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On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
The dandelion networks had been created in the wake of massive malware and malinformation epidemics, first as a way to maintain communications while preserving data, then as a way to reshape and reclaim those data as tools for justice and survival. But .. the corporations prized plausible deniability far above truth.
— A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys (39%)
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Follow up #TsundokuSaturday about Orbital by Samantha Harvey.
I still haven't read it, but she was on Science Friday along with astronaut Dr Cady Coleman to talk about the book.
I've requested both dead-tree and ebook versions from the library, and it'll be interesting to see which one is the first one to show up. At the moment, I feel like it would be a good one to read as an ebook, but I'll take whichever version I get.
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Still currently reading at A Half Built Garden. Focus and mind space haven't been great lately.
There is now a copy of Ingrid Robeyns' Limitarianism (The Case Against Extreme Wealth) in the system in Libby. I'm a few weeks out before I get it, but anticipating that one.
And, note to self, I need to get back to Ursula Franklin.
Local library (Ypsilanti) getting close to reopening!
(And lastly, an unfortunate bit of political BS involving a library:
https://disabled.social/@MikeImBack/114200476705854845
@samfirke@bookwyrm.social I've heard about Nayler but haven't read anything of his yet. Interested to see what you think
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinson
No-one deserves to …
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Heard about 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey on 99% Invisible. The book won the 2024 Booker Prize, so the library wait list is long. "incorporates elements of science fiction, literary fiction, and philosophical drama, .... It follows six fictional astronauts over 24 hours on an orbiting space station."
And, I've also started listening to Kevin Fong's podcast '16 Sunsets' which is a history of the Space Shuttle program, so that's an appealing coincidence.
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On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
"We survive by being stubborn about who we are, whatever else happens."
— A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys (16%)
On a warm March night in 2083, Judy Wallach-Stevens wakes to a warning of unknown …
Been waiting to get this for a long time, and I've finally reached the top of the library queue.
Just dipped in to start this. Less than 50 pages in. Some is very much expected; other parts very much not.
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Slow week for reading. Dived back into The Peripheral a bit, but somewhat casting about for the next thing to read.
A couple things are on the library wait list, but somewhat stalled for the moment. Probably a good time to return to Ursula Franklin. Or Jenny Saul's Dogwhistles and Figleaves
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (French: Le Capital au XXIe siècle) is the magnum opus of the French economist Thomas …
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