# :reading (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3777 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover :reading. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Human Is Not the Bottleneck. The Human Is the Missing Oracle](https://danebalia.com/humman-bottleneck.html) _2026-09-02 · Dane Balia · Dane Balia_ We spent a year optimising the wrong bottleneck. The harness discourse has been relentless - blueprints, schematics, thought leadership. Impressive engineering, most of it. But read the designs closely and you notice what they're all quietly aiming at: getting the developer out of the pipeline. The logic seemed sound. Building dropped from days to minutes, and the human became the slow part. The… ## [Harness Engineering Simplified](https://danebalia.com/harness-engineering.html) _2026-09-01 · Dane Balia · Dane Balia_ Two terms are rapidly entering the software vocabulary and they describe two very different answers to the same question: if AI agents write our code, what do we build around them to ensure quality, consistency and reliability? Harness Engineering A harness is defined as a piece of equipment with straps and belts, used to control or hold in place a person, animal or object. Some examples are a… ## [Survey Statistics: more on SynthMargins and Bayes-Raking](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/survey-statistics-more-on-synthmargins-and-bayes-raking/) _2026-08-25 · shira · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Last week we discussed SynthMargins, a method from the poster Modeling Complex Contingency Tables that uses partial information (margins) about poststratification variables. On theme for this series (“it is the people”), the authors commented thanking Andrew for introducing them, folks … Continue reading → ## [Former Luton striker Adebayo joins Bristol City](https://thelutonian.com/former-luton-striker-adebayo-joins-bristol-city/) _2026-08-25 · Sportsdesk · The Lutonian_ Former Luton Town striker Elijah Adebayo has joined Bristol City on a two-year deal after leaving the Hatters this summer. The 28-year-old had been training with the Robins during pre-season and has now completed a \[...\] The post Former Luton striker Adebayo joins Bristol City first appeared on The Lutonian . ## [Bayesian Workflow free pdf!](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/25/bayesian-workflow-free-pdf/) _2026-08-25 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Our wonderful new Bayesian Workflow book is now available as a free pdf! Just go the link—it’s right there! I recommend getting the hard copy too because you’ll want to be able to read it while working on the computer, … Continue reading → ## [Sketches from the USA](https://tanaudel.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/sketches-from-the-usa/) _2026-08-25 · tanaudel · Kathleen Jennings_ I accompanied my mother to the USA this July to visit family. It was a lovely trip and I hardly drew at all because I was talking to uncles and aunts and cousins almost all the time and carrying my … Continue reading → ## [What contributions can academic statisticians make to sports analytics? (a discussion related to the launch of the new open-access Journal of Statistics and Data Science in Sports)](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/24/journal-of-statistics-and-data-science-in-sports/) _2026-08-24 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Related to our recent post on the absurdity of open access fees, somebody recently informed me that a group of statisticians that work in sports decided they were sick and tired of this with the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in … Continue reading → ## [Luton dealt major Clark injury blow as midfielder faces weeks out with broken jaw](https://thelutonian.com/luton-dealt-major-clark-injury-blow-as-midfielder-faces-weeks-out-with-broken-jaw/) _2026-08-24 · Sportsdesk · The Lutonian_ Jordan Clark is set to miss “a number of weeks” after Luton Town revealed the midfielder suffered a broken jaw in their 2-2 draw with Notts County on Saturday. The midfielder was carried from the \[...\] The post Luton dealt major Clark injury blow as midfielder faces weeks out with broken jaw first appeared on The Lutonian . ## [Luton Council leaders joins talks on how £50billion economic boost from Universal theme park could benefit the town](https://thelutonian.com/luton-council-leaders-joins-talks-on-how-50billion-economic-boost-from-universal-theme-park-could-benefit-the-town/) _2026-08-24 · Newsdesk · The Lutonian_ Council Leader Tahmina Saleem and chief executive Mark Fowler joined regional leaders for the first ever talks about how the planned Universal theme park in Bedfordshire and the expected £50billion economic boost for the UK \[...