lived with my grandmother, who owned a building called Camp Rose. In the evenings, lots of adults would gather in her basement and perform for her. I got to sit with her and watch until it was my bedtime. Then my parents would take me upstairs \[…\] ## [Wednesday Night Music](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/19/wednesday-night-music/) _2026-08-20 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ This is \*NOT\* a Loverboy song. The post Wednesday Night Music appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Zinfandel with a purpose: Project Zin](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/zinfandel-with-a-purpose-project-zin/) _2026-08-20 · Staff Report · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ Clay Mauritson’s family has farmed here for six generations. But equally notable is Project Zin, the event he and his wife founded in 2011 with chef Charlie Palmer after their son Brady was diagnosed with Down syndrome. ## [The Interclub Reliability — Via Milwaukee](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/19/the-interclub-reliability-via-milwaukee/) _2026-08-20 · Clare Briggs · Ordinary Times_ Gosh Melindy! The post The Interclub Reliability — Via Milwaukee appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Weed abatement, Women’s Day and compassion](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/weeds-abatement-womens-day-and-compassion/) _2026-08-20 · The City of Healdsburg · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ At its Aug. 17 meeting, the Healdsburg City Council met first in closed session for a conference with labor negotiators. Personnel matters are routinely discussed in closed session, and no reportable action was taken. At its regular public meeting, the council began with a proclamation acknowledging Women’s Equality Day, the 106th anniversary of the enactment \[…\] ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bakk8TFoYxci) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Open Mic: GMO strikes again](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/open-mic-gmo-strikes-again/) _2026-08-20 · Staff Report · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ What I find ironic is that many of the people who spoke at the Planning Commission hearing protesting the nature of the project are the same people who have vigorously opposed efforts to modify the GMO. So, one more promising housing project couldn’t get off the ground due to the GMO. ## [Things to do in Healdsburg, August 20-26](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/things-to-do-in-healdsburg-aug-20-26/) _2026-08-20 · Staff Report · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ Spend Saturday morning at the Healdsburg Certified Farmers’ Market, the place for shopping and connecting with the agricultural community. Buy fresh local produce, snacks and crafts, and listen to live music. From 8:30am till noon at the Foley Family Community Pavilion... ## [Police Log, August 3 – 9](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/police-log-august-3-9/) _2026-08-20 · Christian Kallen · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ This week's reports begin at 7:25am when the Reporting Party (RP) requested follow up on theft that occurred at the United States Postal Service on Foss Creek Circle. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office had taken the case. An officer spoke to the detective. ## [JD Vance and the Curse of the Cheap Goods](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/19/jd-vance-and-the-curse-of-the-cheap-goods/) _2026-08-19 · David Thornton · Ordinary Times_ If Russia and China think they stand to benefit from taking the dollar down a few notches, why is someone like Vance pushing the idea? The post JD Vance and the Curse of the Cheap Goods appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [I Lost 100 Pounds (And I’m still fat)](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/19/i-lost-100-pounds-and-im-still-fat/) _2026-08-19 · Merrie Soltis · Ordinary Times_ I entered “100 pounds,” but thought to myself “it’s not like I’m going to hit it, but it asked for a goal.” The post I Lost 100 Pounds (And I’m still fat) appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Questions, Assumptions, and Trusting Your Backbrain](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/questions-assumptions-and-trusting-your-backbrain/) _2026-08-19 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ I never had any formal academic training in writing novels. I barely have any training in analyzing and interpreting literature—my last English course was my senior year in high school. When it comes to writing, I’m pretty much self-taught. I do have some small experience with workshops, ## [Amateur Dentistry](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/18/amateur-dentistry/) _2026-08-19 · Clare Briggs · Ordinary Times_ It may have only happened in cartoons, but it happened in a LOT of them. The post Amateur Dentistry appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [“Man, I Wish More People Were Interested in the WNBA…”](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/18/man-i-wish-more-people-were-interested-in-the-wnba/) _2026-08-18 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ And the monkey's paw twitched The post “Man, I Wish More People Were Interested in the WNBA…” appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Free Will Astrology, Aug. 19-25](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/free-will-astrology-aug-19-25/) _2026-08-18 · Rob Brezsny · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ ARIES (March 21-April 19): Consider this your official alert that you’re close to getting too much of a good thing. To safeguard the lovely momentum you’ve built lately, be vigilant that genuine abundance doesn’t bloat into plain old overload. Say no to becoming indentured to your own brilliant ideas. Don’t let your victories drag you \[…\] ## [Chartered