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What I have read as of 3 May 2025

My last blog post did not have a correct title. I wrote “what I am reading”, but it was really a list of the books I had finished reading by the time of writing the blog post. Right now I am reading some really interesting books, but they must wait until next time. Now I want to share what I have read. Books have been “my friends” as long as I can remember. I love to read. My imagination can always run free in books, or I can escape into books for a breather from the real world. I also enjoy reading to learn and expand my horizons, but if my world feels too crazy or stressful, I admit that will choose escape over learning. That is fine because if reading refreshes and relaxes me mentally, then I can better cope with whatever is bugging me in the world. Some…

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What I am reading as of 22 March 2025

I do love reading, and I decided to post about the books or articles I read here as a symbolic way to claim my own data. I was inspired to do this by Molly White in some article or podcast. I know. I am using WordPress on the site where I host my blog, but it is the best I can do for now. Anyway. The books. I now use the StoryGraph for logging all the books I read. A part of me needs and thrives on such lists. I was on Goodreads for many years, but I never used the community all that much. I was there to keep track of my books. Period. I did make some friends, but many are friends I know IRL. A friend on the other side of the globe suggested I move to StoryGraph to get away from one particular billionaire, plus I…

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Bye Bye Bye Birdsite

I just deactivated my account on a social media site, and I am angry. I am angry at multiple things. Was I just another brick in the wall? It depends on your perspective. I have been using the internet for a fairly long time, or as some prefer to say, I have been online for ages. The internet made it possible to connect with people more easily. Back when I was a child in the stone age, I wrote messages on paper, put the completed message in a folder piece of paper called an envelope, and sealed the envelope. I then wrote a name and an address on the envelope, affixed a stamp to the envelope, and handed the whole thing over to a service called a post office that had its own special building. The stamp was a means by which I could pay the post office for transporting…

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