# whats actually — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 11 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover whats actually. Page: Feed: --- ## [Your Best Ideas Don’t Come When You’re Trying](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/your-best-ideas-dont-come-when-youre) _2026-08-19 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ Tapping Into the Other Mode of Thinking Where Creativity and Insight Lives. ## [It Is Peak Cherry Tomato Time: 1 More Quick Bonus Recipe](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/it-is-peak-cherry-tomato-time-1-more) _2026-08-19 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ & why my blender is still one of my closest friends ## [The 5 Moves I’d Make If I Had to Start Ghostwriting From $0 Today](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/ai-didnt-kill-ghostwriting-it-killed) _2026-08-18 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ Where I’d find clients, what I’d charge, how I’d use AI, and the free-sample tactic I’d use to get someone to say yes. ## [What's Actually Worth Cooking This Week: Summer Pasta alla Montecarlo](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/whats-actually-worth-cooking-this-c0a) _2026-08-17 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ Sometimes you just want to shake things up ## [Pre-diabetic? What it doesn't mean.](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/pre-diabetic-what-it-doesnt-mean) _2026-08-17 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ It's not a sentence, it's not your fault, and the number can move both ways — here's the evidence. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211516247/581dca85f61c98959d2361b26c8fc98a.mp3) ## [The Analog Computer](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/the-analog-computer) _2026-08-15 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On dopamine regulation, rounded surfaces, and why biological computing might not be a better digital computer but a different kind of computer entirely ## [The Standing Order, No. 3](https://milesfisher.substack.com/p/the-standing-order-no-3) _2026-08-15 · Miles Fisher · Fisher’s Island_ What’s actually in my rotation. ## [#63: Some cool \*secrets\* you should know about](https://extragood.substack.com/p/63-some-cool-secrets-you-should-know) _2026-08-14 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ A lot of expensive beauty products are surprisingly simple ## [The Value of Cooking What's on Sale](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/the-value-of-cooking-whats-on-sale) _2026-08-13 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ and the value of knowing how to cook ## [You’re Not Overthinking. You’re Under-Deciding.](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/youre-not-overthinking-youre-under) _2026-08-12 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ Your brain isn’t stuck in a loop because you think too much. It’s stuck because deciding feels more dangerous than cycling. Here’s what’s actually happening — and how to get out. ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JNRaT4pMSn6n) _2026-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [Your Writing Doesn't Need to Be Better. It Needs to Be Less Boring.](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/7-signs-your-writing-is-making-people) _2026-08-11 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ In 2026, competent writing is everywhere, including from AI. These 7 fixes make yours sound like a person worth listening to. ## [What's Actually Worth Cooking This Week: Zaru Soba](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/whats-actually-worth-cooking-this-f0b) _2026-08-10 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ and the antidote to the "I don't want sauce" phase ## [The Timing of Your Meals Matters More Than You Think](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/the-timing-of-your-meals-matters) _2026-08-10 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ Listen now | Your body handles the same meal differently morning and night - here's the evidence, and what to do with it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210561194/0a7b8db7e838d11a129833b66834c6f9.mp3) ## [50 Things I Know](https://milesfisher.substack.com/p/fifty-things-i-know) _2026-08-09 · Miles Fisher · Fisher’s Island_ A notebook of lessons I’ve learned the hard way. ## [The Music I Didn't Write](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/the-music-i-didnt-write) _2026-08-08 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On vibe-coding, eager toddlers, and what six weeks of building taught me at a price I didn't agree to pay ## [Just Back From A Much Needed Vacation! Here's Everything I Wore.](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/just-back-from-a-much-needed-vacation) _2026-08-08 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ The outfit combos you can recreate for yourself! ## [#62: Honest Quince breakdown, Emi Jay, + more](https://extragood.substack.com/p/62-honest-quince-breakdown-emi-jay) _2026-08-07 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ As promised, a full breakdown of what I think is worth buying and what’s not from Quince—because honestly, I think of this