# reading time minutes — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 18 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover reading time minutes. Page: Feed: --- ## [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 \[…\] ## [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 \[…\] ## [Labour market update: August 2026](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/08/19/labour-market-update-august-2026/) _2026-08-19 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute Monthly update on the labour market in Scotland. Continue reading ## [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 \[…\] ## [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 \[…\] ## [Enough Requires Leaving Something on the Table](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/enough-requires-leaving-something) _2026-08-16 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ ... and being in peace with it. ## [The Sunday Summary: Galaxy Z Fold8, Machines of Connection, and Google Local results are becoming AI-powered](https://www.mickmel.com/the-sunday-summary-galazy-z-fold8-machines-of-connection-and-google-local-results-are-becoming-ai-powered/) _2026-08-16 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes Here s a bit about what I wrote, read and learned over the past week. I hope you find it helpful! Blog posts from the past week Noteworthy articles that I read Books that I m reading I read for a total of 9:54 last week with the following: Tech Rec Stealing the idea from my friends \[ \] ## [Will AI help to preserve knowledge?](https://www.mickmel.com/will-ai-help-to-preserve-knowledge/) _2026-08-15 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes I love being able to look at photos and videos of my children, and I always try to remember that for nearly all of history, that was impossible. If someone was gone (whether passed away or simply out of the room), all you had was your memory, and memories tend to fade. I m so thankful \[ \] ## [I’m going to a Film Premier](https://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2026/08/14/im-going-to-a-film-premier/) _2026-08-14 · paceaux · Frank M Taylor_ Reading Time: 3 minutes On August 17th I m going to be in Austin, Texas so that I can see the premier of a short film called Terms Conditions. Normally I wouldn t share this kind of menial life update. Except, in this case… it s because the film is based on a story I wrote. The film is called Terms Read More ## [Disposable Barbecues FAQs](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/08/14/disposable-barbecues-faqs/) _2026-08-14 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog looks at current regulations and guidance on the use of disposable barbecues, and potential legislative approaches the Scottish and UK Governments could take to ban their sale. Continue reading ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pJ2g7oi0vzmk) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [Machines of Connection](https://www.mickmel.com/machines-of-connection/) _2026-08-14 · greenmellen · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes As time goes by, I find myself using AI more and more often to connect with other people? AI is certainly going to cost jobs and cause some degree of problems around the world, but you have a choice as to whether you use it to connect more with others or put more distance between \[ \] ## [Webcurios 14/08/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-14-08-26/) _2026-08-14 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 37 minutes Did any of you feel a strange, almost-irresistible desire to stare at the sun on Wednesday? No? Oh, ok, fine. Anyway, it was a genuinely lovely moment here in London as people flooded the streets and did the unthinkable, talking and even smiling at strangers as though, I don’t know, we were a COMMUNITY… Continue reading → ## [How to Identify the Body Signature Preceding the Mistake](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/how-to-identify-the-body-signature) _2026-08-13 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 2 minutes ## [Captivate, by Vanessa Van Edwards](https://www.mickmel.com/captivate-by-vanessa-van-edwards/) _2026-08-13 · 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 Vanessa Van Edwards’ “Captivate“. This book is also available as a free flashcard deck on Ripple Recall. Vanessa Van Edwards has written \[ \] ## [The External Hire Gamble: When Boards Bet on Someone Else’s Blueprint](https://ab2ai.substack.com/p/the-external-hire-gamble-for-company-boards) _2026-08-12 · Dee McCrorey · A Bridge to AI_ A decade ago, external CHRO hires were the exception, not the rule—a sign of crisis or a last resort. In 2026, they’re the default. ## [Google Local results are becoming AI-driven](https://www.mickmel.com/google-local-results-are-becoming-ai-driven/) _2026-08-12 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes For quite a few years now companies would track how they ranked in Google across their local area, using tools like this to show their rank in different parts of their city. The reliability of these has faded a bit over the years, as Google increasingly customized search results, but now their reliability might be \[ \] ## [What kind of harness are you building?](https://alediaferia.com/2026/08/11/what-kind-of-harness-are-you-building/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-kind-of-harness-are-you-building) _2026-08-11 · alediaferia · Alessandro Diaferia_ Reading Time: 5 minutes With agentic coding disrupting how we build software, many are trying to push the narrative that everyone is turning into engineering managers. The rationale is that everyone works with multiple coding agents at once and orchestrates them on multiple projects. While I see how easy it is to make the leap, I think this is \[ \] The post What kind of harness are you building?