# whats actually (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 9 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 ## [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. ## [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. ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hsAAKoboSPqw) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [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 ## [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! ## [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. ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v4fQnt4J4nlB) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [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 ## [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 ## [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 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 ## [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. ## [World's cheapest GPUs, deployed fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/M4qckzXFwlyG) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy a live GPU-backed API in minutes for under $10 ## [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. ## [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. ## [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 ## [#58: Underwear secrets, K beauty that WORKS + more](https://extragood.substack.com/p/58-underwear-secrets-k-beauty-that) _2026-07-10 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ Maybe it’s just my algorithm, but it seems like social media is inundating me with ads and content (ahem) for underwear that’s made of glorified plastic—and aside from it being tragically overpriced for what it is, poorly-made synthetics could leave you with lady parts nightmares. ## [The Sentence You Never Chose](https://dianasoare.substack.com/p/the-sentence-you-never-chose) _2026-07-09 · Diana Soare · The Real Question_ Why We Build Lives We Don't Like ## [Why You Can Be Surrounded By People and Still Feel Completely Unknown](https://drjudyho.substack.com/p/the-loneliness-epidemic-is-a-brain) _2026-07-08 · Dr. Judy Ho · The Dr. Judy Ho Newsletter_ The problem isn't how many people are in your life. It's that your brain is running a threat response — and it's been doing it quietly for years. ## [Want More Readers? Stop Chasing More Views.](https://thehumanproject.substack.com/p/what-95-of-writers-dont-understand) _2026-07-07 · The Human Project · The Human Project_ Audience growth starts when people remember your ideas—not just scroll past them. ## [The Tab Nobody Is Picking Up](https://ryanwms.substack.com/p/the-tab-nobody-is-picking-up) _2026-07-04 · Ryan Williams · Cutting Heads_ On the environmental cost of AI, the industry's skewed investment priorities, and why greening the technology isn't idealism — it's survival ## [#57: Cooling bedding, sleep sales + a gift for you!](https://extragood.substack.com/p/57-cooling-bedding-sleep-sales-a) _2026-07-03 · Bryce Gruber · Extra Good_ Happy July 4th weekend, friends—aside from the BBQs and beach days ahead, I have a little Extra Good news. ## [The Ultimate Weekend Sales Guide](https://herfashionedlife.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-weekend-sales-guide) _2026-07-02 · Tammy Caciola · Her Fashioned Life_ All the good ones, in one place