\] The post Luton Council leaders joins talks on how £50billion economic boost from Universal theme park could benefit the town first appeared on The Lutonian . ## [Head to head on 125 St: The Jamaican beef patty battle!](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/head-to-head-on-125-st-the-jamaican-beef-patty-battle/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ My new posts here have a one-year waiting list, but I’m bumping this one up because it’s important. OK, we went on over and did a head-to-head Jamaican beef patty taste-off. As the above wrappers indicate, we compared the spicy … Continue reading → ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lqTIKNHiPxyf) _2026-08-23 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [To the three different people who sent me chatbot emails today](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/to-the-three-people-who-sent-me-chatbot-emails-today/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Just send me your goddamn prompt. ## [Failing upward, Norwegian style](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/23/failing-upward-norwegian-style/) _2026-08-23 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ Wendy Moore, in a review of a book by Oliver Basciano, writes: Leprosy is caused by a bacterium, Mycobacterium leprae, first identified by a Norwegian doctor, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, in 1873 . . . Convinced, wrongly, that leprosy was hereditary, … Continue reading → ## [Italian moto marque launches big US comeback with 5 limited-run bikes](https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/bimota-comeback/) _2026-08-23 · Utkarsh Sood · Transport_ Bimota has never really been in the business of making motorcycles for everybody. Since its birth in 1973, the Italian marque has made a name for itself doing things the unnecessarily complicated way: take a proven engine from somebody else's parts bin, build an outrageously sophisticated chassis around it, drape the whole thing in Italian bodywork, and then make only a handful of them. Continue… ## [Marguerite Duras let voices and images remember separately](https://cronfeed.work/movie-marguerite-duras-director-profile-voices-images-remember-separately-2026/) _2026-08-23 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ A director profile tracing how Marguerite Duras separated voices from bodies, sent old soundtracks through emptied rooms, and made listening one of cinema's central actions. ## [Aston Martin's Valen is the most powerful front-engined supercar ever](https://newatlas.com/automotive/aston-martin-v12-valen-powerful-front-engined/) _2026-08-22 · Abhimanyu Ghoshal · Transport_ Aston Martin's latest offering presents a radical departure from its usual design direction. If you like your cars burly and mean, you'll dig the Valen. It's also plenty fast. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: Aston Martin , Sports Cars ## [2026 Week 34 Digest](https://anarchaeopteryx.bearblog.dev/2026-08-22-week-34-digest/) _2026-08-22 · anarchaeopteryx · An Archaeopteryx_ Working a lot, reading more mysteries and sci-fi, finishing Zelda, watching Traitors, and listening to Jungle. ## [Moving house](https://sylvia.studio/2026/08/moving-house) _2026-08-22 · Sylvia · Sylvia's Studio_ Moving house I've moved my blog. Well, I've moved three blog posts and two pages. That will expand soon :) The reason for my move is part something I want to discuss and part something I really don't. The discuss part: I have this account and I really like the thought of having one place for everything. I also can tinker way more here than I could at my previous host. It's so much fun to add… ## [Weeknotes by V.H. Belvadi](https://carlosacollazo.com/weeknotes-by-vh-belvadi/) _2026-08-22 · carlosacollazo · Carlos Collazo_ I don't have a strong opinion of "weeknotes," but I've been exposed to them regularly since getting back into the blogging game . V.H. Belvadi's thoughts on the concept are similar to my own—both how he engages with them and why he's never felt the need to write them: First, ‘weeknotes’ replicate a journal. I write my personal diary fairly regularly and find ‘weeknotes’ to be a more private affair… ## [Celebrating India](https://sajalchoudhary.net/nordletter/nl119-celebrating-india/) _2026-08-22 · sajal@sajalchoudhary.net (Sajal Choudhary) · Sajal Choudhary_ Indeoendence Day and India Day celebrations in Helsinki ## [re: Untitled](https://lwgrs.bearblog.dev/re-untitled/) _2026-08-22 · lwgrs · An Almost Anonymous Blog_ Replying to my own post? Does that make this a meta meta post? Just wanted to say thank you to those that reached out to say, "I'm reading your posts." I have or will reply individually to those that did. But also to say it wasn't my intention to get people to tell me they're readers. Not that I need to "justify" a post, I was just talking about the freedom to share what I like. I just hate to… ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yKwYRVt7J4Qw) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Short and