# timely (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover timely. Page: Feed: --- ## [🎙️The Simple Fix for RCV’s Big Waiting Game](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/the-simple-fix-for-rcvs-big-waiting) _2026-08-21 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Featuring Brian Strege ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Expand and Improve Content with AI, Part 1 (2026-08-16)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-expand) _2026-08-16 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ "That was a stupid question" ## [Democracy On Demand](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/democracy-on-demand) _2026-08-10 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Featuring Ramon Perez from the Digital Democracy Project ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How to Build a Cheap AI Setup (2026-08-09)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-build-a-06e) _2026-08-09 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ How cheap can you make an AI setup that still works? ## [Political Voice Should Not Require Money or Insider Access](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/political-voice-should-not-require) _2026-08-07 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Paul Cummings' Handy Dandy Voter ## [A Coming Revolution in American Democracy](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/a-coming-revolution-in-american-democracy) _2026-08-05 · Rob Richie · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ The Best Defense for Democracy is a Strong Offense ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ Can AI Be An Investment Expert? (2026-08-02)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-can-ai-be-an-investment) _2026-08-02 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Never blindly trust AI in finance, law, and health ## [How Democratic party insiders may trump their voters on ranked choice voting in presidential primaries](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/how-democratic-party-insiders-may) _2026-07-31 · Rob Richie · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Expand Democracy 3 Highlight Edition ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How to Demonstrate Your AI Chops in Job Hunting (2026-07-26)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-demonstrate) _2026-07-26 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ How to stand out in a sea of same ## [🎙️Team Huddle: Election Attacks, Aging Leaders, and Local Wins](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/team-huddle-election-attacks-aging) _2026-07-24 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Featuring Rob Richie and Nivea Krishnan ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/9AK6OR6E4w02) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How to Connect an AI Agent to a Data Source (2026-07-19)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-connect) _2026-07-19 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ A reader request! ## [Better ways to fill vacancies, AI and voting rights, and timely links](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/better-ways-to-fill-vacancies-ai) _2026-07-17 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Welcome to the latest edition of The Expand Democracy 3. We typically release every two weeks and highlight promising pro-democracy ideas and local, national, and global news. And don’t miss our complimentary Democracy Lab podcast with a string of strong guests. ## [Blatant Sales Pitch: 21 Use Cases of Generative AI For Marketers](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/blatant-sales-pitch-21-use-cases) _2026-07-15 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Be sure to read who shouldn't buy it ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Do Feature Engineering with AI (2026-07-12)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-do-feature) _2026-07-12 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Never ask questions you already have the data to answer ## [Electoral Innovations, From Rewiring Redistricting to Modern Voter Guides](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/how-to-rewire-redistricting) _2026-07-10 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Featuring Sam Wang ## [Almost Timely Reader Survey Summer 2026](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-reader-survey-summer) _2026-07-07 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Take the survey! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205774265/43e1478ddaa2aef10e0d5a524bc00016.mp3) ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ The Biggest Problem with AI Today (2026-07-05)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-the-biggest-problem) _2026-07-05 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ once something becomes rusty enough, it's cheaper and easier to replace it ## [Beyond America’s 250, rethinking how to hold public meetings, and timely links](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/beyond-americas-250-rethinking-how) _2026-07-03 · Rob Richie · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ The Expand Democracy 3 ## [Bringing Equality to the Legislative Process](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/bringing-equality-to-the-legislative) _2026-06-30 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ By Joseph Crupi ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Improve Advertising with AI (2026-06-28)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-improve-6db) _2026-06-28 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Claude asked me how to do this ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hLfK9eIpXj8s) _2026-06-28 · **Sponsored**_ Connect your repo and deploy instantly — Railway handles config, scaling, and monitoring. ## [🎙️Why DC Statehood Can't Wait](https://expanddem.substack.com/p/why-dc-statehood-cant-wait) _2026-06-26 · Expand Democracy · Expand Democracy’s Substack_ Featuring Ankit Jain ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How I Proved Listicles May Harm Your GEO (2026-06-21)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-i-proved-listicles) _2026-06-21 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Ubiquity is everything. ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ 4 Angles on Local AI (2026-06-14)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-4-angles-on-local) _2026-06-14 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ A fable is a short fictitious story designed to teach a specific moral lesson. ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How AI Detection Works (2026-06-07)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-ai-detection) _2026-06-07 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ There are no surprises with AI ## [Blatant Sales Pitch: GEO 201 Course](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/blatant-sales-pitch-geo-201-course) _2026-06-02 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ TLDR: our new GEO 201 course is available now. ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ A Better Mental Model of AI for GEO (2026-05-31)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-a-better-mental) _2026-05-31 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ AI is a map ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ AI and GEO Advice for Retailers for the 2026 Holiday Shopping Season (2026-05-24)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-ai-and-geo-advice) _2026-05-24 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ It's beginning to look a lot like forecasting season ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ 18 Ways To Save AI Token Budgets (2026-05-17)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-18-ways-to-save) _2026-05-17 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Save time, save money, get better results ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ How To Force AI to Write More Like You (2026-05-10)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-how-to-force-ai) _2026-05-10 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ There is no such thing as writing style ## [Almost Timely News: 🗞️ The Broken Bargain of Big Tech (2026-05-03)](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/almost-timely-news-the-broken-bargain) _2026-05-03 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ We owe Big Tech nothing. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wJsDhquMfY8B) _2026-05-03 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Blatant Sales Pitch: New AI for SEO and PPC Book](https://almosttimely.substack.com/p/blatant-sales-pitch-new-ai-for-seo) _2026-04-28 · Christopher S. Penn · Almost Timely Newsletter_ Includes a disturbingly good audiobook read by Gemini