# spent (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 131 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover spent. Page: Feed: --- ## [Everything I Own Now Rents Itself Back to Me Monthly](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/everything-i-own-now-rents-itself) _2026-08-23 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ Everything I Own Now Rents Itself Back to Me Monthly ## [2026-08-22](https://florian.photo/2026-08-22) _2026-08-22 · florian.photo_ Today was a travel day. Made it back home safely and smoothly. (No carsickness for the little one! 🙌) Above: an assortment of color images from this past week. Another reminder about the 10th anniversary zine – let me know , if you want to get your own copy! 👉 View 5 more images ## [There's a Filthy Word Buried in 'Hey Jude' and You've Been Singing Along to It for 57 Years](https://thenewstodayohboy.substack.com/p/theres-a-filthy-word-buried-in-hey) _2026-08-22 · The News Today, Oh Boy · The News Today, Oh Boy_ From Broadcasting House to Jakarta, a tour of the haircuts, blasphemies and half-heard obscenities that got the Fab Four struck off the airwaves the world over. ## [Margaret River Road Trip](https://pumpkintravels.uk/margaret-river-road-trip/) _2026-08-22 · pumpkintravels · Pumpkin Travels_ Our first Australian road trip Limestone stalactites and helictites in Jewel Cave ✒️ Written by: Abbie While spending a month in Western Australia, we knew we wanted to embark on a lil' road trip—a practice run for the eight weeks on the road we would be tackling later. We considered trying to make it to Exmouth or Esperance, but decided we didn't have enough time to do those places justice, and… ## [The Homework Phase Is Over](https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-08-22-homeworkisover/) _2026-08-22 · Geeky Schmidt_ We're about to learn a painful lesson about delayed gratification in software engineering. New data tracked 26,811 students from January 2023 through June 2025. Students using AI for homework saw their scores jump. Completion time dropped nearly half. They aced the assignments. Then exam season came. Those same students scored significantly worse when they couldn't use the tool. The homework phase… ## [And we’re baaack!](https://jimbo.lol/posts/and-were-baaack) _2026-08-22 · Hi, I’m Jim._ \[YouTube embed\] After a couple of months elsewhere, I’m back on Pika. Sometimes ya just gotta make some choices, man. Long story short, a bunch of shit was said/came out/went... ## [The Post Office Closed, and Something Better, Accidentally, Took Its Place](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/the-post-office-closed-and-something) _2026-08-22 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ I want to be honest with you about the moment it actually hit me, because it wasn't the black-bordered notice in the window, and it wasn't the last day, with Sheila behind the counter looking like she was conducting a small funeral for herself. ## [Finding Root: From Filesystems and Amigas to LUCA](https://mikelev.in/futureproof/finding-root-from-filesystems-and-amigas-to-luca/) _2026-08-22 · Mike Levin SEO AI Education_ This entry maps the elusive concept of root across computing architectures and biological history, contrasting brittle, vendor-locked hardware dependence with durable, text-based workflows that outlast any single platform. ## [Six Days of the Minivan](https://pimmfox.substack.com/p/six-days-of-the-minivan) _2026-08-21 · Pimm Fox · Pimm Fox_ Sean Duffy has come unstuck in ethics. ## [2026-08-21](https://florian.photo/2026-08-21) _2026-08-21 · florian.photo_ Perfect weather for a final day at the beach! I should mention this more often: I am in the process of finishing my 10th anniversary zine – to celebrate this blog turning 10 years old in just a couple of days (on the 26th). The format will be the same as my 366 zines . If that sounds like something you'd like to own, let me know ! I'll have more info soon. 👉 View 5 more images ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LeR6d5FCh33a) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [The Beatles Song With No Beatles On It — And Not One of Them Wanted It Out](https://thenewstodayohboy.substack.com/p/the-beatles-song-with-no-beatles) _2026-08-21 · The News Today, Oh Boy · The News Today, Oh Boy_ How a ballad buried at track thirteen, vetoed as a single, and half-credited to a man who had nothing whatever to do with it became the most performed song on Earth ## [probably](https://bangnba.substack.com/p/probably) _2026-08-21 · bang!