# spent year (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 7 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover spent year. Page: Feed: --- ## [AI’s Hidden $15.3 Billion Testing Tax](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/ais-hidden-153-billion-testing-tax) _2026-08-21 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ In the last edition, I presented the thesis behind the memory shortage, which has delivered a return of more than 829% for one of the portfolios we published on Altis.finance. ## [Everyone Loves a Goldenboy Until He Has to Grow Up](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/everyone-loves-a-goldenboy-until) _2026-08-20 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ There is something quite funny about LEN making an album that sounds like a victory lap when the wider UK music industry still hasn’t fully given him the trophy. ## [Don’t Feed It](https://www.readtpa.com/p/dont-feed-it) _2026-08-18 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ The algorithm will make you mad, if you let it. I keep letting it. ## [your 9pm glass and the 3am wake](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/your-9pm-glass-and-the-3am-wake) _2026-08-18 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ The thread going round about alcohol reaches a conclusion the evidence mostly backs. ## [Our Memory Shortage Portfolio Is Now Up 829% — What Happens Next?](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/our-memory-shortage-portfolio-is) _2026-08-18 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ A little over two weeks ago, I wrote about a portfolio that had returned +516.8%. ## [Tim Pool, Moderate? LOL](https://www.readtpa.com/p/tim-pool-moderate-lol) _2026-08-17 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ The right-wing podcaster played the role of "moderate" on a recent Jubilee video. What? ## [The Most Interesting Thing About Starrgirl Is Ayra](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/the-most-interesting-thing-about) _2026-08-17 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ Ayra Starr has spent years becoming a star. ## [The drug built on that Alzheimer's bacteria theory failed its human trial](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/the-drug-built-on-that-alzheimers) _2026-08-13 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ A drug company found the bacteria in Alzheimer’s brains, built a drug to kill it, tested that drug in 643 people, and watched it fail. ## [She Turned 50 and Deliberately Planned to Earn 25% Less. Here's Why.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-turned-50-and-deliberately-planned) _2026-08-13 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Hatton Littman built a thriving consulting firm in Montana—then redesigned it around her life instead of her revenue target. What she learned about money, energy, and knowing yourself. ## [No. 020 - The Hardest Part Was Never Autism.](https://martisluzysanto.substack.com/p/no-020-the-hardest-part-was-never) _2026-08-13 · Martis · Martis_ Some truths take years to understand. This one took me twenty letters to finally write. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9LgkHnCoy2PA) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [The AI Chip Testing Bottleneck Behind a +126.7% Portfolio](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-ai-chip-testing-bottleneck-behind) _2026-08-12 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ For most of the AI boom, the semiconductor investment map was fairly easy to understand. ## [She Became a Lawyer to Please Her Mother. At 50, She Started Pleasing Herself.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-became-a-lawyer-to-please-her) _2026-08-11 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Maria Leonard Olsen built a fleet of "side boats"—eight books, two TED talks, a podcast—without quitting her day job. Here's how she did it, one thing at a time. ## [You Are What U Eat: UK Poo](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/you-are-what-u-eat-uk-poo) _2026-08-10 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ Before poo, there was food. ## [the coffee industry paid for that study](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/the-coffee-industry-paid-for-that) _2026-08-10 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ A new study says coffee reshapes the gut bugs that talk to your brain. It’s real. The coffee industry paid for it. Both are true. ## [Political Messaging](https://www.readtpa.com/p/political-messaging) _2026-08-06 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Nobody can tell you if Trump believes his own claims. Somehow that's not the story. ## [She Spent Years Being Called "Too Much." Then She Built a Business Out of It.