# people think (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover people think. Page: Feed: --- ## [7 Reasons Why Introverts Burn Out More Quickly Than Extroverts](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/7-reasons-why-introverts-burn-out) _2026-08-19 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ Have you ever had one of those days where you haven’t really done that much, but somehow you feel completely exhausted? ## [What Made the Italian Hill Town So Beautiful?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/what-made-the-italian-hill-town-so) _2026-08-19 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Before we dive into today’s article, a quick reminder: you have less than 24 hours left to grab the discount. ## [How Did the English Build Such Beautiful Villages?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/how-did-the-english-build-such-beautiful) _2026-08-16 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ There is something immediately recognizable about an old English village, where a narrow lane winds between stone cottages, chimney pots rise above uneven roofs, hedges spill across garden walls, and somewhere beyond the houses the tower of a medieval church appears through the trees, giving the whole settlement a center without dominating everything around it. ## [There’s a phenomenon about pro-lifers that always baffles me. Some pro-choice hero does something to…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/825107768039112704) _2026-08-16 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ There’s a phenomenon about pro-lifers that always baffles me. Some pro-choice hero does something to advance the pro-choice cause, and various pro-choice outlets celebrate this. Pro-lifers, obviously, do not consider the hero’s actions admirable. Makes sense; if I agreed with their premises I also would not consider those actions admirable. But what always gets me is how they… ## [Damping, not dampening.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/825017945020416000) _2026-08-15 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ negativeresponse : negativeresponse : So I know that a lot of sources including google are claiming or are under the impression that Ringo Starr doesn’t have the elf stones so I just wanted to clear things up reliably once and for all: Yes, he did post about to gifting them to Barry Keoghan, the actor portraying him in the upcoming films, as a good luck charm for his role. However, the photo… ## [Panama?](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/824974372750213120) _2026-08-15 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ femmenietzsche : Current sovereign nations which at one point were directly controlled/occupied by the United States: Philippines Cuba Nicaragua Haiti Dominican Republic Iceland Italy (with others) Germany (with others) Austria (with others) Japan South Korea Palau Micronesia Marshall Islands Afghanistan Iraq Not counting de facto influence or simple regime change. I probably missed a few. Panama? ## [How Did Amsterdam Build Its Canal Houses?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/how-did-amsterdam-build-its-canal) _2026-08-13 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Amsterdam has one of those skylines you recognize immediately—tall, narrow houses standing shoulder to shoulder beside the canals, their brick façades rising three, four, sometimes five storeys above the water. ## [Why Old Houses Have Such Beautiful Entrances](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-old-houses-have-such-beautiful) _2026-08-09 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ There is something about the entrance of an old house that makes you want to stop before you even go inside. ## [Most elves are probably just as out of shape as the rest of us, it’s just that only the hot ones get…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/824426527885279233) _2026-08-09 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ what-even-is-thiss : enthusispastic : what-even-is-thiss : revengeofthescyths : what-even-is-thiss : I hate not living near a large body of water. Whenever I stand near a large body of water something deep inside me calms down for a while but I don’t live near enough to one to get that fix every two or three days so I’ve gotta make my maybe once a year trip to a river or ocean stretch out… ## [Why Europe Loved Arcades](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-europe-loved-arcades) _2026-08-06 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Walk through the streets of Bologna, wander beneath the elegant porticoes of Turin, explore the medieval arcades of Bern, or lose yourself in the narrow streets of Padua, and one architectural feature appears again and again. ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4HRbJUh8O8Am) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [Why Being Alone Can Be Healthier Than Being Poorly Surrounded](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/why-being-alone-can-be-healthier) _2026-08-05 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ “If you are never alone, you cannot know yourself.” —Paulo Coelho ## [If there’s exactly one lusting after you and this doubles every week, it would only take about seven…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/824109967679291392) _2026-08-05 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ queenlyonmain : queenlyonmain : Only a single digit number of people actively lust after me not counting Grindr. Why even go on…. mother-sauces Extrapolate… Well if the number of people actively lusting after me doubles every week, within 9 months the whole world will want me. And I will still somehow fail to get laid If there’s exactly one lusting after you and this doubles… ## [Why Stone Never Goes Out of Style](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-stone-never-goes-out-of-style) _2026-08-03 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Walk through the villages of the Cotswolds, the hills of Tuscany, the streets of Provence, or the highlands of Scotland, and one material connects them all. ## [Why Old Libraries Feel Sacred](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-old-libraries-feel-sacred) _2026-08-01 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ There is a certain silence that belongs only to old libraries. ## [There’s a block-and-tackle machine at my gym that has one of the most absurd design flaws I’ve ever…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823416300350128128) _2026-07-28 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ There’s a block-and-tackle machine at my gym that has one of the most absurd design flaws I’ve ever seen in a mass-produced product. The instructions on the machine tell you exactly where to stand when doing cable curls – but if you actually stand there you physically can’t do cable curls, because the seat for leg raises is right in front of you! Even with the seat in its… ## [There was that one episode of DS9 with the union.