… ## [5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell](https://www.mickmel.com/5-levels-of-leadership-by-john-maxwell/) _2026-08-11 · 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 5 Levels of Leadership by John Maxwell, which I first read back in 2020. This book is also available as a free \[ \] ## [You Don’t Actually Want to Let Go of Your Limiting Beliefs](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/you-dont-actually-want-to-let-go) _2026-08-10 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 6 minutes ## [The Galaxy Z Fold8](https://www.mickmel.com/the-galazy-z-fold8/) _2026-08-10 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes I ve been a fan of folding phones for a while now, going back to the first Pixel Fold in 2023. In a way, with this new phone, I ve just gone back to that. The first Pixel Fold was a passport -style phone, where it was a bit shorter and wider than other phones. This made the \[ \] ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5G2BMQPT6ZCy) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [The Sunday Summary: Better analytics, query fan-outs, and an amazingly weird phone from Samsung](https://www.mickmel.com/the-sunday-summary-better-analytics-query-fan-outs-and-an-amazingly-weird-phone-from-samsung/) _2026-08-09 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes Here s a bit about what I wrote, read and learned over the past week. I hope you find it helpful! Blog posts from the past week Noteworthy articles that I read Books that I m reading I read for a total of 8:20 last week with the following: Tech Rec Stealing the idea from my friends \[ \] ## [Yelp is becoming huge for ChatGPT](https://www.mickmel.com/yelp-is-becoming-huge-for-chatgpt/) _2026-08-08 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 1 minute As Google continues to slowly tighten up access for tools like ChatGPT and Claude, those tools are working to find other ways to bring in more content for their models. ChatGPT has recently partnered with Yelp to bring real-time local recommendations to their AI engine, so if you have a business it would be wise \[ \] ## [Tracking the “query fan-out”](https://www.mickmel.com/tracking-the-query-fan-out/) _2026-08-07 · mickmel · MickMel_ Reading Time: 2 minutes When you type a search query into a traditional Google search, it searches for your query. The words that you type in are the words that it uses. Pretty simple stuff. When you type a search into an AI tool like ChatGPT, though, it quietly runs a bunch of different searches in the background to \[ \] ## [Webcurios 07/08/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-07-08-26/) _2026-08-07 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 41 minutes I am approximately 38 minutes away from one of my godchildren showing up and demanding to be fed and, presumably, entertained (I plan on showing them Web Curios and then going to the pub, alone); as such, we’re once again cutting the intro short this week because, well, I really don’t still want to… Continue reading → ## [You’re Too Good at Rescuing Yourself So You Keep Creating Problems to Solve](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/youre-too-good-at-rescuing-yourself) _2026-08-06 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 2 minutes. ## [TIL: Add project-scoped MCP config to Codex](https://alediaferia.com/2026/08/06/til-add-project-scoped-mcp-config-to-codex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=til-add-project-scoped-mcp-config-to-codex) _2026-08-06 · alediaferia · Alessandro Diaferia_ Reading Time: 2 minutes I ve been switching between Codex and Claude lately quite a bit for my side project, rippleroom.net, even though for some reason I keep Claude as my go-to for most stuff. But when I run out of tokens I remember about Codex, which is being quite good for me.Nevertheless, Claude s configuration flexibility seems to be a \[ \] The post TIL: Add project-scoped MCP config to Codex… ## [Scottish Cabinet portfolios](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/08/05/scottish-cabinet-portfolios/) _2026-08-05 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 2 minutes This blog provides a quick and accessible guide to the Scottish Cabinet and its responsibilities as overseen by the Cabinet Secretaries. Continue reading ## [Belief](https://chias.blog/2026/belief/) _2026-08-05 · Chia · Chia's Blog_ Reading Time: 1 minute Am I the last person on earth who believes in myself? ## [Your Beliefs Are Shaping a Life Your Values Would Never Choose](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/what-you-fear-may-be-shaping-your) _2026-08-02 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 6 minutes ## [Beavis and Butt-Head](https://www.justgamesretro.com/genesis/beavis-butthead) _2026-07-31 · The J Man · Just Games Retro_ Reading Time: 10 minutes The terrible twosome headline a descent attempt to bring adventure games to consoles, while mixing in tricky platform challenges. ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zm9jiL86esMk) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [Webcurios 31/07/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-31-07-26/) _2026-07-31 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 36 minutes You know what I learned during my recent trip to Rome? That 40 degrees is TOO HOT. Also, that the city’s state apparatus is so fcuked for money that when you go to the council offices they literally have signs up saying “WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PENS”, which struck me as quietly tragic… Continue reading → ## [The Point Where Willpower Stops Working](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/the-point-where-willpower-stops-working) _2026-07-30 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 3 minutes ## [Long-term conditions in Scotland](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/28/long-term-conditions-in-scotland/) _2026-07-28 