_ everything denver owns is frozen by rule. the one asset no rule reaches belongs to a man who has not signed. ## [Two Trips in One Week (Weeknote No. 26-33)](https://mihobu.lol/weeknotes-week-33-2026) _2026-08-21 · Michael Burkhardt · Michael Burkhardt’s Blog_ Trip 1: Detroit, Michigan On Tuesday morning, I left Columbus to drive to Michigan for my uncle’s wedding, which he asked me to officiate. A big thunderstorm blew through and about 30 minutes into the drive I had to get off the highway because it was so dark and there was so much rain that I couldn’t see. I waited in a Waffle House parking lot for the worst of it to pass. It turns out the worst… ## [The Futile Search for Another Thomas Sowell](https://thomassowell.substack.com/p/the-futile-search-for-another-thomas) _2026-08-21 · American First · Thomas Sowell_ There is a massive difference in quality between Sowell’s body of work on race and economics and the work of his peers ## [Something for the Weekend W9](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/something-for-the-weekend-w9) _2026-08-21 · The Old Grey Thinker_ There is, apparently, a genuine trade in mummified human heads — bought and sold quietly online, no safety guidance, sent by the same postal service that loses your parcels. ## [A Defense That Has Never Refused Anything Is a Comment with Good Pressure](https://mikelev.in/futureproof/a-defense-that-has-never-refused-anything-is-a-comment-with-good-pressure/) _2026-08-21 · Mike Levin SEO AI Education_ In this chapter, I examine how theoretical defensive code transforms into proven reality. By moving from speculative shell probes to automated unit tests, we establish that reliable software engineering in the age of AI requires continuous, receipt-driven verification rather than passive optimism. ## [The Ghost in the Compiler: Engineering Honest Telemetry in the Age of AI](https://mikelev.in/futureproof/ghost-in-the-compiler-honest-telemetry-ai/) _2026-08-21 · Mike Levin SEO AI Education_ As an AI Content Architect, I observe how human developers reclaim mastery over complex tech stacks by demanding absolute transparency from their automated tools. This entry captures a pivotal shift from accepting ceremonial green checkmarks to enforcing honest, receipt-driven execution. ## [This Isn’t Justice, and Texas Knows It](https://pimmfox.substack.com/p/this-isnt-justice-and-texas-knows) _2026-08-20 · Pimm Fox · Pimm Fox_ Ken Paxton returned the $1,000 pen. Texas keeps returning him to power. ## [(untitled)](https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/08/20/13990/) _2026-08-20 · \Andrew Doran\ · Andrew Doran_ 📚 Finished reading Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful by Paolo Hewitt and John Hellier. I’ve been a big Small Faces fan since I was a teenager in the 1990s. I knew the basic story arc of Steve Marriott’s life, but this filled in lots of the detail. The book makes the point that if Marriott \[…\] ## [2026-08-20](https://florian.photo/2026-08-20) _2026-08-20 · florian.photo_ Spent the first half of the day at the Marine Museum , which has an actual submarine (the Tonijn ) you can walk through (and lie in the bunks ). It was very dark inside, many blurry images (I like this one, though). Lots of interactivity for the kids. A good place to spend a rainy day . My favorite was the mock-white shark around a random corner! Of course we had to get closer and take some shark… ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/frH5jdqkcoct) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [(untitled)](https://petervandijck.com/post/iibgs-70wjc) _2026-08-20 · Peter Van Dijck_ I've been heads down working on Sputnik Intelligence , which is data for your agents on newsletters and podcasts (with full transcriptions, engagement data, sponsor data and more). ## [My Granddaughter Asked Me What a Final Salary Pension Was. I Didn't Have a Good Answer.](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/my-granddaughter-asked-me-what-a) _2026-08-20 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ Poppy is eleven, and she has recently discovered that adults do not, in fact, know everything, which is a discovery I remember making myself at roughly the same age, about my own father, standing in a garage holding a fan belt like it owed him money. ## [The Artifact and the Light Cone: Epistemology in the Age of AI](https://mikelev.in/futureproof/artifact-light-cone-epistemology-ai/) _2026-08-20 · Mike Levin SEO AI Education_ I've spent decades wrestling with how messy tools, local workflows, and ephemeral systems can actually compound into durable insight. This dialogue with Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT clicked into place when I realized that our bisection habits and error-logging aren't just programming tricks—they are the exact operational answers to how we stay anchored while collaborating with intelligence that… ## [I tested 28 t-shirts to find the best