Links September 2025

Werdahias wrote an informative blog post about Dark Mode for QT programs on non-QT environments (mostly GNOME based), we need more blog posts about this sort of thing [1].

Astral Codex Ten has an interesting blog post about the rise of Christianity, trying to work out why it took over so quickly [2].

Frances Haugen’s whistleblower statement about Facebook is worth reading, Facebook seems to be one of the most evil companies in the world [3].

Interesting blog post by Philip Bennett about trying to repair a 28 player Galaxian game from 1990 [4].

Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders wrote an insightful article about AI in Government [5].

Krebs has an interesting analysis of Conservatives whinging about alleged discrimination due to their use of spam lists [6].

Nick Cheesman wrote an insightful article on the failures of Meritocracy with ANU as a case study [7]. I am mystified as to why ABC categorised it under Religion.

David Brin wrote an interesting short SciFi story about dealing with blackmail [8].

Charles Stross has an interesting take on AI economics etc [9].

Corey Doctorow wrote an interesting blog post about the impending economic crash becuase of all the money tied up in AI investments [10].

[1] https://tinyurl.com/2dztdg77
[2] https://tinyurl.com/2b2yvgfx
[3] https://tinyurl.com/yeppy78q
[4] https://philwip.com/2025/04/14/galaxian-3-project-revival/
[5] https://tinyurl.com/25ylubnc
[6] https://tinyurl.com/27jnzjkt
[7] https://tinyurl.com/29fl4q39
[8] https://tinyurl.com/2ye367yn
[9] https://tinyurl.com/24bx8nds
[10] https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/

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