# tale two (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 12 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover tale two. Page: Feed: --- ## [Was our local electoral board and court system used to target a local activist?](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/was-our-local-electoral-board-and) _2026-08-18 · David McNair · The DTM_ A former federal prosecutor thinks so. There's also evidence that a letter accusing Tanesha Hudson of felony voter registration fraud, which prompted her prosecution, was itself fraudulent. ## [Biological War: A Scenario](https://orbific.com/biological-war-a-scenario/) _2026-08-15 · orbific · orbific weblog_ I used to be scared about climate change; but then I read Annie Jacobsen s Nuclear War: A Scenario. Now I think that the world will be lucky to reach four degrees. Annie Jacobsen s nuclear war book described what might happen after a bolt-from-the-blue nuclear attack (the same scenario as in Kathryn Bigelow s A House of Continue reading Biological War: A Scenario ## [Garden Harvest Time!](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/garden-harvest-time) _2026-08-09 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ Show Me Your Pics ## [Monthnotes: July 2026](https://orbific.com/monthnotes-july-2026/) _2026-08-09 · orbific · orbific weblog_ After a lovely June, July felt like pissing into the wind and I m glad it s done. The wheels fell off at the start of the month from a combination of stress, bad food and sickness and never really got running again. Work commitments also meant cancelling some plans made back in September. There were Continue reading Monthnotes: July 2026 ## [The Inflection Point](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/the-inflection-point) _2026-07-29 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Perhaps if we turn the chart upside down, everything will trend upward again ## [Free Plants, Free Pest Management](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/free-plants-free-pest-management) _2026-07-28 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ Just when I thought it couldn’t get any hotter, it did. ## [Community](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/community) _2026-07-24 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Without Chevy Chase ## [fires and containment](https://4lba.net/reflections/fires-and-containment?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fires-and-containment) _2026-07-18 · William Alba · 4lba_ While swimming laps the day before yesterday outside at Highland Park, I didn t notice anything particular about the air I was gulping. Likewise, when I drove back to the Vintage Center to hang out with Dad, there may have been something about the air in retrospect but I didn t note it at the time. But \[ \] The post fires and containment first appeared on 4lba . ## [Too Hot to Garden, Almost Too Hot to Write](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/too-hot-to-garden-almost-too-hot) _2026-07-17 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ But I found a "cool" gadget that helps take it down a few degrees ## [Why I Didn't Sign the AI Open Letter](https://geekway.substack.com/p/why-i-didnt-sign-the-ai-open-letter) _2026-07-13 · Andrew McAfee · The Geek Way_ Instead, I edited it. ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r1webHNnzqel) _2026-07-13 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [A South China Morning Post Editorial “How Chinese philosophy influenced US founding fathers”](http://www.dontow.com/2026/07/a-south-china-morning-post-editorial-how-chinese-philosophy-influenced-us-founding-fathers/) _2026-07-09 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ This was an editorial opinion by Chow Chung-yan, Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on 6/26/2026. I am reprinting this article. “Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, published the sayings of Confucius in his colonial newspaper and today’s sculpture recognising that ancient Chinese age is carved into the face of the United States Supreme Court \[ \] ## [July 2026 Update on US-China Relationship](http://www.dontow.com/2026/07/july-2026-update-on-us-china-relationship/) _2026-07-09 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ With Trump in his second term as the President of the U.S., he has taken many actions that may be questionable from a legal perspective. Even if they are legal, they are definitely not for the benefits of the whole country, but only for the Republican Party and often for the benefits of Trump and \[ \] ## [July 2026 Update on Recovering on My Stroke](http://www.dontow.com/2026/07/july-2026-update-on-recovering-on-my-stroke/) _2026-07-09 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ In my last update I provided in early part of June 2026, now i want to provide an update around July 10, 2026. There are two major issues. One is that in the last several weeks, i have lost my appetite. The second issue is that in the last several months, because of my lack \[ \] ## [Monthnotes: June 2026](https://orbific.com/monthnotes-june-2026/) _2026-07-05 · orbific · orbific weblog_ I spent much of June on holiday, my longest break in years, visiting Jake and Scarlett in Wales. The plan was to spend some time helping to renovate an old school into an arts centre. Doing physical tasks day after day took its toll, but I enjoyed the change of work. It was a very Continue reading Monthnotes: June 2026 ## [Special grand jury singles out local activist in rare voter registration indictment](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/special-grand-jury-singles-out-local) _2026-07-02 · David McNair · The DTM_ Tanesha Hudson, 44, has voted in the same Charlottesville location since she was 18 years old. This year, a special grand jury charged her with a felony for doing so. ## [A Feast for the Senses, Beyond the Visual](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/a-feast-for-the-senses-beyond-the) _2026-07-01 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ What's a satisfying sensation in your garden? ## [Tunic - Late Review](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/tunic-late-review) _2026-07-01 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Green shirt, sword, shield... This fox looks awfully familiar... ## [Wedge Salad Revisited](https://bowtiedoctopod.substack.com/p/wedge-salad-revisited) _2026-07-01 · BowTiedOctopod · Cooking with Octopod_ An Updated Classic ## [the word drips as poison](https://4lba.net/reflections/the-word-drips-as-poison?