Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. You are a young Russian woman living in the late 19th century, where a successful romance seems quite impossible for the obliviously wealthy; you try to break the mold but the mold wins. 4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.
@jofagobe@bookstodon The Kitty storyline ended very unsatisfyingly for me; it seemed built for contrast to Anna’s, but didn’t really deliver on that, at least for me.
@MoiraEve and if I could piggyback, another great book of like intention is The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan and co-authored by Ann Druyan
FINALLY finished Reclamation Algorithm: Fire Within the Sand!! \o/ Ending 1, I ain't doing other endings for now lol
During boss fight, a stupid enemy pathing hit my level II barrier and destroyed it smh, thank god I was prepared
Just 1 medal left (cook more) and then I'll be done for real
@CynAq@hmm_cook@actuallyautistic ahaha People issues aside? Accessibility Coach. I wanna yell at people/corps for not making appropriate/legally-mandated/completely normal and low effort accommodations for people with disabilities of all kinds. Autism being just one of many things that are normative to the point that someone should write guide to it. “seeeeeeeee i promise it’s not that hard to be nice to people who have different needs than you.” 🤣
@notagander@CynAq@actuallyautistic Yes! I hope you do this and can help lots of companies which can help lots and lots and lots of other people! You’re right, it’s not that hard. It does take letting go of some assumptions though.
Fox News is many things, but it seems to me that, above all, it's grievance reception for a particular kind of insecure adult over 50 who is embarrassingly mourning the loss of a future that openly doesn't want them and failing in an attempt to pretend they're not bothered by it.
@charlotteclymer Linguist Dr. Valerie Fridland wrote an amazing book ("Like, Literally Dude") about this. I read it at @grammargirl 's recommendation.
Self-appointed "language purists" have been using their own arbitrary standards of language to demonize and dismiss the language of historically vulnerable groups (women, children, people of color) for centuries. It has nothing to do with caring about language and everything to do with preserving a societal hierarchy.
When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; #culture-death is a clear possibility.
How did i miss that?!? Yes, that is one of the ones i've read. Considering when it was written, and before the internet/digital age, WOW!!! That is one i'd like to re-read. I've yet to get anyone else to read it, but i keep trying :)
Thanks for sharing!
Gerrit Bartels im tgsp:
»Aufschlussreicher wäre, wer ein Interesse an diesem Durchstechen von Schulzes Mängelliste [an die Buchpreis-Jury] hatte? Wem sollte genützt, geschadet oder worauf aufmerksam gemacht werden? Sollte der Jury bedeutet werden, sie solle doch bitte ihre Arbeit besser machen?«
Ja, puh, schwierige Fragen das, ich kann mir auch nicht vorstellen, wie ich als Juror*in den Roman betrachten und bewerten würde, wenn mir eine Mängelliste dazu geliefert würde. #Gneuß
der Vorwurf, dass »vielleicht nicht gewissenhaft nachrecherchiert wurde« (tgsp) ist ein Witz, wenn man bedenkt, dass 8 von 10 Literatur-Journalist*innen die Bücher, die sie rezensieren, nicht gelesen haben.
Es ist insofern ein Hohn, als, wenn man gewissenhaft recherchiert und dann dafür gelobt wird (jaja, ich spreche von mir), dieses Lob auch immer ein Gschmäckle hat, von wegen: hat sich Mühe gegeben, Fleißarbeit usw
@ibero_amerikanisches_institut estamos en el Historikertag ahora con todo tipo de información y servicios para investigadoras e investigadores que trabajan sobre américa latina, el caribe y latino studies. @histodons
Der transcript-Stand ist fertig 📚🎉 !
Kommt gern vorbei für spannende neue Bücher, einen Plausch oder Informationen zum Publizieren 😍 (und schicke neue Postkarten)!
Später auf diesem Kanal: awkward Lektor*innen-Fotos mit Bücherstand 💪 #Historikertag2023
🔭🧬🔬 Arranca la segunda jornada del #CGutenberg23 con la mesa "Ponga usted a un comunicador o una comunicadora en su organización" con🗣️Angela Monasor, Rubén Permuy, Núria Saladié y moderada por Concepción Sanz.😉
En mi mini charla sobre ‼️Mastodon y ciencia‼️ en #CGutenberg23 fue “curioso” comprobar (en vivo y en directo) como prácticamente nadie conocía esta plataforma…
🤔¿Pasará lo mismo con #Bluesky o las otras alternativas para la red del pajarito?
Espero haber despertado un pelín la curiosidad en alguna de las personas que estaban por ahí… 🤪
In relation to this, here's a quote from David Bowie that I've always liked:
"If you feel safe in the area that you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting."