# shay (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover shay. Page: Feed: --- ## [India’s Hedge: Diversification Is the New Logic](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/indias-hedge-diversification-is-the) _2026-08-12 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Farwa Aamer ## [The overwhelm of it all and the spike of “frozen water people” in Maine](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/the-overwhelm-of-it-all-and-the-spike-of-frozen-water-people-in-maine/) _2026-08-08 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ These days, national media and popular content creators are largely dictating where we put our attention and it is overwhelming at times. So much so that it becomes easier to tuck in, do the bare minimum or less and just trust that things will work out before we get messed up by the system. To ... Read more The post The overwhelm of it all and the spike of “frozen water people” in Maine appeared… ## [South Korea: An Indispensable Tech Superpower and Asian Middle Power](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/south-korea-an-indispensable-tech) _2026-07-29 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Emma Chanlett-Avery and Juliet Lee ## [Two weeks later: Maine and the musings of an organizer](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/two-weeks-later-maine-and-the-musings-of-an-organizer/) _2026-07-27 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ Today marks two weeks since Maine resident Johan Sebatian Guerrero s life was snatched away from him by an ICE agent who, by the Border Czar Tom Homan’s own words, may not have been properly vetted. No shit, man! It seems like most of the people hired by ICE tend to be problematic, if not literally ... Read more The post Two weeks later: Maine and the musings of an organizer appeared first on Shay… ## [🐈 TheCoreMan/cat-knip](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/cat-knip/) _2026-07-24 · mrnice.dev_ I published my first npm package! It’s called cat-knip . It detects unused exports in NestJS applications by parsing the dependency graph. To use it: import { expectNoUnusedExports , getModuleRefWithSnapshot , } from 'cat-knip/testing' ; import { AppModule } from '../src/app.module' ; it ( 'has no unused module exports' , async () =\> { await… ## [Self-care during the chaos: Selfish or life affirming?](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/self-care-during-the-chaos-selfish-or-life-affirming/) _2026-07-21 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ A little over two weeks ago, I woke up with a deep feeling of exhaustion, and not the type of exhaustion that would disappear with a few good nights of sleep. In fact, I had actually experienced a good night of sleep when I woke up. While I felt perky, as I went through the ... Read more The post Self-care during the chaos: Selfish or life affirming? appeared first on Shay Stewart-Bouley . ## [At the Gates of Slop](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/at-the-gates-of-slop/) _2026-07-21 · mrnice.dev_ The title is a riff on “At The Gates Of Sleep”, a banger Melodic Death Metal song by Insomnium. I was listening to it as the idea for this post came to my mind, and the pun was too good to give up. Give it a listen: My position is simple: LLMs are excellent when they amplify your own work, tolerable when they automate short-lived… ## [When ICE kills in Maine: No one is safe in this version of America](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/when-ice-kills-in-maine-no-one-is-safe-in-this-version-of-america/) _2026-07-14 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ For a year-and-a-half, we have watched ICE come into communities to terrorize and kill people in upholding what increasingly feels less like immigration policy and more like ethnic cleansing. All to satisfy Stephen Miller’s twisted blueprint for a white nation. Each time they come into a community and take a life, our feeds are filled ... Read more The post When ICE kills in Maine: No one is safe… ## [When messy and complicated blows up in everyone’s faces—First thoughts on the aftermath of Platner](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/when-messy-and-complicated-blows-up-in-everyones-faces-first-thoughts-on-the-aftermath-of-platner/) _2026-07-09 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em Know when to fold ‘em Know when to walk away And know when to run The Gambler One of the earliest country songs that I ever recall liking was “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers; in some ways, the lyrics struck me as a cautionary tale on ... Read more The post When messy and complicated blows up in everyone’s faces—First thoughts on the aftermath of Platner appeared… ## [ASEAN Hedges With Pax Silica](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/asean-hedges-with-pax-silica) _2026-07-08 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Faye Simanjuntak ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bakk8TFoYxci) _2026-07-08 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Trump, Modi, and “Final Touches” on the U.S.