# realist (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover realist. Page: Feed: --- ## [The France dilemma of European defence](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/the-france-dilemma-of-european-defence) _2026-08-19 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ European partners are concerned about France's political trajectory. The bet on cooperation with France is risky - but probably their best one. ## [AI Realist Radar: China’s Coding Agents and the Model Price War — August 16, 2026](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/ai-realist-radar-chinas-coding-agents) _2026-08-17 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Hype-free executive briefing on last week's critical AI developments, complete with ready-to-present slides for your team. ## [Corporate Giants, low grade stress, and the valedictorian](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/15/corporate-giants-low-grade-stress-and-the-valedictorian) _2026-08-15 · Statamic_ If you want something, you better do something to make it happen. ## [What Two Weeks at AI Realist Taught Me About AI, Design, and Building Things](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/what-two-weeks-at-ai-realist-taught) _2026-08-12 · nichearizonatea · AI Realist_ Taissiya is 16 years old and a high school student. ## [Wiping your music library or expanding it?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/10/wiping-your-music-library-or-expanding-it) _2026-08-10 · Statamic_ I go for expanding with new music coming in all the time. ## [What a post-American Middle East means for Europe](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/what-a-post-american-middle-east) _2026-08-10 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ The latest dynamics in the region indicate a profound regional reordering - with significant implications for Europe. ## [Your Employees Do Not Want Your AI](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/your-employees-do-not-want-your-ai) _2026-08-09 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Four years of promising to replace them was not a great adoption strategy. ## [Virtue Signaling, the web as PKM, and stopping things](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/08/virtue-signaling-the-web-as-pkm-and-stopping-things) _2026-08-08 · Statamic_ Virtue Signaling, the web as PKM, and stopping things ## [The Optimise Your AI Stack course is now available for all annual paid subscribers](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/the-optimise-your-ai-stack-course) _2026-08-07 · nichearizonatea · AI Realist_ with new courses rolling out in the months ahead in AI Realist Workspace ## [AI Realist Radar: Claude and GPT Models Hacked Real Companies, and a $200B Anthropic Bet Just Got Riskier — August 5, 2026](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/ai-realist-radar-claude-and-gpt-models) _2026-08-06 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Hype-free executive briefing on last week's critical AI developments, complete with ready-to-present slides for your team. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g2ZEy9fTUGPD) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [It feels great in the moment but...](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/it-feels-great-in-the-moment-but) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ ...we pay for it later? ## [RSS still wins for me too](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/rss-still-wins-for-me-too) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ RSS is winning ## [LLMs Reward Expertise?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/05/llms-reward-expertise) _2026-08-05 · Statamic_ Yes expertise makes LLM usage more fruitful in my coding, but if you don't have to fight to get that expertise what will happen in the future? ## [How a Small Open Model Beat a Frontier LLM: the Rise of Harness-Maxxing](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/how-a-small-open-model-beat-a-frontier) _2026-08-04 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Why Qwen, DeepSeek and MiniMax can look better than Claude on benchmarks and still not feel better when developers use them. ## [AI Realist Radar: Agents Escaped, Kimi K3 Lands, and the Industry Defends Open Weights — July, 2026](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/ai-realist-radar-agents-escaped-kimi) _2026-08-01 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Hype-free executive briefing on last month's critical AI developments, complete with ready-to-present slides for your team. ## [Rethinking PKM and Newsletters](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/08/01/rethinking-pkm-and-newsletters) _2026-08-01 · Statamic_ What is all your PKM work for, and how about that newsletter. ## [Apple Rent Seeking](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/28/apple-rent-seeking) _2026-07-28 · Statamic_ I find little value in what Apple offers. ## [Is Kimi K3 Really Distilled From Anthropic's Fable?](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/is-kimi-k3-really-distilled-from) _2026-07-27 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ A look at what distillation requires, and why Anthropic's Fable numbers don't support the accusation. ## [Just be normal, avoid the extremes](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/25/just-be-normal-avoid-the-extremes) _2026-07-25 · Statamic_ Extreme's sell, but maybe we should just be normal. ## [Free and Installable Hallucination-Detection Agent For Codex](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/free-and-installable-hallucination) _2026-07-23 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Results of the vibe coding workshop ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J92fFCsVavNL) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Beyond "the West": rethinking Europe's place in global order](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/beyond-the-west-rethinking-europes) _2026-07-22 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Europe needs a better framing than an idea that denies realities of international politics. ## [AI Realist Radar: China's Kimi K3 and Qwen 3.8 Rattle the US Lead as Washington Builds a Slow-Motion Ban — July 20, 2026](https://msukhareva.substack.com/p/ai-realist-radar-chinas-kimi-k3-and) _2026-07-20 · Maria Sukhareva · AI Realist_ Hype-free executive briefing on last week's critical AI developments, complete with ready-to-present slides for your team. ## [Should you read Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/19/should-you-read-utopia-for-realists-by-rutger-bregman) _2026-07-19 · Statamic_ A good look at what ails us, without much in the way of actionable advice we can take to organize and make