retailer as a single-brand TJ Maxx. ## [The Version of You That Got Left Behind](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/the-version-of-you-that-got-left) _2026-08-06 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ Somewhere along the way, you set a part of yourself aside. But it's still there - and there may be some benefits to revisiting a lost part of yourself. ## [57 and Feeling My Best: What I'm Wearing (and Doing) Right Now](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/57-and-feeling-my-best-what-im-wearing) _2026-08-05 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ Free post — the full roundup from my latest Instagram carousel, all in one place. ## [Making Food TV in 2026](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/making-food-tv-in-2026) _2026-08-05 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ Barbecue Smokeout is now streaming on Netflix! ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m1fa4h0jf950) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [The 2-Hour Daily Writing System That Replaced My 9-to-5 Income](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/the-2-hour-daily-writing-system-that) _2026-08-04 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ How I stopped treating writing like a hobby, built a system that actually made money, and eventually walked away from my 9-to-5 ## [Fall 2026 Trends: What's Actually Wearable at 50+ (and What to Skip)](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/fall-2026-trends-whats-actually-wearable) _2026-08-03 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ A paid subscriber exclusive — because your time (and your closet) is too valuable for trends that don't work for real life. ## [What's Actually Worth Drinking This Week: Frothy, Blended Blackberry Lemonade](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/whats-actually-worth-drinking-this) _2026-08-03 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ or: what to do with an abundance of blackberries ## [Why the Low-Fat Advice You Were Given Made Everything Worse](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/why-the-low-fat-advice-you-were-given) _2026-08-03 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ Someone paid to make you fear fat — here's the paper trail, and what it means for your blood sugar. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209592560/9f41f2efe32dae28e9e832d70d24d1b7.mp3) ## [The Car Without Oil](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/the-car-without-oil) _2026-08-01 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On why the labs are building biological computers by thinking like silicon engineers — and what they’re leaving out ## [#61: From the archives + what's actually worth it](https://extragood.substack.com/p/61-from-the-archives-whats-actually) _2026-07-31 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ This tight-knit little community has grown tremendously over the last several weeks, and while that’s a wonderful thing, it also means I’ve taken a little heat from brands gettin’ their feathers ruffled. ## [The Nordstrom Sale Clock Is Ticking](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/the-nordstrom-sale-clock-is-ticking) _2026-07-30 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ Your last chance Nordstrom sale edit ## [Drip Coffee vs. Espresso with Henry Abbott + Noah Makes Henry Talk About NBA, Billionaires, The Blazers and The Suns](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/drip-coffee-vs-espresso-with-henry) _2026-07-29 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ A recording from Noah Galuten's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209004332/66fbad6d02bd6448b92130a724dcd77f.mp3) ## [Nobody Taught You How To Feel](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/nobody-taught-you-how-to-feel) _2026-07-29 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ Most of us were taught to manage emotions, perform them, suppress them, or explain them away. Almost none of us were taught to actually feel them. ## [Free Recipe from the Archives: How Parenting Exposes Flaws but Fixes Sauce + A Recipe for Pasta with Almost-Instant Cherry Tomato Sauce](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/free-recipe-from-the-archives-how) _2026-07-29 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ Blenders, Pectin and Wanting our Kids to Like our Cooking ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/44iwtN3x9Eau) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [65% of My 11,301 Subscribers Came From Substack Notes. Here's Exactly Why.](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/65-of-my-11301-newsletter-subscribers) _2026-07-28 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ The format that actually works, and why posting more often almost never fixes it. ## [What's Actually Happening?](https://castlesinspace.substack.com/p/whats-actually-happening-e6a) _2026-07-27 · Castles in Space · Castles in Space Dubstack_ All the news from the castlesin.space universe. ## [What's Actually Worth \*Not Cooking\* This Week: The No-Cook Antipasto Pantry Fridge Salad](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/whats-actually-worth-not-cooking) _2026-07-27 