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823326143222628352) _2026-07-27 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ collapsedsquid : Caught bits of that Elon Musk interview. Whenever people go “Oh he loves Star Trek and The Culture but hates unions, how contradictory”, I’m sorry dudes but Star Trek, yeah you have the riffs about it being “Communism” but it’s pretty Bourgeoisie Socialiam, particularly in the 90s it’s pretty “end-of-history” stuff, High PMC,… ## [Why Old Streets Feel Better Than New Ones](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-old-streets-feel-better-than) _2026-07-26 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Why do old streets feel so different? ## [China’s main constraint is memory. The TSMC die bank Huawei got through the SOPHGO scheme is…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823205848217190400) _2026-07-26 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ phaeton-flier : zzedar2 : phaeton-flier : collapsedsquid : Some of the tech influencers going “We need to cut off the Chinese AI because China doesn’t believe in freedom and democracy” do seem a little deluded, like the Euros who talk about the US can be counted on the defend them for the next half-century. I’m sorry but if you are not a billionaire then you cannot trust an… ## [China absolutely is severely compute-constrained.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823168259242246144) _2026-07-26 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ phaeton-flier : collapsedsquid : Some of the tech influencers going “We need to cut off the Chinese AI because China doesn’t believe in freedom and democracy” do seem a little deluded, like the Euros who talk about the US can be counted on the defend them for the next half-century. I’m sorry but if you are not a billionaire then you cannot trust an AI shackled by the US to… ## [The song “The Highwayman” reads like the plot of a Roger Zelazny novel.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823141432094261248) _2026-07-25 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ The song “The Highwayman” reads like the plot of a Roger Zelazny novel. ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qewNvoe45Tld) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [The Forgotten Beauty of the Front Porch](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/the-forgotten-beauty-of-the-front) _2026-07-25 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Whenever I visit an old town, I find myself slowing down in front of the houses. ## [How Design Shapes the Way We Live, Work, and Connect](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/how-design-shapes-the-way-we-live) _2026-07-24 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Every morning, millions of people wake up, walk through their homes, commute to work, sit in offices, stroll through city streets, and return home again without giving much thought to the spaces around them. ## [I bet most elves are just as ugly as the rest of us, it’s just that only the hot ones get stories…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/823021082518880256) _2026-07-24 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ I bet most elves are just as ugly as the rest of us, it’s just that only the hot ones get stories written about them. ## [Dick Tracy hat, but grey.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822948857818251264) _2026-07-23 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ centrally-unplanned : businesstiramisu : cromulentenough : shieldfoss : suntzuanime : shieldfoss : inferentialdistance : woman-becomer : imagine a goat with a hat STOP- what hat did you give the goat what is the instinctual hat you gave to this goat Wizard hat. Straw hat Robin hood style hat, which after brief googling is apparently called a “bycocket”. also a robin hood style hat!… ## [10 Reasons Why I Don't Care What People Think Of Me Anymore](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/10-reasons-why-i-dont-care-what-people) _2026-07-22 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ If I had written this article just a couple of years ago, I probably would have called it “10 Reasons Why I Care What People Think Of Me.” ## [okay nathan leopold](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822795389596041216) _2026-07-22 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ bayesic-bitch : If you read interviews with homicide cops, two things very quickly become clear It is really not all that hard to get away with murder. A basic amount of foresight and prep will get rid of enough evidence that the police either won’t find the killer or will be unable to make the charge stick. Despite this, most murders do get solved, because someone who decides that murder is… ## [How Jože Plečnik Built Europe's Most Beautiful Capital](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/how-joze-plecnik-built-europes-most) _2026-07-20 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ When people think of the architects who shaped Europe, the same names always appear. ## [Did they even have a warrant?](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822572433826611200) _2026-07-19 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ mother-sauces : Everyone else is\* pissed at Dumbing of Age for having some lesbians hook up without breaking up with their former partners. I’m pissed at Dumbing of Age because raiding every room in every dorm is clearly an unconstitutionally vague general warrant, and the police department should be getting sued six ways to Sunday. \*was? Did they even have a warrant? ## [A lot of people think it’s a funny joke to tell their hydra friend, “Two heads are better than one!”