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 3 minutes This blog discusses long-term conditions in Scotland, prevalence and future projections. Continue reading ## [The Signals You Miss Before You React](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/you-feel-it-before-you-understand) _2026-07-26 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 6,30 minutes. ## [The Iceberg of Self-Communication](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/the-iceberg-of-self-communication) _2026-07-23 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 3,10 minutes. ## [Intergovernmental activity update Q1 and Q2 2026](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/23/intergovernmental-activity-update-q1-and-q2-2026/) _2026-07-23 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute SPICe has published a new quarterly intergovernmental activity update, which covers quarters 1 and 2 (January to June) of 2026. You can find previous updates on our intergovernmental activity hub. ‘Intergovernmental activity’ Continue reading ## [Special Mid-Year Deep Dive – Before the Door Closes: A Practitioner's Guide to the Agentic Vendor Gap](https://ab2ai.substack.com/p/special-mid-year-deep-dive-practitioners-guide-to-agentic-vendor-gap) _2026-07-22 · Dee McCrorey · A Bridge to AI_ What to look for, what to ask, and how to update the governance cycle before the agent is already running ## [Bowel Cancer Screening](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/22/bowel-cancer-screening/) _2026-07-22 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 3 minutes On 12 July 2026, the Scottish Government announced that Public Health Minister Maree Todd had asked the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) to consider Continue reading ## [Labour market update: July 2026](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/21/labour-market-update-july-2026/) _2026-07-21 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute Monthly update on the labour market in Scotland. Continue reading ## [Webinar Recording: What Changed for 3 Traders Who Became Consistent](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/webinar-recording-what-changed-for) _2026-07-19 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Thank you to everyone who joined our second webinar of 2026. ## [5 Principles for Making Promises to Yourself You’ll Actually Keep](https://theperceptivetrader.substack.com/p/self-trust-cannot-be-outsourced-5) _2026-07-19 · Sara | Percept · Percept_ Reading time: 7,20 minutes ## [Webcurios 17/07/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-17-07-26/) _2026-07-17 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 40 minutes Can I offer you a piece of advice? Next time it’s incredibly hot, if someone suggests to you that you spend nine hours at a dayrave, taking place in what are effectively two massive car parks surrounded by concrete walls, that instead of enthusiastically saying “yes please!” and overexcitedly getting On It you instead… Continue reading → ## [The Governance Vacuum Has New Landlords](https://ab2ai.substack.com/p/the-governance-vacuum-has-new-landlords) _2026-07-15 · Dee McCrorey · A Bridge to AI_ How the control-plane race is filling six months of structural silence — and why it looks like a solution ## [Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/14/promoting-healthy-ageing-in-scotland/) _2026-07-14 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 4 minutes In January 2026, SPICe published a briefing on Promoting Healthy Ageing in Scotland. The briefing looked at the influence that lifestyle and environment can have Continue reading ## [The Mirror Is Honest. That's Not the Problem.](https://ab2ai.substack.com/p/the-mirror-is-honest-thats-not-the-problem) _2026-07-11 · Dee McCrorey · A Bridge to AI_ A windshield isn't a rearview mirror. ## [Webcurios 10/07/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-10-07-26/) _2026-07-10 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 43 minutes Can we not, please, have a month or so off? I know that the political and media classes in the UK are addicted to CAMPAIGNING – governing, not so much! – but, Jesus, can it not just STOP for a bit? Anyway, you can get all your news about the HILARIOUS contest between a… Continue reading → ## [Signed, Sealed, Already Running](https://ab2ai.substack.com/p/ai-agents-and-vendors-signed-sealed-already-running) _2026-07-08 · Dee McCrorey · A Bridge to AI_ What AI agents are doing inside your vendor relationships that a quarterly review could miss. ## [Webcurios 03/07/26](https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-03-07-26/) _2026-07-03 · admin · webcurios_ Reading Time: 44 minutes Does it feel like a good idea to encourage a country with a not-insignificantly-problematic relationship to booze, a general vibe that might best be described as ‘a bit febrile’, and where the link between ‘poor national team performance’ and ‘really horrible spikes in all sorts of violence, not least domestic’, is PRETTY FCUKING CLEAR,… Continue reading → ## [New SPICe research – Access to Legal Aid and Advice in Scotland](https://spice-spotlight.scot/2026/07/02/new-spice-research-access-to-legal-aid-and-advice-in-scotland/) _2026-07-02 · SPICe · SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe_ Reading Time: 5 minutes SPICe has been working – through its academic fellowship scheme – with Dr Mustapha Douch from Edinburgh University. Dr Douch has used econometric techniques to Continue reading ## [Make My Video: Kriss Kross](https://www.justgamesretro.com/segacd/make-my-video-kriss-kross) _2026-06-28 · The J Man · Just Games Retro_ Reading Time: 9 minutes Show off the miggity-miggity-Mack and don't make a video that's wiggety-wiggety-wack. [Listen](https://www.justgamesretro.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/krisskross.mp3)