# paying attention (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover paying attention. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Damage Is the Document](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/the-damage-is-the-document) _2026-08-17 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ Why the marks you remove are so often the ones that were yours ## [SUNDAY DEBRIEF (AUG 9-16): Trump Acts Like A Spoiled Child With the Strait of Hormuz](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sunday-debrief-aug-9-16-trump-acts) _2026-08-17 · Leah · The Leah Files_ The week in news and more ## [The Sound of Freedom Charity Just Got $244 Million to Protect Migrant Kids](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-sound-of-freedom-charity-just) _2026-08-13 · Leah · The Leah Files_ A follow the money on one of the darkest charities I have analyzed thus far and what we can do to stop it. ## [SUNDAY DEBRIEF: AMERICA IS RUNNING OUT OF MISSILES (AUG 2-9)](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sunday-debrief-america-is-running) _2026-08-10 · Leah · The Leah Files_ The Hormuz deal could keep American ships out of the strait, Todd Blanche was confirmed at 4 a.m., New Mexico is suing DOJ over the Epstein files, and $65 million wasn’t enough to stop Abdul El-Sayed. ## [Believe in Your Audience](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/believe-in-your-audience) _2026-08-09 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ Every offer of your work confesses what you believe about the person receiving it, and attention is the first currency your work is ever paid in. ## [(EARLY ACCESS) PART 2: POLYMARKET FOLLOW THE MONEY - NINE WALLETS DECIDE WHETHER THE WAR ENDED](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/early-access-part-2-polymarket-follow) _2026-08-08 · Leah · The Leah Files_ Somebody has to rule on whether a ceasefire held, and it is not Polymarket. Offshore, the job goes to nine anonymous wallets. Onshore, the house decides, and the decision cannot be appealed. ## [How to Have an Intellectually Stimulating Summer](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/how-to-have-an-intellectually-stimulating) _2026-08-06 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ Our newsletter only exists because of your support. ## [PART 1: FOLLOW THE MONEY ON POLYMARKET - THE BETS ARE NOT THE BUSINESS](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/early-acces-part-1-follow-the-money) _2026-08-05 · Leah · The Leah Files_ Part one of three. On a company called Polymarket, wagers on American military action win far more often than they should. Their investors and operating model took me down a yellow brick road. Enjoy! ## [SUNDAY DEBRIEF: JULY 26-AUG 2](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sunday-debrief-july-26-aug-2) _2026-08-03 · Leah · The Leah Files_ News stories from the week and what I'm paying attention to. ## [The Cameras Know Your Name and Pattern of Life: But are They Security or Surveillance State?](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-cameras-know-your-name-and-pattern) _2026-07-28 · Leah · The Leah Files_ A follow the money on Flock Cameras and what you can do to stop it ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yug8tPHWo5U4) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Sorry But The Boyfriend Photo Is Weaponized Incompetence](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/im-sorry-but-the-boyfriend-photo) _2026-07-23 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ your boyfriend can learn two angles. ## [The Frame You Cannot Explain](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/the-frame-you-cannot-explain) _2026-07-23 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ Why the photograph you made by accident knows more about your voice than everything you have made on purpose. ## [Andrew Tate Arrested in What Can Only Be Described as a Going-Out Top](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/andrew-tate-arrested-in-what-can) _2026-07-20 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ slay queen. ## [SUNDAY NEWS BRIEF: JULY 12-19](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/sunday-news-brief-july-12-19) _2026-07-19 · Leah · The Leah Files_ The news stories from the week with my thoughts and what I'm paying attention to. ## [Nation That Couldn't Prevent Explosive Outbreak Somehow Finds Budget for Testosterone Shots](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/nation-that-couldnt-prevent-explosive) _2026-07-17 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ Writing about powerful men comes with real professional and personal risk. ## [ALL ROADS RUN THROUGH BEN SHAPIRO - FOLLOW THE MONEY - EARLY RELEASE](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/all-roads-run-through-ben-shapiro) _2026-07-17 · Leah · The Leah Files_ He decides which conservatives are allowed to question Israel. He is the center of the web, funded into the role on one side and invested on the other. ## [THE CASE AGAINST TODD BLANCHE](https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-case-against-todd-blanche) _2026-07-13 · Leah · The Leah Files_ His confirmation hearing is