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Utility industry - fiber optics
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On and Off Blogger
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Apps I dig:
Heptabase: https://heptabase.com/
Omnivore: https://docs.omnivore.app
Notesnook: https://notesnook.com
https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi is my browser

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StonerMetal , to bookstodon
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Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
@bookstodon
Day 16

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@StonerMetal @bookstodon Great book and story line. I'm especially drawn to the early 1900's in New York.

NeadReport , to bookstadon
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Calling all @bookstadon readers - just in case... (Gift article from the Times) Plus the fact that @Omnivore is an up-and-coming Read-It-Later app. Discuss amongst yourselves.
https://pkm.social/@omnivore/112576864194373895

catchingshadows , to bookstodon
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Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. @bookstodon @sciencefiction

Day Six: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein

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@catchingshadows @bookstodon @sciencefiction
It would be really something if at the end of 20 days, we had a compiled list of books from the hashtag.

wikihow , to random
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How to Read More

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@bookstadon @bookhistodons
Although @wikihow (How To Do Anything) is an automated, humorous account, pairing random images with random how-to instructions, there are some serendipitous results on an occasion. Truth in this example for the book lovers.

bibliolater , to bookstodon
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Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?

“The most potent enemy of reading, it goes without saying, is the small, flat box that you carry in your pocket. In terms of addictive properties, it might as well be stuffed with meth. There’s no point in grinding through a whole book—a chewy bunch of words arranged into a narrative or, heaven preserve us, an argument—when you can pick up your iPhone, touch the Times app, skip the news and commentary, head straight to Wordle, and give yourself an instant hit of euphoria and pride by taking just three guesses to reach a triumphant guano.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/can-you-read-a-book-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour

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@bibliolater @willaful @freemo @bookstodon
It's been awhile since I have heard someone mention 'speed reading'. The mere thought of trying to ingest words and thoughts whilst wondering how much time has elapsed, as if qualifying for an Olympic event, is numbing.
For me, it's about 'glance reading'. This may sound sacrilege given this audience, but I rarely finish a book! I'm often stupefied by meandering preface's and long winded introductions, when I haven't even started the first chapter yet!
I read at my own pace, skim for the best nuggets, make a note if needed, and all with no clock ticking.

ChrisMayLA6 , to bookstodon
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This week I've been mainly reading, no. 153.

Each of Emma Newman's Planetfall quartet explores a different aspect of the same overarching story of religious driven intergalactic migration. In Atlas Alone (2019), the fourth story centres on an elite gamer & their attempt to uncover & then take revenge for a crime against humanity. To say much more would ruin the plot for you, but as with the others, this is great, fascinating sci-fi, which has a great payoff at the end.


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@firefly @fskornia @TimWardCam @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Interesting you quote the very thing you denounce.

bibliolater , to science
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Thomas Willis (1621-1675) : Neurologist, Chemist, Physician

“Willis is not only credited to be the founder of neurology, but he is also seen as the father of comparative neuroanatomy, as his work, in particular Cerebri anatome and De anima brutorum, compare the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’ (Molnár, p. 334).”

https://stjohnscollegelibraryoxford.org/2024/05/13/thomas-willis-1621-1675-neurologist-chemist-physician/

@science @earlymodern @histodon @histodons

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@bibliolater @science @earlymodern @histodon @histodons
Looks like he forgot to take off his Red Lobster bib for the sitting of his portrait.

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@bibliolater @science @earlymodern @histodon @histodons
But in all seriousness, did he, or others, consider Corvids when comparing "the human brain with that of other species in ‘search for specific human abilities in cognitive functions’"?

NeadReport , to histodons
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@histodons you've got some serious spam bots.

KrisBock , to bookstodon
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Voice recognition mistake of the day: "Her muscles complained, but they were getting used to writing again."
It's hard physical labor, you know. (That was supposed to be riding)
https://tulepublishing.com/series/the-accidental-billionaire-cowboys/
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@KrisBock @bookstodon
Some folks are into that 'writer's cramp' thing. I say go with it.

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@TheLastOfHisName @stagen Ditto.

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@agegamon @Sneptaur
What's the end-of-life plan for disposing of EV car batteries?

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@mooncabbage @ConsciousCode
Try ?

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