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cubicgarden

Joined 3 years, 10 months ago

UK Non-fiction Audiobook listener/reader. Based in Manchester, UK. Social geek and fascinated with empowering the next generation of the public service internet Also go under @cubicgarden@mas.to and @cubicgarden@blacktwitter.io

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cubicgarden's books

To Read (View all 74)

Cory Doctorow: Picks and Shovels (Hardcover, 2025, Tor Books)

Currently Reading (View all 23)

Karen Hao: Empire of AI (Hardcover, 2025, Penguin Publishing Group)

Brock L. Eide, Fernette F. Eide: Dyslexic Advantage (2023, Penguin Publishing Group, Plume)

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Jonathan Haidt: The Anxious Generation (2024, Penguin Publishing Group)

Gavin De Becker: Gift of Fear (2000, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd)

Danny Wallace: F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness—And What We Can Do about It (2018)

2025 Reading Goal

56% complete! cubicgarden has read 14 of 25 books.

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cubicgarden replied to Cory Doctorow's status

@pluralistic@mamot.fr Just started listening to the podcast and just heard the announcement 1 day too late,

cubicgarden wants to read Picks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow (Martin Hench, #3)

*New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues …

How did I miss @pluralistic@mamot.fr in #Manchester yesterday! 😔 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059

Looking out for PICKS AND SHOVELS to read in audiobook form.

cubicgarden started reading Empire of AI by Karen Hao

When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she …

Listened to Paris Marx interview Karen and decided it sounded like a good book to read

cubicgarden wants to read Empire of AI by Karen Hao

Empire of AI by Karen Hao

When AI expert and investigative journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good …

cubicgarden wants to read Single by Nicola Slawson

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cubicgarden started reading Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. Eide

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Reading the updated version of this incredible book

cubicgarden started reading Unprocessed by Kimberley Wilson

Unprocessed by Kimberley Wilson

cubicgarden wants to read Unprocessed by Kimberley Wilson

Unprocessed by Kimberley Wilson

cubicgarden started reading Terrible Humans by Patrick Alley

Terrible Humans by Patrick Alley

cubicgarden finished reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

After all the hype and attention, I did fiid the book reasonable. There are parts I did question and frown at but generally it's not as ground breaking as the press made out.