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I never remember my dreams, so I'm going to assume this is what I dream about all the time! Dogs who read 😁

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Post by Daniel Spenser

Last week I had a dream and the only thing I remembered about the dream
was a poster on a wall so I made the poster and put it on a wall and it was the fastest I have ever made a dream come true and it felt exhilarating like I had solved a mystery.

Poster of a dog reading a book titled Bones held by a human hand. With the repeated caption EVERYBODY READS! in the background.

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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 20 Started Fated by Benedict Jacka, first book in his urban fantasy series Alex Verus. What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately? Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026! Page · discuss.online

Started Fated by Benedict Jacka, first book in his urban fantasy series Alex Verus.

What about all of you? What have you all been reading or listening to lately?

Check Official Bingo Challenge Post and the accompanying Recommendations Post for our Bingo for 2026!

What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? October 20

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Long Reads pod welcomes #AkbarShahidAhmed to discuss his book #CrossingTheRedLine: #Biden, His Advisors, and #Israel’s War in #Gaza.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/long-reads-telling-the-truth-about-biden-and-gaza-w/id791564318?i=1000793892080

#warOnGaza #GazaGenocide #Palestine #USpol #USpolitics #USforeignPolicy #shitlibs #niOubliNiPardon #books @bookstodon

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My new book HYPERSCALE is finally out this week!

Yesterday I went on MS NOW’s The Beat with Ari Melber to talk about data centers, AI, and the threats that come of how tech billionaires have shaped the technology to benefit themselves at everyone else’s expense.

Get your copy today: https://hyperscalebook.com

#tech #artificialintelligence #generativeai #datacenters #books #elonmusk #reading

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Why Did Claude Monet Paint the Same Scenes Over and Over Again? The Impressionist Artist Was Obsessed With Capturing the Fleeting Nature of Time

by Ellen Wexler

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-did-claude-monet-paint-the-same-scenes-over-and-over-again-the-impressionist-artist-was-obsessed-with-capturing-the-fleeting-nature-of-time-180989563/

John Ruskin’s book The Seven Lamps of Architecture features fascinating descriptions of the beauties of Rouen Cathedral.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35898

#books #art #literature

Rouen Cathedral: Setting Sun (Symphony in Pink and Grey).

The Gothic façade dissolves into soft blues, pinks, and lavenders, capturing shifting light rather than architectural detail.

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Rouen Cathedral Series. In the evening.

It was painted here in warm reds and oranges against a blue sky—capturing the façade at a different time of day than the pink/grey version, with light dissolving architectural form into color and texture.

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In 19th-century Dublin, a disillusioned doctor and a fallen woman discover that some meetings change everything.

The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping Irish family saga following Will and Isobel through hardship, secrets, and the choices that shape their lives in a changing Ireland.

Begin with A Scarlet Woman - free to read in Kindle Unlimited - http://mybook.to/ascarletwoman

#Books #BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Ireland #BookSeries @bookstodon

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish
Series Ebook omnibus: https://books2read.com/TheWizardsScion

Spies, aliens, trolls, wizards and a disowned prince try to change history, but Levi Jacobs stands in their way, despite having just lost his parents in war. Will he stop them or will they kill his father at a pivotal moment, on which the fate of the galaxy hangs?

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(Left) The cover of The Third Wish, by Owen Tyme, illustrated by Ryan Johnson.

A wizard in a black robe that glitters with hints of gold stands on a mountain and looks down at a city of sky scrapers covered in greenery. In his shadow lurks a creature with glowing red eyes.

In the background, the sun is setting and stars are becoming visible.

(Right Background) Four images separated by black lines, with the silhouette of a woman wielding two swords laid over them. She's outlined in black and her interior is yellow clock-based imagery that spirals outward from the center.

The upper left quarter is a queen in a red, furred robe, wearing a gold and diamond crown. She has dark eyebrows and blond hair.

Upper right is a planet seen from orbit.

Lower left is a symbolic wire frame representation of the view inside a wormhole, in green and yellow.

Lower right is dandelions among grass.

The angle of the planet, one of the woman's swords, the yellow highlights of the wormhole and some of the dandelions form a line that draws the eye along a sweeping curve.

(Right Foreground) The following quote:

He admired the flawless beauty of the insane swordswoman’s fluid movements as Ida took desperate step after step, backwards!

