# six years (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 10 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover six years. Page: Feed: --- ## [Did Trump Just Put South Carolina in Play?](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/did-trump-just-put-south-carolina) _2026-08-26 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Three reasons this race might be closer than South Carolina's history suggests ## [Gettin’ Hip to the Marlboro Vinyasa](https://willicarlisle.substack.com/p/gettin-hip-to-the-marlboro-vinyasa) _2026-08-25 · Willi Carlisle · Willi Carlisle_ a new single, dispatches from home, preparing for tour! ## [The Jeffries-Kushner Meeting: What It Actually Means](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-jeffries-kushner-meeting-what) _2026-08-24 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Yes, it was a mistake. No, it's not evidence the future Speaker is folding. ## [Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) - William Gibson](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13968) _2026-08-23 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ From sky the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel onwards, Neuromancer just doesn't stop describing a world that gets under your fingernails. This is the canonical cyberpunk for me. Shocking that a novel published in 1984 isn't filled to the brim with anachronistic tech. They are in there (landline phones, modems and printers), but don't seem to get in the way. Torus, spindle, cluster.… ## [The 2028 Electability Trap Roiling Democrats](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-2028-electability-trap-roiling) _2026-08-22 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Plus: swing voters vs. new voters, blue-wave math, Schumer, investigating Trump, and Erika Kirk on Summer House ## [Why Every 2028 Campaign Should Study Angie Nixon's Win](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-every-2028-campaign-should-study) _2026-08-19 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ She fused young progressives and Black voters, the only combination that wins Democratic primaries ## [Soldier of the Mist - Gene Wolfe](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13967) _2026-08-19 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ Another Starship Alexandria recommendation. It's vibrant and very clever, but inherently confusing (at least to me). The narrative jumps as the protagonist's memory resets each day and I had a similar problem. Spent most of this book wondering what was going on (which was perhaps the author's intent). ## [Trump Is Giving Your Money to His Corporate Backers](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/trump-is-giving-your-money-to-his) _2026-08-18 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ He made you pay for illegal tariffs. Now he's refunding the corporations and stiffing you. Democrats should scream it from the rooftops. ## [Tomorrow! Tomorrow! Six Years in the Making](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/tomorrow-tomorrow-six-years-in-the) _2026-08-17 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ A hammock, a tiny toad, and the day before everything changed. ## [Thoughts on the Michigan Poll Freaking Out Democrats](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-on-the-michigan-poll-freaking) _2026-08-17 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Why the panic is understandable, why it's overblown, and how Abdul El-Sayed wins anyway. ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KVNqIwtEBMqt) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [When does a good idea become a bad one?](https://toska.bearblog.dev/when-does-a-good-idea-become-a-bad-one/) _2026-08-17 · toska · toska_ Part of me hesitates to write and share these thoughts because they sound silly. Naïve, even. A mix of too much and too little confidence. And in the end, everything in my head was all abstract, so what's the point in overanalyzing things? Who cares, I'm writing about this anyway. For years ideas and fantasies marinated in my brain: I would move to Germany not long after finishing graduate school,… ## [How Big Will the Blue Wave Be?](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-big-will-the-blue-wave-be) _2026-08-15 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Plus: the "unelectable" narrative, the case against impeaching Trump, and why open primaries don't do what critics think ## [What the Hell Just Happened in Wisconsin?](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/what-the-hell-happened-in-wisconsin) _2026-08-12 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Hong was up 20 in every poll and lost by half a point. The postmortem. ## [The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice - Devlin Barrett](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13966) _2026-08-12 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ ## [Gotcha](https://toska.bearblog.dev/gotcha/) _2026-08-11 · toska · toska_ Very recently marked 29 years since I was brought to the United States from my country of origin. Thankfully, my adoptive parents never attempted to celebrate my "gotcha day," a day and overall concept often dedicated to rescued pets and that many adoptees (rightfully) loathe, instead choosing to sweep the detachment of me from my own home, language, and culture under the rug. As an adult, I've… ## [Would You Like 28 Days of Joy?](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/would-you-like-28-days-of-joy) _2026-08-11 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ We all need more joy in our lives, especially now. I've got a way to help you find it. ## [Can Francesca Hong Win? Yes. Is She the Most Electable? Probably Not.](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/can-francesca-hong-win-yes-is-she) _2026-08-11 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Here's what the data says. ## [How Trump's Grip on the GOP Is Slipping — One Primary at a Time](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-trumps-grip-on-the-gop-is-slipping) _2026-08-09 