# read watch listen (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover read watch listen. Page: Feed: --- ## [THE WEEKLY PAGE 📝 No. 303](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/the-weekly-page-no-303) _2026-08-21 · Thyme is Honey_ A peek inside my brain + what to read, watch, listen to and enjoy... ## [Bits #82](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-82) _2026-08-20 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ A big ole download of things to read, watch, listen to ## [Your Work and Schedule Questions, Answered ✅](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/your-work-and-schedule-questions) _2026-08-19 · Dani Bruflodt · Thyme is Honey_ How I balance my schedule, take vacation time, manage projects + more ## [Conserving Reform: A Community-Led Model for Maintaining Urban Memory and Global Heritage in Shekou](https://www.platformspace.net/home/conserving-reform-a-community-led-model-for-maintaining-urban-memory-and-global-heritage-in-shekou) _2026-08-17 · Ke Song （宋科） · PLATFORM: Home_ Click here to read this post in Chinese. Introduction: Critical Heritage Practice in the “Test Tube” In the lexicon of global capitalism, few places carry the symbolic weight of Shekou, the free-trade zone located at the southern-most point of Shenzhen’s Nanshan District in Guangdong Province, China. Officially established on January 31, 1979, as China’s “test tube” for economic reform, the city… ## [THE WEEKLY PAGE 📝 No. 302](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/the-weekly-page-no-302) _2026-08-14 · Thyme is Honey_ 10-minute Phone Cleanup + what to read, watch, listen to and enjoy... ## [Invite: September Monthly Review Day (open to all) 👩🏻‍💻](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/invite-september-monthly-review-day-8a8) _2026-08-11 · Thyme is Honey_ an online gathering for monthly planning, goal check-ins, and habit formation. ## [Corridors of Capital: Competing Systems of Financing and Worldmaking in Eurasia](https://www.platformspace.net/home/corridors-of-capital-competing-systems-of-financing-and-worldmaking-in-eurasia) _2026-08-11 · Alp Demiroglu and Mauricio Meza · PLATFORM: Home_ The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) and Kazakhstan-China (KzC) oil pipelines are not simply infrastructures for moving hydrocarbons across vast distances; they are worldmaking devices that inscribe political rationalities, financial architectures, and territorial regimes onto the landscapes of post-Soviet Eurasia (Figure 1). While their physical purpose is to carry crude oil, these pipelines’ political… ## [Why has the world gone nuts for horny fiction?](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/why-has-the-world-gone-nuts-for-horny) _2026-08-09 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ One romance reader breaks down the billion dollar genre's appeal ## [five links for August 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-august-2026) _2026-08-09 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [THE WEEKLY PAGE 📝 No. 301](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/the-weekly-page-no-301) _2026-08-07 · Thyme is Honey_ How I stay organized (digitally) + what to read, watch, listen to and enjoy... ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1jlW4Tr9Sd6y) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Bits #81](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-81) _2026-08-06 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ things to read, watch, listen to and chew over ## [Al-khirba: Building Renewal While Preserving Community Value](https://www.platformspace.net/home/al-khirba-building-renewal-while-preserving-community-value) _2026-08-04 · Ziad Jamaleddine · PLATFORM: Home_ The following text, “Al-khirba: Building renewal while preserving community value,” is an excerpt from L.E.FT Architects’ book At the Edge of Where God Built (Akhir ma ‘Ammar Allah) : Language, Concepts, Islamic Architecture (Figure 1). L.E.FT, a bilingual practice run by Makram el Kadi and Ziad Jamaleddine and positioned between Beirut and New York, explores the ambiguities of Arabic spatial… ## [2 Girls 1 Book: Kin by Tayari Jones](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/2-girls-1-book-kin-by-tayari-jones) _2026-07-31 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ 8 years after the Women's Prize-winning An American Marriage, novelist Tayari Jones is back ## [THE WEEKLY PAGE 📝 No. 300](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/the-weekly-page-no-300) _2026-07-31 · Thyme is Honey_ This is my 300th newsletter (!!!) + what to read, watch, listen to and enjoy... ## [After Maghreb: The Spatial Politics of Grief in Wartime Tehran](https://www.platformspace.net/home/after-maghreb-the-spatial-politics-of-grief-in-wartime-tehran) _2026-07-28 · Sadaf Tabatabaei · PLATFORM: Home_ This spring came earlier than usual, and more insistently. The sky over Tehran was an unlikely shade of blue; rain fell when it wasn't expected, and the air carried the petrichor that makes the city briefly feel like somewhere else, somewhere gentler. The kind of spring, one could not help but think, was too beautiful for anyone walking