<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/0fySp4ajnxzSNcjsEnXRSh" rel="nofollow">The Demon in the Machine: How Hidden Webs of Information Are Solving the Mystery of Life</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Paul Davies.</p><p>How did life come about, how does it work, how does it seemingly defy entropy, and what has information theory & quantum mechanics got to do with it? Doesn't quite manage the clearest explanations, leaving me on the cusp of comprehension, but then the underlying concepts are at the forefront of human knowledge. Life, even in its simplest forms, is *amazing* and incredibly improbable.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de</p><p></p>
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<p>Meet the people behind the books</p><p>Today I’m introducing new pages for people and other authors on <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/" rel="nofollow">The Online Books Page.</a> The new pages combine and augment information that’s been on <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/authors.html" rel="nofollow">author listings</a> and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/subjects.html" rel="nofollow">subject pages</a>. They let readers see in one place books both about and by particular people. They also show let readers quickly see who the authors are and learn more about them. And they encourage readers to explore to find related authors and books online and in their local libraries. They draw on information resources created by librarians, Wikipedians, and other people online who care about spreading knowledge freely. I plan to improve on them over time, but I think they’re developed enough now to be useful to readers. Below I’ll briefly explain my intentions for these pages, and I hope to hear from you if you find them useful, or have suggestions for improvement.</p><p>Who is this person?</p><p>Readers often want to know about more about the people who created the books they’re interested in. If they like an author, they might want to learn more about them and their works– for instance, finding out what <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Twain,%20Mark,%201835-1910" rel="nofollow">Mark Twain</a> did besides creating <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Sawyer%2c%20Tom%20%28Fictitious%20character%29" rel="nofollow">Tom Sawyer</a> and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Finn%2c%20Huckleberry%20%28Fictitious%20character%29" rel="nofollow">Huckleberry Finn</a>. For less familiar authors, it helps to know what background, expertise, and perspectives the author has to write about a particular subject. For instance, <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Fisher,%20Irving,%201867-1947" rel="nofollow">Irving Fisher</a>, a famous economist in the early 20th century, wrote about various subjects, not just ones dealing with economics, but also with health and public policy. One might treat his writings on these various topics in different ways if one knows what areas he was trained in and in what areas he was an interested amateur. (And one might also reassess his predictive abilities even in economics after learning from his biography that he’d famously failed to anticipate the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929" rel="nofollow">1929 stock market crash</a> just before it happened.)</p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> and the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a> communities have created many articles, and uploaded many images, of the authors mentioned in the Online Books collection, and they make them freely reusable. We’re happy to include their content on our pages, with attribution, when it helps readers better understand the people whose works they’re reading. Wikipedia is of course not the last word on any person, but it’s often a useful starting point, and many of its articles include links to more authoritative and in-depth sources. We also link to other useful free references in many cases. For example, <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Du%20Bois,%20W.%20E.%20B.%20(William%20Edward%20Burghardt),%201868-1963" rel="nofollow">our page on W. E. B. Du Bois</a> includes links to articles on Du Bois from the <a href="https://sf-encyclopedia.com/" rel="nofollow">Encyclopedia of Science Fiction</a>, the <a href="https://iep.utm.edu/" rel="nofollow">Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy</a>, <a href="https://www.blackpast.org/" rel="nofollow">BlackPast</a>, and the <a href="https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biographies/" rel="nofollow">Archives and Records center at the University of Pennsylvania</a>, each of which describes him from a different perspective. Our goal in including these links on the page is not to exhaustively present all the information we can about an author, but to give readers enough context and links to understand who they are reading or reading about, and to encourage them to find out more. </p><p>Find more books and authors</p><p>Part of encouraging readers to find out more is to give them ways of exploring books and authors beyond the ones they initially find. Our page on <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Carson,%20Rachel,%201907-1964" rel="nofollow">Rachel Carson</a>, for example, includes a number of works she co-wrote as an employee of the <a href="https://www.fws.gov/" rel="nofollow">US Fish and Wildlife Service</a>, as well as a public domain booklet on her prepared by the US Department of State. But it doesn’t include her most famous works like Silent Spring and the Sea Around Us, which are still under copyright without authorized free online editions, as are many recent biographies and studies of Carson. But you can find many of these books in libraries near you. Links we have on the left of her page will search library catalogs for works about her, and links on the bottom right will search them for work by her, via our <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2013/02/11/from-my-library-to-yours/" rel="nofollow">Forward to Libraries</a> service.</p><p>Readers might also be interested in Carson’s colleagues. The “Associated authors” links on the left side of Carson’s page go to other pages about people that Carson collaborated with who are also represented in our collection, like <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Hines%2c%20Bob" rel="nofollow">Bob Hines</a> and <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/who/Briggs%2c%20Shirley%20A%2e%20%28Shirley%20Ann%29%2c%201918%2d2004" rel="nofollow">Shirley Briggs</a>. Under the “Example of” heading, you can also follow links to other biologists and naturalists, doing similar work to Carson.