# past (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 522 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover past. Page: Feed: --- ## [AI, ghostwriters, editors, and authorship](https://agoodreedreview.com/2026/08/22/ai-ghostwriters-authorship/) _2026-08-23 · A Good Reed Review · A Good Reed Review_ By Ande Jacobson I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the use of AI, ghostwriters, and editors, and what authorship really means. Having written a book myself, I know the kind of effort that goes into such an endeavor, even when you know the material extremely well. Getting the wording right, making sure that your … Continue reading AI, ghostwriters, editors, and authorship ## [AWW MAGAZINE](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/22/aww-magazine/) _2026-08-22 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ I’m still rooting through old boxes and I found this. And.. Awww. Awwwww. (Raw magazine #8 was never published.) ## [FFXIV: An Introvert's Hopes for Evercold Changes](https://aywren.com/2026/08/22/ffxiv-an-introverts-hopes-for-evercold-changes) _2026-08-22 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ While we got some more information about Evercold at the EU Fanfest, we barely scratched the surface in understanding more about the changes that I want to see. What kind of hopes do I have for the next expansion, and why do they belong to an introvert? ## [Nostalgia](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/22/nostalgia/) _2026-08-22 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ I was rooting around in some mystery boxes from the attic and I happened upon this. Like… I have no recollection of one having to have a “photocard” to ride around in London in 1993? But apparently that was a thing? How weird. Did they have, like, a photo booth where you bought the travel … Continue reading Nostalgia ## [Strong opinions, loosely held](https://www.mickmel.com/strong-opinions-loosely-held/) _2026-08-22 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute I first heard the idea that you should have “strong opinions, loosely held” a long time ago, and I recently thought about it during an episode of David Senra’s podcast where guest David Heinemeiser Hansson said the following about David: “What I admire about you is that if you have an opinion, you’re very vocal \[…\] ## [AUTOMATED GRACE](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/automated-grace.html) _2026-08-22 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Eric Goldfarb The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million ($966 ‌million) for deactivating driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them... Uber temporarily suspended accounts of some drivers who ​were suspected of fraud, including ​when its systems concluded drivers ⁠had taken unnecessary detours to inflate fares or accepted trips without… ## [Weeknotes #94 (August 22, 2026)](https://lannonbr.com/blog/aug-22-2026-weeknotes/) _2026-08-22 · Benjamin Lannon · Benjamin Lannon_ Things I found, read, did, and produced this past week. Things I consumed Kagi is adding functionality to remove paywalled sites from web searches . Although I do think paying for news and journalism is good, this I feel is still good as I feel for the sites I do pay to access their content, I go to them directly rather than via a web search. Framework announced the 2nd generation Framework Laptop… ## [Jazz Festival](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/21/jazz-festival-23/) _2026-08-21 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ ## [Enshrouded: Fell Dragon Youngling - 1.0 Update](https://aywren.com/2026/08/21/enshrouded-fell-dragon-youngling-update) _2026-08-21 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ One of the biggest boss fights in Enshrouded is the Fell Dragon Youngling. I wrote about this battle almost a year ago when we first beat it, and what it took to actually finish the fight so that we could move on in the story. ## [Google Announces a Smarter Preferred Source Button to Placate Publishers](https://www.annielytics.com/blog/ai/google-announces-a-smarter-preferred-source-button-to-placate-publishers/) _2026-08-21 · Annie Cushing · Annielytics.com_ Google announced an interactive Preferred Sources button yesterday that publishers can embed on their websites. One click marks the site as a reader’s preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News, and then round trips the reader back to the article they were reading. The pitch to publishers is fairly straightforward. Google says readers are \[…\] The post Google Announces a Smarter… ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/i70J1eb8QNsH) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [DISQUIET