under it to be carrying grief. But many Iranians were. Figure… ## [Unique Times to Visit Copenhagen 🦢](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/unique-times-to-visit-copenhagen) _2026-07-26 · Dani Bruflodt · Thyme is Honey_ Ten+ events, seasons, or themes to build your dream trip around ## [THE MONTHLY PAGE 👩🏻‍💻 August 2026](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/the-monthly-page-august-2026) _2026-07-24 · Thyme is Honey_ Resources to help you focus for the month ahead. ## [My Cozy Copenhagen Bar Crawl Lineup 🍻](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/my-cozy-copenhagen-car-crawl-lineup) _2026-07-22 · Dani Bruflodt · Thyme is Honey_ All of my favorite cozy spots + an interactive map ## [Bits #80: GUEST EDIT by Lucy Williams](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-80-guest-edit-by-lucy-williams) _2026-07-22 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ The creator and curator on her favourite things to read, watch, listen to and travel to ## [Invite: August Monthly Review Day 👩🏻‍💻](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/invite-august-monthly-review-day-35c) _2026-07-21 · Thyme is Honey_ an online gathering for monthly planning, goal check-ins, and habit formation. ## [Save with community-voted codes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VhGDdjB5tjOg) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Search thousands of community-verified coupon codes — 100% free, no account needed. ## [The Building That Says No: Reuse Against the Fantasy of the New](https://www.platformspace.net/home/the-building-that-says-no-reuse-against-the-fantasy-of-the-new) _2026-07-21 · Hucen Sleiman · PLATFORM: Home_ The rehabilitation of Lycée Fresnel in Paris reveals the tensions hidden behind contemporary celebrations of adaptive reuse. Through the transformation of a 1957 school building designed by Roger Richez and Michel Raclot, this essay argues that reuse is less an ethics of preservation than a practice of negotiation. Existing buildings resist through material limits, inherited meanings, regulatory… ## [My Best Suggestions for a Mother of the Bride 👰🏼‍♂️](https://thymeishoney.substack.com/p/my-best-suggestions-for-a-mother) _2026-07-18 · Dani Bruflodt · Thyme is Honey_ Her daughter is getting married in 9 months. What would my game plan be? ## [Sorting through my book piles + figuring out what to read next](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/sorting-through-my-book-piles-figuring) _2026-07-18 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ how the sausage gets made ## [Bits #79](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-79) _2026-07-16 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ craniometry, the decline of booze, writing scandals + mediocre tv recs. Plus, the best podcast I've listened to this year ## [you are introspecting too much](https://auren.substack.com/p/you-are-introspecting-too-much) _2026-07-16 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ a little bit of introspection is a good thing ## [Fieldwork and the Practice of Freedom in the University Classroom](https://www.platformspace.net/home/fieldwork-and-the-practice-of-freedom-in-the-university-classroom) _2026-07-14 · Anna Andrzejewski · PLATFORM: Home_ As a scholar focused on interpreting vernacular cultural landscapes, fieldwork is at the core of my research. While what constitutes “the field” of fieldwork is broad, the idea of moving outside of the office, laboratory, or classroom is foundational. I have spent the better part of three decades attempting to bring this approach into undergraduate courses. I have led several project-based… ## [Everything I've read in 2026 so far](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/everything-ive-read-in-2026-so-far) _2026-07-10 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ that I can remember/ locate ## [Bits #78](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-78) _2026-07-08 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ puberty manuals, Ann Patchett's reading life, Jon Snow's radical doc on Alzheimer's + my top 10 novels of the yr so far ## [Commemorating New York’s Little Syria at Al Qalam](https://www.platformspace.net/home/commemorating-new-yorks-little-syria-at-al-qalam) _2026-07-07 · Alex Dika Seggerman · PLATFORM: Home_ Into the urban cacophony of New York City’s Financial District, a new memorial arrived a few weeks ago: Al Qalam: Poets in the Park . The artwork sits in Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza , a small oblong park opened in 2018 with plentiful benches and three entrances to the Rector Street subway station. The site commemorates the Syrian American community that lived in the neighborhood at the fringes of… ## [Three charm novels for July](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/three-charm-novels-for-july) _2026-07-04 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ And three novels that didn't land for me ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0Ohb48dffnMl) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [five links for July 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-july-2026) _2026-07-02 