He felt waves of mental energy pour off the panic-stricken troll, but the energy bounced right off of Nicole’s mind, as though she’d shut herself inside a solid, red-hot, steel box of rage!

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/TheThirdWish

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Josh Ruebner of the #IMEU Policy Project welcomes historian #AssalRad to discuss her new book, #DontSayPalestine: How the #Media Manufactured Consent for Genocide.

"[A] powerful meditation on the role of the media in a democratic society and how the media not only failed to uphold its professional code of conduct when it came to reporting #Israel's genocide of #Palestinians in #Gaza, but actually enabled it."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGGXFm0uj8
#Palestine #GazaGenocide #mediaCriticism #books @bookstodon

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The Fitzgeralds of Dublin series is a sweeping 19th-century Irish family saga. Follow Will and Isobel through struggles, secrets, and choices that test their love and loyalty in a changing Ireland.

Amazon - https://mybook.to/FitzgeraldsSeries
Other Retailers - https://lornapeel.com/fitzgeralds/a-scarlet-woman

#TheFitzgeraldsOfDublinSeries #Books #BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #HistoricalFiction #Ireland #BookSeries #KindleUnlimited @bookstodon

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📚 Mad Mabel by: Sally Hepworth

Meet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea—or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb, until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying.

Because Elsie hasn’t always been Elsie. On...

https://bookblabla.com/book/mad-mabel

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Meet Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea—or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet Melbourne suburb, until a neighbor turns up dead and the whispers start flying.

Because Elsie hasn’t always been Elsie. Once upon a headline, she was Mad Mabel Waller—Australia’s youngest convicted murderer. But was she really mad, or just misunderstood? Either way, she’s kept her secret buried for decades.

Enter seven-year-old Persephone, a relentless little chatterbox who has just moved in across the road (armed with stickers, questions, and no sense of personal boundaries); Joan, who appears to have it in for Elsie; and a healthy dose of public interest—the cops are sniffing around, and the media is circling like seagulls at a picnic.

So Mabel does what she’s always done best—she takes matters into her own hands.

Is she a cantankerous old lady with a shady past? A cold-blooded killer with arthritis? Or just someone who’s finally ready to tell her side of the story?

Sharp, surprising, and wickedly funny, this is the unforgettable story of a woman who’s spent a lifetime being underestimated—and is about to prove everyone wrong. Again.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From New York Times bestselling author Sally Hepworth comes a twisty tale of justice, redemption, and one irrepressible woman who’s not done breaking the rules just yet.

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In 1687, Isaac Newton published the book that explained gravity, with Edmond Halley paying for its printing; after passing through a British lord's family, a first edition sold for Rs 5.49 crore in 2026.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/in-1687-isaac-newton-published-the-book-that-explained-gravity-with-edmond-halley-paying-for-its-printing-after-passing-through-a-british-lords-family-a-first-edition-sold-for-rs-5-49-crore-in-2026/articleshow/135116397.cms

Philosophiae Naturalis by Newton at PG (Latin and English):
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28233
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76404

#books #science #physics #mathematics

Title page of Principia, first edition (1687).

The title page of Isaac Newton’s “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica,” printed in London in 1687 by Joseph Streater for the Royal Society. It carries Samuel Pepys’s imprimatur dated 5 July 1686, in ruled boxes.

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Gods damnit! Am thinking I will have to delete one of my manuscripts because it was very close to this, even though mine is gay and disability first. I don't mind because I have a whole litany of ideas and romance plots I want to do, but I would recommend checking this one out because it's really fun! https://share.libbyapp.com/title/11881316 #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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This post puts words to my favourite experience as a reader 😊

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Post by angelica chong

there is something incredibly satisfying about reading the first page of a book, and immediately something in your brain sits up and goes 'oh, i'm going to like this' — and then every subsequent page proves you right

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Share books, discover neighbo(u)rhood libraries

Book Corners maps book exchange locations internationally. It currently lists 37,229 community libraries and little free libraries, including 15,926 in France. The programmer is Andrea Grandi.

https://www.metafilter.com/214595/Share-books-discover-neighbourhood-libraries

Books about Library science at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1350

#books #libraries

THE LIBRARY.

Title: A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912

Author: Edward Allen Bell

Tall glass-fronted bookcases line the walls, filled with uniformly bound volumes. Wooden tables in the foreground hold papers, books, and what appears to be a card catalog drawer or filing box.

