Good Things Friday (346) and Link Love
October 17, 2025
1. Did we make it? I think we made it.
When the Body’s Alarm Won’t Turn Off: New Clues to ME/CFS from Exercise Research
American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming // A theory of political speech under the second Trump presidency. by Sarah Jeong
This is a very old article but first I’ve seen of it and it (and the related wiki) produced a much needed chuckle: No popcorn, then?
Can underground cinema survive when you can find anything on the web? Andrea Hubert takes a subterranean journey
WTAF: Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead
Boycott? Not likely By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Apple Review #16: Black Gilliflower by Chuck Wendig
I’m highly interested in that ME/CFS report. I’m not bad enough to get a CFS diagnosis but my energy levels are definitely borked and during the worst of my insomnia years I had pretty lousy 24-48 post-exertional malaise. It’s incredibly validating to have scientific backing for the brain fog aspect now – I feel like that was the most dismissed symptom I experienced, but it was the hardest to cope with!