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-spent-years-being-called-too) _2026-08-06 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Rachel Cohen was told to pick a lane—social worker or planner. She refused, launched Aging Dynamics at midlife, and turned her "generalist" label into her sharpest advantage. ## [No. 019 - Grief Isn't Always About Death.](https://martisluzysanto.substack.com/p/no-019-grief-isnt-always-about-death) _2026-08-06 · Martis · Martis_ The grief that has no funeral, no name, and nowhere to put itself. ## [Straight Down the Middle](https://www.readtpa.com/p/straight-down-the-middle) _2026-08-05 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Ask the people who aren't there anymore. ## [The biggest study on stress hormones and waist size found a tiny link](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/the-biggest-study-on-stress-hormones) _2026-08-04 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ Cortisol face. ## [She Meditated on a Mountain Porch and Came Down With a Business Plan](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-meditated-on-a-mountain-porch) _2026-08-04 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Jennifer Stapleton spent 20 years making other people famous. Then January 6th broke something loose—and Fire and Bliss was born. ## [Ultra-Quiet Business Mini (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zMPgwlEOcZnb) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Compact business mini, ultra-quiet for focused work. ## [The Overlooked AI Shortage Behind a +516.8% Portfolio](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-overlooked-ai-shortage-behind) _2026-08-02 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ Hard drives were supposed to be dying. ## [Spirulina's brain detox claim has no human trial behind it](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/spirulinas-brain-detox-claim-has) _2026-08-01 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ Spirulina cannot detox your brain ## [DAMEDAME\*'S DREAMS ON THE PASSENGER SEATS ABOUT TAKING YOUR LIFE BACK](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/damedames-dreams-on-the-passenger) _2026-07-31 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ There is something powerful about the title DREAMS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. ## ["I Don't Look Like Mark Zuckerberg" — So She Funded Her Startup a Different Way](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/i-dont-look-like-mark-zuckerberg) _2026-07-30 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ AnnMaria De Mars couldn't get angel investors excited. She raised millions anyway. A roadmap for women who don't fit the founder mold. ## [No. 018 - You Are Allowed To Be One Of The People You Love.](https://martisluzysanto.substack.com/p/no-018-you-are-allowed-to-be-one) _2026-07-30 · Martis · Martis_ On giving everything without giving yourself away. ## [Imagining a Guy: Names Edition](https://www.readtpa.com/p/imagining-a-guy-names-edition) _2026-07-29 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ The Post found a progressive who doesn’t exist and caught her betraying a belief she doesn’t hold. ## [The Punchline](https://www.readtpa.com/p/the-punchline) _2026-07-28 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Dylan Mulvaney did nothing wrong. That's the point. ## [She Doubled Her Rate at 70 — Then Told a Potential Client Who Balked to Shop at Payless](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-doubled-her-rate-at-70-then-told) _2026-07-28 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Nancy Shenker left corporate at 48, got torpedoed twice, and built a fleet of businesses. Her rules for pricing, hiring, and knowing when "enough" is the goal. ## [Dinner Theater](https://www.readtpa.com/p/dinner-theater) _2026-07-27 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Everyone's writing about how Trump bombed at the correspondents' dinner. The bigger embarrassment was the press corps that sat there and took it. ## ["Your bloodwork is normal" is not the flex they think it is](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/your-bloodwork-is-normal-is-not-the) _2026-07-27 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ Someone with twenty years and a big audience told you the tell. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pS0IZMycW6Ed) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [TYLA IS A\*POP. YES.. POP](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/tyla-is-apop-yes-pop) _2026-07-26 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ There is a weird discussion right now, and let’s talk about it. ## [Lithium and Alzheimer's: the study is real. The dose isn't](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/lithium-and-alzheimers-the-study) _2026-07-24 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ Harvard found something genuine in mice. ## [She Spent Decades Fixing People's Backs. Then She Walked Away to Fix the System.