What are you reading now?

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The Worst Air Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of 

Captain, that was a lilly dilly!

https://magazine.atavist.com/2025/american-hindenberg-zeppelin-disaster?src=longreads 

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Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. 

'On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."'

I don't know how the recent-ish three short, but very different, including author's backgrounds, Ta-Nehisi Coates', Peter Beinart's and now (in my reading order) Omar El Akkad's books are/will be taken, but this one hit hardest for me. Part of that may be being a parent/view towards the future. All certainly worth a read.  

May hit Finkelstein's next. 

 

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Finding Peter Putnam: The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind

https://nautil.us/finding-peter-putnam-1218035/ 

It’s easy to say why someone is wrong. The hard part is figuring out why they’re right. 

 

[Sechtdamon]

Guido Barbujani - The Invention of Races - Science Against Racism

Well I'm already anti-racist and I think "race" is a looooong outdated concept but still it feels good when science agrees with your point of view. Really good book, has no pseudo-scientific bullshit in it, not easy to understand, going to take a bit longer to finish than my regular reading materials. But still a good read.

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In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/arts/edmund-fitzgerald-gordon-lightfoot.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.MyaM.8WtsXHa1Kr_6&smid=url-share (gift article) 

[HiWire]

This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You 

by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Edited December 14, 2025 by HiWire