# second half (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover second half. Page: Feed: --- ## [Writing the Rest of My Life](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/writing-my-life) _2026-08-13 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ How losing everything can bring you to yourself ## [Theater and Cycling](https://portlandtransport.com/archives/2026/08/kboo-bike-show-theater-and-cycling.html) _2026-08-06 · KBOO Bike Show Podcast_ Alon and Nedra chat with Dañel Malán-González , Executive Director of the Milagro theater company in Portland about her bicycle history and how the company builds community via bike rides co-hosted with The Street Trust. [Listen](http://traffic.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20260805.mp3) ## [IRC technology news from the first half of 2026](https://www.ilmarilauhakangas.fi/irc_technology_news_from_the_first_half_of_2026/) _2026-08-05 · Ilmari Lauhakangas_ Technical summaries of developments in IRC software and protocol specifications during the first half of 2026. ## [(untitled)](http://www.philarmstrongart.com/daily-photos/4fmafjwc5726esc-dmz28-e5as7-r57ek-bj4t9-cygjt-rx8m2-zeba2-wj76m-6gfpm-prcl5-xgn6l-wk43d-bswhh-k6n4r-3m899-7apls-56sys-yybjg-r3pxa-6y4tk-36k42-ma96w) _2026-07-31 · Phil Armstrong · daily photos - Phil Armstrong_ July 16th to 31st A recap of the second half of July. View fullsize 7.16.26 View fullsize 7.17.26 View fullsize 7.18.26 View fullsize 7.19.26 View fullsize 7.20.26 View fullsize 7.21.26 View fullsize 7.22.26 View fullsize 7.23.26 View fullsize 7.24.26 View fullsize 7.25.26 View fullsize 7.26.26 View fullsize 7.27.26 View fullsize 7.28.26 View fullsize 7.29.26 View fullsize 7.30.26 View fullsize… ## [Spreading Hope, One Step, One Paddle at a Time](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/spreading-hope) _2026-07-23 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ One man's commitment and adventure to spread joy, raise awareness, and build community. A dispatch from Diane. And Chauncey. ## [Books Read in the First Half of 2026](https://loganfrederick.com/2026/07/17/books-read-in-the-first-half-of-2026/) _2026-07-17 · loganfrederick · Logan Frederick_ Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars Delusions by Cazzie David (Audiobook) Her first book, No One Asked For This, was released in the depths of COVID and was great comic relief during a very boring time. At the time, I gave it a 3/5. The sequel earns an extra star perhaps not just for the Continue reading Books Read in the First Half of 2026 ## [Books Read in 2025](https://loganfrederick.com/2026/07/17/books-read-in-2025/) _2026-07-17 · loganfrederick · Logan Frederick_ Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany by Adam Fergusson Democrats generally did not like to admit or acknowledge in 2024 that the election was about inflation and the cost of living. There was a lot of incredulity about “how could people vote for Trump”. Continue reading Books Read in 2025 ## [The Hidden Grief of Outgrowing Who You Used to Be](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/the-hidden-grief) _2026-07-09 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ On mourning who you were and honoring who you're becoming ## [Paris and Foreign Correspondent](https://portlandtransport.com/archives/2026/07/kboo-bikeshow-paris-and-foreign-correspondent.html) _2026-07-06 · KBOO Bike Show Podcast_ In the first half our guest is Corentin Roudaut of the Parisian cycling group Paris en Selle ('Paris in the Saddle') who will speak about his city's cycling transformation.  In the second half we speak with foreign correspondent and author Terrence Petty about writing Nazis at the Watercooler about the rise of fascism and cycling too. [Listen](http://traffic.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20260701.mp3) ## [Is the Universe Talking to Me?](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/is-the-universe-talking) _2026-06-25 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ Three days, one Social Venture Network gathering, and a string of coincidences I can't explain ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SrPyJlTiT8UF) _2026-06-25 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Writing Fiction as a Way Back to Yourself](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/writing-fiction-as-a-way) _2026-06-11 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ When journaling feels like too much, fiction lets you breathe ## [Bicycle Advisory Committee and campaign strategy](https://portlandtransport.com/archives/2026/06/kboo-bikeshow-bicycle-advisory-committee-and-campaign-strategy.html) _2026-06-07 · KBOO Bike Show Podcast_ In the first half our guest is Jim Middaugh, Chair of Portland's Bicycle Advisory Committee . In the second half Nedra speaks with Richa Poudyal , climate and campaign strategist and founder of The Sovereign Futures Project, a solutions-based magazine. [Listen](http://traffic.