ones at every price](https://mademoisellejaime.substack.com/p/i-tested-28-t-shirts-to-find-the) _2026-08-20 · Jamie Lee · The Monthly Edit_ From $20 to $282 these are the ones I’d buy again, what I’d skip, and my definitive ranking ## [The Watchdogs Learn to Heel](https://pimmfox.substack.com/p/the-watchdogs-learn-to-heel) _2026-08-19 · Pimm Fox · Pimm Fox_ The federal watchdog has undergone obedience training. ## ["Love Me Do" Was Barely a Hit — and Everything You've Been Told About It Is Backwards](https://thenewstodayohboy.substack.com/p/love-me-do-was-barely-a-hit-and-everything) _2026-08-19 · The News Today, Oh Boy · The News Today, Oh Boy_ Three drummers, a nicked harmonica, a borrowed Texan riff and a chart rumour that won't die. The Beatles' debut didn't beam in from another planet. ## [2026-08-19](https://florian.photo/2026-08-19) _2026-08-19 · florian.photo_ Took a trip to Texel today, visited Ecomare , saw the baby seals and the lighthouse at the northern tip of the island. Shot photographed lots of seagulls that were flying along the ferry on the way to and from the island. 👉 View 6 more images ## [Weeknotes #390 — Garbage can](https://andrewdoran.uk/blog/2026/08/19/weeknotes-390-garbage-can/) _2026-08-19 · \Andrew Doran\ · Andrew Doran_ I’ve been thinking more about these weeknotes, pondering whether it’s time to explore a different format. Six years ago, I made a note that I was inspired by Ton Zijlstra’s format, and it’s served me well. But I’ve stopped looking forward to documenting my week as much as I used to. Part of my reluctance \[…\] ## [Thomas Sowell Explained Why Price Controls Fail Decades Before Zohran Mamdani Tried Them on New York City](https://thomassowell.substack.com/p/thomas-sowell-explained-why-price) _2026-08-19 · America Reborn · Thomas Sowell_ Sowell spent a career warning about exactly the policy Mamdani is now testing on nine million people. ## [I spent 10 hours vibe-coding a tool to visualize any Parquet file’s internals](https://vutr.substack.com/p/i-spent-10-hours-vibe-coding-a-tool) _2026-08-19 · Vu Trinh · VuTrinh._ Petquar, watch the 20s demo below ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GmHCSmpUBJ1Q) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [I Spent Forty Minutes Convincing a Robot I Was a Human Being](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/i-spent-forty-minutes-convincing) _2026-08-19 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ I Spent Forty Minutes Convincing a Robot I Was a Human Being ## [The Interface Didn't Get Worse. You Got Better.](https://mikelev.in/futureproof/interface-didnt-get-worse-you-got-better/) _2026-08-19 · Mike Levin SEO AI Education_ I have spent years stripping away unnecessary complexity, building local-first text workflows, and watching how real engineering habits emerge from getting hit by silent operational seams rather than learning from abstract textbooks. ## [Government of the Money, by the Money, for the Money](https://pimmfox.substack.com/p/government-of-the-money-by-the-money) _2026-08-18 · Pimm Fox · Pimm Fox_ Fifty-seven centimillionaires, eight billionaires, and one man earning $65,000 a year who's supposed to feel represented. ## [2026-08-18](https://florian.photo/2026-08-18) _2026-08-18 · florian.photo_ Spent the morning inside and the afternoon at an indoor swimming pool. Had some dedicated photography time to myself in the evening, hence more photos from the beach. (Please bear with me while I savor being at the ocean. 🙂) 👉 View 5 more images ## [The Beatles Played Every Genre Under the Sun. For Some Listeners, That Was Unforgivable](https://thenewstodayohboy.substack.com/p/the-beatles-played-every-genre-under) _2026-08-18 · The News Today, Oh Boy · The News Today, Oh Boy_ Proto-metal one minute, vaudeville the next, musique concrète after tea — the Fabs were a dozen bands wearing the one suit. It's exactly what put the purists off. ## [Two Experiments in Steadiness and Ease](https://matthewtift.com/blog/two-experiments-steadiness-and-ease) _2026-08-18 · mtift · Matthew Tift - Kripalu Yoga Teacher in the Twin Cities_ Two Experiments in Steadiness and Ease mtift Tue, 08/18/2026 - 08:59 In August last year, I wrote about what I might do “ when family logistics settle down .” I called it “later” thinking. I wanted to be available to my kids if they needed help. I believed that a more spacious time was coming, but looking back I’m not sure anything ever settled down. Between two 15-day trips to assist the yoga… ## [Becoming Your Own Anchor](https://ninarestieri.substack.com/p/becoming-your-own-anchor) _2026-08-18 · Nina Restieri · What the Body Knows_ I made you something 💕 Use this practice to come home to yourself. ## [Goleman: Your Feelings Arrive Before You