# seem (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 87 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover seem. Page: Feed: --- ## [Happy Pod Sad Pod](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/happy-pod-sad-pod/) _2026-08-23 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ Of all the podcasts in my subscriptions, there is one that I've unsubscribed and resubscribed so many times that I've lost count: BBC's Global News Podcast . There will be days when I think that I want to keep up with world affairs in my ears, and I will go subscribe to this podcast. Then, after a few days, I will be tired of all the bad things that is happening around the world that I will go… ## [Sports on Apple TV](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/sports-on-apple-tv/) _2026-08-23 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ When Apple TV+ first launched, it seems Apple is chasing after HBO by emphasising on quality over quantity. Throw money at talent, focus on storytelling. That strategy seems to be working -- except that it still need to figure out how to bring in subscribers despite winning at Emmys and Oscars. I don't know what Apple is thinking when they started chasing after sports. It doesn't seem to be going… ## [22nd of August 2026](https://www.enormouselk.com/?q=pictures/2026/22nd-august-2026) _2026-08-22 · Erkka Lehmus · Recent content_ Ancient Savo 3D optimization has not worked on Mac. And for two years I've been focused on other aspects of the game development, not thinking much about the internals of graphics rendering. But today I took a fresh look, and got it mostly sorted out. Picture album: 2026 Like up 2 users have voted. ## [Oprah Said What?!](https://defiantls.substack.com/p/oprah-said-what) _2026-08-22 · Defiant L's · Defiant L's_ Breaking: Overeating causes weight gain. ## [Release Program](https://stgreenie.blogspot.com/2026/08/release-program.html) _2026-08-22 · stgreenie · Splatter Poetry_ My young incel friend Hank took a ride on the Taboo Express A trip taken many times by you and me How and when he got off is a mystery cause these things ain't discussed in polite society He bumped into a blind man peddling batteries who recently was granted his self release "Did riding the Express cost you your sight!” Hank cried, “Should I call the Morality Police?” The blind man raised his… ## [Polling: The Good, the Bad, and the Don’t Bother](https://lawrencegoldstone.substack.com/p/polling-the-good-the-bad-and-the) _2026-08-22 · Lawrence Goldstone · Politics Off-Center_ Now that the United States is on the cusp of what will be a frenetic campaign season, political prognostication will become as much a national sport as predicting which teams will play in the World Series or whether Harry and Meghan’s marriage will survive their return to the UK. ## [Saturday Reads for Aug 22, 2026](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/saturday-reads-for-aug-22-2026/) _2026-08-22 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ I do enjoy a cup of tea from time to time. My happy tea is camomile. Tea Is So Hot Right Now , by Bettina Makalintal, Eater Where's The Beef? , by Erin Somers, Harper's Magazine Should You Believe in Fate? , by Joshua Rothman, New Yorker ## [Do I Need an IDE Anymore?](https://chrishannah.me/do-i-need-an-ide-anymore/) _2026-08-22 · Chris Hannah · Chris Hannah_ I've managed to convince my work to let me swap my 16" M4 Pro MBP to a 14" model\[1\], which means I've now got the tedious task of migrating all my data, applications, and configurations, to... ## [The Word for World is Forest](https://www.emgoto.com/books/the-word-for-world-is-forest/) _2026-08-22 · Emma Goto_ Book review for The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin. I rated it 4 stars. The Word for World is Forest is rather a short read, clocking in at only 189 pages. The storyline reminds me of the James Cameron movie Avatar. And it turns out that it's quite the obvious leap to make - a quick Google shows post titles like "A Better Version of Avatar", "Like Avatar, but Not Stupid" or the most… ## [Chief Justice John Roberts Must Really Want to Boogie at Trump’s Big, Ugly Ballroom](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73498575/chief-justice-john-roberts-trump-ballroom-decision/) _2026-08-21 · News-Politics - Esquire_ A federal judge tried to halt the construction of this hideous addition to the White House, but that got in the way of Roberts letting the president do whatever the hell he wants. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LeR6d5FCh33a) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [The Book of Illusions](https://stgreenie.