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20260603.mp3) ## [Untethered and Still Looking for Home](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/untethered) _2026-05-28 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ Dispatches from Diane: on belonging and not fitting in ## [Some People Need To Climb Mt. Everest. I Had to Write and Publish Four Books.](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/need-to-climb-mt-everest) _2026-05-12 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ Delayed dreams, many decades, and one very long climb ## [The Western US and Bikeshare](https://portlandtransport.com/archives/2026/05/kboo-bike-show-the-western-us-and-bikeshare.html) _2026-05-10 · KBOO Bike Show Podcast_ In the first half our guest is Dutch filmmaker and writer Peter Depeut whose latest work is the book The Long Landscape: A Filmmaker Cycles the American West . In the second half Nedra will speak with Joey Juhasz-Lukomski, Director of Bikeshare Operations at the Latino Equity Advocacy and Policy Institute . [Listen](http://traffic.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20260506.mp3) ## [Do You Find Your Place, or Does It Find You?](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/do-you-find-your-place) _2026-04-23 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ Dispatch from Diane. In Sedona. ## [Reading Jordan Peterson Despite the Title](https://smirik.substack.com/p/reading-jordan-peterson-despite-the) _2026-04-15 · Evgeny Smirnov · There Is No Spoon_ Opening a new series of posts on Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life — and why I had to talk myself into reading the book in the first place. ## [The Second Half of Model Architecture](https://lh-zhu.github.io/The-Second-Half-of-Model-Architecture/) _2026-04-11 · Lianghui Zhu_ tldr: We spent a decade scaling computation inside layers. We forgot to scale communication between them. That’s about to change. ## [My Life Blew Up at 59. It Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/my-life-blew-up-at-59) _2026-04-09 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ What starting over is really like and what I’d wish I’d known ## [Illinois and Life Lessons](https://portlandtransport.com/archives/2026/04/kboo-bike-show-illinois-and-life-lessons.html) _2026-04-06 · KBOO Bike Show Podcast_ In the first half our guest is Christopher Sweet, Professor and Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication Librarian at Illinois Wesleyan University and author of A History of Bicycling in Illinois: 160 Years of Booms and Busts . In the second half Nedra speaks with Lisa Watts, editor, avid runner, bicycle tourist, activist and author of Crossing Bridges: What Biking Up the East Coast Taught… [Listen](http://traffic.libsyn.com/portlandtransport/kboobike_20260401.mp3) ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RPhIr5kjDvwI) _2026-04-06 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [The Shadow of the Crowd: How Jungian Collective Darkness Shapes Individual Lives](https://smirik.substack.com/p/the-shadow-of-the-crowd-how-jungian) _2026-03-28 · Evgeny Smirnov · There Is No Spoon_ Jung's collective Shadow is no longer a philosophical abstraction — it has become a source of real suffering ## [The Death of Rabelais by Jane Clark Scharl](https://acommonreader.st/the-death-of-rabelais-by-jane-clark-scharl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-death-of-rabelais-by-jane-clark-scharl) _2026-03-27 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Friar: Humor s a relief! It shows the truth.Every Laugh s a window on the void—crack jokes with me, and by them crack the world sfacade to show the bedlam underneath! Rabelais: Humor is no chaos, but the verydrip and flow of everything, the stickyfluid carrying life up from stodgysoil to all these many moistening bodies humor is our unity, \[ \] ## [Bruce Springsteen Saved Me the Night After Lennon Died](https://dianehatz.substack.com/p/bruce-springsteen-saved-me) _2026-03-26 · Diane Hatz · A Writer's Life with Diane Hatz_ A dispatch from Diane ## [Destiny: From the Moirai to Individuation](https://smirik.substack.com/p/destiny-from-the-moirai-to-individuation) _2026-03-19 · Evgeny Smirnov · There Is