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Left goodreads a while back, nice to get organized with my reading again, especially as part of the #fediverse. More about me on philipchu.com and technicat.com
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It's #PumpkinSpice season so, it's gotta be #Goosebumps season, too!
8/29/25 — Open 6-9p. No open drinks, please.
These don't turn up often and probably won't last long. Some first edition covers! Some collectible condition. Some are a little rough, previous owner names, etc. Great reading copies!
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"Academia is a very special kind of hell, and the author clearly understands it."
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/29/nx-s1-5517939/kuang-katabasis-review-yellowface-babel
technicat wants to read Katabasis by Rebecca F. Kuang
Katabasis by Rebecca F. Kuang
Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.
Grad student Alice Law has only ever …
technicat quoted Babel by Rebecca F. Kuang
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.
1828. Robin Swift, …
Travel sounds fun until you realize what you really want is to stay at home with a cup of tea and a stack of books by a warm fire.
— Babel by Rebecca F. Kuang
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https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just-published
Just Code, just published!!! Open Access of full book is now freely available, see link above. OA made possible with an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to CBI! Am so honored to partner w Con & work alongside 19 stellar, fellow interdisciplinary authors on this book! Full ToC in replies!
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technicat wants to read Chasing the sun by Richard Cohen
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added some support for wikidata and open library lately, but neither gave me better mood than updating fediverse icon to ⁂
technicat started reading Cleveland Amory's Compleat Cat by Jean Little
technicat started reading Honest Living by Dwyer Murphy
A primer on Texas from a not terrible Texan
Good to learn more about Texas especially these days, and this book besides providing a wistful retrospective on the author's Texan roots and imparting much of the flavor of the state, explains how Texas got to be Texas of today (somewhat concurrent and largely responsible for how the Republican Party got to be the Republican Party of today), and the Texas within Texas that is Austin. It's a bit nostalgic for me, too, as I lived in Dallas for just a year, but it was my first year out of college and I was introduced to BBQ, blistering heat, Tex-Mex, Tex-Mex racism, and coworkers with guns in their cars. But I had a shot at a job in Austin, so what might have been...
technicat finished reading God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright
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Orion with his latest book recommendation. Happy #Caturday, #CatsOfMastodon!
