# plain sight (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover plain sight. Page: Feed: --- ## [Breaking! Good News Actually Exists!](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/breaking-good-news-actually-exists) _2026-08-21 · The Banter_ The Supreme Court rejected Trump again, plus other great news. ## [Review: Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of the Herring by Graeme Rigby](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/review-rigbys-encyclopaedia-of-the) _2026-08-20 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ A satisfyingly eccentric exploration of the herring’s place in history and culture ## [Values You Only Honor When They're Convenient](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/values-you-only-honor-when-theyre) _2026-08-19 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ A morality clause is a values statement you can enforce. Which means it's also a values statement you can't hide. ## [We Did This](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/we-did-this) _2026-08-18 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ The feeding frenzy that destroyed Jason Arday. ## [Somebody Was on That Operating Table](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/somebody-was-on-that-operating-table) _2026-08-18 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ The Mayo Clinic whistleblower case is being framed as an AI story. The real question is what happened to the governance system around it. ## [Birth-right or Birth-earned](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/birth-right-or-birth-earned) _2026-08-17 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ A discussion of a book collection by Carrie Vaughn ## [The writer's bookshelf: Cosima Clara Gillhammer](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writers-bookshelf-cosima-clara) _2026-08-17 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Eight questions about writers, books, and reading… ## [Donald Trump Is Stealing Your Land](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/donald-trump-is-stealing-your-land) _2026-08-13 · Bob Cesca · The Banter_ Trump is bulldozing America and stealing your property. ## [Microhistories #17: Mongkut, the Siamese philosopher king killed by an eclipse](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/microhistories-17-mongkut-the-siamese) _2026-08-13 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ The other side of the man immortalised in The King and I ## [You Asked For it: Is America a "White Supremacist" Country?](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/you-asked-for-it-is-america-a-white) _2026-08-12 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ Two competing narratives about whether America is defined by racism—or by its rejection of it. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xxiADgjkHIs3) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [When Bad Guys Win](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/when-bad-guys-win) _2026-08-10 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ Re-examining Trump's victory of Harris. ## [The writer's bookshelf: Martin Fitzgerald](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writers-bookshelf-martin-fitzgerald) _2026-08-10 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Eight questions about writers, books, and reading… ## [Dan and His Draw to Outliers!](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/dan-and-his-draw-to-outliers) _2026-08-08 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ ## [Community in Capitalism](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/community-in-capitalism) _2026-08-07 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Meditations from an IKEA restaurant ## [The Language of Swadeshi](https://pujateli86.substack.com/p/the-language-of-swadeshi) _2026-08-07 · Puja Teli · Words in Progress_ How a Sanskrit word reveals centuries of resistance ## [The Sad Story of Jason Arday](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/the-sad-story-of-jason-arday) _2026-08-06 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ Identity politics created a hero, then fed him to the culture war. ## [If a Company's Values Are Compromised, Where Else Does It Show Up?](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/if-a-companys-values-are-compromised) _2026-08-06 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ The case for scrutiny, not certainty. ## [Scribbling in the margins](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/scribbling-in-the-margins-5a5) _2026-08-06 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ What marginalia reveals about our inner lives and private histories ## [Fauci Derangement Syndrome](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/fauci-derangement-syndrome) _2026-08-05 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ How the Right turned a flawed public health official Into the villain of COVID while hiding the real villain in plain sight. ## [What Ten Years Does to a Personality Test](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/what-ten-years-does-to-a-personality) _2026-08-05 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ I took two very different assessments a decade apart. The scores changed less than I expected — but the story around them changed almost entirely. ## [Stay updated on your professional world (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TsULb0L2wC37) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Keep in touch with people you know, build your career. ## [Monopsony, Not Monopoly: Why New Jersey's Amazon Lawsuit Belongs on Every Compliance Officer's Radar](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/monopsony-not-monopoly-why-new-jerseys) _2026-08-04 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ A new antitrust theory, a familiar compliance question. ## [Hasan Piker Could Destroy the Democratic Party](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/hasan-piker-could-destroy-the-democratic) _2026-08-03 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ Hasan Piker wants to rebuild the Democratic Party. He could destroy it instead. ## [The writer's bookshelf: Jonathon Green](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writers-bookshelf-jonathon-green) _2026-08-03 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Eight questions about writers, books, and reading… ## [Sketch- Amber- Steve Taylor; Hiding in Plain Sight Discussion](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/sketch-amber-steve-taylor-hiding) _2026-08-01 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ ## [Trump's Wealth Surged by 273%](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/trumps-wealth-surged-by-273) _2026-07-31 · Ben Cohen · The Banter_ While Americans got poorer, Trump made billions. Does anyone care? ## [The Algorithmic Risk Blind Spot](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/the-algorithmic-risk-blind-spot) _2026-07-31 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ Why Boards Need More Than an AI Policy ## [Case Type: Amber from Sketch: Hiding in Plain Sight?](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/case-type-amber-from-sketch-hiding) _2026-07-30 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ By Cinema Agent, Dr. Stephanie Holmes ## [Convergent Evolution](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/convergent-evolution) _2026-07-30 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Same problem, different climate ## [Trump Is the COVID Villain, Not Fauci](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/trump-is-the-covid-villain-not-fauci) _2026-07-30 · Bob Cesca · The Banter_ Don’t let Donald wash the blood from his stumpy hands. ## [The Journey of the Flowing Nadī](https://pujateli86.substack.com/p/the-journey-of-the-flowing-nadi) _2026-07-30 · Puja Teli · Words in Progress_ How Sarasvati became Benzaiten ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w8i8s7izXVob) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Tolkien's England: walking the Berkshire Downs](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/tolkiens-england-walking-the-berkshire) _2026-07-30 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Where English landscape and myth intersect with Tolkien's writing and thought ## [Democracy’s Suicide Bombers](https://thebanter.substack.com/p/democracys-suicide-bombers) _2026-07-29 · Rich Herschlag · The Banter_ What did Trump supporters actually get for nearly destroying American democracy? ## [The Recruiter Was Never Real: What a Near-Miss Reveals About Recruitment Fraud in 2026](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/the-recruiter-was-never-real-what) _2026-07-29 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ AI-polished recruitment fraud is bypassing every red flag we used to teach. Here's what actually gave it away. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208358865/1cfaed0f6692416f42beeb8060db8c8b.mp3) ## [Dr. Temple Grandin on Autism in Media](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/dr-temple-grandin-on-autism-in-media) _2026-07-28 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ ## [The writer's bookshelf: Dani Garavelli](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writers-bookshelf-dani-garavelli) _2026-07-27 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Eight questions about writers, books, and reading… ## [History in plain sight: four Anglo-Saxon churches to visit](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/history-in-plain-sight-four-anglo-2ca) _2026-07-23 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Remarkable survivals in Kent and Essex dating from as far back as the sixth century ## [Did You Know? Your Website May Already Be a Compliance Risk](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/did-you-know-your-website-may-already) _2026-07-22 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ What a new study of one million homepages reveals about the hidden liability sitting on almost every organization's website ## [Abundance of Seeds](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/abundance-of-seeds) _2026-07-22 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Nature's constant rebirth ## [The Hotel Down the Street: What the World Cup Taught Us About Human Trafficking in America](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/the-hotel-down-the-street-what-the) _2026-07-22 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ How 71 arrests in New Jersey this summer reveal a problem hiding in plain sight — and what we can actually do about it ## [Everyone Compared Me to Sheldon. They Missed Amy Farrah Fowler](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/everyone-compared-me-to-sheldon-they) _2026-07-21 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ The Autism Story Hiding in Plain Sight on The Big Bang Theory by Cinema Agent Sydney Holmes Roberts ## [The writer's bookshelf: Alexandra Wilson](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writers-bookshelf-alexandra-wilson) _2026-07-20 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ Eight questions about writers, books, and reading… ## [When the Algorithm Sets the Schedule: Managing Legal Risk in AI-Driven Staffing](https://ethicaledge.substack.com/p/when-the-algorithm-sets-the-schedule) _2026-07-18 · Evie Wentink · Ethical Edge by Evie’s Substack_ Your scheduling algorithm doesn't know it's breaking the law — and that won't help you in court. ## [Review: The Traveller by Andrea Wulf](https://mathewlyons.substack.com/p/review-the-traveller-by-andrea-wulf) _2026-07-16 · Mathew Lyons · The Broken Compass_ The radical and damaged life of a remarkable 18th-century naturalist ## [Case File #3: Dr. Spencer Reid Reading People When You Struggle With Social Cues: Lessons from Spencer Reid](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/case-file-3-dr-spencer-reid-reading) _2026-07-15 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ By Cinema Agent Roberts ## [Chilacayote and Tsubaki](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/chilacayote-and-tsubaki) _2026-07-09 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Fig-leaved Gourd and Rose of Winter ## [From Nadītame to Sarasvati](https://pujateli86.substack.com/p/from-naditame-to-sarasvati) _2026-07-03 · Puja Teli · Words in Progress_ Understanding the Best of Rivers through the Rig Veda. ## [Mutations by Willpower](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/mutations-by-willpower) _2026-07-02 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Dreams or hallucinations ## [The Company You Keep](https://hsep.substack.com/p/the-company-you-keep) _2026-06-26 · Mitch · High Street Insights_ What 100+ coinvestors across our portfolio tell us about where the best founders actually are ## [Butterflies and Moths and Choices](https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com/p/butterflies-and-moths-and-choices) _2026-06-23 · A. Potentilla · Urban Food Forest_ Suggestions welcome ## [The Mutant Mirror: Autism, Identity, and the X-Men](https://holmescinemaclues.substack.com/p/the-mutant-mirror-autism-identity) _2026-06-22 · Holmes' Cinema Clues · Holmes' Cinema Clues_ by Special Cinema Agent Sydney Holmes Roberts