No Spoon_ Why this "archaic" concept still matters — and what it has to do with becoming yourself ## [Spencer A. Klavan on the Phaenomena of Aratus](https://acommonreader.st/spencer-a-klavan-on-the-phaenomena-of-aratus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spencer-a-klavan-on-the-phaenomena-of-aratus) _2026-03-18 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ I recently read the revised edition of Stanley Lombardo’s translation of the Phaenomena of Aratus (titled The Sky Is Our Song: The “Phaenomena” of Aratus) and thoroughly enjoyed it. This edition is lovely, too. Spencer A. Klavan has extended comments of the poem in New Criterion titled A phenomenal poet and it is currently not behind \[ \] ## [No, You Don't Need to Read the Iliad](https://smirik.substack.com/p/no-you-dont-need-to-read-the-iliad) _2026-03-10 · Evgeny Smirnov · There Is No Spoon_ Why "great books" are overrated and modern stories might teach you more about life ## [Sonnez Les Matines by Jane Clark Scharl](https://acommonreader.st/sonnez-les-marines-by-jane-clark-scharl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sonnez-les-marines-by-jane-clark-scharl) _2026-03-08 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Love Wisdom, say I, but not with what s above!She s a pretty girl, and ripe; lover herwith your body, your skin and bones, the gurgleof your gut; love her with your rutting heart.We re all little pigs, rooting in the dirtafter something—the slut, the priest, the lord,magister, mother, student, tenant, doctor,bishop, king, pope—saints and sinnersall rooting in \[ \] ## [Three Reasons Why the Midpoint of Life Demands Something New](https://smirik.substack.com/p/three-reasons-why-the-midpoint-of) _2026-02-28 · Evgeny Smirnov · There Is No Spoon_ Why Jung, cognitive science, and existential psychology all agree: your weakest side holds the key to growth ## [Musings | Volume #010](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-010) _2026-01-25 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Musings | Volume #009](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-009) _2026-01-18 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NiB1OZGkRBmz) _2026-01-18 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [IRC technology news from the second half of 2025](https://www.ilmarilauhakangas.fi/irc_technology_news_from_the_second_half_of_2025/) _2026-01-15 · Ilmari Lauhakangas_ Technical summaries of developments in IRC software and protocol specifications during the second half of 2025. ## [People Matter Most](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/people-matter-most) _2026-01-15 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ The 5 Key Thoughts for the Second Half of My Life (Part 4 of 5) ## [Musings | Volume #008](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-008) _2026-01-12 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Musings | Volume #007](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-007) _2026-01-05 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Second half 2025 live music highlights](https://acommonreader.st/second-half-2025-live-music-highlights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=second-half-2025-live-music-highlights) _2026-01-03 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Before I return to posting on recent reading, I wanted to post a continuation of sorts to my early 2025 live music post. The second half of the year proved to be a bit more challenging to see groups in the area. I ended up seeing some acts I m not necessarily a big fan of \[ \] ## [Media highlights 2025 (Jul to Dec)](https://finmoorhouse.substack.com/p/media-highlights-2025-jul-to-dec) _2025-12-28 · Fin Moorhouse · Fin’s Newsletter_ Books, music, films, etc. from the second half of 2025 ## [Musings | Volume #006](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-006) _2025-12-22 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Musings | Volume #005](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-005) _2025-12-15 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [UC Press Luminos and other open access books](https://acommonreader.st/uc-press-luminos-and-other-open-access-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uc-press-luminos-and-other-open-access-books) _2025-12-14 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ My apologies for the radio silence. I just stumbled across the University of California Press Luminos publishing project. From their FAQ page: Luminos is UC Press’ new Open Access (OA) monograph publishing program. It will make a version of the