# short take (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover short take. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Steward](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/the-steward) _2026-08-22 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ We need a very special kind of hero now ## [Short Takes #10](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/short-takes-10) _2026-08-16 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Little notes in a bottle ## [Terminology: Red Side Dots](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/terminology-red-side-dots) _2026-08-15 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Boom ## [Short Takes: 1995 360/12 BH/BT](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/short-takes-1995-36012-bhbt) _2026-08-14 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Woof ## [Short Takes: 1970 360](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/short-takes-1970-360-05f) _2026-08-12 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ When exceptions were the rule ## [Disorders of Attachment](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/disorders-of-attachment) _2026-08-09 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ The cancer of human existence ## [Two film critics on the Anthony Bourdain movie](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/tony-anthony-bourdain-matt-johnson) _2026-08-07 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ A conversation about Matt Johnson's Tony ## [Short Takes: 1965-1966 420 Contoured Back](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/short-takes-1965-1966-420-contoured) _2026-08-06 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ That just ain’t right… ## [Timeline: The Evolution of the 420/425](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/timeline-the-evolution-of-the-420425) _2026-08-05 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ The little entry-level guitar that could ## [Hugh Jackman murders a man for bread in the new Robin Hood](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/michael-sarnoski-interview-death-of-robinhood) _2026-07-30 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Abe Beame interviews the director of Pig and Death of Robin Hood on why food keeps showing up where you'd expect redemption. ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HJcamTXpKJiF) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Think Pieces: Everything Is a Combo 600](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/think-pieces-everything-is-a-combo) _2026-07-30 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Even if you don’t realize it ## [Terminology: New Capri](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/terminology-new-capri) _2026-07-29 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ The tweener of semi-hollowbodies ## [Oppression and Mind Control](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/oppression-and-mind-control) _2026-07-26 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ The ultimate dominance regime ## [Short Takes: 2012-2013 “Upside-Down” F-Holes](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/short-takes-2012-2013-upside-down) _2026-07-25 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Oops! ## [I wrote a book about sexy movies](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/i-wrote-a-book-about-sexy-movies) _2026-07-23 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ For A24 and it's out now ## [Terminology: SPC](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/terminology-spc) _2026-07-23 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Well isn’t that special? ## [Short Takes: 2009 310C64 Special Run](https://www.rickenbacker101.com/p/short-takes-2009-310c64-special-run) _2026-07-21 · Andy White · Rickenbacker 101_ Gotta catch ‘em all! ## [Movie Rx: Emily North of Angelcake](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/movie-rx-emily-north-of-angelcake) _2026-07-10 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ New column. Personalized recs better than the Netflix algorithm. ## [On the empty provocations of The Drama](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/the-drama-review-kristofer-borgli) _2026-07-03 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Late review, and what to watch instead. ## [What They're Having: John Early](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/what-theyre-having-john-early) _2026-06-26 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Dinner and a movie with the writer, director, and star of Maddie's Secret. ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/D6cus6xpPI3V) _2026-06-26 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [“Relationships” in the age of AI](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/relationships-in-the-age-of-ai) _2026-06-22 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Human. Inhuman. Nonhuman. ## [Technology Short Take 197](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/06/19/technology-short-take-197/) _2026-06-19 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Welcome to Technology Short Take 197! I’ve been traveling for business for the last week, so this Technology Short Take has a tad fewer links than I typically include. Even so, I still have links on radical new network designs, the impacts of AI on code security, things beginners get wrong about AWS IAM, and more! Let’s get into the content. Networking This story about a radical… ## [What They’re Having: Mon Petit Canard](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/interview-mon-petit-canard) _2026-06-18 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Dinner and a movie with Emma Leigh Macdonald & Rowan Spencer ## [Repetition. Reenactment. Regrowth.](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/do-same-thing-expect-different-result) _2026-06-14 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ On doing the same thing and looking for a different result ## [Elliot Tuttle wants sex to feel dangerous again](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/blue-film-elliot-tuttle-interview) _2026-06-11 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ An interview with the director of Blue Film, the movie (almost) everyone was too afraid to distribute. ## [Science and Religion](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/science-and-religion) _2026-06-07 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ A source of unlimited renewable energy ## [What They’re Having: Brooke Callahan](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/what-theyre-having-brooke-callahan-interview) _2026-06-05 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Dinner and a movie with the L.A. based designer. ## [Late reviews 2026](https://moviepudding.substack.com/p/movie-reviews-spring-2026) _2026-06-02 · Elissa Suh · MOVIEPUDDING_ Adapted from Virginia Feito’s novel, VICTORIAN PSYCHO is a darkly frosted confection about a death-haunted governess of dubious origins who arrives at a new place of work at a new country estate carrying more than a few secrets. ## [Depression(s)](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/depressions) _2026-05-23 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Mine. Yours. Ours. ## [Technology Short Take 