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-word-drips-as-poison) _2026-06-29 · William Alba · 4lba_ I m sitting in the Subaru dealership in Monroeville, waiting for Jade to get an inspection sticker, oil change, and usual annual checkup. The television in the waiting room is on HGTV (Home Garden Television), no doubt selected as an innocuous channel. After all, everyone has a different idea of which genres are entertaining, financial \[ \] The post the word drips as poison first appeared on 4lba . ## [UPDATED: A Tale of Two Towers: Atlanta & Charlottesville both dealing with Dewberry eyesores](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/updated-a-tale-of-two-towers-atlanta) _2026-06-22 · David McNair · The DTM_ Here’s an updated version of my story about the ACJ article on the Dewberry with comments from City Councilor Michael Payne. ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/38fBPv6GaCde) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [words are as a honeycomb](https://4lba.net/languages/words-are-as-a-honeycomb?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=words-are-as-a-honeycomb) _2026-06-21 · William Alba · 4lba_ On Friday after dropping off MM at a medical appointment, I asked S where he wanted to go after La Bonita supermarket — to walk along the Las Vegas Strip, to visit the Atomic Museum, or to go to the library. Being our child, he immediately rejected the Strip. We ended up at the museum, \[ \] The post words are as a honeycomb first appeared on 4lba . ## [A Tale of Two Towers: Atlanta & Charlottesville both dealing with Dewberry eyesores](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/a-tale-of-two-towers-atlanta-and) _2026-06-20 · David McNair · The DTM_ Could city officials in the two cities work together to help solve this problem? ## [A Tale of Two Affordable Housing Projects](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/a-tale-of-two-affordable-housing) _2026-06-17 · David McNair · The DTM_ Two recent investigative stories give voice to low-income tenants living in terrible conditions in two very different affordable housing complexes. ## [Late Update #3](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/late-update-3) _2026-06-17 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ So many games announced during the summer showcases! None of them discussed here! ## [Moments of Time-Travel](https://orbific.com/moments-of-time-travel/) _2026-06-17 · orbific · orbific weblog_ Back in 2010, I wrote a blog post, Thinking about Time-Travel, prompted by a question raised on Twitter What advice would you give to your sixteen year-old Self? The advice I wrote then was: Don t bother with uni. And take English Lit History, not Maths and physics for A-Level . I now see that Continue reading Moments of Time-Travel ## [A Tale of Two Sauces (II)](https://bowtiedoctopod.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-sauces-ii) _2026-06-08 · BowTiedOctopod · Cooking with Octopod_ Creamy 3-Peppercorn Sauce Magic ## [There are plants that perform](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/there-are-plants-that-perform) _2026-06-08 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ But some like the night-blooming cereus put on a show ## [New Update On President Trump, and U.S.-China Relationship](http://www.dontow.com/2026/06/new-update-on-president-trump-and-u-s-china-relationship/) _2026-06-08 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ In the last issue I wrote even though you could see the shortcomings in his first term as the President of the U.S., these shortcomings became so obvious in his second term that you have to be blind not to notice them. President Trump failed miserably to lead the U.S. in many important categories: What \[ \] ## [June 2026 Update on Recovering from My Stroke](http://www.dontow.com/2026/06/update-on-recovering-from-my-stroke-2/) _2026-06-08 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ This article provides the latest update on recovering from my stroke. On September 16, 2023, I. suffered a minor stroke early that morning when I tried to get up. Something didn t seem right, although finally I was able to get up. Since that was a Saturday, after breakfast, I went as usual to the Taiji \[ \] ## [Book Reviews of “The Yin and Yang Of the Dragon and the Eagle: Tale of Two Cultures and Two Countries”](http://www.dontow.com/2026/06/book-reviews-of-the-yin-and-yang-of-the-dragon-and-the-eagle-tale-of-two-cultures-and-two-countries/) _2026-06-08 · Don · Don Tow's Website_ My book The Yin and Yang of the Dragon and the Eagle: Tale of Two Cultures and Two Countries was recently published. This article includes several reviews of that book: We welcome other readers to write their review of this book. Besides my website, they can submit their book reviews to sources like Amazon.com, Barnes \[ \] ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jdmRuWwojDND) _2026-06-08 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Monthnotes: May 2025](https://orbific.com/monthnotes-may-2025-2/) _2026-06-05 · orbific · orbific weblog_ May was challenging. We were supposed to release the work project I ve worked on since November, but the testing phase won t end although the bugs were all false positives from testing issues. The long client-office commute has been wearing, even when it s only twice a week. My life is good overall, but this has Continue reading Monthnotes: May 2025 ## [A Tale of Two Sauces](https://bowtiedoctopod.