</p><p>Metadata created with care by people, processed with care by code</p><p>I didn’t create, and couldn’t have created (let alone maintained), all of the links you see on these pages. They’re the work of many other people. Besides the people who wrote the linked books, collaborated on the linked reference articles, and created the catalog and <a href="https://authorities.loc.gov/" rel="nofollow">authority</a> metadata records for the books, there are lots of folks who created the <a href="https://guides.library.upenn.edu/linked-data" rel="nofollow">linked data</a> technology and data that I use to automatically pull together these resources on The Online Books Page. I owe a lot to the community that has created and populated <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/" rel="nofollow">Wikidata</a>, which much of what you see on these pages depends on, and to the <a href="https://sites.google.com/stanford.edu/ld4-community-site/home" rel="nofollow">LD4 library linked data community</a>, which has researched, developed, and discussed much of the technology used. (Some community members have themselves produced services and demonstrations similar to the ones I’ve put on Online Books.) Other crucial parts of my services’ data infrastructure come from the <a href="https://id.loc.gov/" rel="nofollow">Library of Congress Linked Data Service</a> and the people that create the records that go into that. The international <a href="https://viaf.org/en" rel="nofollow">VIAF</a> collaboration has also been both a foundation and inspiration for some of this work.</p><p>These days, you might expect a new service like this to use or tout artificial intelligence somehow. I’m happy to say that the service does not use any generative AI to produce what readers see, either directly, or (as far as I’m aware) indirectly. There’s quite a bit of automation and coding behind the scenes, to be sure, but it’s all built by humans, using data produced in the main by humans, who I try to credit and cite appropriately. We don’t include <a href="https://faculty.washington.edu/ebender/stochasticparrots/" rel="nofollow">statistically plausible generated text</a> that <a href="https://www.psypost.org/scholars-ai-isnt-hallucinating-its-bullshitting/" rel="nofollow">hasn’t actually been checked for truth</a>, or that appropriates other people’s work without permission or credit. We don’t have to worry about <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-5-power-consumption-could-be-as-much-as-eight-times-higher-than-gpt-4-research-institute-estimates-medium-sized-gpt-5-response-can-consume-up-to-40-watt-hours-of-electricity" rel="nofollow">unknown and possibly unprecedented levels of power and water consumption</a> to power our pages, or depend on <a href="https://www.glamelab.org/products/are-ai-bots-knocking-cultural-heritage-offline/" rel="nofollow">crawlers for AI training so aggressive</a> that they’re knocking library and other cultural sites offline. (I haven’t yet had to resort to the sorts of measures that <a href="https://2025.code4lib.org/talks/bots-behaving-badly-how-we-learned-to-tolerate-crawlers-without-losing-our-minds" rel="nofollow">some other libraries</a> have taken to defend themselves against aggressive crawling, but I’ve noticed the new breed of crawlers seriously degrading my site’s performance, to the point of making it temporarily unusable, on more than one occasion.) With this and my other services, I aim to develop and use code that serves people (rather than selfishly or unthinkingly exploiting them), and that centers human readers and authors.</p><p>Work in progress</p><p>I hope readers find the new “people” pages on The Online Books Page useful in discovering and finding out more about books and authors of interest to them. I’ve thought of a number of ways we can potentially extend and build on what we’re providing with these new pages, and you’ll likely see some of them in future revisions of the service. I’ll be rolling the new pages out gradually, and plan to take some time to consider what features improve readers’ experience, and don’t excessively get in their way. The older-style “books by” and “books about” people pages will also continue to be available on the site for a while, though these new integrated views of people may eventually replace them. </p><p>If you enjoy the new pages, or have thoughts on how they could be improved, I’d enjoy hearing from you! And as always, I’m also interested in your <a href="https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/suggest.html" rel="nofollow">suggestions</a> for more books and serials — and people! — we can add to the Online Books collection.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a></p>
<p>When is a book finished? When you are done writing. After 50 revisions over 6 editions things feel right here. It is the story I want to tell. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-Not-Sale/dp/B0B6XQB9BF" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-Not-Sale/dp/B0B6XQB9BF"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.amazon.com/Some-Books-Are-</span><span class="invisible">Not-Sale/dp/B0B6XQB9BF</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/florida/" rel="tag">#florida</a></p>
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<p>The Skiffy and Fanty Show LIVE - Susana M. Morris on Positive Obsession + Octavia Butler! <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/geekchat/" rel="tag">#geekchat</a> - alphabetstreams on Twitch <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2541146616" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.twitch.tv/videos/2541146616"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.twitch.tv/videos/254114661</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p>
