Sunday Good Reads for October 19th, 2025

Here are some words that I enjoyed. Though not as much as I enjoy the world kerfuffle.

rock ‘n’ rome - by Allison Epstein: Once again, Allison Epstein is the funniest historian on the internet and you should subscribe to her stuff.

The AI Bubble Is Far Worse Than We Thought: I am torn between wanting this to pop now to limit the size and hoping iot last until 2028 so that competent people are in charge, hopefully.

Historic coastal flooding strikes western Alaska: The flooding is terrible, and it looks as if budget cuts impacted the forecasting.

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings: The fact they go to Fox rather than a neutral news organization tells you all you need to know about their intentions.

Emergence explains nothing and is bad science | John Heil » IAI TV: I am hardly qualified to adjudicate, but it is a compelling read.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat - POLITICO: Trump has ushered in a culture of cruelty and bigotry and this is the result.

Why is India prosecuting Muslims who said ‘I love Muhammad’? | Islamophobia News | Al Jazeera: India doesn’t really seem much like a democracy.

Why China Can Collapse the U.S. With One Decree - The American Prospect: Is this good? I don’t think this is good.

Illinois Woman Denied Treatment for Ectopic Pregnancy: They keep using that term pro-life. I don’t think it means what they think it means.

Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering” - Ars Technica: Heartbreaking story.

The Day The Browns Crafted A Playbook Entirely Out Of Spite | Defector: This is amazing.

Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous - The New York Times: David French is just this side of a theocrat. If he is saying this, things must be really bad. Great read.

Nobel winner, bestselling author, American “great”—and a dark, stunning secret.: Important story about who we allow to get away with what.

Reddit’s AI Suggests Users Try Heroin: But I am sure it will cure cancer any day now.

The future of being trans on the internet | The Verge: An important and moving series of articles about being trans today.

These AI glasses promised to make me smarter, and all I got was Clippy for my face | The Verge: I may talk more about this, but why does no one understand how people want to use augmented reality?

The Original Sin of Digital Media Was the Belief That Digital Journalists Were Part of the Tech Business - TPM – Talking Points Memo: Fascinating perspective form someone who was there at the start.

Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear - Ars Technica: And i hope she wins.

Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part V: Life In Cycles – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Just an amazing piece of writing about life before the modern era.

Have the best possible week, everyone.