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anneapplebaum , to random
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Readers! Barnes and Noble are offering a discount on pre-orders of AUTOCRACY INC if you order between today and July 17...code is PREORDER25 and the link is here:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/autocracy-inc-anne-applebaum/1144406754?ean=9780385549936

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wmclark , to random
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““This kind of AI that can reproduce content similar to what it ingested poses an existential threat to the writing profession and to the publishing industry—if it’s unchecked,” says Mary Rasenberger, CEO of the Authors Guild. “A lot of people who aren’t in the industry don’t realize how precarious the profession is and how uneven the business is.”
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a61485201/books-ai-lawsuits/

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elonjet , to random
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Landed in San Jose, California, United States. Apx. flt. time 13 min.

elonjet OP ,
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~ 110 gallons (415 liters).
~ 735 lbs (334 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $614 cost of fuel.
~ 1 tons of CO2 emissions.

elonjet , to random
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Took off near Los Banos, California, United States.

MeTwitt ,
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@elonjet Los Banos?

SimonRoyHughes , to random
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Let me see if I understand this correctly.

The printing cost of my book is $10.78.

The minimum list price allowed is $17.97, on which I earn nothing.

takes $7.19 for itself.

1/2

SimonRoyHughes OP ,
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If I bump up the price to an arbitrary $25.00, the printing cost remains at $10.78.

I would earn $4.22, which they claim is 60% of the royalty.

The remaining 40% works out to be $2.81.

pockets the aforementioned $7.19, then takes a 40% cut of the claimed royalty.

takes $10.00 on a book that makes the author $4.22.

2/2

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daswarkeinhuhn , to random

"As a woman with , Kate will talk about the gender discrepancy in autism diagnoses. Women and girls often display completely different behaviors than what people have been taught to associate with autism, which affects when and how (and if) they are diagnosed. Autism being diagnosed at a younger age leads to a higher chance of that child receiving evidence-based treatment, which can help with better life outcomes. This discrepancy is why Kate wants to encourage more research be done on symptoms of autism in women and girls so that they can be more easily and accurately diagnosed in the future." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbes1mm2VgM&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

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structuredsucc , to random
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A lot of different neurodivergent people experience emotion on different timescales than NTs.

Some folks can experience big, fast emotional responses. Some folks can experience delayed emotional response or prolonged emotional processing.

And, to make things more confusing: these groups aren't mutually exclusive

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elonjet , to random
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Landed in Austin, Texas, United States. Apx. flt. time 9 h 3 min.

elonjet OP ,
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~ 4,559 gallons (17,258 liters).
~ 30,555 lbs (13,860 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $25,531 cost of fuel.
~ 48 tons of CO2 emissions.

elonjet , to random
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Took off from Porto, Oporto District, Portugal.

bossito ,
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@elonjet please don't come back, bye forever.

tazgetroete , to random German
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Das Interesse der Neuen Rechten an Romanen unterliegt einer metapolitischen Strategie. Sie nutzen Literatur, um den kulturellen Diskurs zu verschieben. https://taz.de/!6019114

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elonjet , to random
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Landed in Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal. Apx. flt. time 8 h 8 min.

elonjet OP ,
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~ 4,091 gallons (15,487 liters).
~ 27,420 lbs (12,438 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $22,911 cost of fuel.
~ 43 tons of CO2 emissions.

shaunduke , to random
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Here's a periodic reminder that I'm selling a huge chunk of my book collection cause I'm moving and have a growing family and OMG help.

Lots of SF/F, a little H, some quirky bits and bobbles and literary stuffs, unique non-fiction (academic and beyond), and even some DVDs, comics, and graphic novels.

Please share with anyone you know who loves them some books. I've got...less than a month to find homes for as much as possible!!!

https://tiny.cc/dukebooksale

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isthereanydeal , to steam
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Thekingoflorda ,
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This is a very enjoyable game, highly recommend it!

gutenberg_org , to random
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In July 1816.

Lord Byron, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, Percy Bysshe Shelley & John Polidori, who have gathered at the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva in a rainy Switzerland in this 'Year Without a Summer', tell each other tales. This spawns two classic Gothic narratives, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampyre. Byron also writes the poem Darkness.

Frankenstein
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/41445

The Vampyre
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/6087

Darkness
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20158

Title page for The Vampyre; A Tale (London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819) by John William Polidori, 1795-1821. EC8.P7598.819va (A), Houghton Library, Harvard University
"Darkness:, an 1816 poem by Lord Byron, first published in the 1816 The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems collection, page 27, published in London in 1816 by John Murray.

AmazingMeagen ,
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Come to see a first edition in paper publisher bindings at the exhibition 'Her booke' Early Modern Women and their Books @ in London, UK

Sion College Library Collection
K71.4/SH4F



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DaveWhittle , to random
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I use ethnobotany to bring India’s medicinal plants into urban landscapes
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02186-y

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