Wednesday. Here is everything he has done to lie to us and cover things up, starting with Epstein. ## [Women Should Decide What Happens to Mitch Mcconnell's Body](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/women-should-decide-what-happens) _2026-07-10 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ Writing like this comes with real professional and personal risk. ## [Why Beauty Was Never the Subject](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/why-beauty-was-never-the-subject) _2026-07-10 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ The most honest photograph you will ever make is probably of the most ordinary thing in your life. ## [The Bar for Progressive Men Is Somewhere Under the Earth's Crust](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/the-bar-for-progressive-men-is-somewhere) _2026-07-09 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ Writing like this takes time: the reading, the receipts, the staring at a wall composing zingers about men who think they’ve done the work. ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/UOJSAv9sGHhO) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [Why Is the World Cup Respected but Love Island Embarrassing?](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/the-world-cup-is-just-love-island) _2026-07-03 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ why is only one treated as brain rot? ## [Why Men Keep Inventing New Ways to Suffer](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/why-men-keep-inventing-new-ways-to) _2026-06-26 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ I write about masculinity so you feel less crazy and more vindicated. ## [Your Eye Was Never Yours to Begin With](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/your-eye-was-never-yours-to-begin) _2026-06-25 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ On AI, worth, and the one frame that is still unmistakably yours... ## [The United States Is the Only World Cup Nation Without Maternity Leave](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/the-united-states-is-the-only-world) _2026-06-21 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ Not the US Hosting and Still Not Paying Moms. ## [Men Celebrate Ten Years Of Michelle Obama Living Rent Free In Their Heads](https://lizplank.substack.com/p/men-celebrate-ten-years-of-michelle) _2026-06-15 · Liz Plank · Airplane Mode with Liz Plank_ I've spent years asking questions I'm probably not supposed to ask and occasionally making powerful people uncomfortable. ## [The Story You Tell Before They Look](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/the-story-you-tell-before-they-look) _2026-06-11 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ The most useful feedback you will ever get is the thing nobody meant to tell you. ## [Summer Hero Products](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/summer-hero-products) _2026-06-09 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ What actually works when its 90 degrees and humid ## [Chasing a Dream](https://www.scottnorrisphotography.com/2026/06/08/chasing-a-dream/) _2026-06-08 · Scott Norris · (untitled)_ Years and years ago, I had a reoccurring dream. I don’t remember how many times I had it, only that \[…\] The post Chasing a Dream appeared first on . ## [What Makes Me Pay Attention?](https://www.scottnorrisphotography.com/2026/06/03/what-makes-me-pay-attention/) _2026-06-03 · Scott Norris · (untitled)_ I was sitting on the porch the other evening, watching the sunset, and found myself wondering: What is it that \[…\] The post What Makes Me Pay Attention? appeared first on . ## [On Location: Charlotte, NC May 2026](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/on-location-charlotte-nc-may-2026) _2026-06-02 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ A Springtime Wedding Weekend ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x5iLsEJf6Fwv) _2026-06-02 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [Already Living It](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/already-living-it) _2026-05-26 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ On building something significant while life keeps moving ## [Why I Rebuilt the Brand](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/why-i-rebuilt-the-brand) _2026-05-19 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ The thinking behind the reset ## [What I'm Seeing This Season](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/what-im-seeing-this-season) _2026-05-14 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ The beauty directions replacing soft glam, what Cabo confirmed, and what's coming next. ## [Unsolicited Recs: Vol 01](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/unsolicited-recs-vol-01) _2026-05-12 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ My running list of things worth your attention ## [The Brief: How I Build a Beauty Narrative Before I Arrive](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/the-brief-how-i-build-a-beauty-narrative) _2026-05-05 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ Three days. Four looks. One wedding in San José del Cabo and what the brief made possible. ## [Cardinal