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-book-of-illusions.html) _2026-08-21 · stgreenie · Splatter Poetry_ Turned on my reliable coping device to sidestep this life yet again Drawn to dream slopes Peaks capped in soft snow Mirrored reflections in the bluest lake God ever did create Not ashamed to confess this homage to serenity is entirely one hundred percent an alcohol induced illusion sanctuary of repressed imagination the cheap libations did liberate You can't put a price tag on this kind of needed… ## [21st of August 2026](https://www.enormouselk.com/?q=pictures/2026/21st-august-2026) _2026-08-21 · Erkka Lehmus · Recent content_ Cooking morning coffee and porridge. Picture album: 2026 Like up 0 users have voted. ## [Ls Of The Day](https://defiantls.substack.com/p/ls-of-the-day-800) _2026-08-21 · Defiant L's · Defiant L's_ Hmmmm can’t seem to make up his mind whether the 5th makes you guilty… ## [Even Sand Isn’t Infinite](https://conversableeconomist.com/2026/08/21/even-sand-isnt-infinite/) _2026-08-21 · conversableeconomist · Conversable Economist_ The number of grains of sand on a beach is a classic example of an “infinite” number, in the sense that it would be impossible to count. But sand itself isn’t infinite. Demand for sand is way up, around the world, because it’s a key ingredient for some boom industries like concrete for construction and … Continue reading Even Sand Isn’t Infinite The post Even Sand Isn’t Infinite first appeared on… ## [Texas Republican Snowflakes Are Butchering Public University Curriculum in the Most 21st Century Way Possible](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73494563/texas-tech-republican-snowflakes-ai-use/) _2026-08-21 · News-Politics - Esquire_ Professors have called it a “dystopian academic nightmare.” ## [Daily Search Forum Recap: August 21, 2026](https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-08-21-2026-41922.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... ## [Google Search Console Crawl Stats Missing Two Days Of Data](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-console-crawl-stats-missing-41923.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ The crawl stats report within Google Search Console has a data gap again. This time the crawl stats report is missing August 15 and 16th crawl data. Normally, Google can fix the data but Google has not yet fixed it. ## [Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Unleashed The August 2026 Spam Update, Gemini 3.7 Powers AI Mode, Google and Microsoft Ads News & More](https://www.seroundtable.com/video-08-21-2026-41915.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google has released its third spam update of the 2026 year, the August 2026 spam update this week and finished rolling out Friday morning at 4:50am. Google Search's AI Mode is now being powered sometimes by... ## [Google Preferred Source Button Improved For Publishers](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-preferred-source-button-update-41912.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google has updated the Preferred Sources button that publishers have on their websites to make it so that the user is taken right back to the page they were originally on. There is new embed code that handles this process to make it easier for users to go back to where they were and stay on your website. ## [Microsoft Advertising Max CPC Won't Be Available For New Campaigns On Oct 1](https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-advertising-max-cpc-sunset-41917.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Microsoft Advertising sent out emails yesterday announcing changes coming to Max CPC bidding. Microsoft wrote, "Max CPC will no longer be available when creating new non-portfolio campaigns" after October 1, 2026. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/frH5jdqkcoct) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Google Ads & AI Max New Experimentation & Planning Features](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-ai-max-experimentation-planning-41910.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google announced it is rolling out new experimentation and planning capabilities in Google Ads and AI Max. There are new A/B test capabilities, brand and location parameters options and new Performance Planner predictions. ## [Google Local Service Ads Pre-Badge Ads & Expansion Of Verticals](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-lsa-prebadge-new-verticals-41920.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google has made some big updates to Local Service Ads. Even though LSAs are transitioning to Google Ads, Google is clearly still investing in the LSA product. Google added something called pre-badge ads, massively expanded the verticals and the verified ads badge updated its exclusions. ## [JSON-LD Extraction For Googlebot Now Does One Pass Of HTML Unescaping](https://www.seroundtable.com/json-ld-extraction-googlebot-41921.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google's crawler now strictly enforces standard JSON formatting when reading your site's structured data, schema markup, instead of auto-correcting double-escaped HTML text. "To bring our parser up to JSON and other standards, we changed our JSON-LD extraction and are now only applying a single pass of HTML unescaping," Google posted on LinkedIn. ## [Google Discover Feed Can Be Tailored By Words](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-discover-tailored-feed-by-words-41911.