<p>At long last, a new review! The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs is easily the most comprehensive popular work currently available, combining a pleasingly uncluttered visual presentation with accessible yet nuanced entries for almost every dinosaur under the sun.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/03/14/book-review-the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-dinosaurs-3-volume-set-ornithischians-sauropods-and-theropods/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/03/14/book-review-the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-dinosaurs-3-volume-set-ornithischians-sauropods-and-theropods/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/</span><span class="invisible">03/14/book-review-the-princeton-encyclopedia-of-dinosaurs-3-volume-set-ornithischians-sauropods-and-theropods/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonnature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonnature</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
<p>My latest read: "Pact" by Daniel Lorn - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're in search of a quick horror tale to churn your gut and rattle your brain, this one's worth a look!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7829904612" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7829904612"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7829904612</span></a></p><p>@bookstodon @specfic @horrorbooks </p><p><a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/novelette/" rel="tag">#novelette</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookrecs/" rel="tag">#bookrecs</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/bookreviews/" rel="tag">#bookreviews</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>
<p>Very much enjoyed this talk of Adnan Husein with Alana Lentin.</p><p>Lentin makes a good case that Zionism is where Western racial fascism and colonialism have always been headed. Clarified a lot to me about the hasbara "the West is next" and the unconditional support of Western governments and the support of fascists for Zionism.</p><p>They talk about many things, like CRT, the antisemitism of anti-antisemitism, and how anti-colonial and anti-racism concepts/terminology are used in service of the colonialism and racism of the status quo. Sounds like a very interesting book, good analysis. </p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3DnM"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XK8g5U3</span><span class="invisible">DnM</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/anticolonialism/" rel="tag">#AntiColonialism</a> <a href="/tags/counterinsurgency/" rel="tag">#Counterinsurgency</a> <a href="/tags/racialcapitalism/" rel="tag">#RacialCapitalism</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/thenewracialregime/" rel="tag">#TheNewRacialRegime</a> <a href="/tags/zionism/" rel="tag">#zionism</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> @bookstodon @palestine @israel</p>
<p>📖 **When The Solution Is Worse Than The Initial Problem**</p><p>I was advised by a friend to intersperse fiction books in between my reading of non-fiction material. He said that it would help with concentration and removing boredom. Taking his advice to heart, I have started doing exactly as advised. This has led me into a quandary. The latest fiction book that I chose is over one thousand pages of historical fiction. The choice of book came from an online recommendation. I am currently on page two hundred and eighty-eight and it has been a struggle getting this far. Ostensibly a 'palate cleaner' my current choice is boring and can in no way be described as a page turner. The easiest solution would be to stop reading and move on; however, I find that really difficult. I know it is a personal flaw and something that I need to address and change. In the meantime, I will continue to struggle and hope the thousand-page mark comes quickly. </p><p><a href="/tags/dnf/" rel="tag">#DNF</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#Reading</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#Fiction</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#Nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>
<p>📚 The Strength of the Few by: James Islington</p><p>The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am.</p><p>But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore.</p><p>I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium, and lost ever...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/the-strength-of-the-few" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/the-strength-of-the-few"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/the-streng</span><span class="invisible">th-of-the-few</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/generalfiction/" rel="tag">#generalfiction</a> <a href="/tags/epicfiction/" rel="tag">#epicfiction</a> <a href="/tags/actionadventure/" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a></p>
<p>I've set an alert for a used/out of print book and every time I get a notification the price has gone up. Now £250. Sigh. </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>
<p>Animal Farm at 80: why the animals really matter in Orwell’s parable about communism</p><p>Orwell wrote his short, shocking novel at a time when it was considered scientifically inadmissible for animals to be granted thoughts or even feelings.</p><p>By Charlotte Sleigh</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/animal-farm-at-80-why-the-animals-really-matter-in-orwells-parable-about-communism-246713?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498+CID_ae8c2a2908db309198a7304bffc37b62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Animal%20Farm%20at%2080%20why%20the%20animals%20really%20matter%20in%20Orwells%20parable%20about%20communism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/animal-farm-at-80-why-the-animals-really-matter-in-orwells-parable-about-communism-246713?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498+CID_ae8c2a2908db309198a7304bffc37b62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Animal%20Farm%20at%2080%20why%20the%20animals%20really%20matter%20in%20Orwells%20parable%20about%20communism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/animal-far</span><span class="invisible">m-at-80-why-the-animals-really-matter-in-orwells-parable-about-communism-246713?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20August%2014%202025%20-%203485335498+CID_ae8c2a2908db309198a7304bffc37b62&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=Animal%20Farm%20at%2080%20why%20the%20animals%20really%20matter%20in%20Orwells%20parable%20about%20communism</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
Suggest me sci-fi novels with space and planetary exploration themes.
