Link Dump – November 2025

November is here so it’s time for another batch of links. October was once again quite the busy month for me. And I suspect November is going to be much the same with the release of Europa Universalis V in just a few hours from me writing this and my birthday coming up and the end of the month!

A cartoonist’s review of AI art

The Oatmeal hits the nail on the head with this one, and sums up pretty well how I’m personally feeling about this whole AI thing.

Look at how unhinged GPU box art was in the 2000s

This is a proper nostalgia-trip! I had forgotten about this particular trend, and seeing those old boxes again was wonderful.

The Map Is Not the Territory (and It’s Definitely Not Progress)

Another banger from Joan. Just go read it.

Productivity as a Fetish

As someone who tends to fall into the productivity-system-fetish every once in a while, this is a good read.