OVER DISTANT MURDER](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/disquiet-over-distant-murder.html) _2026-08-21 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Indran Amirthanayagam See also CFR reporting by Will Freeman This disquiet, queasy floating gut, comes from wondering why an unmarked, unregistered plane lands in a military strip of an Ecuadorian airport, with an unknown number of crew members, takes off then drops drones on a fishing boat near the Galapagos, killing several fishermen, sinking the boat, then capturing survivors who are flown… ## [Rewiring constraints](https://jagasantagostino.com/blog/rewiring-constraints/) _2026-08-21 · Jaga Santagostino Blog_ My brain rewiring from starting from constrains of tech choices, money, time etc To start from what is the best scenario i want and the reshape it to fit... ## [Linux is much easier thanks to AI](https://www.mickmel.com/linux-is-much-easier-thanks-to-ai/) _2026-08-21 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 3 minutes Every few years I’ve toyed around with using Linux on my main computer, but always shied away as it felt just a bit overwhelming. I recently tried again, and this time it stuck. As of this writing, I’m using Linux as the main operating system on my laptop and my desktop. The difference? AI. It’s \[…\] ## [Jazz Festival](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/20/jazz-festival-22/) _2026-08-20 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ ## webaudio fingerprinting on alibaba _2026-08-20 · ritter.vg_ There's a popular post going around about Alibaba doing WebAudio fingerprinting and in the process, mucking around with the author's Bluetooth headphones. Here's the tl;dr: browser fingerprinting is a far-too-pervasive method of tracking users across the web, but at least for WebAudio specifically, it's not very effective. Firefox has largely eliminated this fingerprinting vector. I work on… ## [FFXIV: Roleplay Tips from Sojourner Circle](https://aywren.com/2026/08/20/ffxiv-roleplay-tips-from-sojourner-circle) _2026-08-20 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ In a previous video, I talked about role play in FFXIV and what you can do to get started. I also touched on what causes people anxiety when considering RP, especially from a shy or new player perspective. In the comments of that video, I asked other folks for their RP tips, and boy did I get them! ## [STARGAZING NOTES](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/stargazing-notes.html) _2026-08-20 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Dan Overgaard Erupting star, incinerating star: the likes of which has never been observed or measured in our skies—oh yes! we are observing now, obsessively, but maybe not as worshipfully as you might be wishing— if, that is, you ever spent a wish on us. And I’ve been searching, high and rather low, for some device—an image or a metaphor sufficiently sensational for you— but you told us you’re… ## [The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, by Eric Jorgenson](https://www.mickmel.com/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant-by-eric-jorgenson/) _2026-08-20 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that I’m using Reading Refresh to keep myself up to date on books I’ve read in the past, I thought I’d share some of them as they came back up. Today is Eric Jorgenson’s “Almanack of Naval Ravikant“. This book is also available as a free flashcard deck on Ripple Recall. “The Almanack of \[…\] ## [Stuff Mixtape #436](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/19/stuff-mixtape-436/) _2026-08-19 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ [Listen](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/mixtapes/436.mp4) ## [An astounding performance by Cory Wong, Joshua Redman,...](https://bjhess.com/posts/2026-08-19-an-astounding-performance-by) _2026-08-19 · I am BARRY HESS_ An astounding performance by Cory Wong, Joshua Redman, and more: \[YouTube embed\] ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rxUH5oOC1Pxh) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [10:1](https://dominikhofer.me/10-to-1/) _2026-08-19 · Dominik Hofer_ I like a good old rule of thumb. Like the one I came across recently. To quickly figure out if a certain food is an efficient source of protein, use the following formula: Protein (g per 100 g) × 10 ≥ Calories (kcal per 100 g) \\text{Protein (g per 100 g)} \\times 10 \\geq \\text{Calories (kcal per 100 g)} Protein (g per 100 g) × 10 ≥ Calories (kcal per 100 g) This means that the seitan from our local… ## [Aurèlia Muñoz. Entes](https://www.c-print.se/post/aur%C3%A8lia-mu%C3%B1oz-entes) _2026-08-19 · C-print · c-print_ Aurèlia Muñoz. Entes Aurèlia Muñoz Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid April 29–September 7, 2026 Aurèlia Muñoz. Entes, installation view, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Photo: Alexander Hughes On a traditionally scorching August afternoon in Madrid, two friends and I nearly brushed past the Aurèlia Muñoz (Barcelona, 1926–2011) retrospective as we entered the… ## [I Finally Played: Balatro](https://aywren.com/2026/08/19/i-finally-played-balatro) _2026-08-19 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ Back when Balatro was still new, I heard a whole lot about this deck-building Poker roguelike. I mean, a lot a lot about it. It was, and still is, rated overwhelmingly positive on Steam. ## [WILDFIRE SMOKE AND A WALK IN THE WOODS](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/wildfire-smoke-and-walk-in-woods.html) _2026-08-19 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Katy Z. Allen “What the Newest Research on Wildfire Smoke Tells Us.” — The New York Times , August 16, 2026 people are exposed to more toxins…damaging lungs…brains…other organs entering the woods wondering about teshuvah –return, repair, restart, welcomed by a tufted titmouse repeating peter-peter-peter and two great blue herons with 6-foot wing spans taking flight PM2.5…measured by air quality… ## [Google doesn’t care about Claude’s watermark](https://www.mickmel.com/google-doesnt-care-about-claudes-watermark/) _2026-08-19 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes One of the big AI items that is getting a lot of press over the past few weeks is the news that Claude is watermarking their text output so it can be identified as AI when published. Specifically, they say: When a supported Claude model generates text, it weaves an imperceptible watermark directly into the \[…\] ## [THE NEW WHITE HOUSE COOKBOOK](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-new-white-house-cookbook.html) _2026-08-18 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Virginia Aronson AI-generated graphic by NightCafé for The New Verse News . The White House chef must put together a menu of special recipes to suit the diners of various tastes from heads of state to cabinet members to kids and grandkids sports stars and celebrities donors, bankers, billionaires. The most popular dishes for this Administration will not surprise you like Tacos on Tuesdays… ## [Christian Nationalism in Strange Places](https://warrenthrockmorton.substack.com/p/christian-nationalism-in-strange) _2026-08-18 · Warren Throckmorton · The Throckmorton Initiative_ Yeshiva University promotes Christian nationalist stories ## [“So what happens if I sort this comics magazine collection by ‘most viewed’…”](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/18/so-what-happens-if-i-sort-this-comics-magazine-collection-by-most-viewed/) _2026-08-18 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ To compare, here are the least viewed ones: In conclusion: ## [The Problem With Being Absolutely Right](https://www.diversity.net.nz/the-problem-with-being-absolutely-right/2026/08/19/) _2026-08-18 · Ben Kepes · The Diversity Blog – SaaS, Cloud & Business Strategy_ One of the wiser governance people I’ve had the privilege of working with once told me that, as a professional director, you should always try to be a cleanskin. By this she meant that people should never be quite… ## [Kate is a better IDE than VS Code](https://cyberjunkie.in/posts/kate/) _2026-08-18 · cyberjunkie.in_ Visual Studio Code was a reluctant adoption ages ago when I first tried it. Microsoft makes terrible software but VS Code was an exception. It seemed like they were warming up to opensource. Since about a year back or so, it is lined with AI garbage in every crevice. It is bloated and it is unusable. I have long since opted for Codium, a stripped-down version, with less slop, reduced telemetry… ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QKjEIPN4qKqO) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [I Finally Played: Vampire Survivors](https://aywren.com/2026/08/18/i-finally-played-vampire-survivors) _2026-08-18 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ In this short series, I finally pick up some games that I’ve heard about, and are highly rated, but I just have never given a shot. The first of these is Vampire Survivors. ## [FOLLOW ME](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/follow-me.html) _2026-08-18 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by Ron Riekki Protest #2—Stone School Bridge, Ann Arbor, MI, August 14, 2026 (approximate number of protestors: 20) “Two roads diverged” —Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken” When I got