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I'm not one to write reviews and I tend to save book recommendations only for those I'm close too and when I'm already fairly sure they'll like it.

I don't make general recommendations for fear of hitting up against my RSD.

All that is to say I just read my favourite book of the two dozen or so books I've read in the past month, and probably my favourite in a really long time.

The book is "Legends and Lattes" by Travis Baldree.

I think you should read it.

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In case you needed to dislike JK Rowling even more:

"Neil Blair established High Line Publishing Studio to help Jewish and Israeli literary figures who are being 'shunned.' Blair represents such leading literary lights as JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series."

https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/jk-rowlings-agent-fights-back-against-silent-boycott-of-jewish-writers/

@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #reading #Israel #Palestine

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An Introduction to Aleister Crowley, History’s Most Infamous Occultist

https://www.openculture.com/2025/07/an-introduction-to-aleister-crowley-historys-most-infamous-occultist.html

Books by Aleister Crowley at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Aleister+Crowley

#occult #books

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The Teenagers Who Imagined GPS Before the Civil War

While at Harvard in the 1830s, a 13-year-old Edward Everett Hale and his brother dreamed up a brick satellite that could pinpoint any ship’s location on Earth.

By: Alexander MacDonald

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-teenagers-who-imagined-gps-before-the-civil-war/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_id=01M52DPKXZG0TEHYP8AAZXKRDN&_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER

Books by Edward Everett Hale at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/650

#books #science #technology

An illustration of The Brick Moon, a short story written in 1869 by Edward Everett Hale.

A black-and-white pen illustration of a brick-textured sphere floating through clouds and sparkling stars under a crescent moon. Palm trees and tiny figures sit on top, a broken ring of bricks circles it, and luggage tumbles below.

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The Blue Lagoon (novel) - Wikipedia cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/68766900 Page · sh.itjust.works

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/68766900

The Blue Lagoon (novel) - Wikipedia

https://sh.itjust.works/post/68766902

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Ebook and paperback: https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

Nicole seeks to collect the missing fragments of the magical city of Kurg from her home world, but the remaining pieces were deactivated and are hard to find. Luckily, she just found the first piece of the Seventh Sage, an ancient stone man that knows the future, which she hopes knows where to find them.

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(Left) The cover of Stone Prophet, by Owen Tyme.

At the center is a hexagonal coin with a golden appearance,. That bears a watercolor painting of a woman's face, which drips paint as if it were fresh.

Following the edges of the coin, the background is divided by a spiral of black lines into six images representing vital pieces of the titular stone prophet.

Upper right is an attractive woman with blue eyes and blond hair that's almost white. She stands in place of Memory.

Right is an eye with a blue iris surrounded by blue skin and golden decorations, representing Vision.

Lower right is a hooded woman in darkness, partially illuminated by a purple triangle that magically restrains her. She is Skill.

Lower left is a heart made of and resting in blue sand, with yellow light inside. That shines through cracks, hinting at fragility. This is Emotion.

Left is a gray sphere covered in black zeros and ones. More zeros and ones lay over the top, in blurred white. This is Reason.

Upper Left is a brass statue of justice, wearing a robe and blindfold. She holds a sword and scales. Behind her are the stars of space. This is Heart.

(Right) The same attractive woman from the upper right section of the cover, looking right at the viewer. The following quote frames her face, above and below:

“Does the Leader make the hard choices, or do the hard choices make the Leader?”

“Will she do what must be done, for the good of all?”

(Bottom) https://books2read.com/StoneProphet

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If a book hasn't been banned somewhere is it even worth reading? 🤔😁

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Picutre of a bookshelf with a sign saying,
Banned Books: Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
-Isaac Asimov
The shelf features books and has signs explaining what each one was banned for.

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When this book is published on October 20, 2026, i'm going to put everything else I'm reading on hold and read this.

"Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires" by Paris Marx.

Book description: An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point Underlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants—Amazon, Google, Microsoft—have made our planet a bargaining chip in the next great race for a market monopoly. In Hyperscale, journalist Paris Marx uncovers the excesses of hyperscale data processing. He exposes the deceptive, exploitative ways tech companies are syphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of digital power, abandoning the pretense of social responsibility. Amid energy blackouts and tech-induced battles over drinking water, Marx makes a powerful case for technology that promotes the social good over the bottom lines of tech billionaires...

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