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ He still wins 97% of his primaries. The exceptions are the story. ## [Do You Dream of Terra-Two? - Temi Oh](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13965) _2026-08-09 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ This is the first Starship Alexandria book that I haven't loved. I feel like I went into this expecting hard sci-fi and it didn't reach that bar for me. I couldn't get my suspension of belief to kick in. My feelings about the characters ranging from dislike (Harry obviously), through bafflement (the other kids) to frustration (adults being so unaware/ambivalent about what the kids, under their… ## [Why the Michigan Polls Blew It — And What It Means for November](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-the-michigan-polls-blew-it-and) _2026-08-08 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Plus: impeachment, open primaries, October surprises, and reasons for Texas optimism ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/30ora5Z5iiw8) _2026-08-08 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Twelve Years Later, Lezley McSpadden-Head is Still Building](https://campaignzero.substack.com/p/twelve-years-later-lezley-mcspadden) _2026-08-07 · deray · Campaign Zero with DeRay_ How Lezley McSpadden-Head built a Foundation supporting young people in Michael Brown’s name—and how Campaign Zero has worked alongside her. ## [Here's Exactly How Abdul El-Sayed Beats Mike Rogers](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/heres-exactly-how-abdul-el-sayed) _2026-08-05 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ Everyone says Democrats just handed away a must-win Senate seat. They're wrong, but only if El-Sayed does these things. ## [Why I Turned Off Google AdSense](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13963) _2026-08-05 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ In 2006, inspired by the recent movie and the launch of the JavaScript Google Maps API , I started working on a project to map the events of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels . At the time I thought using Google AdSense which had launched a few years earlier would help support the running costs of the site. Over the years, as those fairly innocuous text ads evolved into image display ads… ## [The Appointment That Saved My Life](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/the-appointment-that-saved-my-life) _2026-08-04 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ Six years ago today I went to an appointment that saved my life. ## [Is Michigan a Reckoning for the Democratic Establishment?](https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/is-michigan-a-reckoning-for-the-democratic) _2026-08-04 · Dan Pfeiffer · The Message Box_ The Democratic Establishment went all in for Stevens, tonight we find out if it worked. ## [The Wars of Reconstruction: The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era - Douglas R. Egerton](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13964) _2026-08-03 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ I had an idea of what Reconstruction in the United States looked like. A montage of lost opportunity with the death of Lincoln , short lived representation for African Americans, brutal suppression of those same people. This detailed history of the period has expanded that montage with the extrodinary lives of those who lived and fought through this critical period in the story of the United… ## [Is it Noise? Or is it Connection?](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/is-it-noise-or-is-it-connection) _2026-07-31 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ Sometimes all it takes is a shift in perspective to turn an annoyance into something meaningful. ## [Re: Online Friends Are Real Friends](https://toska.bearblog.dev/re-online-friends-are-real-friends/) _2026-07-29 · toska · toska_ A few days ago I booked my flights to not only attend a professional event, but also visit and stay with one of my best friends next month. This will be the sixth time that at least one of us has traveled to hang out with the other. We met each other online six years ago via Reddit (and to some degree, Instagram back when I still had an account) simply through shared interests. Never in my life… ## [How to Write a Song in Six Years or More](https://willicarlisle.substack.com/p/how-to-write-a-song-in-six-years) _2026-07-27 · Willi Carlisle · Willi Carlisle_ scribbles, demos, and demystifying intertextuality ## [Feeling violated, and maybe it's my fault](https://toska.bearblog.dev/feeling-violated-and-maybe-its-my-fault/) _2026-07-25 · toska · toska_ I briefly dated a guy from a dating app earlier this month. While I'm not looking for a life partner at the moment, I still struggle with feeling like I'm too picky. But on paper this seemed like a good match: we're both well educated and progressive, and we have a similar sense of humor and taste in music. He was down to text via Signal and was always super responsive. We even have similar roots,… ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZRyPlberw1hj) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Green City Wars - Adrian Tchaikovsky](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13962) _2026-07-25 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ ## [Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project Screensaver for Windows](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13953) _2026-07-22 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ About six years ago, I wrote a MacOS version of my Patrick O'Brian Mapping Project screensaver . Six years later I finally got around to writing a version that runs on Windows computers. Please see the terms of use below (N.B. Satellite imagery is provided by and copyright © MapTiler © OpenStreetMap contributors ). I hope you like it and would love to hear from you if you do. Download Copyright… ## [My relationship with