# reprint (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover reprint. Page: Feed: --- ## [We might soon have the technology to reach other star systems](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/news/we-might-soon-have-the-technology-to-reach-other-star-systems/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-might-soon-have-the-technology-to-reach-other-star-systems) _2026-08-22 · Colin McInnes · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 4 minutes Miniaturisation of sensors and light sails for propulsion mean we could reach the stars within a person’s lifetime. ## [Revisiting the Classics: The Stars My Destination](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/reviews/the-stars-my-destination-alfred-bester/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-stars-my-destination-alfred-bester) _2026-08-22 · E. S. Foster · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 3 minutes In the spirit of reading more classic science fiction and learning more about well-known authors during that time, I chose this novel to learn more about Bester’s writing style. ## [“A manufactured conspiracy”: Minnesota’s labor movement denounces federal surveillance operation](https://therealnews.com/minnesotas-labor-movement-denounces-federal-surveillance) _2026-08-21 · Amie Stager · The Real News Network_ Leaders and workers respond to the federal government’s surveillance of organized labor and community in Minnesota. ## [Pitiless as the Sun](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/pitiless-as-the-sun/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pitiless-as-the-sun) _2026-08-21 · Jon Adcock · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 24 minutes A special forces team is dropped into a war-torn city to secure a sample of a parasite that's wreaking havoc among the surviving population. ## [Author Perspectives: Thomas Approbato on Scientific Advancement and Dreaming of the Stars](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/on-writing/author-perspectives-thomas-approbato-on-scientific-advancement-and-dreaming-of-the-stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=author-perspectives-thomas-approbato-on-scientific-advancement-and-dreaming-of-the-stars) _2026-08-20 · Grace Kielstra · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 2 minutes Metastellar's Grace Kielstra interviews author Thomas Approbato on the philosophical nature of speculative fiction and the innate human condition of storytelling. ## [Trump says better industry propaganda needed to make Americans embrace widely unpopular data centers](https://therealnews.com/trump-propaganda-widely-unpopular-data-centers) _2026-08-20 · Brad Reed · The Real News Network_ “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant, or a data center, I would absolutely want it,” said the billionaire president. ## [Spell Check Episode 56: Love Letters](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/comic/spell-check-episode-56-love-letters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spell-check-episode-56-love-letters) _2026-08-20 · Nat Couture · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute Greg is writing down the bones. ## [Federal judge blocks Trump and RFK effort to get more teens pregnant](https://therealnews.com/federal-judge-blocks-trump-and-rfk-effort-to-get-more-teens-pregnant) _2026-08-20 · Julia Conley · The Real News Network_ The ruling, said the government watchdog Public Citizen, is “a win for young Americans’ well-being.” ## [The Vigilance of Birds](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/flash-fiction/the-vigilance-of-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-vigilance-of-birds) _2026-08-20 · Joshua Jones Lofflin · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 4 minutes First, make coffee. The power may be out, the electric grinder useless, but you can crush the beans with your wife’s mortar and pestle. She would have liked that, your ability to stay focused, to problem-solve, to not fall to pieces. She’d be impressed you even know what a mortar and pestle are or where \[…\] ## [Neoliberal policy hollowed out universities. now they are collapsing.](https://therealnews.com/neoliberal-policy-universities-collapsing) _2026-08-19 · Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt · The Real News Network_ Administrators treat their universities like businesses — that’s why they’re failing. ## [Sync Bookmarks Everywhere (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RwyzK3A1ZPbn) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync keeps folders and toolbar intact across Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. ## [There’s no such thing as ‘unskilled work’: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Nickel and Dimed’ 25 years later](https://therealnews.com/barbara-ehrenreich-nickel-and-dimed) _2026-08-19 · Maximillian Alvarez · The Real News Network_ 25 years ago, Barbara Ehrenreich saw the inhumane brutality of capitalism and the invisible realities of working-class life that so many Americans ignored then but can’t ignore now. ## [Fifteen Years Later: Arthur