196](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/05/22/technology-short-take-196/) _2026-05-22 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Welcome to Technology Short Take 196! Just in time for the US Memorial Day holiday, I am back with another list of articles related to various data center technologies like networking, security, operating systems, and applications. You will find articles on VPNs, Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities, browser quirks and workarounds, the death of Terraform (again), and so much… ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pc7T4C1TJC15) _2026-05-22 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [The time of your life](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/managing-the-time-of-your-life) _2026-05-16 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Tick. Tock. Repeat. ## [Carl Rogers and the science of psychotherapy](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/carl-rogers-psychotherapy-pioneer) _2026-05-09 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Discovering the remedy for what ails many of us former children ## [Technology Short Take 195](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/05/08/technology-short-take-195/) _2026-05-08 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Welcome to Technology Short Take #195! It wasn’t planned this way, but it seems like this Tech Short Take is heavily slanted toward AI/LLM-related articles and posts. Topics like security concerns around improper storage of API keys, how developers are using AI tools, spyware getting installed with AI assistants, and how AI/LLMs might be creating barriers to entry for new IT profesionals are… ## [Goals and plans and your “just right challenge”](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/your-just-right-challenge) _2026-05-02 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Easy-er does it! ## [Perfect Days](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/perfect-days) _2026-04-25 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ A movie and a mindset ## [It’s “the economy”, stupid!](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/its-the-economy-stupid) _2026-04-18 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ No, it’s YOUR economy that matters ## [Technology Short Take 194](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/04/17/technology-short-take-194/) _2026-04-17 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ This is Technology Short Take #194, the latest in my semi-regular series of posts sharing data center technology-related links and articles from around the web. What have I gathered for readers this time? Key topics in Tech Short Take 194 include a new cryptography-based network stack, a look at why folks are revolting against AI, and an in-depth comparison of microVM technologies. On to the… ## [A long collection of “Short Takes”](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/a-long-collection-of-short-takes) _2026-04-06 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Because sometimes less is more ## [Job Opening: HERO](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/job-opening-hero) _2026-04-04 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Every person may apply ## [Technology Short Take 193](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/04/03/technology-short-take-193/) _2026-04-03 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Welcome to Technology Short Take #193! I know it has only been a couple weeks since the last Tech Short Take, but I am guessing that readers won’t really mind another one. Here is my latest collection of articles and posts about data center-related technologies. Enjoy! Networking Brian Linkletter shares his 2026 list of network simulators and emulators . (Hat tip to Ivan P. for the link.)… ## [Life and Death in “The Lord of the Rings”](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/good-vs-evil-in-the-lord-of-the-rings) _2026-04-01 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ A tale for our troubled times ## [Trauma Talk](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/trauma-talk) _2026-03-28 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Once burned. Twice shy. ## [COVID-19 Redux](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/covid-19-redux) _2026-03-25 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Woulda. Coulda. Shoulda. ## [Talking About Pulumi and Network Automation](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/03/24/talking-about-pulumi-and-network-automation/) _2026-03-24 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Heard about Pulumi, but aren’t sure what it is? Maybe you know a little bit about Pulumi—like that it does infrastructure as code (IaC), but using general purpose programming languages—and you’re wondering where it fits in a larger automation framework? Or maybe you’re a network engineer just starting to dabble in network automation, and you’re wondering if this… ## [Short Takes #9](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/short-takes-9) _2026-03-21 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ Little notes in a bottle ## [Technology Short Take 192](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/03/20/technology-short-take-192/) _2026-03-20 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Welcome to Technology Short Take #192! Who’s interested in some links to data center technology-related articles and posts? If that’s you, you’re in the right place. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking Interested in an autonomous network engineering agent powered by Claude ? (Hat tip to Russ S. for sending this my way.) Security Google’s Threat… ## [“The Hero’s Journey”: A roadmap for living a full life](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/the-heros-journey-a-roadmap-for-living) _2026-03-18 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ A collection of essays, poems and photographs about the path ## [The Science of Success](https://bairdbrightman.substack.com/p/the-science-of-success) _2026-03-14 · Baird Brightman · HUMAN NATURE_ “Experiments” aren’t just for the biology lab ## [Using Mitmproxy to Observe kubectl Traffic](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/03/04/using-mitmproxy-to-observe-kubectl-traffic/) _2026-03-04 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ When I first started learning Kubernetes, I had the idea that observing the network traffic between a client system using kubectl and the Kubernetes API Server would be a useful thing to do. The source of the idea is unclear; I am unsure why I thought this would be useful as a learning tool. Regardless, I continued on with learning Kubernetes and never really pursued this idea—until this… ## [Running the Azure CLI in a Container](https://blog.scottlowe.org/2026/03/02/running-azure-cli-in-container/) _2026-03-02 · Scott Lowe · Scott's Weblog_ Like perhaps some readers, I am quite particular about what gets installed on my systems. I try to keep my systems as “clean” as possible, doing my best to avoid tools that have an extensive list of dependencies that must be installed and updated. Where that isn’t possible—such as with the Azure CLI, which has a massive number of Python modules that are required in order…