home, I realized I was having my first serious headache in a long while. I stood on the bridge, staring at the cars going by on the freeway, a break from the conversations where we were yelling to communicate. I… ## [Twelve and a Half by Gary Vaynerchuk](https://www.mickmel.com/twelve-and-a-half-by-gary-vaynerchuk/) _2026-08-18 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes Now that I’m using Reading Refresh to keep myself up to date on books I’ve read in the past, I thought I’d share some of them as they came back up. Today is Gary Vaynerchuk’s “Twelve and a Half”. This book is also available as a free flashcard deck on Ripple Recall. Gary Vee has \[…\] ## [Trip Report - Netherlands 26 - part 1](https://cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/netherlands-26-pt1/) _2026-08-18 · C'est la Z_ We're spending a little under 2 weeks in the Netherlands. Figured, mostly correctly that it would be a touch cooler than NYC. First couple of days were tough with the temps well into the 90s but it's cooled off since and should be much more comfortable for the rest of the trip even if it's a little rainy. We spent the first six days based out of the Hague with day trips to Delft and Gouda.… ## [Competition’s Good](https://bjhess.com/posts/competitions-good) _2026-08-18 · I am BARRY HESS_ A friend let me know about Olly’s recent blog post. Olly owns and operates Pagecord, a very nice blogging service running in the same world as Pika. It sounds like... ## [Grug-rephrase to Comprehend](https://lavafroth.is-a.dev/post/grug-rephrase-to-comprehend/) _2026-08-18 · lavafroth_ One of the core problems of memory and recall is making ideas stick in the long run. I have been a huge proponent of Anki flashcards for pure memorization. However, some ideas are better suited for on-the-fly derivation from a few axioms. These ideas may originate from research papers or blog posts that we read. Research papers have notoriously been a source of slop, way before the advent of LLMs.… ## [$5 MILLION CINQUAIN](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/5-million-cinquain.html) _2026-08-17 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ Supreme Court: The court for a second time refused a request by Mr. Trump to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found in 2023 that he had sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll. — The New York Times , August 17, 2026 Nicholas De Marino is a neurodivergent rhyparographer. . ## [Exhibition: Flesh & Bone](https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/flesh-and-bone) _2026-08-17 · lazarus@lazaruscorporation.co.uk (Paul Watson) · The Artist’s Notebook_ I’m having a new exhibition here in September this year, once again returning to 1200 Postcards on Queens Road in Hastings: Flesh & Bone An exhibition of life-drawings by Paul Watson . The new exhibition is entitled Flesh & Bone and will feature a selection of my life-drawings from the past few years. The venue is 1200 Postcards , a bar (in the tradition of Austin Osman Spare) on Queens Road in… ## [Even more comic book letters pages and stuff](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/17/even-more-comic-book-letters-pages-and-stuff/) _2026-08-17 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ I fired up the machinery to snarf more comics to find more text pages (letters pages, editorials, hype pages etc) for kwakk.info. I had pretty much exhausted my previous sources, so I, er, went to other, even more … diverse sources. The good news is that the index isn’t 99% super-heroes now. The bad news … Continue reading Even more comic book letters pages and stuff ## [Steam Gaming: The Year of Early Access Releases](https://aywren.com/2026/08/17/steam-gaming-the-year-of-early-access-releases) _2026-08-17 · Aywren's Nook - Gaming and Geek Blog_ While I do take care what games I pick up during Early Access, I have a weak spot for crafting survival games in particular. This year, for whatever reason, we’re seeing a bunch of the big hitter survival games coming out of early access and releasing into the 1.0 state. This is a good thing! ## [Random Comics](https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/08/17/random-comics-43/) _2026-08-17 · larsmagne23 · Random Thoughts_ Here’s some comics I’ve read over the past fortnight… Mostly French(ish) comics, eh? Didn’t really plan that. So as usual, a couple of issues of Spirou. I really like the Imbroglio météo series. It fun and fresh, but in a very classic way. In a more classic/classic way, we have the Lewis Trondheim-written Spirou serial … Continue reading Random Comics ## [(untitled)](https://ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/08/you-are-so-many-lonely-juicy-bubbles.html) _2026-08-17 · DDRKirby(ISQ) · DDRKirby(ISQ)'s Blog_ You are so many \*lonely\* \*juicy\* \*bubbles\*. It is so sad. Now that you are \*campers\* you will have more \*parties\* and no more \*sad\* \*lonely\* \*bubbles\*. This is the \*secret\*. There is \*juice squeezing\* and then we are not so \*frumple\*. ## [(untitled)](https://ddrkirbyisq.blogspot.com/2026/08/meeting-someone-new-feels-bit-strange.html) _2026-08-17 · DDRKirby(ISQ) · DDRKirby(ISQ)'s Blog_ Meeting someone new, feels a bit strange these days. I was always unapologetic about who I was, in some regards, but it feels like in the past I also had a vision of who I wanted to present myself as. That "mask" was an important part of my self-concept, you could even say that I specifically sought out social spaces where I could don it. But this, too, seems to be a part of myself that I have… ## [Διαβίβαση πρόσκλησης υποβολής αιτήσεων υποτροφιών για διδακτορική διατριβή – ΙΚΥ/ ΕΣΠΑ 2021-2027](https://www.prd.uth.gr/%ce%b4%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%b2%ce%af%ce%b2%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%b7-%cf%80%cf%81%cf%8c%cf%83%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%85%cf%80%ce%bf%ce%b2%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%ae%cf%82-%ce%b1%ce%b9%cf%84%ce%ae%cf%83/) _2026-08-17 · kostas Patsis · ΤμΜΧΠΠΑ-ΠΘ_ Διαβίβαση πρόσκλησης εδώ Ανακοίνωση υποτροφιών εδώ Πρόσκληση υποβολής αιτήσεων εδώ 1ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗΣ ΑΙΤΗΣΕΩΝ ΔΙΔΑΚΤΟΡΙΚΑ-ΑΔΑ ΡΔΘΩ46ΝΚΠΔ-ΡΤΙ περισσότερα ## [Artful fancy at Louisiana Literature](https://www.c-print.se/post/artful-fancy-at-louisiana-literature) _2026-08-17 · C-print · c-print_ Later this week, Team C-print will be heading to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art to attend the annual Louisiana Literature festival, which this year takes place from August 20 to 23. In order to navigate the four-day festival, packed with more, otherwise unmissable, series of conversations, interviews and performances than can fit into even the most optimistic of festivalgoers' agendas, we… ## [THE RISING DARK](https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-rising-dark.html) _2026-08-17 · noreply@blogger.com (Editor2) · TheNewVerse.News_ by June Hall McCash In the cold morning, the invaded city muffles the sound of scuffles in the night. Traffic drowns the echoes carried by the wind, cries of the seized and of the children left behind in empty halls and alleyways. With the early light, night still casts empty shadows left by the unrelenting attack on innocence and guilt alike, by faces marked with terror at the approaching sound… ## [Adding more context to flashcards](https://www.mickmel.com/adding-more-context-to-flashcards/) _2026-08-17 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes A few months ago I had the opportunity to chat with Victoria Groce, one of the winningest Jeopardy players of all time. I was excited to chat with her, because many people think I’m obsessed with reading and flashcards (which isn’t untrue), but Victoria puts in 10x the work that I do (and it pays \[…\] ## [Every student is cheating with AI](https://ben.page/cheating) _2026-08-17 · Ben Borgers_ Last month, a Brown professor wrote about discovering that a majority of his students had used AI to cheat on his take-home exam. He was irate about this “scandal,” despite the university seemingly doing little to respond. I attended a well-ranked university until last year. The truth is: essentially every student is cheating with AI . Every single one. Nobody doesn't cheat. It comes in the form… ## [All the concerns that make me a boring civil servant](https://www.johnpe.art/2026/08/17/all-the-concerns-that-make-me-a-boring-civil-servant/) _2026-08-17 · John Peart • All posts_ When you’ve learnt your craft, you become much more boring at your job. At least that’s Dave Rupert’s theory in his blog post explaining all the concerns that make him a boring developer . I reckon he’s right. I’ve spent 14 years (or thereabouts) working in Whitehall. So many questions now pop into my head when someone has a stupid idea reasonable policy suggestion that it now takes me a few… ## [Moving to a Lonely Forge](https://jackson.dev/post/moving-to-a-lonely-forge/) _2026-08-17 · patrick@jackson.dev (Patrick Jackson) · Patrick Jackson_ GitHub's down again today, so I think I'll spend the time moving to a self-hosted Forge. I've long been an advocate for decentralizing software development, but over the years it has always just made sense to keep the primary repos on GitHub. GitHub proved that grafting a social-network onto software development is extremely useful, and it makes the service verrry sticky. For developers, hopping…