# What I read online today: Aug. 25, 2026

> Source: <https://tracydurnell.com/2026/08/25/what-i-read-online-today-aug-25-2026/>
> Published: 2026-08-26 06:52:02+00:00

## Via RSS

[Grumpy Grumperson](https://alearningaday.blog/2026/08/25/grumpy-grumperson/) (A Learning a Day, 8/25/2026)

[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*

[THE “HIGHWAY” AESTHETIC FOR HOME](https://forscale.substack.com/p/the-highway-aesthetic-for-home) (FOR SCALE, Aug 24, 2026) — *intriguing*

–> [Ron Arad. Rover Chair. 1981](https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/188/2500) (MoMA, 2009)

[TR.BIZ: 8.25.2026](https://1234kyle5678.substack.com/p/trbiz-8252026) by Kyle Raymond Fitzpatrick (Aug 25, 2026)

## Via micro.blog

[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*

## Via Bubbles

[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”*

[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 *

[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*

[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)*

## Previously saved

[What is Class?](https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2026/07/12/what-is-class/) by Matt Bruenig (People’s Policy Project, July 12, 2026)

[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 *🤷♀️

[“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*

[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*

[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*

[My Head as a Lake](https://aethermug.com/posts/my-head-as-a-lake) by Marie Cosgrove-Davies (Aether Mug, November 28, 2024)

[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 *👀