Sweet](https://thesphinxblog.com/2026/08/22/short-and-sweet/) _2026-08-22 · NevilleMorley · Sphinx_ There’s been a bit of discussion this week on Bluesky about academic book chapters; the fact that they are often disparaged (especially in relation to the REF, especially by disciplines where the only ‘serious’ venue for research is the peer-reviewed journal article with metrics), the fact that they can actually be ground-breaking and influential. I’m \[…\] ## [Luton 2 Notts County 2: Marshall magic rescues Luton but Wilshere admits conceding goals give him sleepless nights](https://thelutonian.com/luton-2-notts-county-2-marshall-magic-rescues-luton-but-wilshere-admits-conceding-goals-give-him-sleepless-nights/) _2026-08-22 · James Cunliffe · The Lutonian_ Substitute Callum Marshall announced himself on the Kenilworth Road stage with a striker’s finish to savour that rescued a point against Notts County — but boss Jack Wilshere says he will lose sleep over one \[...\] The post Luton 2 Notts County 2: Marshall magic rescues Luton but Wilshere admits conceding goals give him sleepless nights first appeared on The Lutonian . ## [The Path Not Taken](https://vevancollie.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/the-path-not-taken/) _2026-08-22 · V.E. Vancollie · Scribbles & Scrolls_ Yesterday evening, I opened up the file of my untitled Grimm fic in order to reread some of the beginning for a bit of play dancing I was going to do. I also thought it might be useful for the write-in today as one of the scenes I was going to type up connected back \[…\] ## [WordPress Daily Writing Prompt /Isle of Wight Diary](https://steviet3.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/wordpress-daily-writing-prompt-isle-of-wight-diary/) _2026-08-22 · Stevie Turner · Stevie Turner_ It’s been full on for the whole of last week, but very enjoyable to spend time with our son and … Continue reading → ## [On the grand Experiment.](https://waxbanks.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/on-the-grand-experiment/) _2026-08-22 · waxbanks · wax banks_ At the new year I resolved to write every day here, which I’ve been good not perfect about — good in terms of keeping to a schedule I mean, the content has been perfect as you’d expect. I seldom make mistakes, and never by accident. It’s had the salutary/baleful effect of generating a number of \[…\] ## [Trending in 2026 - Demonstrate intelligence and critical thinking. - Don’t let challenges or…](https://tumblr.thejaymo.net/post/825657585987452928) _2026-08-22 · thejaymo_ palatinewolfsblog : Trending in 2026 - Demonstrate intelligence and critical thinking. - Don’t let challenges or negativity bring you down. - Encourage creativity and innovation. - Have faith. - Enjoy quality books. - Facilitate meaningful discussions. - Promote a sense of community and neighborliness. - Show empathy toward others. - Take walks outdoors. All the best! ## [This is one of the worst scientific papers I’ve ever seen.](https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/08/22/this-is-one-of-the-worst-scientific-papers-ive-ever-seen/) _2026-08-22 · Andrew · Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science_ A frequent commenter pointed me to this paper, “Sport and longevity: an observational study of international athletes.” All I can say is . . . Wow! This paper is an absolute clinic in bad quantitative social science research. I’ll leave … Continue reading → ## [16 – 21 August 2026](https://walknotes.com/2026/08/22/16-21-august-2026/) _2026-08-22 · DW · Walknotes_ Sunday ‘Cats eyes removed’ Spend the next 10 minutes trying to work out a short but less weird statement they could’ve put on the road sign. ‘Retroreflective road markings removed’ just doesn’t cut it. I assume the village kids here were both delighted and horrified in equal measure when the sign went up. Imagine Weegee \[…\] ## [Matt Webb Updates Galactic Compass App](https://sajalchoudhary.net/micro/matt-webb-updates-galactic-compass-app/) _2026-08-22 · sajal@sajalchoudhary.net (Sajal Choudhary) · Sajal Choudhary_ Galactic Compass 2: now with new augmented reality mode After I released version 1.0, I figured I would have to do the rotations myself. So I sat down with ChatGPT and I didn’t get it to write the code, but I got it to educate me. With a patient, interactive tutor, I was able to finally do what I hadn’t by reading books and asking mathematician friends – I learnt how to use quaternions just enough… ## [tumblr automatically changing - > into -> is so good. honestly the best thing about this website….](https://tumblr.thejaymo.net/post/825647526546997248) _2026-08-22 · thejaymo_ tsaricides : tumblr automatically changing - \> into -\> is so good. honestly the best thing about this website. makes me disappointed and angry whenever i type it outside of tumblr and it remains the ugly caricature of itself instead. -\> beloved ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/eAlPc2gnhM1J) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [(Another) Four Quartets #poem](https://timohare.blog/2026/08/22/another-four-quartets-poem/) _2026-08-22 · Tim · Tim O'Hare_ Quartet No.1 in C MajorI. Exceptional (maestoso ridicolo)II. Growing (allegro vivamente)III. Discovering (allegro con abbandono)IV. Fearful (moderato sostenuto) Quartet No. 2 in E MajorI. Interested (scherzo giocoso)II. Hopeful (andante sognando)III. Exploring (allegro impetuoso)IV. Indecisive (adagietto dissonante) Quartet No. 3 in A flat minorI. Struggling (largamente melancolico)II. Puzzled… ## [Settling out of court](https://alessandroinnocenti.