# work progress (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 16 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover work progress. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Thailand was never colonized](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-thailand-was-never-colonized) _2026-08-21 · Works in Progress · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Diplomacy, reform, and a convenient stone ## [Does daycare damage children's brains?](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/daycare-barely-matters) _2026-08-19 · Phoebe Arslanagić-Little · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ If it had a clear effect on children we would know by now. ## [Twin Promises - chapter 56 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-56-of-a-work) _2026-08-18 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [Twin Promises - chapter 55 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-55-of-a-work) _2026-08-18 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [Post-emetic relief](https://dsell.me/post-emetic_relief/) _2026-08-18 · dsell · Daniel Sell_ The problem with also being a publisher is work in progress often skips public scrutiny. The scrutinising isn't so essential as the act of putting it out there and cementing part of its reality, which I do less than ever resulting in a cutting room floor three feet deep. First foot goes down here. I had this idea while talking to friend who has the same habit of spiralling off topic and into… ## [Medical innovation needs you](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/saloni-ted-talk) _2026-08-17 · Saloni Dattani · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Saloni's TED talk was published today. ## [Will factory farming fix itself?](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/will-factory-farming-fix-itself) _2026-08-14 · Works in Progress · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ What smog, deforestation, and child labor tell us about the future of animal suffering ## [don’t forget to lichen subscribe](https://bkstrm.net/dont-forget-to-lichen-subscribe-2/) _2026-08-14 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ some really cool moss and lichen growing on a tree high up in the mountains of Tennessee ## [Cure all diseases](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/future-of-medicine) _2026-08-12 · Saloni Dattani · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Few people know how much medicine has progressed in their lifetimes. Fewer know how much faster it could be progressing. ## [a gorgeous stream](https://bkstrm.net/a-gorgeous-stream/) _2026-08-11 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ We went to Tennessee about a month ago and here is one of the picturesque streams I got to fish. Soooo pretty ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1cVdXq02dVBq) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Twin Promises - chapter 54 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-54-of-a-work) _2026-08-10 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [Twin Promises - chapter 53 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-53-of-a-work) _2026-08-10 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [The upper limits of biology](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-horses-have-stopped-getting-faster) _2026-08-06 · Sophie Fessl · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ The limits of breeding for speed ## [Twin Promises - chapter 52 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-52-of-a-work) _2026-08-01 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [Twin Promises - chapter 51 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapter-51-of-a-work) _2026-08-01 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college, and things get complicated. TO CATCH UP, read the rollup post (every ten chapters). ## [How ugliness helps NIMBYs](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-ugly-buildings-create-nimbyism) _2026-07-31 · Samuel Hughes · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ And how beauty could help get more homes built ## [Thoughts on Character Choices in Twin Promises, #4](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-character-choices-in-c04) _2026-07-26 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ The Sisters I Built for a Friend ## [Are miracle drugs hiding in plain sight?](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/are-miracle-drugs-hiding-in-plain-sight) _2026-07-24 · Saloni Dattani · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Watch now | GLP-1 drugs have transformed the treatment of obesity and diabetes, and also help with heart disease, kidney disease and sleep apnea. But they are far from the only medicine with more than one use. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208304272/a36a48476cce0fb115e538435f2fde0d.mp3) ## [The myth of medieval childhood](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/did-medieval-people-love-their-children) _2026-07-23 · Samuel Hughes · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Is it really plausible that children survived the hardship of medieval life without devoted parents? ## [Lessons from a high-fertility subculture](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/lessons-from-a-high-fertility-subculture) _2026-07-22 · Sonja Trauss · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Modernity has meant fewer children in virtually every culture around the world. Do holdouts like Orthodox Jews have lessons for the rest of us? ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ldY329nxpe3Q) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Attack on Sjukskessa on Artfight](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/822785308156379138) _2026-07-21 · Krúzídúla_ Attack on Sjukskessa on Artfight ## [Þyrna & Fjóla](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/822785021920362496) _2026-07-21 · Krúzídúla_ kruzidula : Þyrna & Fjóla ## [Status](https://dsell.me/status/) _2026-07-18 · dsell · Daniel Sell_ ⚠ Partial Outage Dan Alive Work In progress Busyness Elevated Project cancellations 0 incidents in 3650 days Patience Major outages reported Work time spent performing admin tasks a chimp could do 85% ## [Across the Sky](https://dsell.me/across-the-sky/) _2026-07-15 · dsell · Daniel Sell_ ADJUSTMENTS to my preferences about running a game. Laptops are annoying. I think the school exam style of bringing only pencil and paper to the adventure is right. I've been using Obsidian recently and it's nice, and too powerful. I was using IAWriter but it gets slow on VAST documents; Get It At Sutlers and Bits O' Troika became stop-motion after a piddly 80k words or so, which is weird 'cos… ## [Why San Francisco isn’t bigger](https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/terraforming-earth) _2026-07-10 · Maxwell Tabarrok · The Works in Progress Newsletter_ Large swaths of America’s cities were originally underwater. We stopped half a century ago, but there is plenty more land left to take. ## [Attack on Crittercrumbs on Artfight](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/821489788398059520) _2026-07-07 · Krúzídúla_ Attack on Crittercrumbs on Artfight ## [Attack on @zigguratgf](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/821487225175998464) _2026-07-07 · Krúzídúla_ Attack on @zigguratgf ## [Attack on Finnifenn on ArtFight](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/821487143186808832) _2026-07-07 · Krúzídúla_ Attack on Finnifenn on ArtFight ## [360°-Panoramen Gymnasium St. Augustin](http://cweiske.de/staugustin-pano.htm) _2026-07-06 · cweiske.de news_ 360°-Panoramen Gymnasium St. Augustin ## [Thoughts on Narrative Architecture in Twin Promises, #4](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-narrative-architecture-257) _2026-07-05 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Hints He Doesn't Know He's Dropping ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Si1IpxCO5awQ) _2026-07-05 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Twin Promises - chapters 41-50 of a work in progress](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/twin-promises-chapters-41-50-of-a) _2026-06-22 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Amelie and Katelyn have burdened one another with sisterly promises. John meets Amelie on the first day of college and it gets complicated fast. TO HELP YOU CATCH UP, here's a roll-up post. ## [Thoughts on Character Choices in Twin Promises, #3](https://wildwordfiction.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-character-choices-in-949) _2026-06-22 · Wesley J Wildman · WildWord Fiction_ Felix and Donna Anderson: complementarianism at its best ## [How I take my personal notes, with AI](https://notes.bharatkalluri.com/how-i-take-my-personal-notes-with-ai/) _2026-06-06 · Bharat Kalluri · Bharat Kalluri's Notes_ With the 20$ chatgpt subscription and obsidian, you can have your own PA with you're entire lifes context! Here's how I do it... ## [The Prometheus Theory: The Two Foundational Wounds - A Framework for Belonging, Control, and the Defended Identity - by John L](https://edensflamingsword.bearblog.dev/the-prometheus-theory-the-two-foundational-wounds-a-framework-for-belonging-control-and-the-defended-identity-by-john-l/) _2026-06-06 · hidden (edensflamingsword) · Eden's Flaming Sword | A Framework for Grief, Survival, and Human Healing_ \*This is still a work in progress. Draft version and not yet the final form. Purpose This document is part of The Prometheus Theory, a psychological framework for understanding how human suffering forms, how identity hardens around unresolved grief, and how healing becomes possible. This section maps the origins of the two foundational wounds, where belonging and control are won or lost in real… ## [The Prometheus Theory: A Framework for Suffering, Identity, and Healing - by John L](https://edensflamingsword.bearblog.dev/the-prometheus-theory-a-framework-for-suffering-identity-and-healing-by-john-l/) _2026-06-06 · hidden (edensflamingsword) · Eden's Flaming Sword | A Framework for Grief, Survival, and Human Healing_ \*This is still a work in progress. Draft version and not yet the final form. The Glitch: We have a powerful mind, but our nervous system was not built to handle it. We mistake thoughts for reality. So we suffer remembered, imagined, or symbolic loss as if it were happening now. Every wound begins here. The Core Claim: What looks like personality is often survival frozen in place, a wound(s) that… ## [The Prometheus Theory: The Pride Mechanism - A Framework for the Defended Identity - by John L](https://edensflamingsword.bearblog.dev/the-prometheus-theory-the-pride-mechanism-a-framework-for-the-defended-identity-by-john-l/) _2026-06-06 · hidden (edensflamingsword) · Eden's Flaming Sword | A Framework for Grief, Survival, and Human Healing_ \*This is still a work in progress. Draft version and not yet the final form. Purpose: This document is part of The Prometheus Theory, a psychological framework for understanding how human suffering forms, how identity hardens around unresolved grief, and how healing becomes possible. This section maps the pride mechanism specifically: how the defended identity forms, what maintains it, and what… ## [2026: The Ajisai Report](https://illuminesce.net/blog/posts/2026-05-29-Ajisai-Report/) _2026-05-29 · CJ | design & games_ I have a lot of topics/subjects that have been percolating in my head: in April and May, the Steam Sales for Interface X26 made me realize how much other people are thinking about fake OS/interface drama games and their underlying themes. Studio Terranova is continuing and we're learning a lot about what makes a cooperative and how to run it sociocratically . A cooperative was, at its core, an… ## [The Celebration is Up!](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/817804818362007552) _2026-05-27 · Krúzídúla_ The Celebration is Up! you can view the sketchbook here: https://kruzidula.neocities.org/SKETCHBOOKS/THE%20CELEBRATION/ ## [Troikanary](https://dsell.me/troikanary/) _2026-05-27 · dsell · Daniel Sell_ There was a joke I heard some trad publishers make when I was in university about how every year another radical author cooperative appears to disrupt the publishing world. Then they decide one of them should do the admin. And another should deal with the printing. And another will do the marketing. And then they've become another publisher. I am that joke. Melsonia's great strength and weakness… ## [Crowdfunding Season](https://dsell.me/crowdfunding_season/) _2026-05-23 · dsell · Daniel Sell_ CROWDFUNDING SEASON IS STARTING! I'm joking, it never ended. I've come to peace with it, I think, since I've been so available to chat to strangers in this real-life shop space. There is a sense it should be possible to have some integrity, to just make a game and have it played and eat food under a roof, but that's just a reality that needs to be accepted. And real life is marvelously inverted… ## [my minecraft city is bigger than a square kilometer](https://bkstrm.net/my-minecraft-city-is-bigger-than-a-square-kilometer/) _2026-05-20 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ I might be getting carried away The very loose idea is a solarpunk city. I haven t been able to find any solar panel mods that work with my server, so I ve been focusing on greenery, farming, and public transportation in the form of minecart rails everywhere. I might write a more detailed post about New \[ \] ## [Principles](https://notes.bharatkalluri.com/principles/) _2026-05-17 · Bharat Kalluri · Bharat Kalluri's Notes_ The principles I aspire to live up to every day. If I'm struggling with something, this is where I go back to and use to think. ## [A Home Should Reduce Friction](https://notes.bharatkalluri.com/a-home-should-reduce-friction/) _2026-05-17 · Bharat Kalluri · Bharat Kalluri's Notes_ Home's are about character and utility. A home should feel lived in, should reflect the owners taste and passions. And most importantly should reduce friction and help people do the right things, easily. This is easier said than done, homes are easily one of the places where we ## [..and pose!](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/816680573930242048) _2026-05-15 · Krúzídúla_ requiolis : ..and pose! ## [Protected: Rasputin](https://blog.fuzzyworld.net/2026/05/14/rasputin/) _2026-05-14 · Pavel · Fuzzy World(s)_ There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. ## [I’ve been building a city in Minecraft](https://bkstrm.net/ive-been-building-a-city-in-minecraft/) _2026-05-13 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ ## [Protected: Belfast](https://blog.fuzzyworld.net/2026/05/10/belfast/) _2026-05-10 · Pavel · Fuzzy World(s)_ There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. ## [MUNDUR NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES 🩷](https://kruzidula.tumblr.com/post/816236563242582016) _2026-05-10 · Krúzídúla_ MUNDUR NOW AVAILABLE IN STORES 🩷 joke. A little statue of my character Mundur, standing at an impressive 9cm, 11.5cm with his stand. Made from classics such as polymer clay, aluminium wire and foil. He can turn his head which wasn’t intended originally, but I find it cute! ## [pretty pleased with how these drums are sounding](https://bkstrm.net/pretty-pleased-with-how-these-drums-are-sounding/) _2026-05-08 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ isolated drums from my cover of Look What You Made Me Do (work in progress) Sound Toys Little Radiator and a mono spring reverb impulse response are doing the heavy lifting Feel free to download the audio and use it in your own projects. If you do, I d appreciate if you would credit me ## [work in progress: cover of Taylor Swift’s “Delicate”](https://bkstrm.net/work-in-progress-cover-of-taylor-swifts-delicate/) _2026-05-07 · Chris · Chris Beckstrom_ part of my WIP Taylor Swift dub reggae cover album project There s not much of that dub flavor yet, but there will be more in the final mix Ngl, I really like the interplay between the bass and the drums, i.e. between myself and Tidalcycles. When collaborating with humans isn t practical or available, collaborating with \[ \]