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eric shamow @botmatrix.myatproto.social · 1d

This is exactly how I feel. What it leads to is me pushing myself to finish books I don't like, instead of discarding them and spending time with books that are doing the Good Book Thing in my head

And ultimately this leads to me dropping my reading habit instead of sustaining it.

omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

in all seriousness, making a numeric goal of something that should be fun is a great way to make that thing not fun anymore. who cares if you read 18 vs. 20 books in some arbitrary time range?

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

(unsolicited advice, feel free to ignore)

maybe try curly hair gel + curlers? then "scrunch out the crunch" with a bit of oil on your hands after it's dry. I've never used curlers but that's how I get my natural curls to keep their shape

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

gorg 😍

I always had the same problem with curls falling out. then one day, my hair suddenly turned curly 😂

but actually if I blow dry it straight and then use a curling iron, the curls will still fall out. also if I dry it curly without any hold products

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Vaccinate your children. My GOD.

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

in fact, leisure reading hasn't changed much for me since elementary school. read in bed, read in line, read while eating. except now I also have to the audiobook version for driving/housework/exercise

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

but it's not like I'm reading Shakespeare for fun. I'd still struggle in English class today

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

okay fine maybe I'm also bragging a bit when I do this, probably because English literature classes was super hard for me in school and I struggled to keep up and now I have a bit of an inferiority complex

but I'm effectively bragging about how much leisure time I have

omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

sure, I will sometimes reference how many books I average in a year, but more to say "I've been around the block a few times" when sharing my opinion. like, I'm not the boss baby tweet

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

setting a goal for number of books in a year ends up as "oh shit it's December and I still have five books to get through"

like you may as well be cramming for finals

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

to be clear: my specific criticism is with the number of books in a year, not simply having goals to read more.

the latter is just, "I want to dedicate more time to doing this thing I enjoy." which is really, "I want to deprioritize other stuff to make time for this thing I enjoy." that's healthy

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

sure, I will sometimes reference how many books I average in a year, but more to say "I've been around the block a few times" when sharing my opinion. like, I'm not the boss baby tweet

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

it reduces the book to an atomic unit, but you can't compare books like that. some books are just longer, or more emotionally taxing, or have a dense writing style and require more breaks

plus sometimes life gets busy or some other lifestyle change makes it hard to read as much as you used to

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

in all seriousness, making a numeric goal of something that should be fun is a great way to make that thing not fun anymore. who cares if you read 18 vs. 20 books in some arbitrary time range?

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

not sure if I'd call it unhinged, but fiction/leisure reading goals seem pointless to me. it's like making a goal to eat more ice cream

actually now that I think about it, I should definitely eat more ice cream 🤔

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 1d

sure, but how much wealth was extracted by the people in charge of them? all of those examples are pretty blatant failures, considering how much money got left on the table. silly tef

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 1d

once again i am faced with the uncomfortable truth: remote work is a skill issue

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 2d

mine was black so it was less conspicuous

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

my first car ('85 camaro purchased used in 2004) had a car bra to cover up dings. the previous owner said a dog attacked the car when a squirrel ran up inside it. the bra looked pretty slick though, if I'm gonna be honest

really depends on the car i think

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Lorin Hochstein @norootcause.surfingcomplexity.com · 6d

New blog post: The illegible nature of software development talent

surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/08/t...

The illegible nature of software development talent

Here’s another blog post on gathering some common threads from reading recent posts. Today’s topic is about the unassuming nature of talented software engineers. The first thread was a …

surfingcomplexity.blog

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

like a full-throated admission that growing the economy is no longer about prosperity, it's about extracting wealth

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

oh I'm aware of that part. and it's not that people didn't work 12 hour days and six days a week for shitty startups ten years ago.

but borrowing the term "996" from the countries where that's common sounds like the overloads fully admitting they lost the economic "war"

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

man, these leaders really have a thumb or two (or ten) on the scale here don't they

omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

wait, sorry, there are actually people talking about 996 unironically? I thought it was still in the "veiled threat" stage, at least for US tech workers.

people are actually embracing it as some hustle culture shit? how do you not immediately identify yourself as the sucker in that scenario?

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 3d

on the whole, writing for programmers is a deeply frustrating exercise

they read essays like they're a compiler, stopping at the first word they don't understand and spitting out error messages

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

sorry, I meant it like I should have thought of that explanation. it's way more likely than what I said

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omg spees @spees.bsky.social · 3d

Occam's razor

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