gapuchin.bsky.social
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Adam. From Leeds. Account hibernating for now.
You just got to love Generative Search
September 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You just got to love Generative Search
Was NY lacking in annual lectures perchance...
September 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Was NY lacking in annual lectures perchance...
Reminded me of the story of Bertrand Russell reading his own obituary in a paper because someone made a mistake, and now I know about vindictive premature obituaries as a thing...
August 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reminded me of the story of Bertrand Russell reading his own obituary in a paper because someone made a mistake, and now I know about vindictive premature obituaries as a thing...
On the solstice I took this picture long after the sun had set. The central area is lit by the reflection of another sunset off far off clouds. It was ever so slightly pink to the eye.
June 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
On the solstice I took this picture long after the sun had set. The central area is lit by the reflection of another sunset off far off clouds. It was ever so slightly pink to the eye.
An essay collection and a speech and dialogues by Sartre.
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
An essay collection and a speech and dialogues by Sartre.
A book I have been hefting around for a year and reading in bursts. I am happy to be able to put it down now. Trying not to think about how the majority of Gazan bookshelves and books are currently splinters and ash.
June 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A book I have been hefting around for a year and reading in bursts. I am happy to be able to put it down now. Trying not to think about how the majority of Gazan bookshelves and books are currently splinters and ash.
Another from @fairlightbooks.bsky.social who I discovered through the last book, this was a beautiful dreamlike story about coping with apocalypse, a pre-pandemic pandemic story, about something else entirely. Brought me slowly to tears. I'll be looking out for more from this author and publisher.
June 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Another from @fairlightbooks.bsky.social who I discovered through the last book, this was a beautiful dreamlike story about coping with apocalypse, a pre-pandemic pandemic story, about something else entirely. Brought me slowly to tears. I'll be looking out for more from this author and publisher.
A delicate and interesting tech dystopia which is split into a high capitalist corporate tech firm worker's daily life, and her dreams which begin to contiguate as she lives a fantasy dream. Fantasy and sci-fi in an interesting dialogue. But I felt it lost its way halfway. Great for atmosphere.
May 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A delicate and interesting tech dystopia which is split into a high capitalist corporate tech firm worker's daily life, and her dreams which begin to contiguate as she lives a fantasy dream. Fantasy and sci-fi in an interesting dialogue. But I felt it lost its way halfway. Great for atmosphere.
The cost of living crisis. A pamphlet read as a breather from a big book. Cleanly argued, forceful case that inflation is mostly caused by profit seeking as real wages and productivity fall. Comes out of the big inflation discourse in 2023, but argues for general increase in worker power.
May 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The cost of living crisis. A pamphlet read as a breather from a big book. Cleanly argued, forceful case that inflation is mostly caused by profit seeking as real wages and productivity fall. Comes out of the big inflation discourse in 2023, but argues for general increase in worker power.
I read this for research into a project and was actually surprised by the neatness and beauty of some of the ending. Pacing and characterisation was quite patchy. That's probably to do with some of the exigencies of the story but there are definitely patches of atmospheric beauty and deepness here.
March 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I read this for research into a project and was actually surprised by the neatness and beauty of some of the ending. Pacing and characterisation was quite patchy. That's probably to do with some of the exigencies of the story but there are definitely patches of atmospheric beauty and deepness here.
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura (1906) Written in English by a Japanese art critic.
Full of beautiful stories.
A king asked to see a famous rose garden, but when he arrived, the garden had been flattened and strewn with pebbles and fine sand. Inside the teahouse, there rested a single rose.
Full of beautiful stories.
A king asked to see a famous rose garden, but when he arrived, the garden had been flattened and strewn with pebbles and fine sand. Inside the teahouse, there rested a single rose.
February 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura (1906) Written in English by a Japanese art critic.
Full of beautiful stories.
A king asked to see a famous rose garden, but when he arrived, the garden had been flattened and strewn with pebbles and fine sand. Inside the teahouse, there rested a single rose.
Full of beautiful stories.
A king asked to see a famous rose garden, but when he arrived, the garden had been flattened and strewn with pebbles and fine sand. Inside the teahouse, there rested a single rose.
My Techno-Optimism by Vitalik Buterin
I started reading a biography of John Law while I was reading this, and it seemed apt.
Some interesting experiments, some weird metaphysics. Defensive accelerationism is a fun concept, but this guy needs to read 'The Shock of the Old'.
I started reading a biography of John Law while I was reading this, and it seemed apt.
Some interesting experiments, some weird metaphysics. Defensive accelerationism is a fun concept, but this guy needs to read 'The Shock of the Old'.
February 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My Techno-Optimism by Vitalik Buterin
I started reading a biography of John Law while I was reading this, and it seemed apt.
Some interesting experiments, some weird metaphysics. Defensive accelerationism is a fun concept, but this guy needs to read 'The Shock of the Old'.
I started reading a biography of John Law while I was reading this, and it seemed apt.
Some interesting experiments, some weird metaphysics. Defensive accelerationism is a fun concept, but this guy needs to read 'The Shock of the Old'.
Books of 2025 Thread:
How The Railways Will Fix The Future by Gareth Dennis.
A wonderful blast of engineering optimism and hope about and for railways, which all children know are the coolest things in existence. We just need reminding.
How The Railways Will Fix The Future by Gareth Dennis.
A wonderful blast of engineering optimism and hope about and for railways, which all children know are the coolest things in existence. We just need reminding.
February 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Books of 2025 Thread:
How The Railways Will Fix The Future by Gareth Dennis.
A wonderful blast of engineering optimism and hope about and for railways, which all children know are the coolest things in existence. We just need reminding.
How The Railways Will Fix The Future by Gareth Dennis.
A wonderful blast of engineering optimism and hope about and for railways, which all children know are the coolest things in existence. We just need reminding.
Brecht in Gothic Mode - 1920 trans. Karl Neumann
February 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Brecht in Gothic Mode - 1920 trans. Karl Neumann
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookChallenge
#Booksky
#BookChallenge
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December 29, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookChallenge
#Booksky
#BookChallenge
#Booksky
