# two stories (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover two stories. Page: Feed: --- ## [What I Wrote This Week (8/14)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-814) _2026-08-14 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ Two more stories from me this week before we go into full-on Premier League Preview Mode: ## [When It's Time to Check Out of NYC](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/when-its-time-to-check-out-of-nyc) _2026-08-12 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ There is a perpetual conversation happening about New York City’s best days being behind it. ## [What I Wrote This Week (8/7)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-87) _2026-08-07 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ The other day, one of my friends told me he was soccer-ed out from the World Cup. ## [How Criticism Became the Dominant Art](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/how-criticism-became-the-dominant) _2026-08-05 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ To be a critic in 2026 is to exercise a notion of having good taste. ## [There Are Only Two Stories](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-two-films-you-need-to-get-through) _2026-07-30 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ There are only two movies you need to guide you through this life, because there are only two stories to tell. ## [What I Wrote This Week (7/24)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-724) _2026-07-24 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ After these two stories, my World Cup has ended: ## ['The Odyssey' is When Ego Turns Sour](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-is-when-ego-turns-sour) _2026-07-23 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ Dissecting what is actually the problem with Christopher Nolan's new epic. ## [What I Wrote This Week (7/17)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-717) _2026-07-17 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ Normally, I am ethically opposed to the third-place game. ## [What I Wrote This Week (7/10)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-710) _2026-07-10 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ I guess it’s a sign of growth, right? ## [What I Wrote This Week (7/3)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-73) _2026-07-03 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ I tried writing an intro where I likened this summer’s growing discontent with soccer’s adoption of technology — beginning with the constant, thankless efforts of a select few (like the early subscribers to this newsletter), eventually co-opted by the masses (American Outlaws, the Croatian government, etc.) — to how upstart political movements actually affect change on a large scale, but my brain… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/yj864kdKFl9R) _2026-07-03 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [The White Man is Back: How 'Citizen Vigilante' Became Cinema's Conversation Piece](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-white-man-is-back-how-citizen) _2026-06-28 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ When nobody wants to depict social reality in art, the bar to impress becomes extremely low. In this case, all it took was a talented actor taking his job seriously. ## [What I Wrote This Week (6/26)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-626) _2026-06-26 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ Are you and your loved ones also confused by our English-language American broadcasters continually using the phrase “unplayable” to describe a soccer player who is simply playing soccer at a really high level and not one who is unable to or not good enough to play? ## [What I Wrote This Week (6/19)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-619) _2026-06-19 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ We’re just over a week into the World Cup and rather beginning this newsletter by attempting to make some kind of pithy comment that tries to sum up everything that’s happened, I wrote you an entire column about it. ## [What I Wrote This Week (6/11)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-611) _2026-06-11 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ The World Cup starts in a couple hours, so we’re coming to you a day early this week: ## [The Art of Writing a Biopic: Your Three Audiences](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-art-of-writing-a-biopic-your) _2026-06-11 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ God's Script vs. Your Own ## [What I Wrote This Week (6/5)](https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/p/what-i-wrote-this-week-65) _2026-06-05 · Ryan O'Hanlon · No Grass in the Clouds_ There are approximately 78,000 words from me on ESPN dot com this week. ## [The Biodegradable Man: Men Who Need Women to Stay Intact](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-biodegradable-man-men-who-need) _2026-05-06 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ At some point in a man’s life, he looks closely at his circle of friends and feels a certain despair. ## [Lena Dunham's Legacy: Why 'Girls' Still Resonates (and Divides)](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/lena-dunhams-legacy-why-girls-still) _2026-05-05 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ Why is 'Girls' Suddenly So Popular Again? ## [Mangione Design](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/mangione-design) _2025-12-11 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ On December 4, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in the early hours of the morning on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk. ## [Just A Kid Who Liked to Draw: An Avalanche of Ideas](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/just-a-kid-who-liked-to-draw-an-avalanche) _2025-12-05 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ There are far too many tabs open in this brain ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/e8tfV6xEVGqJ) _2025-12-05 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Just A Kid Who Liked To Draw: Rekindling an Old Love](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/just-a-kid-who-liked-to-draw-rekindling) _2025-10-01 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ The tale of how life killed my creativity, and how I revived it ## [An Infestation of Soot Goblins](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/an-infestation-of-soot-goblins) _2025-09-26 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ From the Ledger of the Midnight Paw Society ## [Repercussions](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/repercussions) _2025-09-06 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ A reminder about the Creature Lounge rules, and the consequences of breaking them. ## [The Moonflower](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/the-moonflower) _2025-08-22 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ A little tale about young love ## [Just a Kid Who Liked to Draw: Can I get off this ride?](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/can-i-get-off-this-ride) _2025-08-20 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ This freelancer life is throwing my for a loop ## [The Field](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/the-field) _2025-08-08 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ A story about the guide we are all fated to meet ## [Dancing & a Dino](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/dancing-and-a-dino) _2025-07-25 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ Excerpts from two publications about travels into worlds unknown. ## [Just a Kid Who Liked To Draw: I lost my dreams long ago](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/just-a-kid-who-liked-to-draw-i-lost) _2025-07-23 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ You don't work as a designer for 15+ years and still have hopes and dreams ## [Silk and Song](https://jessimesparza.substack.com/p/silk-and-song) _2025-07-11 · Jessi Esparza · Miztica House Library_ This issue contains two stories about tricksters. Read with caution. ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Z1GyAo32HlG5) _2025-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [The 10 Best Films of 2024](https://jaykarales.substack.com/p/the-10-best-films-of-2024) _2025-01-18 · Jay Karales · LowRes Wünderbred_ The decade's most interesting year for cinema.