-India Trade Deal](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/trump-modi-and-final-touches-on-the) _2026-06-24 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Akshay Mathur ## [America's Indo-Pacific Partners Received Mixed Messages in May](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/americas-indo-pacific-partners-received) _2026-06-10 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Farwa Aamer and Emma Chanlett-Avery ## [Asia ASAP: Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un Meet in Pyongyang](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/asia-asap-xi-jinping-and-kim-jong) _2026-06-09 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ ASPI Expert Commentary from Emma Chanlett-Avery, Lyle Morris, and Sungmin Cho ## [A messy man for Senate and silencing of scientists: Thoughts on The New York Times and our general times](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/a-messy-man-for-senate-and-silencing-of-scientists-thoughts-on-the-new-york-times-and-our-general-times/) _2026-06-07 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ One thing that the current primary season seems to be revealing is that far too many of us are not recognizing that the United States of today is not remotely the country of 18 months ago. Despite the reports that the United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism, far too many of us seem not ... Read more The post A messy man for Senate and silencing of scientists: Thoughts on The New… ## [SGF Dev Night: Git internals + CTF 🚩](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/sgf-dev-night-git-ctf/) _2026-06-04 · mrnice.dev_ ## [Senate races and magic thinking](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/senate-races-and-magic-thinking/) _2026-06-02 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ After the national revelation over the weekend that U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner early in his marriage was texting with other women—and that the texts were sexual in nature and the resulting pearl-clutching around that—I have become thoroughly convinced that the Civil Rights movement and other movements would never have happened if they had occurred ... Read more The post Senate races and… ## [Putin-Xi Summit Reveals Friction Despite Relations at a “Historic High”](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/putin-xi-summit-reveals-friction) _2026-05-27 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Kristina Lozinskaya ## [Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My final thoughts](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/platner-is-the-presumptive-candidate-but-is-he-the-right-person-my-final-thoughts/) _2026-05-27 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ NOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface. I am not a journalist by trade or training. I am a writer who traditionally has written long-form pieces commenting on or analyzing social issues like race and racism, and I have added writing ... Read more The post Platner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person?… ## [They believe in racism; do you really believe in anti-racism?](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/they-believe-in-racism-do-you-really-believe-in-anti-racism/) _2026-05-19 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ A few weeks back, a movement colleague—noted anti-racist writer and activist Tim Wise—started making videos about a young white man in Tennessee, Dalton Eatherly, who goes by the online persona of Chud the Builder. Chud apparently for weeks had been posting on X about his adventures in Nashville and other areas, where he “exercised” his ... Read more The post They believe in racism; do you really… ## [Asia ASAP: Trump Leaves Beijing After Optics Heavy Summit With Xi](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/asia-asap-trump-leaves-beijing-after) _2026-05-15 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ ASPI Expert Commentary from Wendy Cutler, Lyle Morris, Lizzi C. Lee, Shay Wester, and Robert Snedden ## [Non-Custodial Crypto Gateway (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hZEHmNaew5xa) _2026-05-15 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto, automated fee handling, and trustless escrow with real-time settlement. ## [Trade, Taiwan, and Tehran: Presidents Trump and Xi Prepare to Meet in Beijing](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/trade-taiwan-and-tehran-presidents) _2026-05-12 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Wendy Cutler and Danny Russel ## [Yes, there was a civil rights legend in Maine; RIP, Mr. Talbot](https://blackgirlinmaine.com/current-events/yes-there-was-a-civil-rights-legend-in-maine-rip-mr-talbot/) _2026-05-12 · Shay · Shay Stewart-Bouley_ A white as Maine is—tied with West Virginia for first place in that regard—we are not without notable Black people. And no, I’m not talking about myself; I’m talking about those whose presence here (sometimes a form of activism in and of itself) and whose work in civil rights and related efforts made my work ... Read more The post Yes, there was a civil rights legend in Maine; RIP, Mr. Talbot… ## [Southeast Asia Is Building Economic Buffers Against a More Volatile