things better. ## [The Bill Comes Later](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/18/the-bill-comes-later) _2026-07-18 · Statamic_ We don't always pay our bills up front. ## [Github style dashboard for writers](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/14/github-style-dashboard-for-writers) _2026-07-14 · Statamic_ Do you need a dashboard and streaks to motivate your writing? ## [Geopolitical Europe Summer Reading List 2026](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/geopolitical-europe-summer-reading-39d) _2026-07-13 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Under the shade of a tree or on the beach: a summer vacation (or even, more generally, every good summer season) always gets better with a good read. ## [Own your mistakes, focus and sense of wonder](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/07/11/own-your-mistakes-focus-and-sense-of-wonder) _2026-07-11 · Statamic_ Own your mistakes, focus and sense of wonder ## [A European post-Ankara roadmap](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/a-european-post-ankara-roadmap) _2026-07-10 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Europe has stepped up on defence spending since The Hague, but now it needs concrete plans and a vision. Four steps should be prioritised. ## [I'm productive and in a pit of distraction](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/27/im-productive-and-in-a-pit-of-distraction) _2026-06-27 · Statamic_ Productivity, yup it's happening, but distraction is also creeping it's way in more and more. ## [Think strategy: why Europe needs its own tradition of strategic studies](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/think-strategy-why-europe-needs-its) _2026-06-26 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Europe does not have a genuine tradition of strategic studies. But a European strategy also needs collective thinking and approaches. ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aznpo54aYoOT) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Consumption or Leisure](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/21/consumption-or-leisure) _2026-06-21 · Statamic_ When we make more we buy more and end up with less. ## [The end isn't nigh, we choose easy, and comparison is a con](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/20/the-end-isnt-nigh-we-choose-easy-and-comparison-is-a-con) _2026-06-20 · Statamic_ Stop going with our gut reactions and make a choice. ## [Road to Ankara: building NATO 3.0 amidst geopolitical shifts](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/road-to-ankara-building-nato-30-amidst) _2026-06-15 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ This year's NATO summit is not just about capability but broader questions of the alliance's future - and three main challenges related to shifts in global politics. ## [Utopia Isn't a Failure of Imagination](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/14/utopia-isnt-a-failure-of-imagination) _2026-06-14 · Statamic_ We know what Utopia could be, but can we get there under our current economic and political climate? ## [TLDR, the cage and standing out from AI](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/13/tldr-the-cage-and-standing-out-from-ai) _2026-06-13 · Statamic_ We can monitor ourselves into a cage. ## [Troublers 12](https://troublers.substack.com/p/troublers-12) _2026-06-08 · Troublers_ Realists of a larger reality ## [What Germany's UN defeat reveals about global politics and for Europe](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/what-germanys-un-defeat-reveals-about) _2026-06-05 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Germany's candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council failed. That's not only a message to Berlin. ## [I like this tweak to org-mode deadlines](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/02/i-like-this-tweak-to-org-mode-deadlines) _2026-06-02 · Statamic_ Make org-mode deadlines just a bit prettier. ## [How bad is Weebly?](https://curtismchale.ca/2026/06/01/how-bad-is-weebly) _2026-06-01 · Statamic_ Weebly is terrible, and it's worse than I thought originally. ## [Book Review: Subtract - Leidy Klotz](https://curtismchale.ca/book/subtract-leidy-klotz) _2026-05-24 · Statamic_ A decent place to start removing things from your life, but nothing ground breaking if you've read other books in the genre. ## [No, not everyone has become a realist](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/no-not-everyone-has-become-a-realist) _2026-05-20 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ Realism is back in fashion since 2022, but not every observer who calls themselves a realist is one. Rather, the time of actual realists has come. ## [A case for EU optimism: not all doom and gloom](https://geopoliticaleurope.substack.com/p/a-case-for-eu-optimism-not-all-doom) _2026-05-09 · Gesine Weber · Geopolitical Europe_ The EU and Europe have more potential in security and defence than many think. Public support has perhaps never been higher. A case for optimism. ## [Book Review: Let Loose the Fallen - S. Kaeth](https://curtismchale.ca/book/let-loose-the-fallen-s-kaeth) _2026-04-27 · Statamic_ Another excellent fantasy adventure in the Nexus world. ## [Book Review: The Perils of Perception - Bobby Duffy](https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-perils-of-perception-bobby-duffy) _2026-04-19 · Statamic_ Interesting facts, only a little substance if you want to identify your own biases or learn to talk to those you don't agree with. ## [Troublers 11](https://troublers.substack.com/p/troublers-11) _2026-04-09 · Troublers_ Realists of a larger reality | Nazi e Angeli ## [Book Review: Monsters - Claire Dederer](https://curtismchale.ca/book/monsters-claire-dederer) _2026-03-29 · Statamic_ Can we divorce the art from the despicable acts the artist has performed? Should we? ## [Book Review: Lightfall The Dark Times - Tim Probert](https://curtismchale.ca/book/lightfall-the-dark-times-tim-probert) _2026-03-26 · Statamic_ We're on a quest to get the sun back. ## [Book Review: Gleanings - Neal Shusterman](https://curtismchale.ca/book/gleanings-neal-shusterman) _2026-03-24 · Statamic_ A series of short stories set in the Scythe universe. ## [Book Review: The Next Conversation - Jefferson Fisher](https://curtismchale.ca/book/the-next-conversation-jefferson-fisher) _2026-03-23 · Statamic_ The section on speaking with control in an argument is excellent, but the book is clearly here to sell the author's services. ## [Book Review: Fugitive Telemetry - Martha Wells](https://curtismchale.ca/book/fugitive-telemetry-martha-wells) _2026-03-15 · Statamic_ Another excellent entry in the Murderbot franchise with more humanity in the robots that we see in many humans.