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [Bits #77](https://pandorasykes.substack.com/p/bits-77) _2026-07-01 · Pandora Sykes · Books + Bits_ dopamine sites, classic novellas, The Pitt, and saying no when you want to say yes ## [Meet Me at the Plaza: Migration and Aging in the Suburbs](https://www.platformspace.net/home/meet-me-at-the-plaza-migration-and-aging-in-the-suburbs) _2026-06-30 · Erica Allen-Kim · PLATFORM: Home_ North American suburbs are aging, both their residents and built landscapes. Shopping centers built in the 1960s are reaching the end of their life cycle, with mixed-use high-density projects replacing modest shopping plazas. For many who are graying in colder climate suburbs such as Toronto, malls offer a space for socializing, exercising, and running errands. Aging malls with their lower rents… ## [disposable software: software is now just paper plates](https://auren.substack.com/p/disposable-software-software-is-now) _2026-06-18 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every piece of software shipping in 2026 has a shelf life of about 3.8 months. ## [Housing Hong Kong](https://www.platformspace.net/home/housing-hong-kong) _2026-06-16 · Cole Roskam · PLATFORM: Home_ In early May, the Hong Kong government’s Housing Bureau announced that the average waiting time for a public housing unit in the special administrative region (SAR) had dropped to 4.7 years—the lowest in more than eight years. The positive report followed concerted efforts on the part of Chief Executive John Lee and his administration to boost the number of public housing units in response to… ## [Aesthetic Piracy](https://www.platformspace.net/home/aesthetic-piracy) _2026-06-09 · Alhelí Harvey · PLATFORM: Home_ “Brown indexes a certain vulnerability to the violence of property, finance, and to capital’s overarching mechanisms of domination. Things are brown by law insofar as even those who claim legal belonging are still increasingly vulnerable to profiling and other state practices of subordination.” - José Esteban Muñoz Figure 1. Model Adobe Home at Luna Community College. October 2025. Photographs… ## [five links for June 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-june-2026) _2026-05-28 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [if you can't get a job today, it's your fault](https://auren.substack.com/p/if-you-cant-get-a-job-today-its-your) _2026-05-14 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ the job market is fine. you are not. ## [five links for May 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-may-2026) _2026-04-30 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [how to ask for advice (without wasting everyone's time)](https://auren.substack.com/p/how-to-ask-for-advice-without-wasting) _2026-04-02 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ 97.4% of people who ask for advice do it wrong. ## [five links for April 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-april-2026) _2026-03-26 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [AI will bring on a massive Baby Boom](https://auren.substack.com/p/ai-will-bring-on-a-massive-baby-boom) _2026-03-05 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ a contrarian prediction about fertility ## [five links for March 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-march-2026) _2026-02-26 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [why do all recommendations suck?](https://auren.substack.com/p/why-do-all-recommendations-suck) _2026-02-19 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ even in the age of AI, almost all recommendation engines are insanely bad. ## [five links for February 2026](https://auren.substack.com/p/five-links-for-february-2026) _2026-01-29 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. if you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [humans vs machines: who's better at predicting 2026? (spoiler: probably neither, we all missed Venezuela)](https://auren.substack.com/p/humans-vs-machines-whos-better-at) _2026-01-15 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ BitAurenCoins, Bad Predictions, and the Birth Rate ## [top 5 reading links for 2025](https://auren.substack.com/p/top-5-reading-links-for-2025) _2025-12-21 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ if interesting, please share with 3 friends. if you hate these, share with 8 enemies. ## [Love Beats Hate](https://auren.substack.com/p/love-beats-hate) _2025-11-09 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ the person or product who generates the most love wins — even if more people also hate that person or product ## [top 5 things to read in November](https://auren.substack.com/p/top-5-things-to-read-in-november) _2025-11-02 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ Every month, the five most mind-expanding links to read/watch/listen. If you find these interesting, please do share with your friends. ## [46ers, 55ers, 81ers, and today](https://auren.substack.com/p/46ers-55ers-81ers-and-today) _2025-10-26 · Auren Hoffman · Summation by Auren Hoffman_ if you want to know what the most ambitious 20-year-olds today will be doing in 20 years, just look at the zeitgeist of now.