{"slug": "what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026", "title": "What I read online today: Aug. 25, 2026", "summary": "A roundup of online reading for August 25, 2026, includes a post by Hugh Howey titled 'Dogshit' that criticizes AI for poisoning its own well, and an article by Daniel Prindii on tracking authorship with Obsidian in GenAI times. The compilation also features essays on stock market skepticism, home aesthetics, and consulting expertise, among other topics.", "body_md": "## Via RSS\n\n[Grumpy Grumperson](https://alearningaday.blog/2026/08/25/grumpy-grumperson/) (A Learning a Day, 8/25/2026)\n\n[Why I Was Wrong to Be Bearish on U.S. Stocks](https://ofdollarsanddata.com/why-i-was-wrong-to-be-bearish-on-us-stocks/) by Nick Maggiulli (August 25, 2026) — *still pretty sure this is a bubble*\n\n[THE “HIGHWAY” AESTHETIC FOR HOME](https://forscale.substack.com/p/the-highway-aesthetic-for-home) (FOR SCALE, Aug 24, 2026) — *intriguing*\n\n–> [Ron Arad. Rover Chair. 1981](https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/188/2500) (MoMA, 2009)\n\n[TR.BIZ: 8.25.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-8252026) by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick (Aug 25, 2026)\n\n## Via micro.blog\n\n[Dogshit](https://hughhowey.com/dogshit/) by Hugh Howey (August 16, 2026) ([via](https://mastodon.social/@jelloeater/117155681094439758)) — *see also: AI has poisoned its own well*\n\n## Via Bubbles\n\n[How to keep track of authorship with Obsidian in GenAI times](https://danielprindii.com/blog/authorship-obsidian) by Daniel Prindii (25.08.2026) — *see also: Authenticating digital works without “detectors”*\n\n[Boring Polyamory: Equality and Bedrooms](https://danq.me/2026/08/25/polyamory-boring-bedrooms/) by Dan Q (25 August 2026) — *I feel like a lookyloo but am so curious how different types of relationships work! always appreciate Dan sharing *\n\n[Four Years in the House We Chose for Her](https://notes.jeddacp.com/four-years-in-the-house-we-chose-for-her/) by Jedda (08/25/2026) — 💔 *I have not yet washed the chair blanket in my office where my cat used to sit, not ready for all signs of him to be gone*\n\n[NO THANK YOU.](https://jsrn.net/personal/2026/08/21/no-thank-you.html) (Aug 21, 2026) — *I get a fair number of website promo spam emails too these days* 🙄 *fortunately not this particular offer! (yet)*\n\n## Previously saved\n\n[What is Class?](https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/07/12/what-is-class/) by Matt Bruenig (People’s Policy Project, July 12, 2026)\n\n[Boy Mom, Geniuses, and Our Social Addiction to PDFs](https://artlust.substack.com/p/boy-mom-geniuses-and-our-social-addiction) (artlust, Jun 02, 2026) — *I didn’t really get what she was going for here, I like her videos better than her essays *🤷♀️\n\n[“How Experts Differ from Novices.”](https://www.nationalacademies.org/read/9853/chapter/5) National Research Council. 2000. *How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition.* Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9853. — *aimed at educators but some interesting stuff on expertise — I’m intrigued by their two classifications of experts into artisans and virtuosos — I want to do virtuoso consulting work but I think my clients have been split in what they’re looking for from me*\n\n[The Consultant’s Grain](https://tomcritchlow.com/2017/07/18/the-consultants-grain/) by Tom Critchlow (July 18, 2017) — *I suspect this insight will pay off on one of my current projects… not that I budgeted time for that but c’est la vie*\n\n[I, consultant?](https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/02/27/i-consultant/) by Tom Critchlow & Toby Shorin (February 27, 2019) — *see also: Imagining better work: creating a niche for myself*\n\n[My Head as a Lake](https://aethermug.com/posts/my-head-as-a-lake) by Marie Cosgrove-Davies (Aether Mug, November 28, 2024)\n\n[Merchandizing the Void](https://dilettantearmy.com/articles/merchandizing-the-void) by Kelly Pendergrast (Dilettante Army, Spring 2023) — *this was super interesting, then I looked at Kelly’s website and there’s a bunch more interesting-sounding articles to check out! Also, this essay and several others are available in a print collection *👀", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026", "canonical_source": "https://tracydurnell.com/2026/08/25/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 06:52:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 07:13:33.788811+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Hugh Howey", "Daniel Prindii", "Obsidian", "Nick Maggiulli", "Tom Critchlow", "Toby Shorin", "Kelly Pendergrast", "Marie Cosgrove-Davies"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026.jsonld"}}