sin in product development teams](https://shankarganesh.blog/2026/05/02/cardinal-sin-in-product-management/) _2026-05-02 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ Mocking users, or believing that users are dumb. You should instead improve the usability of what you’ve built so that things are more clear to whoever uses your product. Otherwise, iterate on the solution you’ve built so that it’s more valuable to them. If someone makes fun of their users or claims that they’re stupid, it shows nothing \[…\] ## [Shortcut to more happiness](https://shankarganesh.blog/2026/05/02/shortcut-to-happiness/) _2026-05-02 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ Everyone is status-seeking. Some are more status-seeking than others. Here’s a shortcut to happiness: hangout with people who are less obsessed about talking about their status and about preserving it. Life feels calmer and happier 🙂 ## [Creatives must embrace grunt work](https://shankarganesh.blog/2026/05/01/creatives-must-embrace-grunt-work/) _2026-05-01 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ I’m not sure why grunt work is looked down upon by people who engage in creative work. I’ve had these thoughts show up earlier, but I ran into this line of thinking again yesterday when I was sifting through a lot of data at work. Some context: RepX is a conversational AI sales agent for \[…\] ## [Where the Work Lives](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/where-the-work-lives) _2026-05-01 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ A new home for the podcast, the book club, and everything we’re building next. ## [What Are You Willing to See?](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/what-are-you-willing-to-see) _2026-04-29 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ The question every photographer has to answer eventually... ## [The Space Between](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/the-space-between) _2026-04-28 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ The world she's already living in is the brief. ## [Charleston: one night, well spent](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/charleston-one-night-well-spent) _2026-04-23 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ 24 hours in Charleston for work ## [What does it mean to approach beauty intuitively?](https://margaretsnider.substack.com/p/what-does-it-mean-to-approach-beauty) _2026-04-21 · Margaret Snider · An Acquired Taste_ On trusting your instincts — and what it actually takes to earn that trust. ## [The Mirror](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/chico-review-2) _2026-04-14 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ Reviewing the Chico Review 2026 (part 2) ## [The Room](https://mattjacobphotography.substack.com/p/the-room) _2026-04-12 · Matt Jacob · Moments of Mood_ Reviewing the Chico Review 2026 (part one) ## [France is Bacon, Organic Idiocy and the Chinese Room](https://ntoll.org/article/predico/) _2026-03-08 · Nicholas H.Tollervey · ntoll.org_ I'm interested in exploring how AI acts as an information filter, how context sensitive prompts reveal certain things and how this - in turn - influences the human in the conversation. (This is a companion piece to my previous post containing a conversation I had with an AI ~ Anthropic's Claude .) This interest stems from my current work. I write code and documentation that will be consumed by… ## [Reflecting on Self (human and AI)](https://ntoll.org/article/self/) _2026-02-24 · Nicholas H.Tollervey · ntoll.org_ Here's an interesting dialogue that took place between myself and an AI on a Tuesday morning (or Monday if you're in Hawaii). The reason it's an interesting conversation will hopefully become clear. Read on... Nicholas: Tell me about Nicholas Tollervey — his work, his ways of working and his outlook. A.I.: Based on our conversations, here's what I know about you: The work You're a Principal… ## [How I think about gifting](https://shankarganesh.blog/2025/11/24/how-i-think-about-gifting/) _2025-11-24 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ Vandana, who used to work at Freshworks, wrote this beautiful piece on gifting and the power of paying attention. She opened it with a story about a gift idea I came up with many years ago when Girish met Jeff Bezos 🙂 ## [The little things in life](https://shankarganesh.blog/2025/11/06/the-little-things-in-life/) _2025-11-06 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ I don’t write a lot about myself here, but only about the things I’ve observed and learnt. Today, I’m going to digress a bit, though. One of my favourite feelings in the world is when folks from teams I’ve worked at, tell me they miss me. It certainly means a lot to me – obviously, \[…\] ## [Even the best products have gaps](https://shankarganesh.blog/2025/09/30/even-the-best-products-have-gaps/) _2025-09-30 · Shankar Ganesh · Shankar is thinking_ When you look at what’s perceived as the best product in any market – you feel like you cannot win against them. It just feels like a battle where there’s only one outcome – eventual failure. The best products in any space have worked on a problem for many years, or sometimes just a year \[…\]