Accountancy](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/17/chartered-accountancy/) _2026-08-18 · Clare Briggs · Ordinary Times_ Why not? The post Chartered Accountancy appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hZEHmNaew5xa) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [What Is the Point of Taxation?](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/17/what-is-the-point-of-taxation/) _2026-08-17 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ Ro Khanna and Mark Cuban are in disagreement. The post What Is the Point of Taxation? appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Open Mic for the Week of 8/17/26](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/17/open-mic-for-the-week-of-8-17-26/) _2026-08-17 · Jaybird · Ordinary Times_ On this day in 1979, The Life of Brian premiered in US theaters. The post Open Mic for the Week of 8/17/26 appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [Danny is Going to Make a Little Extra Money. Perhaps like This, Eh?](https://ordinary-times.com/2026/08/16/danny-is-going-to-make-a-little-extra-money-perhaps-like-this-eh/) _2026-08-16 · Clare Briggs · Ordinary Times_ Perhaps not. The post Danny is Going to Make a Little Extra Money. Perhaps like This, Eh? appeared first on Ordinary Times . ## [In the pines, in the pines.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/08/13/in-the-pines-in-the-pines/) _2026-08-14 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ Heather and I are camped out in Ocean City. Well, not “camped out”. robs don’t camp no mo. But we’re staying at Heather’s in-law’s very nice vacation home in the suburbs surrounding Ocean City, MD. It’s quiet. It’s dark. The pines from which the community gets its names are silent in the still air and \[…\] ## [Free Will Astrology, Aug. 12-18](https://www.healdsburgtribune.com/free-will-astrology-aug-12-18/) _2026-08-13 · Rob Brezsny · Healdsburg Tribune | Local News Healdsburg, California_ ARIES (March 21-April 19): At the post office, I mischievously plucked a crumpled piece of red paper out of the trash can. I don’t usually do such things, but I sensed some horoscope material was lurking there. It turned out to be a handwritten love note addressed to “My Lush and Luminous Aries Laugh-Lover” and \[…\] ## [August Thoughts](https://embracediynj.substack.com/p/august-thoughts) _2026-08-12 · Embrace DIY Productions · Embrace’s Substack_ Change can be a good thing! ## [Rearranging plot points](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/rearranging-plot-points/) _2026-08-12 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ A while back, I got asked about rearranging plot points. It was a difficult question to answer, because the usual definition of plot points seems to have hardened around the growing number of carefully described linear story structures. If that s your definition of plot points, the answer ## [The 200th SPARK w Annette Wasilik.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/08/11/the-200th-spark-w-annette-wasilik/) _2026-08-12 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ (yep, no sound for the first 20 minutes of the webcast or so, sigh – but I WAS AWESOME!!!) Tonight was a beautiful night. Annette was on point, but beyond that, we had an all-star turnout of regulars and old friends and ONE person who I thought was new but who actually I’d seen before \[…\] ## [One Star. Would absolutely recommend.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/08/10/one-star-would-absolutely-recommend/) _2026-08-10 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ Bethlehem, PA is an old dream. Back in college I dated a woman from Ellicott City who went to school in Bethlehem. I drove every couple of weekends up to see her, enraptured by the girl, enraptured with the city. A little in Love with her family, to be honest. Christmas City, a shining star \[…\] ## [About the Story’s Setting](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/about-the-storys-setting/) _2026-08-05 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ Let s talk about setting for a minute. For purposes of this post, the setting is not just the physical location (geography, buildings, flora/fauna) of the story. It encompasses all that, plus things like the history, politics, culture, and customs of the people who live there. This can ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2Q8UxLwACHqV) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [The SPARK w Pet Names.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/08/04/the-spark-w-pet-names/) _2026-08-05 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ It’s amazing when someone you’ve only ever heard online shows up and delivers. Tight harmonies, great songs, great playing. It was my first time back to the SPARK in several weeks and though we had very light turnout, it was a fantastic night. Thanks to Jillian Matundan for turning me on to Camila and Maggie \[…\] ## [The Ringing in my Ears.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/08/01/the-ringing-in-my-ears/) _2026-08-01 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ I slept in today. I’d like to say it was Lovely, but in truth, at the moment – “sleeping in” really only means lying in bed until the weight of inactivity begins to crush me. I wish it was relaxing, but it just feels like wasting time. I waste too much time. We’ve been working \[…\] ## [Worth Less.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/07/29/worth-less/) _2026-07-30 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ Ugh. This concept of “worth” is still bugging me. At the root of “should I listen to AI music if it’s not harming me to do so” won’t leave my head because at the root of it it’s about what we value, right? And somewhere we’ve got to have a line… this is worth my \[…\] ## [Things revelations do in stories](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/things-revelations-do-in-stories/) _2026-07-29 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ One of the things I m currently struggling with in my WIP is the pace and timing of various revelations—about the world, about various characters, about the past, about secrets deliberately kept by characters and secrets deliberately withheld by the author (me). When is the right time to ## [Dreams.