…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822491952780132352) _2026-07-18 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ dark-magician-girl-meets-world : A lot of people think it’s a funny joke to tell their hydra friend, “Two heads are better than one!” Some of them even think they’re being supportive. But just think about what you’re actually saying. Would you tell any of your other friends that you think it would be better if they died? Because that’s exactly what you’re… ## [“Let’s just not build it then” actually strikes me as wildly impractical. If the technology is…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822354587236352000) _2026-07-17 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ reach-one-moment : thathopeyetlives : darnitjack : victusinveritas : https://aeon.co/essays/silicon-valley-has-a-science-fiction-problem Good essay Honestly I don’t think it’s all that great. Like a lot of things in this genre it kinda points out differences between ideals expressed in science fiction (or cases when something dystopian has been produced), generates negative affect from… ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wZpw8iOMb8jD) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [People who think sheep are killed for their wool are so hilarious to me. Does your barber slit your…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/822216887311138816) _2026-07-15 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ unyieldingsilence : ovenroastedtwerkey : yoinky-sploinky : ovenroastedtwerkey : shadow-banned-the-hedgehog : storm-of-feathers : squareallworthy : disgruntled-neighborhood-wife : People who think sheep are killed for their wool are so hilarious to me. Does your barber slit your throat whenever you get a haircut?? Are you a returning customer to Sweeney Todd? Lmao it grows back, fools. This is… ## [The Lost Beauty of Railway Stations](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/the-lost-beauty-of-railway-stations) _2026-07-13 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ When the first great railway stations appeared in the nineteenth century, they were treated like cathedrals. ## [The names of the countries of Thailand and France mean the same thing.](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/821854901608022016) _2026-07-11 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ The names of the countries of Thailand and France mean the same thing. ## [Knights and guns coexisted for hundreds of years](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/821666446414348288) _2026-07-09 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ thathopeyetlives : toloveviceforitself : st-just : Reading posts that make me angry for no good reason, and like: I just desperately need people to understand that if they spend their free time on the neurodivergent transgender introvert website, living in an premodern village-style ‘thick’ unchosen community probably wouldn’t work out great for them . I mean I get it, but also I… ## [Is This The Most Beautiful City?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/is-this-the-most-beautiful-city) _2026-07-08 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ The history of Edinburgh.. ## [I had the weirdest experience at the gym today. When doing curls, I count a bit unusually; if doing…](https://zzedar2.tumblr.com/post/821587156556480512) _2026-07-08 · The Smell of Fresh Waffles on a Sunday Morning_ I had the weirdest experience at the gym today. When doing curls, I count a bit unusually; if doing 15 reps with each hand, most people will count from one to fifteen with one hand and then start over with the other. I prefer to keep the same count going, so I’ll start counting at sixteen with the second hand. Today, a complete stranger heard me counting under my breath, walked up to me and… ## [The 8 Introverted Myers-Briggs Personality Types: Which One Are You?](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/the-8-introverted-myers-briggs-personality) _2026-07-08 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ Not all introverts are the same. ## [Why Did the World Fall in Love with Art Deco?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-did-the-world-fall-in-love-with) _2026-07-05 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Imagine standing in Paris in the summer of 1925. ## [He Gave His Life to a Church He Would Never See Finished](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/he-gave-his-life-to-a-church-he-would) _2026-07-02 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ When people visit Barcelona for the first time, they all remember the same moment. ## [The Scientist Who Rebuilt London](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/the-scientist-who-rebuilt-london) _2026-06-28 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ When people think of great architects, they imagine someone who spent his youth sketching buildings, studying cathedrals, and dreaming about monuments. ## [The Banker Who Built Florence](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/the-banker-who-built-florence) _2026-06-24 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ If you had arrived in Florence in the early fifteenth century, you probably would not have noticed Cosimo de’ Medici at first. ## [The Older I Get, The Less I Care](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/the-older-i-get-the-less-i-care) _2026-06-24 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ They weren’t lying when they said that once you reach a certain age, you stop caring so much about things. ## [Learn to Love Architecture](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/learn-to-love-architecture) _2026-06-19 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Roger Scruton did not begin his life as a defender of medieval architecture. ## [Why Introverts Don’t Like Being Told What To Do](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/why-introverts-dont-like-being-told) _2026-06-18 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ The psychology of autonomy, pressure, and internal resistance ## [Why Are Medieval Buildings So Hard to Replicate?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-are-medieval-buildings-so-hard) _2026-06-14 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Walk through Florence, Siena, Bruges, Prague, York, or Rothenburg and you eventually find yourself wondering about something that seems absurd once you put it into words. ## [The Difference Between Being Introverted And Emotionally Wounded](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/the-difference-between-being-introverted) _2026-06-12 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ Personality or self-protection? ## [Does Architecture Actually Matter?](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/does-architecture-actually-matter) _2026-06-10 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Most people never think about architecture. ## [Why Every Medieval City Wanted a Wall](https://www.architectureandtradition.com/p/why-every-medieval-city-wanted-a) _2026-06-08 · Architecture & Tradition · Architecture and Tradition_ Walk through Carcassonne, Dubrovnik, Ávila, York, Tallinn, Rothenburg, or countless other historic cities across Europe and the walls define the entire experience, rising above rooftops and wrapping around churches, markets, houses, and towers in a way that makes the city feel complete. ## [Why “Fake It Till You Make It” Doesn’t Always Work for Introverts](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/why-fake-it-till-you-make-it-doesnt) _2026-06-04 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ (And What Actually Does Work) ## [7 Ways To Love An Introvert](https://vanessadewsbury.substack.com/p/7-ways-to-love-an-introvert) _2026-05-27 · Vanessa Marie Dewsbury · The Cozy Café_ In relationships and friendships.