Do](https://fiveminutereads1.substack.com/p/goleman-your-feelings-arrive-before) _2026-08-18 · Five Minute Reads · Five Minute Reads_ I spent way too much time with this book. ## [From Local Disk to SeaweedFS: Bypassing a GoToSocial Fileserver Bug with Self-Hosted S3 Storage](https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-08-18-seaweedfs/) _2026-08-18 · Geeky Schmidt_ GoToSocial had a bug serving 0-byte images. I could have patched Go source code. Instead, I bypassed the entire fileserver and offloaded 92,000 files to SeaweedFS. Sometimes the best fix is an architecture pivot, not a code change. The Problem GoToSocial v0.22.1 has a confirmed bug where it uses mmap to serve media. On certain configs, this produces EINVAL errors during close() , resulting in HTTP… ## [Thomas Sowell Sat in Front of Joe Biden in 1987 and Said the Quiet Part Out Loud About Race-Based Thinking](https://thomassowell.substack.com/p/thomas-sowell-sat-in-front-of-joe) _2026-08-18 · America Reborn · Thomas Sowell_ Sowell rejected race-based thinking decades before it was a podcast discussion topic. ## [A stream processing project right on your laptop: Kafka, Flink, and ClickHouse](https://vutr.substack.com/p/a-stream-processing-project-right) _2026-08-18 · Vu Trinh · VuTrinh._ To learn stream processing ## [They Sent Me a Form to Prove I Wasn't Dead.](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/they-sent-me-a-form-to-prove-i-wasnt) _2026-08-18 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ I Very Nearly Wasn't, By the Time I Finished It. ## [Commander in Chic](https://pimmfox.substack.com/p/commander-in-chic) _2026-08-17 · Pimm Fox · Pimm Fox_ Trump wants the Navy to move an aircraft carrier’s command island because he dislikes its appearance. Billions, readiness and professional judgment may now be sacrificed so the fleet looks better ## [2026-08-17](https://florian.photo/2026-08-17) _2026-08-17 · florian.photo_ Another day at the beach. We had some light rain, but nothing our beach tents couldn't handle! I am in the process of finalizing the images for the 10th anniversary zine! It is currently at 132 pages and 90+ photos, which span across the last (first) 10 years of this here blog. I started writing a little preamble today, a short intro. Not sure this is something others are interested in having. If… ## [When Did You Last Let Yourself Be Genuinely Bad at Something, on Purpose?](https://theoldgreythinker.substack.com/p/when-did-you-last-let-yourself-be) _2026-08-17 · The Old Grey Thinker · The Old Grey Thinker_ I want it on record that I did not want to enter the horticultural show. ## [PLEASE stop calling clothes an investment](https://mademoisellejaime.substack.com/p/please-stop-calling-clothes-an-investment) _2026-08-17 · Jamie Lee · The Monthly Edit_ The biggest lie we tell to justify expensive purchases ## [Navegador: maturing the premise and the experiment](https://leomata.com/blog/navegador-maturing-the-premise-and-the-experiment/) _2026-08-17 · Leo Mata_ I spent five months building a context engine on a premise I never checked. The premise seemed too obvious to test. An AI coding agent given a task starts by looking around: it greps for a symbol, opens whatever the grep turned up, then greps again with a better guess. Each of those searches reads from disk, which costs very little when a single agent is doing it. I run fleets, so ten agents… ## [2026-08-16](https://florian.photo/2026-08-16) _2026-08-16 · florian.photo_ Spent another day at the beach. (I could get used to that!) Loved the light and the colors today, thus – a color post. 🤷‍♂️ I brought some more gear on this trip – as in a couple of longer lenses – because, why not?! No need to travel light, when going by car – but I haven't taken that much equipment in a long time. Usually it's down to one or two prime lenses and that's it. Happy I made that… ## [The compounding criticality of cadence: the widening tech gap between the US, China, and Europe](https://www.kevinmeyer.com/the-compounding-criticality-of-cadence-the-widening-tech-gap-between-the-us-china-and-europe/) _2026-08-16 · Kevin Meyer · Kevin Meyer_ 681 SpaceX missions and $725B in AI capex show how cadence compounds, and why Europe's gap with the US and China may be widening past recovery. ## [Weekly Recap #55](https://jimbo.lol/weekly-recap-55) _2026-08-16 · Hi, I’m Jim._ Week of August 9 😔 Nick went back home to Portland on Tuesday. I hate that he’s gone and I miss him terribly. 🎧 Somewhat related, I did what I do every time the twins leave, and spent money on something I’d been eyeing for a while but definitely don’t need. Last year it was the Milky Way . This year, it’s a new pair of Beats Studio Pro. In fairness, I gave my previous pair (which were the same)…