# two different (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 9 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover two different. Page: Feed: --- ## [Your ads look too similar](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/your-ads-look-too-similar) _2026-08-22 · The Playbook_ 😲 Meta decides which ads deserve attention before your campaign spends a dollar. ## [The creator pitch is missing day 90](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/the-creator-pitch-is-missing-day) _2026-08-21 · The Playbook_ 🥲Creators are quietly moving away from the thing most brands still pay them for, and more! ## [YouTube did part of your creator vetting](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/youtube-did-part-of-your-creator) _2026-08-20 · The Playbook_ 👀A creator’s own platform status just became a free vetting signal nobody’s using yet, and more! ## [The $0 creative test worth running](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/the-0-creative-test-worth-running) _2026-08-19 · The Playbook_ 💪Free creative only works when it’s answering the right kind of doubt, and more! ## [Should You Renovate Your Townhouse Before Selling?](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/should-you-renovate-your-townhouse) _2026-08-19 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ When I talk to townhouse owners who are thinking about selling, I tend to see two very different reactions. ## [Google is rewriting your search snippet](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/google-is-rewriting-your-search-snippet) _2026-08-18 · The Playbook_ 🧐Google is testing AI summaries inside the snippet itself. your meta description might already be obsolete, and more! ## [checking in to see what’s new…](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/08/17/checking-in-to-see-whats-new/) _2026-08-18 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ … another walk down Graffiti Alley below: Part of a monochrome mural by Nicolas Araneda aka niko.volts that has a lot of very American feet walking all over the faces of other people as lay on the ground…. ‘Trampling’ might be a better verb than ‘walking’ below: Some walk in heavy boots, and others \[…\] ## [Stop stretching your welcome sequence](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/stop-stretching-your-welcome-sequence) _2026-08-17 · The Playbook_ 🛑Spreading the welcome sequence over a week doesn’t just delay conversion. it delays the data, and more! ## [Only one in five stays visible](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/only-one-in-five-stays-visible) _2026-08-15 · The Playbook_ 😲 Your brand can disappear from AI answers while every SEO metric looks healthy. ## [The Winning Ad You Can’t Reuse](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/the-winning-ad-you-cant-reuse) _2026-08-14 · The Playbook_ 🧐 Because you forgot the rights question most briefs never actually answer, and more! ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/H1IhVB7gOPVd) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [ChatGPT cited you but Claude didn’t?](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/chatgpt-cited-you-but-claude-didnt) _2026-08-13 · The Playbook_ 🥲Claude and ChatGPT agree on almost nothing. only 8% of cited sources overlap, and more! ## [Customers stay away because of this](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/customers-stay-away-because-of-this) _2026-08-12 · The Playbook_ 🧐Two different reasons a customer doesn’t come back, and only one of them responds to a nudge, and more! ## [Manhattan and Brooklyn's Townhouse Markets Are Heading in Different Directions](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/manhattan-and-brooklyns-townhouse) _2026-08-12 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ Manhattan and Brooklyn may sit across the East River from one another, but today they're responding to very different buyer dynamics. ## [TrailTool 1.0: Identity-First Sessions for CloudTrail](https://engseclabs.com/blog/trailtool-1-0-identity-first-sessions/) _2026-08-12 · Alex Smolen · EngSecLabs_ TrailTool 1.0 replaces time-based session grouping with an identity-first model, treats CloudTrail as a replayable transaction log, and cleans up the CLI. ## [Your lookalike learned the wrong lesson](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/your-lookalike-learned-the-wrong) _2026-08-11 · The Playbook_ 🚩It isn’t contaminated by awareness. it’s contaminated by what the seed list taught it to find, and more! ## [Don’t block your AI visibility](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/dont-block-your-ai-visibility) _2026-08-10 · The Playbook_ 🥹Competitors are about to accidentally remove themselves from the citation pool, and more! ## [Your Shortcut to Endless Ad Creatives](https://playbooknewsletter.substack.com/p/your-shortcut-to-endless-ad-creatives-f16) _2026-08-08 · The Playbook_ 🤳Turn a single product brief into a month of high-performing ad assets ## [Songs About How the President is an Asshole](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/songs-about-how-the-president-is) _2026-08-07 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Writing about how the president sucks is a tradition as old as the union itself. ## [oh the people you’ll meet](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/08/05/oh-the-people-youll-meet/) _2026-08-06 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ On a recent wander through the Art Gallery of Ontario I encountered a few people . They were happy, forlorn, busy, engaging, cute, creepy, odd, and more. I hope that you ll agree! below: Interesting Story 1898, by Laura Muntz Lyall (1860-1930) below: A Louis Valtat (1869-1952, French) painting that depicts a couple at a cabaret. Can \[ \] ## [NYC's Pied a Terre Tax](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/nycs-pied-a-terre-tax) _2026-08-05 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ What Luxury Homeowners Need to Know ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5ACEoahyDGWX) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [How Writing Every Week Made Me a Better Real Estate Agent](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/how-writing-every-week-made-me-a) _2026-07-29 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ Last week I was up on my building’s roof terrace, which is where I do my best thinking in the warmer months and where I frequently have lovely conversations with my neighbors. ## [Petros and Fink](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/07/23/petros-and-fink/) _2026-07-24 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ Two very different men born in different times and in different places who happen to take pictures. Some of these pictures are now hanging on the walls of the TMU Image Centre. The main exhibit showcases some of the work of Dawit L. Petros a Montreal-based artist and winner of the 2025 Scotiabank Photography Award. \[ \] ## [Welcome to the Sharing Circle](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-sharing-circle) _2026-07-23 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Pull up a spot of carpet in my listening room. ## [NYC Local Law 58 Explained: New Co-op Board Deadlines Starting July 2026](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/nyc-local-law-58-explained-new-co) _2026-07-22 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ What Local Law 58 Is and How It Works ## [When the Levee Breaks](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/when-the-levee-breaks) _2026-07-16 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Alternative Title: That One Time Led Zeppelin Borrowed an Old Song Instead of Just Stealing It ## [Wellness Is Becoming the Fourth Pillar of Luxury Living in Manhattan](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/wellness-is-becoming-the-fourth-pillar) _2026-07-15 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ For decades, conventional wisdom held that city living was inherently unhealthy: too much noise, too much pollution, and too little room to breathe. ## [9 Songs That Hit #1 For Two Different Artists](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/10-songs-that-hit-1-for-two-different) _2026-07-09 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ There are only 9 songs in Billboard Hot 100 history to hit #1 for two different artists. Here they are. ## [Manhattan Q2 2026 Market Report](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/manhattan-q2-2026-market-report) _2026-07-08 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ Everyone's going to tell you Manhattan prices are up 7%. ## [Dundas East garages](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/07/06/dundas-east-garages/) _2026-07-07 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ All of the pictures in this post were taken on Dundas East, just west of Jones Avenue. Along this stretch of Dundas, garages and backyard fences line the street. Most of them have been painted with bright and cheerful images of flowers, birds, animals, and other living things. below: There is only one person who \[ \] ## [Some basic clarifications about the confusing concept of “consciousness”](https://www.blog-thebrain.org/blog/2026/07/01/some-basic-clarifications-about-the-confusing-concept-of-consciousness/) _2026-07-01 · Bruno Dubuc · The Brain from Top to Bottom Blog – Intermediate Level_ The word consciousness may refer simply to the state in which you are awake, as opposed to states in which you are not (for example, when you re asleep, or in a coma, or under general anaesthesia). But the word consciousness may also refer to the content to which you have conscious access (for example, memories, \[ \] ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6UDP1zabZmRR) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [The Vacation Edit: 10 Articles Every Smart NYC Buyer and Seller Should Read This Summer](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/the-vacation-edit-10-articles-every) _2026-07-01 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ Summer offers something New Yorkers rarely experience during the rest of the year: enough distance from daily life to reconsider how and where we want to live. ## [Is the "Mamdani Discount" Real? What NYC Buyers Need to Know](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/is-the-mamdani-discount-real-what) _2026-06-24 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ I've had the same conversation with at least a dozen clients over the past few months: should I be worried about Mamdani? So I decided to actually separate the rhetoric from the policy and look at what's real vs. ## [intersections – Bathurst and Wilson](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/06/23/intersections-bathurst-and-wilson/) _2026-06-23 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ A look at another intersection (and its surroundings) . below: Swimming by the 401 highway You might recognize this image as Georges Pierre Seurat s 1884 pointillism painting, Bathers at Asnières . Man in hat lying with his dog, sailboats in the distance, people sitting on the shore and people playing in the water these are \[ \] ## [Top 1.5% of U.S. Real Estate Professionals. Here's What Actually Got Me There.](https://juliabolandnycrealestate.substack.com/p/top-15-of-us-real-estate-professionals) _2026-06-17 · Julia Boland | NYC Real Estate · Julia's Substack_ Last week I was named among the top 1.5% of real estate professionals in the United States. ## [animals under the 401](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/06/15/animals-under-the-401/) _2026-06-16 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ There are two large murals by Nick Sweetman that cover both sides of Bathurst street as it passes under the 401 highway. The murals