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  it's #BandcampFriday today and Bandcamp is having a bad time, it's slow as molasses guess I'll check back later in the day

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  I was just thinking that if Dr. Pepper didn't have caffeine it I would drink it more often but now that i think about it, why do so many sodas have caffeine in them anyways? what is it for?

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  https://www.404media.co/how-i-bought-a-private-jet-by-selling-10-subscriptions-to-404-media/ lmfao

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  once again finding out that a really buzzy/popular new book out right now is only available *physically* as a paperback in Canada 🙃 dude I'm so tired of this, publishers please [ its Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke ] #books #bookstodon

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  https://www.404media.co/ucf-ai-commencement-speaker-booed/ yes, good, more of this

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  https://www.404media.co/your-ai-use-is-breaking-my-brain/ Is the phenomenon Jason describing here a form of hypervigilance? I know that term from mental health professionals using it but I don't know if it describes this situation. [ I have a bunch of other thoughts about this essay but I need to think about them some more before I post them anywhere. ]

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  its really sad that M.I.A went all the way into the right-wing pipeline - antivaxxer, born-again Christian, US Republican voter

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  Review: The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan "The Red Winter was an incredibly good read. A well written story about power, monstrosity, and love that once it had gripped me in its talons, I didn’t want it to let go. I enjoyed everything about this book, the narrative, the characters, the fantasy world, and most of all the tragic love story. This is one of those books where I felt a bit sad after I finished it because I wanted to live in the world it had created for just a bit longer.&am...

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  Review: Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal El-Mohtar "Seasons of Glass and Iron was a lovely read. Not only was it a more than adequate as a palate cleanser, it also delivered more of Amal El-Mohtar's beautiful writing in the form of poignant short stories and poetry. This book was short, sweet and packed an emotional punch." https://nullrouted.space/2026/04/11/review-seasons-of-glass-and-iron-by-amal-el-mohtar/ If you enjoyed reading this book review, please boost th...

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  Review: The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa "The Memory Police was technically fine. It did a more than adequate job of portraying a bleak dystopian world with its plot and character interactions. However, its use of unnamed characters and occasionally sterile prose left me feeling disconnected from the overarching narrative and at the end of it I didn’t come away feeling particular strongly about any of it." https://nullrouted.space/2026/04/14/review-the-memory-police-by-yoko-og...

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  Review: The Book of Fallen Leaves by A. S. Tamaki > The Book of Fallen Leaves was a disappointment. I really wanted to like this book, the premise and the setting was very much up my alley but the execution left much to be desired. https://nullrouted.space/2026/04/18/review-the-book-of-fallen-leaves-by-a-s-tamaki/ If you enjoyed reading this book review, please boost this post and perhaps consider buying me a book. https://donate.stripe.com/fZu9ATbaA6ukbIEcVIe3e01 #books #bookstodon

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  Review: Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett > Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter was fine. It was a very light and easy read and it was exactly the kind of palate cleanser I needed after my last book. I ended up finishing it in one day. I loved most of the characters, especially Agnes and her cats and the setting. However the romance subplot felt very much undercooked and I had rather the book spend more time exploring the very interesting magic system it presented....

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  Review: Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd > Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal is in equal measure poetic & precise, and on occasion laugh out loud funny. I was not expecting the humour to be part of this book, it was a pleasant surprise and Mohammed El-Kurd wields sarcasm & satire with as much effectiveness as he does poetic prose. https://nullrouted.space/2026/04/29/review-perfect-victims-and-the-politics-of-appeal-by-mohammed-el-ku...

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  Review: Upward Bound by Woody Brown > Ultimately I ended up feeling disappointed after I finished Upward Bound. I thought there was some interesting character work done from a perspective we very rarely get in media and some of the themes it tackled were handled with nuance and care. However, the book’s ending and its casual use of a certain slur meant that my negative feelings about the book overshadow any positives. https://nullrouted.space/2026/05/02/review-upward-bound-by-woody-brow...

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  Review: The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda Lee > The Last Contract of Isako delivered the goods. It was another remarkable demonstration of Fonda Lee’s ability to build well thought out worlds with the right blend of political intrigue and deadly action; the combat scenes in this book wouldn’t be out of place in a cyberpunk show. I haven’t read a lot of science fiction this year and it has been fairly hit and miss as a genre. This is by far the best science fiction I’ve read this year a...

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  bookshop.org sent an email about this year's Pulitzer Prize winning books and here they are: Fiction - Angel Down by Daniel Kraus Memoir - Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li General Nonfiction - There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone History - We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore Biography - Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill Poetry - Ars Poeticas by Juliana Spahr...

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URmcSu-L7ew :blobcatknife:

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  first post on my Overwatch esports blog! Thoughts on week 1 of Overwatch League 2020 https://ultonomy.com/2020/02/10/thoughts-on-week-1-of-overwatch-league-2020/ #OverwatchLeague | #MastoMonday

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  https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/04/08/adobe-modifies-your-hosts-file-for-their-analytics/ what the fuck?

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  this month is Jazz Appreciation Month apparently, what are folks favourite jazz albums? a couple of mine: Hiromi's Another Mind Kamasi Washington's The Epic #music

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  YouTube: The Online Predator's Best Friend by Stephanie Sterling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40uR9nV4C9A

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  good morning nerds

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  timeline cleanser, Toronto Public Library has posted their winners for their 2026 Design a Bookmark contest https://kids.tpl.ca/fun-stuff/contests/2026 gonna have to collect some of these for my bookmarks collection #books #bookstodon

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  Publisher Pulls Book Following AI Allegations "Hachette says it will not publish Mia Ballard’s Shy Girl, which was slated for a spring release in this country from the Orbit imprint. It will also stop selling the novel in the U.K., where it has been available since last fall." https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/publisher-pulls-book-following-ai-allegations/ [ the NYT article on this is here, I am linking the Kirkus Reviews page due to the NYT login/payw...

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  'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back by Jason Koebler "Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back." https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/

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  Resident Evil Requiem reviews are starting to come out today https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/resident-evil-requiem-review-a-cathartic-cross-breed-of-creeps-and-carnage #gaming

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  Review: The Unbroken by C.L. Clark "The Unbroken was definitely a better time than the other two epic fantasy novels I read this month, it avoided the trap of too many character perspectives while having a reasonably nuanced portrayal of the complexities of colonization. My feelings about the ending notwithstanding, the characters and world that C.L. Clark built here is compelling enough for me to put the second book in my TBR for a later time." https://nullrouted.space/2026/...

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  good morning :3

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  starting The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d8ac5e2a-56ed-4585-aad4-22d56690a2a6 #books #bookstodon #AmReading

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4ywyFXdik #nowplaying