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google is rolling out the ability to tailor your Google Discover feed by using your words, in a conversational chat-like experience. You are taken to a screen that lets you enter your desired topics, then you can go back and forth with AI to really zone in on the topic you want your feed to look like. ## [Google Tag & Google Tag Manager Updated](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-tag-and-google-tag-manager-updated-41918.html) _2026-08-21 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google updated the Google Tag and Google Tag Manager. Google said, "these changes are designed to streamline your measurement setup, improve performance and management, and provide a more unified experience across Google's tagging products." ## ["Doorway into Your Attention"](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/doorway-into-your-attention/) _2026-08-21 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ Ashlie D. Stevens: And increasingly, there is an app for almost every place we eat. The fast-food standards have them, of course, but so do regional chains and neighborhood coffee shops: download this, order ahead, skip the line, collect points, save your usual. The bargain is convenience, and often it genuinely is convenient. But increasingly, buying a sandwich or a cup of coffee also means… ## ["Materially Generated Using AI"](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/materially-generated-using-ai/) _2026-08-21 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ Apple Music will be adding labels to songs that are "materially generated using AI" later this year. I hope that customers will be able to filter off these 'songs' easily in all places. ~ Link: Apple Music to Add Labels for AI-Generated Music Later This Year , by Kristin Robinson, Billboard ## [downhill cinder](https://twoprops.net/downhill-cinder) _2026-08-21 · twoprops.net_ HA’s firstborn and his girlfriend are coming for an open-ended visit this month. The studio is a good overnight space, but isn’t set up for longer occupancy. We decided that we’ll add a little outdoor kitchen (with their help) so they can be a bit independent. (The main house is far too cozy to share, and we don’t want to be cooking their every meal.) To that end, we had ordered 12 tons of red… ## [Piranesi](https://www.emgoto.com/books/piranesi/) _2026-08-21 · Emma Goto_ Book review for Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. I rated it 4 stars. This book kicks off rather abstractly. A man wanders the halls of a huge house with hundreds of rooms. Amongst its many rooms, there are 13 dead bodies - all skeletons - plus one other (alive) man who has given the main character his name, Piranesi. Tides rush in out of the rooms. There's big seabirds, and also seaweed. ## [There’s Nothing Sketchy at All About Trump’s Critical-Mineral Deals](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73487450/trump-family-mineral-deals/) _2026-08-20 · News-Politics - Esquire_ Democrats say there are “conflicts of interest.” Could that be an understatement? ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GmHCSmpUBJ1Q) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [A Moms for Liberty Cofounder Just Got Her Butt Kicked in a Florida School Board Race, and I Couldn’t Be Happier](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73486910/florida-school-board-elections-moms-for-liberty/) _2026-08-20 · News-Politics - Esquire_ Even the little victories matter. ## [Fauci Fails](https://defiantls.substack.com/p/fauci-fails) _2026-08-20 · Defiant L's · Defiant L's_ You really can’t make this up ## [Necessary Editing](https://stgreenie.blogspot.com/2026/08/necessary-editing.html) _2026-08-20 · stgreenie · Splatter Poetry_ To err is human All part of our flawed species fuck up tradition Blunders do happen Though it's never a shrewd move to arrogantly choose doubling down on mistakes you may have made Don't compound the miscue Best to take the L Absorb the hit Deal with consequence which bad as it may seem won't be as shit as staying on the current ragged off the cliff destination Post course correction rip off that… ## [20th of August 2026](https://www.enormouselk.com/?q=pictures/2026/20th-august-2026) _2026-08-20 · Erkka Lehmus · Recent content_ Summer. Picture album: 2026 Like up 1 user has voted. ## [Data Center Spending in US](https://conversableeconomist.com/2026/08/20/__trashed-8/) _2026-08-20 · conversableeconomist · Conversable Economist_ The good folks at “Our World in Data” have been putting together a data series which shows monthly spending on the “on-site work to build data centers each month, including materials and construction labor. It excludes the cost of IT hardware like servers and storage, which can account for a large share of total investment.” … Continue reading Data Center Spending in US The post Data Center… ## [How to Explain to Your Readers](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/how-to-explain-to-your-readers/) _2026-08-20 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ I once read a novel about a cartographer that didnt know that trap streets in maps — intentional fake streets and the likes to catch plagiarisms. That immediate pulled me out of the story and I couldn’t suspend my disbelief anymore, and I abandoned reading that novel shortly afterwards. I am now currently reading a novel where an aspiring young writer — haven’t published, but already with an agent… ## [Do You Want CarPlay With Your Car, Or Do You Prefer Not Use Your Phone When Driving?](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/do-you-want-carplay-with-your-car-or-do-you-prefer-not-use-your-phone-when-driving/) _2026-08-20 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ Matthew Haughey : The car industry accidentally did something I've always wanted to see, which was to release basically the same car under two brands and models, with one major consumer-facing difference. It's kind of remarkable how good of a experimental design this is, since the performance and driving characteristics of both cars are identical, but drivers in one model get a major phone… ## [Oil and Gas Companies Are Supporting Government Emissions Reporting—Just Not for the Reason We’d Hoped](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a73484188/greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting-epa/) _2026-08-20 · News-Politics - Esquire_ You think these greedy crazies would actually do something good for the environment? ## [Daily Search Forum Recap: August 20, 2026](https://www.seroundtable.com/recap-08-20-2026-41914.