are a collection of animals birds, frogs, cows, cats, foxes, bats, tigers, and more. This blogpost is a selection of images from those two walls. ## [Coxwell and Soller](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/06/12/coxwell-and-soller/) _2026-06-12 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ A walk down Coxwell Avenue with a few diversions along the way .. below: Part of larger mural painted by Al Runt that covers most of the exterior of a building on Gerrard near Coxwell. The Soller part of the title of this post is a direct reference to artist Rowell Soller. As it turns out \[ \] ## [from oranges to little yellow birdies](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/05/29/from-oranges-to-little-yellow-birdies/) _2026-05-30 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ subtitle: A little wander down King Street East (and area) with a look at both the past and present . Starting with a cup of coffee and a CONTACT exhibit photos by Jamaal Owusu-Ansah titled Hints of Orange at the Black Canary coffee shop on Sherbourne Street just north of King, showing until 5th \[ \] ## [Sanko trading company](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/05/28/sanko-trading-company/) _2026-05-28 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ below: People walking on Queen Street West. Do you think that they realize that a large yellow eye is watching them from behind? This is the eye of a very large painting of a cat, probably a Japanese cat. The mural, the JapanTown mural on the side of the Sanko Trading Company, has been re-painted. \[ \] ## [401 Richmond wanderings](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/05/27/401-richmond-wanderings/) _2026-05-27 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ a few selections from what is/was on view at 401 Richmond last week. Some of these exhibits were in their last days and may no longer be viewed. below: A Space Gallery, Jason Bearg, aen nistwayr mayshkotoonikayhk/First Story (until 11 July 2026) large, round, illuminated artworks cover one wall of the gallery. below: \[ \] ## [from Aphasia to Paris](https://mcfcrandall.blog/2026/05/22/from-aphasia-to-paris/) _2026-05-23 · Mary C · as I walk Toronto_ . from Shaw to Crawford Two very different CONTACT Photography exhibits and a short walk between them. Aphasia is a photography exhibit now on at Youngplace (on Shaw, just north of Queen) Here, photographer James Andrew Rosen explores themes of impermanence, decay, and the non-linear process of healing after a traumatic experience \[ \] ## [Credential isolation and least privilege for AWS agents](https://engseclabs.com/blog/iam-agent-proxy/) _2026-05-08 · Alex Smolen · EngSecLabs_ A proxy that holds real AWS credentials, gives agents fake keys, re-signs outbound requests, and generates a least-privilege policy from observed behavior. ## [A new brain network involved in Parkinson’s disease challenges our view of the primary motor cortex](https://www.blog-thebrain.org/blog/2026/05/06/a-new-brain-network-involved-in-parkinsons-disease-challenges-our-view-of-the-primary-motor-cortex/) _2026-05-06 · Bruno Dubuc · The Brain from Top to Bottom Blog – Intermediate Level_ In a field like neuroscience, there s so much knowledge, and it s changing so constantly, that often, when you read about one discovery, you can best understand its importance in light of another discovery that you hadn t even heard of before. That s what happened to me when I read this article explaining a major advance in \[ \] ## [AWS Credential Isolation for Local AI Agents](https://engseclabs.com/blog/agent-credential-isolation/) _2026-04-27 · Alex Smolen · EngSecLabs_ How to give a local coding agent exactly the AWS access it needs, nothing more, using elhaz ## [What Condition is Your Condition In?](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/what-condition-is-your-condition-4ad) _2026-04-20 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Find out where Jeffrey Lebowski's favorite acid flashback soundtrack originated. ## [Happy Rex Manning Day!](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/happy-rex-manning-day-c90) _2026-04-08 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ 10 Fun Facts About Empire Records for all who observe. ## [Talkin' Opening Day](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/talkin-opening-day-64e) _2026-03-25 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Songs about baseball. ## [TrailTool: CloudTrail for AI Agents](https://engseclabs.com/blog/cloudtrail-for-ai-agents/) _2026-03-23 · Alex Smolen · EngSecLabs_ TrailTool pre-aggregates CloudTrail events into entities, making AI-driven security analysis fast, cheap, and actionable. ## [Top 10 Kickass Irish Tunes for Your St. Patty’s Day Celebration](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/top-10-kickass-irish-tunes-for-your-072) _2026-03-15 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ Find out how Woody Guthrie helped write history's greatest Irish punk anthem from beyond the grave. Plus, a full Spotify soundtrack for your holiday. ## [Two different levels of analysis: the hippocampus at the neuronal level and autism at the molecular level](https://www.blog-thebrain.org/blog/2026/03/09/13951/) _2026-03-09 · Bruno Dubuc · The Brain from Top to Bottom Blog – Intermediate Level_ This week, I ll address two different topics from the angle that is so central to my website and my book about the human brain: the various levels at which the human brain and the human mind are organized. My first topic today is how the neurons of the hippocampus are affected by chronic stress. The \[ \] ## [867-5309…and the Poor Schmucks Who Actually Owned the Number](https://musicinfluence.substack.com/p/867-5309and-the-poor-schmucks-who) _2026-02-11 · Music Influence · MusicInfluence.com_ In 1981, California-based power pop band Tommy Tutone released the enduring one-hit wonder–“867-5309/Jenny.”