# side stories (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover side stories. Page: Feed: --- ## [It Was 105 Degrees Outside. I Started Wondering What the Heat Was Changing](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/it-was-105-degrees-outside-i-started) _2026-08-21 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Some of the most important consequences of a warming world may be happening in organisms most of us barely notice ## [Karen Marie Shelton’s Notes From the Garage: Pluto](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/karen-marie-sheltons-notes-from-the) _2026-08-20 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Pluto rules what is buried. Naturally, I found these notes buried in my garage ## [The number 59.26 can kill you](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/the-number-59-26-can-kill-you) _2026-08-18 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ In recent years, many of us have learned new terms. The "tipping point" is one of these terms, and it has been very relevant again during the summer. When it comes to climate, we constantly hear about tipping points. Thresholds that, once crossed, have far-reaching consequences. What exactly that means is abstract for many of us. I was recommended an interesting video on YouTube about percolation… ## [Follow Plugin Updates](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/follow-plugin-updates) _2026-08-13 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ After a bit of silence here, during which I spent some time relaxing, reading books, and taking a so-called vacation, I'm now picking up where I left off and working on my Kirby plugins. I have a mountain of tasks and ideas piling up. In addition to the existing plugins, I will be taking over two that were previously managed by the company, and I'm working on two new plugins: Kirby-Obsidian-Sync… ## [The Sun Goes Dark in Leo on August 12. Pay Attention to What Happens Next](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/the-sun-goes-dark-in-leo-on-august) _2026-08-11 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ The Total Solar Eclipse of August 12, 2026 isn’t asking you to become someone new. It may be asking you to stop pretending you aren’t already here ## [All Sides of the Story](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/all-sides-of-the-story) _2026-08-05 · Writing Class Radio Story School_ We want your side. ## [America Has No Idea How to Regulate a Plant That Acts Like a Drug](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/america-has-no-idea-how-to-regulate) _2026-08-04 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Kratom and unwashed poppy seeds expose the dangerous gap between natural, legal, and safe ## [The Woman Who Never Hid Her Pain Is Asking for Our Help](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-never-hid-her-pain) _2026-08-03 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Ossiana Tepfenhart has spent years sharing the hardest parts of her life with unflinching honesty. Now, as she deals with kratom addiction, she needs her community beside her. Will you help? ## [Introducing...Tennis Hag](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/introducingtennis-hag) _2026-07-28 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ I'm reclaiming old womanhood. ## [The Invitation That Changed the Way I Saw the World](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/the-invitation-that-changed-the-way) _2026-07-22 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ The night I first encountered the Law of One—and why I'm still thinking about it decades later ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4hbgI2yv1BBp) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [July 21 Birthday Profile](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/july-21-birthday-profile) _2026-07-22 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ The Day of Tragicomic Controversy ## [July 20 Birthday Profile](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/july-20-birthday-profile) _2026-07-21 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Learning to Embrace the Journey of Becoming - The Day of Ups and Downs ## [July 19 Birthday Personality Profile](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/july-19-birthday-personality-profile) _2026-07-19 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ It's The Day of Controlled Movements ## [July 18 Birthday Personality Profile](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/july-18-birthday-personality-profile) _2026-07-18 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ It's The Day of Convictions - You Are The Heart of a Leader Who Never Forgets Home ## [I Clicked on a Birthday Livestream for Five Minutes. Six Hours Later, I Remembered What Joy Felt Like.](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/i-clicked-on-a-birthday-livestream) _2026-07-16 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ I wasn't looking for an unforgettable afternoon. It found me anyway. ## [The July Cancer New Moon Is Asking Me to Begin Again](https://karenmshelton.substack.com/p/the-july-cancer-new-moon-is-asking) _2026-07-12 · Karen Marie Shelton · 2 Sides 2 Every Story_ Why returning to the past may be the very thing that moves you forward ## [Be a Joiner](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/be-a-joiner) _2026-07-08 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Odd advice, I know. ## [Junited Recap](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/junited-recap) _2026-07-01 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Junited 2026 is over, and once again, I only managed to create a handful of links. I wonder if these kinds of blogging events are even for me. Well, my dear friends, I hate to say it, but June is already over. And with it, the Junited blog challenge, which I once again masterfully completed by constantly forgetting to post links. I did manage to post a few, though. Even better, I discovered many… ## [Server Side Stories](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/server-side-stories) _2026-06-30 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Although producing our podcast has always been a lot of fun, this is the official end of it after almost six months of inactivity. At my company, I'm often the one who pushes for small experiments; that's how blogs or, in this case, a podcast come about. Our podcast, called Server Side Stories, is now being discontinued after a little over a year. We regularly talked about tech stuff that we… ## [Correction: Tips Clinic is Tomorrow](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/correction-tips-clinic-is-tomorrow) _2026-06-19 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ I sent you the wrong date. Doh! ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FvaeIEgVPZF2) _2026-06-19 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [My Point of View Is Whack](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/my-point-of-view-is-whack) _2026-06-18 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Yours probably is too. ## [Mastodon Collections](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/mastodon-collections) _2026-06-18 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Version 4.6 of Mastodon Collections introduces lists of users to make it easier to find accounts on specific topics. When Bluesky launched, they had the great idea of Starter Packs. Essentially, these were user lists focused on specific topics. Anyone interested in TypeScript could find a TypeScript Starter Pack and then follow all, or even just individual, accounts within it with a single click.… ## [The epic story of markdown](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/the-epic-story-of-markdown) _2026-06-17 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Markdown makes it easy to format and structure text. I'm a big fan and use it wherever I can. But how did Markdown actually come about? To me, it always feels like Markdown has always been around, but of course, someone 1 actually came up with this thing at some point. We've come a long way from something that felt like only developers used. Markdown is used everywhere these days. Well-known tools… ## [Dynamic Dungeons](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/dynamische-dungeons) _2026-06-15 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Over at "anmut und demut" Benjamin writes about reusing dungeons, and I immediately thought of two things. https://anmutunddemut.de/2026/06/13/dungeons-wiederverwenden.html Hero Quest I spent a considerable amount of my youth playing Hero Quest with friends at a table in the basement. It's a kind of board game RPG. I mention it because the dungeon was essentially always the same. You unfolded the… ## [About burgers and black holes](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/gps) _2026-06-14 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ Today I learned that my burger delivery only arrives because massive black holes out there are pumping radio signals into the vastness of the universe. The first time I consciously encountered GPS, I thought my device somehow connected to a satellite, which then shared its position with my device. I quickly learned that it doesn't work that way and is a little more complicated. After a long day at… ## [IndieConnector and standard.site](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/indieconnector-and-standard-site) _2026-06-06 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ I was just about to stop my feature freeze and include standard.site in the IndieConnector. Almost. Over the past few days, I've been coming across standard.site quite often. I think the idea is pretty good and believe there's a lot more to come, which is why I've been reading up on it a bit. I have to admit that I was initially quite skeptical about the whole Bluesky thing. For a long time, it… ## [Planning IndieConnector 3](https://maurice-renck.de/en/blog/2026/planning-indieconnector-3) _2026-06-05 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ It may not seem logical at first to announce work on a new major release when a course and a sync plugin are also awaiting completion, but I've given it some thought. I'm currently making frequent changes to my website, and almost every one of these changes aims to simplify things—for visitors, for me in the panel, and in the code. The planned release of IndieConnector also aims for this. The… ## [Link: Diablo Soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZHX1-SdiQ) _2026-06-01 · Maurice Renck · Maurice Renck_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIZHX1-SdiQ Listening to the Diablo soundtrack(s) while working or to relax isn't weird, is it? ## [Writing Class Changed My Life](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/writing-class-changed-my-life) _2026-05-15 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ and Allison's too. Writing class can also change yours. ## [You Gotta Trick Your Brain](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/you-gotta-trick-your-brain) _2026-04-07 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ in Writing and in Tennis. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ALV5iic52AVO) _2026-04-07 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [Dementia Took My Dad and Also Brought Him Back](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/dementia-took-my-dad-and-also-brought) _2026-02-27 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ I wrote about it in Huffington Post ## [For the Love of Tennis...](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/for-the-love-of-tennis) _2026-02-11 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ or is there some twisted reason I'm playing again? ## [I'm a Gringa Married to a Venezuelan. Here's My Take on the Capture of Maduro.](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/im-a-gringa-married-to-a-venezuelan) _2026-01-09 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ I know a little bit. ## [My Wife Isn't the Best Gift Giver](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/my-wife-isnt-the-best-gift-giver) _2025-12-21 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ But she's the best sport...Happy Holidays! ## [Reduce Stress in Your Marriage During the Holidays:](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/reduce-stress-in-your-marriage-during) _2025-12-18 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Buy your own gifts! ## [Tips Clinic Sat + All Sides Wants Your Story](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/tips-clinic-sat-all-sides-wants-your) _2025-11-19 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Tips Clinic is this Saturday + All Sides of the Story submission deadline extended ## [What Is the Meaning of these Toasters?](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/what-is-the-meaning-of-these-toasters) _2025-11-07 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Obviously... ## [There Might Be More to Every Story](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/there-might-be-more-to-every-story) _2025-10-09 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Maybe? ## [How the Hell Do I Get a Book Published?](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/how-the-hell-do-i-get-a-book-published) _2025-09-09 · Writing Class Radio Story School_ The good news: One of our students just did it. The bad news: Platform matters. ## [Are We All Living Inside a Pizza Box?](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/are-we-all-living-inside-a-pizza) _2025-08-06 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Or just me? ## [How to Write Your Truth without Sounding like an A-hole...](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/how-to-write-your-truth-without-sounding) _2025-07-09 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Sometimes you're just gonna sound like an a-hole. ## [How Do You Write a Persuasive Personal Essay?](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/how-do-you-write-a-persuasive-personal) _2025-06-11 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ Hit 'em in the amygdala. ## [My Story Is on the Podcast](https://andreaaskowitz.substack.com/p/my-story-is-on-the-podcast) _2025-05-08 · Andrea Askowitz · Writing Class Radio Story School_ I used a clever device--the braided essay--even though I don't like clever devices.