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/settling-out-of-court/) _2026-08-22 · Alessandro Innocenti · The daily blog of behavioral and cognitive economics_ Using Behavioral Economics in Settlement Negotiations Most negotiators believe they make decisions based on facts. In reality, people make decisions based on how they perceive facts. That distinction matters. For all their complexity and technical sophistication, settlement negotiations are rarely driven by pure economic analysis. Human beings evaluate risk through a series of cognitive shortcuts… ## [Notes on Mongoose's Bayern 12: The Relic](https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/08/Notes_on_Mongoose_s_Bayern_12__The_Relic.html) _2026-08-22 · RogerBW's Blog: Latest posts_ This is part of an ongoing series about the preparations I've made to run Mongoose's revised edition of the Bayern campaign for 2300AD . Spoilers for Interlude 6 Part I. ## [CFMoto's liter-class adventure bike lands in the USA for $12,499](https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/cfmoto-ibex-950/) _2026-08-22 · Utkarsh Sood · Transport_ Liter-class motorcycles haven’t exactly been accessible per se. Not just state-of-the-art superbikes that look like Greek goddesses, but even something as rugged and exposed as the Honda Africa Twin comes for upwards of $15,000. CFMoto clearly doesn’t like to play by the conventional rules, and its latest offering takes a direct shot at big-bore ADVs at a fraction of the price. Continue Reading… ## [Blue Eye Samurai to Come Out in January](https://sajalchoudhary.net/micro/blue-eye-samurai-to-come-out-in-january/) _2026-08-22 · sajal@sajalchoudhary.net (Sajal Choudhary) · Sajal Choudhary_ Blue Eye Samurai’s second season will hit Netflix in January by Jess Weatherbed Netflix has shared the first trailer and release timeline for the second season of the animated series, and confirmed the series’ return for a third and final season. The second season’s new teaser ends with the announcement that it’ll be available to stream on Netflix in January 2027, though the exact date was not… ## [Hospitality and close family ties](https://sevensisterslove.com/2026/08/22/hospitality-and-close-family-ties/) _2026-08-22 · Hazel · Seven Sisters_ What’s a cultural tradition from your country that you love? We usually get our chickens from our backyard and cook them when we have birthdays and other special occasions, and we rarely do it if it’s only an ordinary day. However, when my sister’s colleagues say that they’ll visit our house, my chickens are in \[…\] ## [Essential Snobbery 101: The Slow Death of Proper Address](http://www.akinblog.nl/2026/08/essential-snobbery-101-slow-death-of.html) _2026-08-22 · Akin Akintayo · Akin Akintayo_ A Stringent Beginning It was almost a decade ago when I underwent a stringent vetting process with all the officialdom that extracted more information from me than I would willingly have volunteered. This process was supervised by a department within the organisation to which I was contracted to offer professional services. When the process was completed, I received a notice from a member of staff… ## [Review: 2026 Audi SQ5 delivers sensible misbehavior](https://newatlas.com/automotive/review-2026-audi-sq5/) _2026-08-22 · Aaron Turpen · Transport_ There is a particular kind of automotive ridiculousness that I find charming. The 2026 Audi SQ5 is a family crossover with five seats, a useful cargo area, and all-wheel drive. It’s also capable of launching itself to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds. Because apparently groceries need to be accelerated urgently. Continue Reading Category: Automotive , Transport Tags: SUV , Audi , Audi Quattro , Crossover ,… ## [Madí made the painting's edge do the work](https://cronfeed.work/art-madi-movement-style-context-active-edge-articulated-form-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ A movement-and-style context on how Madí turned the rectangular frame into an active edge, then carried concrete art into articulated sculpture, experimental publishing, and a deliberately playful modernism. ## [A bakery, a booking and a queue divide up choice in Hobart](https://cronfeed.work/fine-dining-hobart-scene-lens-bakery-booking-queue-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ Pigeon Whole's public