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today... ## [Why Google Announces Some Search Updates But Not All](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-announces-some-updates-41903.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ As you know, Google does smaller core updates and algorithm search updates all the time without announcing them. So why does Google announce some of those updates and not the others. Well, as Google told us before, Google announces the larger, more impactful updates so we know it was a Google update that impacted our site, not a technical change we made. ## [Google Ads Can Find Sitelinks For You](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-find-sitelinks-for-you-41907.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google Ads can now help you find sitelinks for your ad extensions. A new feature within the Google Ads advertiser console will now suggest new sitelinks to add to your ads. ## [Eggs Eggs Eggs](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/eggs-eggs-eggs/) _2026-08-20 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ I like eggs. I like all sort of eggs. Hard-boiled, sunny-side-up-ed, poached, fried, omelette-d, scrambled, salted, steamed, benedicted, soft-boiled, and even centuried . I used to dislike century eggs, but as I get older, I get to appreciate its taste and texture. Especially if it is in a bowl of pipping hot porridge. I believe eggs is a dish that really can’t go wrong. It will take an… ## [Google Ads Enhanced Matching In Customer Match](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-enhanced-matching-41905.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google Ads seems to be rolling out a new customer match option named "enhanced matching." Google writes this allows you to "Expand your audience reach with your consented user lists." Google will then "match your consented users with publishers' consented users where available." ## [Microsoft Advertising Rolling Out AI Max Globally](https://www.seroundtable.com/microsoft-advertising-ai-max-41909.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Microsoft Advertising is rolling out AI Max globally and to all advertisers. If you log in to your Microsoft Advertising account, you should be able to toggle on the AI Max setting for your search campaigns. ## [Google Bringing Back Google Posts Insights (People Viewed)](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-posts-insights-views-41913.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ In 2018, Google launched Google Posts Insights, a way to see how many views and clicks a Google Post within Google Business Profiles received. Google discontinued and sunset that feature in January 2023. Now, it seems Google is testing bringing back the view count - it now calls "people viewed." ## [Spike In Complaints On Favicons Disappearing From Google Search](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-favicons-breaking-41904.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ In the past couple of days, I have seen a spike in the number of complaints around favicons disappearing from the Google Search result snippets. The complaints started a couple of days before Google's August 2026 spam update, so I doubt they are related to that, but they have indeed spiked. It makes me think that Google changed something on its end, versus all these site owners making a technical… ## [Google Ads API Version 25.1 Now Available](https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-api-version-25-1-41908.html) _2026-08-20 · barry@rustybrick.com (Barry Schwartz) · Search Engine Roundtable_ Google has released version 25.1 of the Google Ads API, this is a minor release with several of updates. This update includes text disclaimer assets, AI Max tracking, Brand and Conversion Lift measurements, brand sentiment insights, and several more features and changes. ## [Why distractions aren’t always bad](https://theslowreturn.substack.com/p/why-distractions-arent-always-bad) _2026-08-20 · The Slow Return · The Slow Return_ What our attention might be after when it goes looking for something else ## [Inside the Jeselnik Book Club: How Anthony Jeselnik is making reading cool](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2026-08-05/anthony-jeselnik-book-club) _2026-08-20 · Linkblog - Dominik Schwind_ I read a few books he mentioned on his podcast back in the days and they were all pretty good. I didn't realise he's now recommending them on Instagram. ## [Keeping Up with the DMA](https://thisismylast.bearblog.dev/keeping-up-with-the-dma/) _2026-08-20 · thisismylast · This Is My Last_ Besides fines and restrictions on what gatekeepers can do, IMHO, regulators and lawmakers need to create a landscape to encourage new competitors and startups. Over time, fines become just the cost of doing business. Restrictions become red tapes. And only big companies can afford the high cost and red tapes, and they become even more entrenched. ~ Link: Brussels Changes Gear on Big Tech…