football](https://toska.bearblog.dev/my-relationship-with-football/) _2026-07-20 · toska · toska_ Or shall I say soccer because I was raised in the US? I'm writing this because I need to. The sport was such a long chapter in my life, and thanks to my newfound unemployment, I've been able to watch by far the greatest number of World Cup matches ever in my adulthood. So, I'll start from the beginning. I think I was around six years old when my parents enrolled me in ballet and gymnastics… ## [Hodge-Podge and Mish-Mash](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/hodge-podge-and-mish-mash) _2026-07-17 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ I wasn't sure what to write... until I was. ## [Putting myself (and my photos) out there](https://toska.bearblog.dev/putting-myself-and-my-photos-out-there/) _2026-07-16 · toska · toska_ I hesitate to call myself a photographer, but maybe I am given how much I've been itching to make a photography website for the past couple of years. I take photos for fun. I've never had any formal instruction besides an intro class I took in middle school, which probably doesn't even count. But photography always manages to become something like a job for me whenever I travel somewhere. I'm not… ## [New Record: "The Universal Bubba"](https://willicarlisle.substack.com/p/new-record-the-universal-bubba) _2026-07-15 · Willi Carlisle · Willi Carlisle_ first single, tour, and preorder! ## [A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8) - Matt Dinniman](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13961) _2026-07-13 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ I liked it enough to read all eight. I didn't like it enough to join the cult . I can get pretty hooked by these kinds of long arc stories, but sometimes I feel like I am wading through the gore to get to the next metaplot reveal. ## [Unemployed](https://toska.bearblog.dev/unemployed/) _2026-07-10 · toska · toska_ I've been unemployed for a week now. For the first time in my adult life, I have no authority that tells me how to occupy my days. This wasn't by choice. It's all Donald Trump's fault, to be honest. If not for this regime, I would be living in a different city right now working on something in science policy. Then things got even worse, and due to continued pressure, my advisor can no longer fund… ## [Dances, Losses, and Moral Ambitions](https://willicarlisle.substack.com/p/dances-losses-and-moral-ambitions) _2026-07-09 · Willi Carlisle · Willi Carlisle_ So! ## [Donuts](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13952) _2026-07-04 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ Five years ago I decided learning Blender might be fun and had a crack at the BlenderGuru (Andrew Price) Donut Tutorial . I have played around with the 3D modelling tools in the past, but this tutorial really helped me get my teeth in to this software and led to lots of fun projects since . With each new version of Blender, Andrew has created a fresh update to the tutorial. He includes enough… ## [Permission to Say No](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/permission-to-say-no) _2026-07-03 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ Saying No is a WHOLE lot of fun, especially since it means saying Yes to your dreams. ## [The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) - Mary Stewart](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13960) _2026-07-01 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ ## [Racial Disparities in Cincinnati Police Stops](https://campaignzero.substack.com/p/racial-disparities-in-cincinnati) _2026-06-29 · Jacob Wourms · Campaign Zero with DeRay_ Campaign Zero’s report finds that Cincinnati Police stop Black people 3.4x more often than White People. These disparities are explained by the whiteness of a neighborhood, not by crime rates. ## [Going through my trauma would not make yours easier](https://toska.bearblog.dev/going-through-my-trauma-would-not-make-yours-easier/) _2026-06-21 · toska · toska_ Lately I've been entertaining romantic relations with someone I'd already established a good friendship. As I mentioned in my last blog post, he has been through some pretty horrifying shit. He also was kicked out of his home as a teenager, and his mother told his sister that he moved to a different country (when in reality he still lived in the same city as them). He moved to the United States a… ## [This Inevitable Ruin (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #7) - Matt Dinniman](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13959) _2026-06-17 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ ## [Letting yourself be cared for](https://toska.bearblog.dev/letting-yourself-be-cared-for/) _2026-06-08 · toska · toska_ I felt like an evil person recently. The dynamic between a good friend and me has shifted recently, as we both admitted feelings for each other thanks to a deep emotional bond that makes us feel safe with each other. We're still trying to work things out, so we decided to try having a serious chat a couple weeks ago. I insisted we go to a café to chat. Of course, I didn't know he was going to… ## [The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #6) - Matt Dinniman](http://www.cannonade.net/blog.php?id=13958) _2026-06-08 · Cannonade.Net Microblog_ ## [So Much for a Quiet Summer](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/so-much-for-a-quiet-summer) _2026-06-05 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ This is what happens when I say, "Hey, I think I'll stay home more." HA! ## [Sweeping Parole Improvements in Maryland](https://campaignzero.substack.com/p/sweeping-parole-improvements-in-maryland) _2026-06-04 · Jacob Wourms · Campaign Zero with DeRay_ For decades, thousands of people in Maryland had to apply for parole hearings even though they were eligible. That changes now. ## [Tomorrow's a big day](https://theresastoryteller.substack.com/p/tomorrows-a-big-day) _2026-06-02 · Theresa Carter Goodrich · The Joyful Storyteller_ My last appointment with my oncologist for a year - we hope!