I found a paperback copy of Tove Jansson's "Summer Book" (1972) lying in the middle of a busy street. There's tyre tracks on it, but inside it's fine. I'm going to read it this summer.
Facebook Whistleblower Demands Overturn of Interview Ban - as Her Book Remains a Bestseller - The latest Facebook whistleblower, a former international lawyer, "cannot grant an... - news.slashdot.org/story/25/03/… #books
The latest Facebook whistleblower, a former international lawyer, "cannot grant any of the nearly 100 interview requests she has received from journalists from print and broadcast news outlets in the United States and the United Kingdom," reports the…
In film: @josephinelee writes that these librarians are risking their safety and livelihood to speak up for First Amendment rights, intellectual freedom, and, most of all, for the students who tell them “books have saved them.” texasobserver.org/librarians-m…
You have to love the savage efficiency of the Streisand effect: Sarah Wynn-Williams' Facebook exposé #CarelessPeople skyrocketed to the top of the NYTimes Bestseller List on its debut week. It's the second most purchased book on Amazon (US) as well.
I'm about halfway through the book and I wish I could be in a book club to discuss it. The anecdotes about Facebook's top leaders and their ineptitude / selfishness are so delicious. Fair and fierce attacks, in beautiful prose.
The concept of community and sharing has been lost in our society. Libraries are great because they are for the community. Buy a book for everyone to share. The selfishness is disturbing and shameful.
Thanks to the magic of the Streisand effect, I just heard about #CarelessPeople - a book by former Meta employee Sarah Wynn-Williams.
Apparently the company is FREAKING OUT and seeking legal ways to stop its promotion. I can see why. This article about it in the Times made my jaw drop: web.archive.org/web/2025031022…
“I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.”
On the 20th anniversary of Never Let Me Go, the Nobel prize-winning novelist talks about the role of the author in a post-truth world – and why he’s ‘not a great writer of prose’
I have some GOOD NEWS, which is in short supply today, so I'm gonna SHOUT!
SUPER proud of my friend @CoralineAda , whose book WE JUST BUILD HAMMERS: Stories from the Past, Present, & Future of Responsible Tech is published as of today! WOOO!
If you want to better understand how technology and society interface through a lens of science fiction stories and questions for a better future, check it out. I'm psyched to dig into my copy!
I'm here with fresh, just finished artwork that was published immediately upon delivery. Character art of Sebastien Hellebore done for Sedona Jessie's "Heart for a Heart".
And now our #wiki interview process calls for more questions and follow-ups from **you**. :)
Ask in responses, or please boost for more reach.
The topics covered so far are mainly around #musicEducation within #classicalMusic. Jeffrey's #books make an appearance too, together with the experience of writing.
“Are you hearing any voices? Seeing things that others aren’t seeing? Any obsessions? With your ADHD, how bad are the symptoms currently? How long have you been seeing your current psychiatrist? When you have depressive periods, how long to they last? Any euphorias? Uncontrolled outbursts? Singing? Yelling? Running? Any muscle tremors? Twitching? Any sweats? Have you been sleeping? How long each night? Any paranoid thoughts? Thoughts that others are out to get you? Do you think people are reading your mind? Is anyone controlling your actions or telling you what to do? Any thoughts of hopelessness? Despair? Futility?”
Libreture @libreture is a cloud library to store DRM-free ebooks and other digital works.
This UK platform comes with an extremely generous free plan and affordable paid plans; maintains a database of hundreds of DRM-free bookshops including many indies; and supports OPDS to allow downloading ebooks from reading devices and apps. Libreture also provides reading tracking and ebook discovery features.
As you will know I'm no stranger to typos, so this cartoon goes out to anyone who sent me a massage about a typo in a post (as always thanks for your help, much appreciated) bit also to my Mastodon friend @h4890 who will appreciate this on a Saturday morning.
![Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1326]
Taken during the early to mid-20th century, the image portrays Payne-Gaposchkin in a thoughtful pose, dressed in a modest sweater, with natural light softly illuminating her face. In the background, shelves and filing cabinets filled with papers and scientific documents suggest an academic setting deeply immersed in research and discovery.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/4542214 "Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1326]
Taken during the early to mid-20th century, the image portrays Payne-Gaposchkin in a thoughtful pose, dressed in a modest sweater, with natural light softly illuminating her face. In the background, shelves and filing cabinets filled with papers and scientific documents suggest an academic setting deeply immersed in research and discovery.")