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-two-sauces) _2026-06-03 · BowTiedOctopod · Cooking with Octopod_ Contrast vs Compliment ## [A Great Work](https://orbific.com/a-great-work/) _2026-06-01 · orbific · orbific weblog_ When I was young, I wanted nothing more than to one day publish a novel. Over time, I realised that being published will not solve my problems, or make me feel better. I ve seen people I know achieve the sort of success I longed for and end up unhappy. And, besides that, the novel is Continue reading A Great Work ## [A Tale of Two Beds](https://orbific.com/a-tale-of-two-beds/) _2026-05-31 · orbific · orbific weblog_ On Thursday 5th March, I went to the Tate and saw Tracey Emin s bed, a piece of art I last saw in the 90s. A couple of days later, I visited the Bronte Parsonage, where I saw the reconstruction of Branwell Bronte s bed. This representation of Branwell s room as it might have looked in the Continue reading A Tale of Two Beds ## [The South Downs Way: What Next?](https://orbific.com/the-south-downs-way-what-next/) _2026-05-30 · orbific · orbific weblog_ Since 2019, I ve been working on a series of stories set along the South Downs Way. At almost 40,000 words, this is the largest thing I ve published, and it s still expanding. The work consists of six print zines and a few dozen stories shared on my mailing list. I ve now created a website to gather Continue reading The South Downs Way: What Next? ## [Professional Decline](https://orbific.com/professional-decline/) _2026-05-29 · orbific · orbific weblog_ Whole sections of bookstores are dedicated to becoming successful. The shelves are packed with titles like The Science of Getting Rich and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. There is no section marked “Managing Your Professional Decline.” An article I ve been thinking about a lot is a 2019 piece by Arthur C. Brooks, originally shared by Russell Continue reading Professional Decline ## [New ways of story-telling](https://orbific.com/new-ways-of-story-telling/) _2026-05-28 · orbific · orbific weblog_ The Doc Web is a now-lost piece that survives in the Internet Archive, written by Elan Kiderman Ullendorff, about how any tool can be transformed into something to write with. Yelp reviews will be co-opted to publish blog posts; Venmo payments will be co-opted to publish poems; spreadsheets will be co-opted to publish personal websites; Continue reading New ways of story-telling ## [Big Garden Plans](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/big-garden-plans) _2026-05-23 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ And then life happens ## [Ode to a 113-year-old swimming pool](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/ode-to-a-113-year-old-swimming-pool) _2026-05-21 · The DTM_ Todd Barnett writes about caretaking a historic treasure. ## [The Music of Wonder](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/the-music-of-wonder) _2026-05-20 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Super Mario Wonder's music elevates me long after playing the game ## [This Week in Putting AI to Work (May 15, 2026)](https://geekway.substack.com/p/this-week-in-putting-ai-to-work-may) _2026-05-15 · Andrew McAfee · The Geek Way_ Slow progress adopting fast-moving AI, sharp thinking about fuzzy technologies, real fake AI art, and other news from another busy week. ## [This Week in Putting AI to Work (5/8/26)](https://geekway.substack.com/p/this-week-in-putting-ai-to-work-5826) _2026-05-08 · Andrew McAfee · The Geek Way_ A Tale of Two Tensions... ## [It All Starts with Great Soil](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/it-all-starts-with-great-soil) _2026-04-28 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ Mine crumbles like chocolate cake, yours can too. ## [This Week in "Putting AI to Work" (4.23.26)](https://geekway.substack.com/p/this-week-in-putting-ai-to-work-42326) _2026-04-24 · Andrew McAfee · The Geek Way_ Special Agentic AI Edition! ## [Finding time to garden](https://thegardenbuzz.substack.com/p/finding-time-to-garden) _2026-04-22 · Rhonda Fleming Hayes · Rhonda’s Substack_ It's crunch time ## [Arcane: A Tale of Two Sisters](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/arcane-a-tale-of-two-sisters) _2026-04-22 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ Everybody wants to be my enemy ## [Pasta Giapponese 🇯🇵 🍝](https://bowtiedoctopod.substack.com/p/pasta-giapponese) _2026-04-19 · BowTiedOctopod · Cooking with Octopod_ My "new" favorite Pasta for your kitchen ## [This Week in "Putting AI to Work" (4/18/26)](https://geekway.substack.com/p/this-week-in-putting-ai-to-work-41826) _2026-04-18 · Andrew McAfee · The Geek Way_ How work changes at the frontier, a blueprint for 10-100xing productivity, why we might still have a lot of labor in a post-AGI world, and other good stuff from the week that was. ## [Local newspapers, journalists honored at Virginia Press Association Awards](https://www.charlottesvilledtm.com/p/local-newspapers-journalists-honored) _2026-04-16 · David McNair · The DTM_ Despite enormous challenges, local journalist are still producing some great work. ## [Bristol Video Games Expo](https://petermonks.substack.com/p/bristol-video-games-expo) _2026-04-15 · Peter Monks · Late to the LAN Party_ A congregation of video game geeks, myself included