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Sunday Good Reads for July 20th, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-07-20
A big haul today.
Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Fascinating look at pre-modern life.
Why MAGA Is REALLY Freaking Out About Superman: Good insight.
How One 1990s Browser Decision Created Big Tech’s Data Monopolies (And How We Might Finally Fix It) | Techdirt: I think this is a little simplistic, but it is an interesting perspective.
Scale AI lays off 200 employees: ‘We ramped up our GenAI capacity too quickly’ | The Verge: Even the AI darlings aren’t immune to the tech layoffs.
What It's Like To Lose From The Winning Move | Defector: Excellent look at second place.
The Road to MechaHitler - Paul Krugman: reality still has a liberal bias.
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers | At a Loss for Words | APM Reports: What is really interesting in this to me is how decisions about what to teach and how to teach get adopted.
Matthew Sweet's First Interview Since Stroke: Singer on Health Update: Creative work does not pay, even if you are a star, and it is still shameful that you can be economically destroyed by being sick in this country.
A Comprehensive List of Every Woman Who Has Publicly Accused Donald J. Trump of Sexual Misconduct: There are a lot, more than I remembered.
Fascism For First Time Founders | Techdirt: I doubt they will listen, but I am glad someone is telling them this truth.
I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book – Mother Jones: Enraging and heartbreaking.
Microsoft suddenly kills its movies and TV store on Xbox and Windows | The Verge: If it not physical or at least downloadable and usable offline, you are just renting.
I sent ChatGPT Agent out to shop for me and it couldn’t finish the job | The Verge: These things do not work, not really.
Hands-on with Alexa Plus’s AI agent features | The Verge: They really don’t work well.
The World Series On Netflix, Apple TV+, YouTube or Amazon Prime Video? That’s the future - The Athletic: I wonder what percentage of people have access to “free” broadcast channels as opposed to streaming services?
The 800-Year-Old Mystery of a Lost Medieval Legend Is Solved, Researchers Say: Science is cool.
Have the best possible week, everyone.
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