<p><a href="/tags/scribesandmakers/" rel="tag">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 10Oct—Shameless self-promotion day!</p><p>If you like fantasy stories where:</p><p>❤️ the romance is sweet<br>💧 the magic elemental<br>🔮 the mystery deep<br>🗡️ the action & adventure edge-of-you-seat<br>🫂 the emotional trauma real & raw</p><p>Then check out my almost complete series, The Way of The Wielder! Available on Amazon in print, ebook, and KU.</p><p>US series link (others in comments): <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYDPLBZ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYDPLBZ7</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/selfpromo/" rel="tag">#SelfPromo</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romanticfantasy/" rel="tag">#RomanticFantasy</a> <a href="/tags/selfpublishing/" rel="tag">#SelfPublishing</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a></p>
What are some solo novels that exceed an authors anthology?
<p>In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, respite is a key ingredient for romance</p><p>By Barbara Cooke</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/in-jane-austens-persuasion-respite-is-a-key-ingredient-for-romance-263070" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="theconversation.com/in-jane-austens-persuasion-respite-is-a-key-ingredient-for-romance-263070"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/in-jane-au</span><span class="invisible">stens-persuasion-respite-is-a-key-ingredient-for-romance-263070</span></a></p><p>Persuasion at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/105" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/105</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>A painting by a forgotten French Impressionist artist whose career was cut short because of her disapproving husband has gone on display in Liverpool.</p><p>By Ewan Gawne</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30zv756d5qo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30zv756d5qo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3</span><span class="invisible">0zv756d5qo</span></a></p><p>About Marie Bracquemond at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69533" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69533</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/painting/" rel="tag">#painting</a></p>
<p>📚 **Amazon is still struggling to stem the flood of AI-generated fake books**</p><p>"_CEO Dan Conway says it's nearly impossible for readers to tell a well-researched book from one cranked out by AI, warning of "information saturation" as thousands of AI books crowd out genuine titles._"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://the-decoder.com/amazon-is-still-struggling-to-stem-the-flood-of-ai-generated-fake-books/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="the-decoder.com/amazon-is-still-struggling-to-stem-the-flood-of-ai-generated-fake-books/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-decoder.com/amazon-is-stil</span><span class="invisible">l-struggling-to-stem-the-flood-of-ai-generated-fake-books/</span></a>. </p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/fake/" rel="tag">#Fake</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon</p>
<p>Who Wrote the First Encyclopedia?</p><p>In the 18th century, the Encyclopedia was one of the most important projects aimed at collecting works from diverse scientific disciplines in arts, sciences, and philosophy.</p><p>by Mina Menkovic</p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/who-wrote-the-first-encyclopedia/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thecollector.com/who-wrote-the-first-encyclopedia/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thecollector.com/who-wrote</span><span class="invisible">-the-first-encyclopedia/</span></a></p><p>Diderot at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2071" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2071"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2071</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/encyclopedia/" rel="tag">#encyclopedia</a></p>
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<p>Released on the heels of this weekend’s mass mobilization against the Trump administration, Laura O’Neill Butler's new book, 'The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America,' comes at a moment when many of us are considering what tools we have to create the world we want to live in. </p><p><a href="https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/war-of-art-oneill-butler/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/war-of-art-oneill-butler/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/war-of-art-oneill-butler/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#protest</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/communityart/" rel="tag">#communityart</a> <a href="/tags/landart/" rel="tag">#landart</a> <a href="/tags/incarceration/" rel="tag">#incarceration</a> <a href="/tags/socialissues/" rel="tag">#socialissues</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a></p>
<p>Glorious and mundane</p><p>I once exalted in the extraordinary. But as I’ve learned from Virginia Woolf, indelible beauty is also found in the everyday</p><p>By Diana Saverin</p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/like-virginia-woolf-i-now-treasure-a-routine-of-my-own?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c252420215-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/like-virginia-woolf-i-now-treasure-a-routine-of-my-own?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c252420215-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/like-virginia-w</span><span class="invisible">oolf-i-now-treasure-a-routine-of-my-own?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c252420215-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972</span></a></p><p>Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>
<p>My latest read: "Kenai" by Dave Dobson <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@davedobson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davedobson</span></a></span> - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're searching for a new science-fiction novel, this one's worth a look!</p><p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7826009327" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/review/show/7826009327"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/review/show/</span><span class="invisible">7826009327</span></a></p><p>@specfic @scifi @bookstodon </p><p><a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="/tags/specfic/" rel="tag">#specfic</a> <a href="/tags/book/" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="/tags/bookrec/" rel="tag">#bookrec</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/booksofmastodon/" rel="tag">#booksofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#readersofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/readingcommunity/" rel="tag">#readingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/booktodon/" rel="tag">#booktodon</a></p>