Returns](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/fifteen-years-later-arthur-returns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fifteen-years-later-arthur-returns) _2026-08-19 · Youtao Cao · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 4 minutes Fifteen years after Camelot’s fall, Bedivere waits alone by the lake. When an old darkness returns, Avalon sends not a sword, but a horn to wake the king. ## [Capitalism is killing summer](https://therealnews.com/capitalism-is-killing-summer) _2026-08-18 · Liza Featherstone · The Real News Network_ Everybody loves summertime. But from climate change to budget cuts on public spaces like parks and pools to a lack of vacation time, capitalism is increasingly robbing us of our summer fun. ## [From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur](https://therealnews.com/black-power-hip-hop-mopreme-shakur) _2026-08-17 · Mansa Musa · The Real News Network_ “\[Tupac\] fans know—he really cared about the people. ‘Keep Ya Head Up,’ ‘Brenda's Got a Baby,’ ‘Papa’z Song,’ ‘Dear Mama’ were addressing issues in our communities. You know what I mean?” ## [A Song for Nessa](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/a-song-for-nessa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-song-for-nessa) _2026-08-17 · Rina Song · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 14 minutes A music making machine discovers what it's missing from its songs through the experiences of a reluctant piano student. ## [Time Anxiety and the Writer](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/writing-advice-of-the-week/time-and-anxiety-and-the-writer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-and-anxiety-and-the-writer) _2026-08-16 · E. S. Foster · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re worried about starting late or starting over, there are steps you can take to combat your anxiety. ## [The Serpent Called Mercy Review: Urban Design, Class Disparity, and Colosseum Fighting](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/reviews/the-serpent-called-mercy-roanne-lou-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-serpent-called-mercy-roanne-lou-review) _2026-08-15 · Adriana Acevedo · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 3 minutes The novel sets its foundations on this idea of class disparity and narrowly avoids perpetuating an aspirational mindset. ## [Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Aug. 14, 2026](https://www.metastellar.com/nonfiction/free-friday/free-friday-todays-top-free-amazon-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-for-aug-14-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-friday-todays-top-free-amazon-sci-fi-and-fantasy-books-for-aug-14-2026) _2026-08-14 · Maria Korolov · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 3 minutes We're ending the Free Friday series for now. Maybe for good. It was a lot of fun while it lasted! ## [The student movement for Palestine is not going away, but it is adapting to a new political reality](https://therealnews.com/the-student-movement-for-palestine-is-not-going-away-but-it-is-adapting-to-a-new-political-reality) _2026-08-14 · Maximillian Alvarez · The Real News Network_ Facing draconian repression from federal and state governments, Zionist groups, and their own universities, student-organizers in Maryland tell us how the student-led Palestine solidarity movement is adapting its tactics in the new school year. ## [Some in Gaza’s youngest generation may not even know what toys are](https://therealnews.com/gazas-youngest-generation-may-not-even-know-what-toys-are) _2026-08-14 · Sara Awad · The Real News Network_ Children’s difficulty accessing toys in Gaza reflects the broader destruction of childhood there. ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JMJUPVAGt8Wz) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Resolve](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/resolve/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resolve) _2026-08-14 · Paul Cesarini · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: 4 minutes Desperation and determination often go hand in hand. ## [Authoritarians will target effective legal organizing, Minnesota defendant warns](https://therealnews.com/authoritarian-target-legal-organizing-minnesota) _2026-08-13 · Paul Messersmith-Glavin · The Real News Network_ Minnesota defendants charged with conspiracy are alleged to have moderated meetings and posted on social media. ## [Spell Check Episode 55: Game Day](https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/comic/spell-check-episode-55-game-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spell-check-episode-55-game-day) _2026-08-13 · Nat Couture · MetaStellar_ Reading Time: \< 1 minute A new Spell Check adventure begins! And yes, Wiz is a guy. ## [Layoffs, long waits, obscene prices: How corporate administrators mismanaged Vermont’s flagship health network into a historic crisis](https://therealnews.com/vermont-health-network-historic-crisis) _2026-08-13 · Maximillian Alvarez · The Real News Network_ Healthcare workers in Vermont’s flagship health network say they and their patients are paying the price for a historic crisis caused by decades of mismanagement by overpaid, corporate-style administrators.