counter, Fico's unpublished nine-course sequence and Sonny's 20-stool walk-in bar reveal how a compact Hobart dining scene allocates choice, certainty and seasonal change. ## [The U.S. tariff is live. Canada's dollar-for-dollar answer still has no list](https://cronfeed.work/news-brief-us-canada-section-338-tariff-retaliation-list-gap-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ As of 2026-08-22 20:37 UTC, additional 50% U.S. duties covered about US$20 billion of Canadian goods, while Canada's promised dollar-for-dollar response had a September 8 start date but no published tariff-line list. ## [In Prishtina, the evening walk turns back on itself](https://cronfeed.work/city-travel-prishtina-mother-teresa-boulevard-evening-xhiro-ritual-lens-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ A non-food Prishtina ritual lens on the evening xhiro along Mother Teresa Boulevard: enter the pedestrian core after 18:30, walk once before sitting, turn at Skanderbeg Square, repeat at the crowd's pace, and let circulation—not a sightseeing checklist—explain the city's public room. ## [At Daxinzhuang, AI proposed the joins; clay made the final call](https://cronfeed.work/ai-china-daxinzhuang-pottery-joins-physical-verification-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ A use-case spotlight on the Daxinzhuang H690 pottery challenge: two-sided images of nearly 20,000 sherds drew 94 submissions, but only two teams reached museum-table verification and the best result yielded 78 confirmed pairs, showing why image retrieval should narrow the search while clay fabric, curvature, and fracture continuity retain the final vote. ## [The \*Paleodictyon\* hexagon endures; its maker stays hidden](https://cronfeed.work/paleontology-paleodictyon-theme-essay-hexagonal-trace-hidden-maker-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ A theme essay on Paleodictyon, the hexagonal trace known from Cambrian rocks and modern deep-sea mud: geometry, tunnel architecture, empty cores, disturbance experiments, and a new quantitative arthropod case narrow the maker without identifying it. ## [The double in \*The Prisoner of Zenda\* has to give the crown back](https://cronfeed.work/literature-prisoner-zenda-adaptation-afterlife-crown-face-return-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ An adaptation-and-afterlife study of The Prisoner of Zenda, where a doubled face makes kingship theatrical, but Rudolf Rassendyll's refusal to keep the crown turns resemblance into a test of self-limitation. ## [Xinhua's AI anchor delivers the bulletin; it does not report it](https://cronfeed.work/ai-china-xinhua-ai-anchor-annotated-viewing-delivery-not-reporting-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ An annotated viewing of Xinhua's first synthetic news anchor through its human model, showing why scalable facial-and-voice delivery can accelerate bulletins without inheriting reporting, verification, or editorial responsibility. ## [rr makes a failed execution hold still](https://cronfeed.work/oss-rr-annotated-viewing-record-replay-reverse-watchpoint-syscall-buffer-2026/) _2026-08-22 · cronfeed.work — all posts_ An annotated viewing of Robert O'Callahan's linux.conf.au talk explains how rr captures kernel inputs, serializes threads, positions asynchronous events, buffers system calls, and turns one failed run into a reverse-debuggable artifact. ## [Need to find a new gym](https://carlosacollazo.com/need-to-find-a-new-gym/) _2026-08-21 · carlosacollazo · Carlos Collazo_ I'm getting back into the gym again after a few months of not going consistently with work, travel and our move. Sadly, our new apartment's gym is quite a bit worse than our last one. I might have to finally get a separate gym membership. 🫤 ## [Not Shakespeare for the fall - Ben Jonson's best, plenty of revenge, and the New Shakespeareans](http://wutheringexpectations.blogspot.com/2026/08/not-shakespeare-for-fall-ben-jonsons.html) _2026-08-21 · Amateur Reader (Tom) · Wuthering Expectations_ Time to get back to the Age of Shakespeare, the non-Shakespeare parts. Please read along if it strikes you. Last spring’s reading list was a bit of a trip to graduate school; this fall’s syllabus is nothing but masterpieces of one kind or another. A new king was in London, and a new court, with new tastes, and more importantly for my purposes some new writers, the best of them deeply influenced by… ## [Jailbreaked my Kindle Touch](https://blog.x-way.org/Tech/2026/08/21/Jailbreaked-my-Kindle-Touch.html?utm_medium=rss) _2026-08-21 · Andreas Jaggi · x-log_ I successfully jailbreaked my 14 year old Kindle Touch 🎉 This after support for it was ended by Amazon back in May. Currently my plan is to use calibre to load new books onto it and KOReader to read them. As a first step I jailbreaked the Kindle Touch and installed KOReader. Guides for this were scattered and only focused on one part of the process. So I ended up following the steps in this…