digital edition of scholarly monographs available free of charge to anyone around the world. In \[ \] ## [Musings | Volume #004](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-004) _2025-12-08 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [No ghost in the machine](https://finmoorhouse.substack.com/p/no-ghost-in-the-machine) _2025-12-04 · Fin Moorhouse · Fin’s Newsletter_ Consciousness, digital minds, and illusionism ## [Musings | Volume #003](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-003) _2025-12-01 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Musings | Volume #002](https://legacycoaching.substack.com/p/musings-volume-002) _2025-11-24 · Dr Jonathan Moore (Chiro) · REVITALISE - The Whole You_ A weekly newsletter with some thoughts to ponder … ## [Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny (updated)](https://acommonreader.st/patriot-a-memoir-by-alexei-navalny-updated/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patriot-a-memoir-by-alexei-navalny-updated) _2025-11-04 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Update: I didn t realize my post had been made with an early draft I had made before I finished the book. I ve added my comments on the last section of the book at the bottom of the post. It doesn t make for a good flow, but wanted to include all the notes I wrote on \[ \] ## [Tastes and Traditions: A Journey through Menu History by Nathalie Cooke](https://acommonreader.st/tastes-and-traditions-a-journey-through-menu-history-by-nathalie-cooke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tastes-and-traditions-a-journey-through-menu-history-by-nathalie-cooke) _2025-10-01 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Menus, by definition, promise to serve as guides for diners, presenting or at times clarifying food choices. But in Tastes and Traditions I have argued that menus are also—and even more so—strategic documents: they shape diners choices, guide diners towards particular decisions and enhance their dining experiences. This exploration was driven by four central \[ \] ## [The Magician of Tiger Castle by Louis Sachar](https://acommonreader.st/the-magician-of-tiger-castle-by-louis-sachar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-magician-of-tiger-castle-by-louis-sachar) _2025-09-27 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ I have some projects I have been wanting to start but first I ll share a few books I ve recently enjoyed, starting with this book. When I was homeschooling my kids I thoroughly enjoyed going through Holes by Louis Sachar with them. The writing was fun, plus the book lent itself to additional assignments tangential to \[ \] ## [Oxford Ancient Languages Society’s recreation of Euripides’ Orestes](https://acommonreader.st/oxford-ancient-languages-societys-recreation-of-euripides-orestes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oxford-ancient-languages-societys-recreation-of-euripides-orestes) _2025-09-19 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ This production, a unique collaborative project led by the Oxford Ancient Languages Society, will stage a complete dramatic recreation of Euripides’ play, demonstrating the vivid dramatic fruits of meticulous, interdisciplinary scholarship.It will be performed entirely in the original Ancient Greek (with English surtitles), with authentic costumes and masks. Crucially, it will restore Euripides’… ## [“On the Decline of the Times” by Karel Čapek](https://acommonreader.st/on-the-decline-of-the-times-by-karel-capek/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-decline-of-the-times-by-karel-capek) _2025-08-18 · Dwight · A Common Reader_ Radio Prague International dedicated a podcast to a short story by Karel Čapek titled On the Decline of the Times. Čapek s Apocryphal Tales (1932) is a collection of short pieces such as this that he composed in the 1920s and early 1930s. The translation is by Vít Pohanka, who reads the story, and is followed \[ \] ## [21. The friendship audit](https://smirik.substack.com/p/21-the-friendship-audit) _2025-08-01 · Eka\_T · There Is No Spoon_ Let's see how your friends influence your personal growth. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/169833851/e6b73b46e57f5233c5113143ea1a4d80.mp3) ## [20. Good, evil, and everyday heroism](https://smirik.substack.com/p/20-good-evil-and-everyday-heroism) _2025-07-21 · Eka\_T · There Is No Spoon_ Do you really understand the meaning of the rule, "Treat others as you would want to be treated"? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/168862063/5e0a30b11ef167653bd33134d920b29b.mp3)