Interesting Links for 23-10-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Settlers of Catan has been licensed by Netflix. I look forward to finding out the true lore behind "I've got wood for sheep".

(tags:netflix SettlersOfCatan EpicWTF games tv )

2. Tracking down the Romans who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

(tags:Rome history volcano viaPatrickHadfield )

3. Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time

(tags:ai news fraud )

4. Brainwave study sheds light on cause of 'hearing voices' in schizophrenic people

(tags:hearing schizophrenia )

5. Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers

(tags:cameras Amazon technology delivery )

6. How to get men to share their feelings, by an Army psychologist

(tags:psychology emotion men advice )

Comments

[jducoeur]

• #1 is one of those "Really? That's not an Onion headline?" moments. I feel ever more comfortable in saying that the trend of movies adapted from tabletop games has completely jumped the shark.
• #3 is kind of comfort reading, and there's some definite schadenfreude there, but I'll admit to being terribly curious how many human-curated news services would also fail by the same metrics. I'd bet that the number isn't small.

[andrewducker]

If the human you're trusting to tell you the news is getting it wrong nearly half the time then please please stop listening to them.