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-spent-decades-fixing-peoples) _2026-07-23 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Dr. Sam Graber closed a thriving chiropractic practice at midlife to build a health coaching business—and learned the hard way that your body is your business infrastructure. ## [No. 017 - I Was Lonely. Then I Hit Publish.](https://martisluzysanto.substack.com/p/no-017-i-was-lonely-then-i-hit-publish) _2026-07-23 · Martis · Martis_ The things we never say out loud don't disappear. They become heavier. ## [The 4% Problem](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-4-problem) _2026-07-23 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ Hendrik Bessembinder, at Arizona State, has spent years asking a question that sounds almost silly until you look at the data: if the stock market creates enormous wealth in aggregate, why do most individual stocks fail? ## [The 4% Problem](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-4-problem) _2026-07-23 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ Hendrik Bessembinder, at Arizona State, has spent years asking a question that sounds almost silly until you look at the data: if the stock market creates enormous wealth in aggregate, why do most individual stocks fail? ## [Where Did 30% of America Get This Opinion About The Odyssey?](https://www.readtpa.com/p/where-did-30-of-america-get-this) _2026-07-22 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Nobody arrives at a take on Helen of Troy casting by accident. A YouGov poll shows what Elon Musk and right-wing media's campaign against The Odyssey actually built. ## [Buy High, Sell Low - The Multibagger Series — Part 2](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/buy-high-sell-low-the-multibagger) _2026-07-22 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ If you missed it, read it after this one rather than before. ## [She Built a Fleet of Businesses After 60. Then Her 96-Year-Old Mother Moved In.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-built-a-fleet-of-businesses-after) _2026-07-21 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Wendy Green pioneered a whole world of work around changing what we think about aging. What happens when caregiving forces you to redesign the boat you already built? ## [Noon is the wrong caffeine cutoff. Here's yours.](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/noon-is-the-wrong-caffeine-cutoff) _2026-07-20 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ You did the noon cutoff. ## [There’s No Gotcha Here](https://www.readtpa.com/p/theres-no-gotcha-here) _2026-07-17 · Parker Molloy · The Present Age_ Calling Hegseth’s testosterone program "gender-affirming care" trivializes trans healthcare and misreads what we’re up against. Speaking only for myself: knock it off ## [How Public Companies Lie to You — Legally](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/how-public-companies-lie-to-you-legally) _2026-07-17 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ Here’s a comfortable lie most retail investors believe: “It’s publicly traded, so it’s regulated, so it’s transparent.” ## [Morning light doesn't lower cortisol. It should.](https://beforeitbreaks.substack.com/p/morning-light-doesnt-lower-cortisol) _2026-07-16 · Before It Breaks · Before It Breaks_ You’ve been getting the morning sun. ## [She Let a Good Idea Collect Dust for 20 Years. Then It Started Yelling.](https://buildyourownboat.substack.com/p/she-let-a-good-idea-collect-dust) _2026-07-16 · Janine Vanderburg · Build Your Own Boat_ Marketing strategist Jacqui Fishman shelved This Girl Can Change the World for two decades—until she couldn't ignore it anymore. What she did next is a roadmap for anyone with a dream on pause. ## [No. 016 - Love Leaves Fingerprints](https://martisluzysanto.substack.com/p/no-016-love-leaves-fingerprints) _2026-07-16 · Martis · Martis_ The body remembers what the heart survived. ## [The Volatility Laundering](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-volatility-laundering) _2026-07-15 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ There’s an accusation that has been circulating in the serious corners of asset management for a few years now, sharpened mostly by Cliff Asness of AQR. ## [The Volatility Laundering](https://publicmarkets.substack.com/p/the-volatility-laundering) _2026-07-15 · Public Markets · Public Markets_ There’s an accusation that has been circulating in the serious corners of asset management for a few years now, sharpened mostly by Cliff Asness of AQR. ## [HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-to-me) _2026-07-15 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ Perspective. ## [‘Storytelling’ With God](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/storytelling-with-god) _2026-07-14 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ I’ve always been a storyteller. ## [‘Legacy’ With God](https://mimithemusicblogger.substack.com/p/legacy-with-god) _2026-07-14 · Mimi the music blogger 📍 · Mimi the music blogger 📍_ Recently, I’ve been thinking about legacy.