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Sunday Good Reads for April 20th, 2025 [1]

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Date: 2025-04-20

Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

Gideon the Ninth - Bookstack: Nice review of one of my favorite books with an interesting comparison to how Shakespeare wrote.

Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game: Why are some saying pics or it didn’t happen? - The Athletic: I genuinely wonder if we can survive Internet driven conspiracies.

The five best Luddite episodes of Black Mirror: I never liked this show, but interesting piece for those who do.

Whistleblower details how DOGE may have taken sensitive NLRB data : NPR: They also appear to have threatened his life.

Health and Human Services Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say | WIRED: DOGE destroying everything good about the US.

OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry: Just what it says on the tin.

How to Become a Better Filmmaker by Studying Fine Art: Very neat look at how one art form influences another.

When Baseball Forgot Its Courage: MLB's DEI Capitulation: Our elites at all levels and industries are cowards with no greater calling then protecting themselves.

How a sexual assault allegation decades ago rocked a city and upended a life - The Athletic: Just incredible how much harm the powers that be in this town were willing to inflict to protect a hockey player.

midnight train to borgia - by Allison Epstein: Woo hoo! Dirtbags are back! Go subscribe!

'I found your dad': The mystery of a missing climber - ESPN: Bittersweet story about climbers.

Inside The Target Boycott: How Black Consumers Are Using Their Economic Power To Demand Change: How did Target not understand their customer base to this extent? Everyone involved should be fired immediately.

Gavin Newsom Is A Piece of Shit - by Noah Berlatsky: I cannot remember a politician falling this fast.

Exclusive | After FDA Cuts, Drug Development Is Slowing Down - WSJ: Whatever. RFK jr. says we don’t need medicine anyway …

Collections: Why Celebrimbor Fell but Boromir Conquered: the Moral Universe of Tolkien – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Excellent look at the morality of Tolkien and why the Rings of Power show fails in its story telling.

Have the best possible week, everyone.

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