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/07/27/dreams/) _2026-07-28 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ I’ve been feeling a weight of stress that’s actually leaving me dizzy. Overwhelmed and tired and buzzed. Stuff with my mother, money, Life, the Universe, my career, the album, the next “tour”. I think I’m low-grade freaking out. Pulsing in my temples, buzzing in my ears, feeling like I’m always an inch off the ground. \[…\] ## [Queer History at the Pioneers Museum and Other Archive Highlights!](https://nicothepoet.substack.com/p/queer-history-at-the-pioneers-museum) _2026-07-26 · nico wilkinson · poems for the apocalypse_ Check out the upcoming Freedom to Thrive exhibition! ## [Open Mic for July!](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/open-mic-for-july/) _2026-07-22 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ Another Open Mic for your chatting enjoyment . ## [The New Deal Cafe Open Mic.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/07/21/the-new-deal-cafe-open-mic/) _2026-07-22 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ Tonight me and Joey Campfire / Joseph Swelterpants / host of the New Deal Cafe decided to swap open mic nights. I was pretty sure I’d have a good time, I was not incorrect. It was a much broader crowd than I’d expected, which is absolutely a great thing, and it really got my gears \[…\] ## [263.925 Doom 51](https://solarix.net/263-925-doom-51-2/) _2026-07-20 · brandon · solarix.net_ 263.925 MHz was active with Doom 51 attempting comms with Red River. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/263.925-Doom51.mp3) ## [263.925 King 31](https://solarix.net/263-925-king-31/) _2026-07-20 · brandon · solarix.net_ King 31 calling King Ops on UHF SATCOM voice 263.925 MHz. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/263.925-King31.mp3) ## [269.700 Test Checks](https://solarix.net/269-700-test-checks/) _2026-07-20 · brandon · solarix.net_ Unidentified station testing on 269.700 – this might be a freebander station. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/269.700-Unid-Testing.mp3) ## [What Is an Inciting Incident?](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/what-is-an-inciting-incident/) _2026-07-15 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ One of the writing terms that I ve been hearing a lot lately is the inciting incident, which has become steadily more common over the past thirty years or so. Like a lot of the analytical approaches to writing, I think it is much to easy to get ## [250.750 Tail 90004](https://solarix.net/250-750-tail-90004/) _2026-07-15 · brandon · solarix.net_ 250.750 with more USAF VIP C-32A radio checks – Tail 90004 calling Cactus. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/250.750-Tail90004.mp3) ## [The SPARK w Quiet the Mountain.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/07/14/the-spark-w-quiet-the-mountain/) _2026-07-15 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ A long night but a good one. Fabulous talent, plenty of new artists and FINALLY we get to have Quiet the Mountain! We do this every Tuesday, with or without me, at the SPARK at School of Musical Traditions (7112 Willow Ave., Takoma Park, MD). Signup before we get started at 7pm, randomized list. Tis \[…\] ## [253.650 Rickrolled?](https://solarix.net/253-650-rickrolled/) _2026-07-13 · brandon · solarix.net_ Here is one for the oddball column. Someone on 253.650 MHz playing “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley – famous song for Rickrolling – the classic late-2000s internet prank where unsuspecting users click a promising link only to be redirected to the iconic 1987 music video. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/253.650-Rickrolled.mp3) ## [No Skin on our Teeth.](https://ilyaimy.com/2026/07/12/no-skin-on-our-teeth/) _2026-07-13 · robilyaimy · ilyĀIMY_ We’re driving home and I’m welcoming silence. I’m catching up on office work (a couple of “since \_\_\_\_\_ hasn’t responded to me, I’m copying rob” emails because I am my brother’s / sister’s / mother’s keeper) and filing files and checking math and updating income and expenses and sort of wishing I was going to \[…\] ## [Figuring out how to revise](https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/figuring_out_how_to_revise/) _2026-07-08 · Patricia Wrede · Patricia C. Wrede_ Revising is one of those things that some writers love and others hate. There are various reasons for this. Writers who love it are usually the ones that find fixing things easier than making them up. Writers who hate it come in a lot of varieties: the ## [250.750 Tail 90003, 80002 and SAM 154](https://solarix.net/250-750-tail-90003-80002-sam154/) _2026-07-08 · brandon · solarix.net_ Tail 90003, Tail 80002, and SAM 154 calling Cactus on “SATCOM EA” frequency for radio checks. These are Boeing C-32A aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and typically used to transport VIP such as the Vice President, the First Lady, the Secretary of State, and other high-ranking government officials. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/250.750-Tail90003-80002-SAM154.mp3) ## [Summer Nights](https://embracediynj.substack.com/p/summer-nights) _2026-07-07 · Embrace DIY Productions · Embrace’s Substack_ Open Mics & Summer Stage Series ## [250.750 Tail 10040](https://solarix.net/250-750-tail-10040/) _2026-07-01 · brandon · solarix.net_ Intercepted a series of radio checks on 250.750 MHz from “Tail 10040” calling “Cactus,” likely the USAF VIP Boeing C-40B aircraft (Tail 01-10040), which aligns with previous activity logged on this frequency. [Listen](https://solarix.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/250.750-Tail10040.mp3)