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ Or, avoiding Hot Cyclospora Summer ## [What Your Skin Is Trying to Tell You About Your Blood Sugar](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/what-your-skin-is-trying-to-tell) _2026-07-27 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ Why insulin shows up on the outside — and what it doesn't explain [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208647989/78ea8e854aee5c6da2d9c930fd6f2180.mp3) ## [When Every Version of My Life is Plausible](https://milesfisher.substack.com/p/ai-makes-every-version-of-my-life) _2026-07-26 · Miles Fisher · Fisher’s Island_ The machine can make every possible future feel imminent. It cannot tell me which one is mine. ## [You Can't Always Get What You Want](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want) _2026-07-25 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On Mythos, the gap between public and internal AI, and the question nobody has cleanly answered yet ## [#60: The Row quality, but less $$$? + More beauty dhoops](https://extragood.substack.com/p/60-the-row-quality-but-less-more) _2026-07-24 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ Unpacking high-quality leather bags… starting with The Row ## [Teacher Outfits That Look Expensive (They're Not)](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/teacher-outfits-that-look-expensive) _2026-07-24 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ Affordable picks that actually hold up ## [Why You’re Harder on Yourself Than on Anyone You Love](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/why-youre-harder-on-yourself-than) _2026-07-22 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ The inner critic isn’t trying to destroy you. It’s trying to protect you. Understanding what it’s protecting against is the only thing that actually quiets it. ## [We Used to Make Drip Coffee In This Country](https://noahgaluten.substack.com/p/we-used-to-make-drip-coffee-in-this) _2026-07-22 · Noah Galuten · I'm Legally Required to Feed You_ a rant about espresso, or America, or something ## [I Gained 13,900 Newsletter Subscribers With These 7 Dead Simple Steps](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/i-gained-13900-newsletter-subscribers) _2026-07-21 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ No viral hacks. No daily posting. Just seven repeatable habits that helped me grow faster than anything else I tried. ## [The real reason you crash at 3pm](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-you-crash-at-3pm) _2026-07-20 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ It starts at lunch — and it isn't willpower. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207742535/bd50919e06255a65706e75d977fb4397.mp3) ## [Performing Awakening](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/performing-awakening) _2026-07-18 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On public AI consciousness discourse, the humans performing it at each other, and the different conversation happening in the labs ## [#59: A major dhoops guide](https://extragood.substack.com/p/59-a-major-dhoops-guide) _2026-07-17 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ I do these from time to time because I know everyone loves the inside info (and money-saving), but I guess I made a big enough internet splash this week that I upset a handful of big beauty brands. ## [Don't Open the Nordstrom Sale Without Reading This First](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/dont-open-the-nordstrom-sale-without) _2026-07-16 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ 12 years of shopping it — here's what I know ## [You Worked All Day. Your Brain Was Busy. Almost None of It Counted](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/why-youre-busy-but-not-productive) _2026-07-15 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ Busyness and productivity feel identical from the inside. The neuroscience reveals they produce almost opposite outcomes — and your brain is wired to choose the wrong one every time. ## [If Nobody Reads Your Writing, Read This First](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/if-nobody-reads-your-writing-read) _2026-07-14 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ Before you write another article, fix the nine mistakes quietly driving readers away within seconds. ## [Why coming off GLP-1s feels so hard](https://francesnorgate.substack.com/p/why-coming-off-glp-1s-feels-so-hard) _2026-07-13 · Frances Norgate · Nourished & Found_ It's not willpower. Here's what's actually happening — and what helps. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206800807/51cd204108778bee23d9e4c58b57d261.mp3) ## [Everything I'd Buy From the Nordstrom Sale](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/everything-id-buy-from-the-nordstrom) _2026-07-12 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ The edit you actually need ## [What They're Not Required to Tell You](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/what-theyre-not-required-to-tell) _2026-07-11 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On corporate secrecy, government classification, and the epistemological problem at the center of the most consequential technology in human history