# tipping point (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover tipping point. Page: Feed: --- ## [Lessons From Ukraine's Patient Oleksandrivka Counteroffensive](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/lessons-from-ukraines-patient-oleksandrivka) _2026-08-18 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ A not-so-secret counteroffensive achieved real results in Ukraine's south, and aptly illustrates the direction warfare is taking under the influence of Network Age tech ## [Are the writers on Substack just trying to make a quick buck?](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/are-the-writers-on-substack-just) _2026-08-18 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ (Something happened to me this week, and I have \*thoughts\* about it!) ## [IMPORTANT: I know you're really busy- but please could I borrow you for ten seconds?](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/important-i-know-youre-really-busy) _2026-08-17 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Hello! I didn’t plan to write to you today (many of you know that I had my baby 10 days ago, and am taking a little break from writing my newsletter while I recover/ adjust). ## [Stopping Moscow's Expanding War On Europe](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/stopping-moscows-expanding-war-on) _2026-08-11 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ A cruise missile flying 100km into Poland. An explosive drone targeting a Ukrainian transport aircraft in Germany. NATO has failed to deter - the time has come for Europe to strike back. ## [Some wonderful news! ( ...and I wanted you to hear about it first!)](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/some-wonderful-news-and-i-wanted) _2026-08-11 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Hello! I feel quite emotional typing out this message to you, because many of you know that the past year has been a bit of a rollercoaster for me! ## [Putin's Weakest July Yet](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/putins-weakest-july-yet) _2026-08-05 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ 2026 is not turning out to be a good year for the russians. Putin's zombie orcs keep shambling into the drone wall and dying in droves. ## [Cockroaches Against Toffs](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/cockroaches-against-toffs) _2026-07-30 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ The world system tends to rearrange around access to vital resources. Political and social systems are subordinate to the economy, which is presently defined by a massive class divide ## [The Real Bottleneck in AI-Native Quality Is Trust!](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/07/29/the-real-bottleneck-in-ai-native-quality-is-trust/) _2026-07-29 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ Part 2 of 4: Rethinking the quality operating model for AI-native engineering I ve seen and heard about how this has been playing out in different organisations, with different tools and different teams. A team adopts an AI testing tool and they claim to be doing the leg-work properly: they get it integrated, they point it \[ \] ## [Drapatyi's Turn Bringing Ragnarok To Moscow](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/drapatyis-turn-bringing-ragnarok) _2026-07-28 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ Cracks in the Muscovite system are spreading faster than Putin's goons can patch them up. Ukraine holds the strategic initiative - for now. ## [Of Syrskyi And Federov: Fixing Ukraine's Land Forces](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/of-syrskyi-and-federov-fixing-ukraines) _2026-07-21 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ A serious rift in Ukraine's senior leadership exploded into full public view this week. Syrskyi's time is up. But his legacy and likely imminent removal open a door to the change Ukraine needs. ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/msc17fIIN9kO) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [The Great Azov Turkey Shoot Of 2026](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/the-great-azov-turkey-shoot-of-2026) _2026-07-15 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ In just over a week, Ukrainian drone strikes have taken out over a hundred vessels in the Azov Sea. So much for the place being a russian lake after 2022. Ukraine is back, orcs. ## [How Putin Will Probably Fall - Maybe Soon](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/how-putin-will-probably-fall-maybe) _2026-07-08 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ The russian empire faces a stark choice: retreat from Ukraine by the end of 2026, or face oblivion. It's not hyperbole or propaganda, but a basic law of history: after bungling a war, regimes fall. ## [Scrying the Shape of the Post-Postwar Order](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/scrying-the-shape-of-the-post-postwar) _2026-07-02 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ The economic sub-system is in the driver's seat. Political and social factors are downstream. ## [An important announcement to my lovely readers...](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/an-important-announcement-to-my-lovely) _2026-07-02 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ ...because my baby is due in 5 weeks' time! ## [Ukraine War Lessons: Retiring The Infantry](https://roguesystemsrecon.substack.com/p/ukraine-war-lessons-retiring-the) _2026-06-30 · Andrew Tanner · Rogue Systems Recon_ Of all the essential ingredients of combined arms warfare, the infantry is in the greatest need of a reboot to cope with the Network Age. ## [Quality Isn’t an Activity… It’s a System!](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/06/29/quality-isnt-an-activity-its-a-system/) _2026-06-29 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ Part 1 of 4: Rethinking the quality operating model for AI-native engineering Here s a scenario I d suspect most engineering leaders reading this will recognise: An incident slips into production. Not a sev-1 or 2, more like a sev-3 that the team commits to resolving in their backlog rather than through on-call, the kind that generates \[ \] ## [We've reached a devastating tipping point...](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/weve-reached-a-devastating-tipping) _2026-06-28 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Something extremely concerning has been creeping up on us for a while, and it seems to have reached a tipping point. ## [The plot thickens...](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/the-plot-thickens-3fd) _2026-06-24 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Call To Action ## [URGENT: Does Rupert Lowe's new political party have a \*single\* policy paper about the NHS?!](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/urgent-does-rupert-lowes-new-political) _2026-06-20 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Call To Action ## [Political turmoil, NHS privatisation, and the revolving door...](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/political-turmoil-nhs-privatisation) _2026-06-18 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Call To Action ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LPYqNmVOJYKy) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Why is Labour being so unserious when it comes to "corridor care"?](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/why-is-labour-being-so-unserious) _2026-06-14 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Call To Action ## [What would politicians do if 19 jumbo jets crashed in a single year?](https://jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/what-would-politicians-do-if-19-jumbo) _2026-06-11 · Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 · Call To Action_ Thousands of avoidable deaths are happening, and we must raise the alarm... ## [I Let BearQ Loose on My Own App Through Two Lenses: Tester and Engineering Leader](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/05/07/i-let-bearq-loose-on-my-own-app-through-two-lenses-tester-and-engineering-leader/) _2026-05-07 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ Part 4 in The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point series If you ve been following along, you ll know we ve been exploring application integrity, the gap opening up between AI-accelerated development and our ability to test what we re shipping, and the broader implications for how we think about quality. In this one, I want to get hands-on. I ve \[ \] ## [Autonomous Testing has Landed: Welcome BearQ, by SmartBear](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/03/31/autonomous-testing-has-landed-welcome-bearq-by-smartbear/) _2026-03-31 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ So… It’s here the thing I’ve been hinting at across my past two articles. If you’ve been following my 2-part series about “The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point”, in both parts I talked a lot about the crossroads we’re at in our industry, between the existing world of quality and testing strategies that revolve around \[ \] ## [The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point (Part 2)](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/03/15/the-autonomous-testing-tipping-point-part-2/) _2026-03-15 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ Last week, in part 1, I set the scene: why testing is at a crossroads, what autonomous testing means as a spectrum (not a switch) across both teams and in AI systems, and how autonomy functions best. I also discussed why autonomy within these AI systems is important, in relation to removing friction that stops \[ \] ## [The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point (Part 1)](https://danashby.co.uk/2026/03/05/the-autonomous-testing-tipping-point-part-1/) _2026-03-05 · Dan Ashby · Dan Ashby_ I am increasingly getting the deep impression that software delivery teams are standing at a crossroads within the industry. On one side we have systems that are growing more complex, more distributed, and more interconnected than anything we’ve built before. On the other hand, we have delivery expectations that continue to accelerate even as budgets \[ \] ## [Are Humans Apex Predators?](https://proopnarine.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/are-humans-apex-predators/) _2025-05-23 · proopnarine · Roopnarine's Food Weblog_ In 2013, Sylvain Bonhommeau and colleagues published a study (Eating up the world’s food web and the human trophic level) … Continue reading → ## [What Do Two Geologists Know About COVID-19?](https://proopnarine.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/what-do-two-geologists-know-about-covid-19/) _2024-09-27 · proopnarine · Roopnarine's Food Weblog_ My colleague and co-author Dave Goodwin and myself were very pleased to be asked to present the Annual Past-President’s Dinner … Continue reading →