World](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/southeast-asia-is-building-economic) _2026-04-29 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Shay Wester ## [Caught in the Middle: Asia's Middle Powers and the War in the Middle East](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/caught-in-the-middle-asias-middle) _2026-04-15 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Farwa Aamer and Emma Chanlett-Avery ## [Asia ASAP: A Ceasefire in the Middle East](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/asia-asap-a-ceasefire-in-the-middle) _2026-04-08 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ ASPI Expert Commentary from Farwa Aamer, Lyle Morris, and Emma Chanlett-Avery ## [Iran Is Hitting Data Centers in the Gulf. It's Strategic.](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/iran-is-hitting-data-centers-in-the) _2026-04-01 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Faye Simanjuntak ## [Some software will become more fragile - not mine](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/software-will-get-more-fragile-over-time/) _2026-03-23 · mrnice.dev_ This blogpost is mostly a rant. In a perfect opening note to this blog, as I was sitting down to write it, I was faced with this message in my terminal, right after typing the hugo new command: ❯ hugo new posts/software-will-get-more-fragile-over-time.md WARN deprecated: module.mounts.excludeFiles was deprecated in Hugo v0.153.0 and will be removed in a future release.… ## [China Just Set Its Climate Playbook for the Next Five Years. Here's What's in It.](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/china-just-set-its-climate-playbook) _2026-03-18 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Taylah Bland and Betty Wang ## [IEEPA Fell. Now What? The Next Stage of Trump’s Tariff Offensive in Asia](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/ieepa-fell-now-what-the-next-stage) _2026-03-04 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Shay Wester and Robert Snedden ## [AI For All: India Hosts the 2026 AI Impact Summit](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/ai-for-all-india-hosts-the-2026-ai) _2026-02-18 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Faye Simanjuntak ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2Q8UxLwACHqV) _2026-02-18 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Asia ASAP: A Landslide Victory for Bangladesh’s National Party](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/asia-asap-a-landslide-victory-for) _2026-02-13 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ ASPI Expert Commentary from Rishi Gupta and Farwa Aamer ## [Elections and Expectations in Asia](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/elections-and-expectations-in-asia) _2026-02-04 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Farwa Aamer ## [A Shift in Trump’s Indo-Pacific Strategy in 2026?](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/a-shift-in-trumps-indo-pacific-strategy) _2026-01-21 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Rorry Daniels, Farwa Aamer, and Emma Chanlett-Avery ## [Trump's Tariff Playbook is Evolving](https://asiapolicy.asiasociety.org/p/trumps-tariff-playbook-is-evolving) _2026-01-07 · Asia Society Policy Institute · Asia Society Policy Institute_ By Jane Mellsop ## [It's the Circle of (NestJS) Life - NestJS Lifecycle breakdown](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/nestjs-lifecycle/) _2025-03-06 · mrnice.dev_ First blogpost about stuff I’ve learned since I (Shay Nehmad) started working at Opsin Security ! Check out this post for more details . NestJS lifecycle issues Recently at work I filed a new ticket on Linear related to NestJS lifecycle. It was a followup on a ramble on a Slack thread: When a certain shared module provider started (vagueness… ## [🌘 AI Roundtables @lunar.dev](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/lunar-dev-ai-roundtables/) _2025-01-10 · mrnice.dev_ Thank You, Lunar Team Before diving into all the AI insights: thanks Eyal Solomon (aka Luli , CEO) and Roy Gabbay (aka Gabbay , CTO), and Rotem (VP R&D), from lunar.dev for arranging these meetups and letting me be a part of what y’all are building. Leading the charge on AI thought leadership is hard with so much BS in the air. I definitely learned a ton, met cool… ## [🦪 5 Shell Tricks, because why not](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/shell-tricks-bag/) _2024-10-26 · mrnice.dev_ No time, let’s just go. This is zsh on MacOS. Copy current dir name Useful for when you copy a pyproject from another directory and want to rename the project to the current directory basename $( pwd ) | pbcopy Pomodoro 🍅 added two new functions to my .zshrc file: work and rest , which give me a built-in #pomodoro in the terminal. From Simple CLI… ## [GopherCon Israel 2024](https://www.mrnice.dev/posts/gophercon-israel-2024/) _2024-09-09 · mrnice.dev_ GopherCon Israel 2024! What a fun day. Started by seeing lots of familiar faces! Miki Tebeka , Yarden Laifenfeld , Liri Sokol , Guy Brandwine , Itamar Knafo , Ran Bar-Zik and more. It’s a lot of fun knowing people and saying hi to everyone, and meeting new people, too. I arrived there and met some people from Orca Security (where I…