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Search results for tag #books

[?]Waywords Studio » 🌐
@WaywordsStudio@mastodon.social

𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿: "𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗶" 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 -

3-Word Review:

- Idyllic
- Claustrophobic
- Scathing

Frictional Posture:

- Almost a century later, how might its criticisms be revised?

    [?]Rebecca M. Senese (she/her) » 🌐
    @rebeccasenese@wandering.shop

    Reach higher with reading.

      [?]fraseslidas » 🌐
      @fraseslidas@masto.pt

      Para mim, um bom dia de trabalho é quando se faz muita gente sorrir. Eu sei que isto parece muito profissional, mas é verdade. Quer dizer, eu preferia ser bibliotecária, mas preocupa-me não ser um trabalho estável. Os livros podem ser temporários; as pilas são para sempre.
      //
      Pequenos vigaristas
      Gillian Flynn

        [?]Manoranjan ghoshal » 🌐
        @Manoranjan_ghoshal@mastodon.social

        books2read.com/ap/R5d4AN/M-Dia

        best book for you must read

          [?]Hel ✨ » 🌐
          @helynalc@wandering.shop

          Sticking my own book at the end of the list because the sequel to this introspective, lush, fever-dream dark fantasy is coming out in NINE DAYS!!

          A woman with missing memories and violent magic must face her traumatic origins and decide where to stand in a mage uprising shaking the foundations of her home.

          The cover of Imbued by Helyna L. Clove

          Alt...The cover of Imbued by Helyna L. Clove

            [?]Noisy Pixel - Gaming, Etc. [Unofficial] » 🌐
            @noisypixel.net@web.brid.gy

            Varlet Celebrates First Anniversary With Free Post-Game Short Story “The Afterdays” by Gakuto Mikumo

            FuRyu is celebrating the first anniversary of its school-life turn-based RPG Varlet with new material set after the events of the game. A free short story titled “The Afterdays” is now available on the official Varlet website, alongside newly drawn artwork commemorating the anniversary. In case you missed it, check out our review. “The Afterdays” [...]

            Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

            Alt...Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

            [?]fraseslidas » 🌐
            @fraseslidas@masto.pt

            Fiz-lhe um gesto para que se sentasse. Pus a minha voz sábia e perguntei-lhe porque estava ela ali. Essa é a maneira mais fácil de dizer às pessoas o que elas querem: perguntando-lhes o que querem.
            Pequenos vigaristas
            Gillian Flynn

              [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
              @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

              Want to support Ukraine? Read its books

              theconversation.com/want-to-su

              An Ukrainian flag is shown flying on a flag pole. It has one large light blue bar at the top and a yellow one at the bottom. The wind is blowing the flag and you can see cloudy skies above it.

              Alt...An Ukrainian flag is shown flying on a flag pole. It has one large light blue bar at the top and a yellow one at the bottom. The wind is blowing the flag and you can see cloudy skies above it.

                [?]World news | The Guardian » 🤖 🌐
                @theguardian_world_news@halo.nu

                Laurie Anderson’s next manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library theguardian.com/books/2026/aug

                  [?]Stan Carey » 🌐
                  @stancarey@mastodon.ie

                  "He was perhaps less a political radical than a bohemian individualist, resentful of authority and restive with institutional restraints."

                  Terry Eagleton on the politics of James Joyce: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n13/te

                    [?]This Grandpa Blogs » 🌐
                    @ThisGrandpaBlogs@mastodon.social

                    22 years. Three continents. One secret war that changed history. My full review of Ghost Wars is live now.

                    smpl.is/amh6v

                      [?]Alx 🐈 » 🌐
                      @alx@mastodon.design

                      Little addendum 👆 to the thread:

                      As I was discussing it with my favourite human @inqbiol , he referred to Ilan Kelman's 2020 book "Disaster by Choice", where he discuss several of the points I make in this thread. I haven't read the book myself, but for those who are interested in deepening the conversation, here is @inqbiol 's review

                      inquisitivebiologist.com/2020/

                        [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                        @fictograma@mastodon.social

                        El corte de Kaelen se cierra bajo la luz azul de Lyra.
                        Más abajo, el calor de la vieja fundición y los ojos de Rask: la pieza hexagonal existió… y la vendió a un elfo:
                        fictograma.com/d/3913-los-hijo

                        fictograma.com/d/3912-los-hijo

                          [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                          @fictograma@mastodon.social

                          Bajo Puerto Gris, la esfera esmeralda se abre y el Arquitecto se revela en luz: la Esencia es veneno y el Yermo su enfermedad...
                          El dios del metal grita en estática:
                          fictograma.com/d/3910-los-hijo

                          fictograma.com/d/3911-los-hijo

                            [?]The Guardian Feeds » 🤖 🌐
                            @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

                            Adele Parks: ‘If I could ​edit my pas​t, I’d be fitter younger – I​ would have been hotter’
                            By Rosanna Greenstreet

                            The author on the habit she can’t control, the writer she’s never read, and the true love of her life (it’s not her husband)

                            theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

                              [?]COULEUR LIVRES EDITIONS » 🌐
                              @couleurlivres@mastodon.social

                              Nos éditions recherchent des illustrateurs/illustratrices pour sa nouvelle collection d'albums jeunesse. Contrat d'auteur prévu.
                              Envoyer le portfolio de vos réalisations et un courte bio voire biblio à couleurlivres@gmail.com

                                [?]Our Secret Highway » 🌐
                                @oursecrethighway.com@oursecrethighway.com

                                The Good, The Bad, The Kinda Crazy…

                                Here’s a prime example of a person online reaching out to a potential client or victim- however you choose to categorize that’s up to you?

                                –

                                –

                                Her pictures are clearly stolen off the Internet which is a common theme and process on STG in particular. However this particular contact came from A Sugar Daddy site named Secret Benefits.

                                –

                                –

                                Things to notice here that stand out to me are the vocabulary and writing style that don’t seem quite like English is the primary language of the person contacting you.

                                –

                                –

                                What’s so funny about this is the assumption that calling a potential client daddy will somehow appeal to some sort of daddy/daughter issues.

                                –

                                –

                                The first sign of a scam here is how quickly this provider is forwarding her cash out tag which in many cases will reveal the true identity of the person texting you. There’s no question that this is a scam and it could be either male or female. The next part of the question is whether or not this is an AI bot of sorts or if it is actually a human being on the other end of what no doubt is either a texting app or a burner phone.

                                –

                                –

                                Realizing that I am being played I started throwing out ridiculous numbers and absolutely incoherent stories in order to assess two things: the first is whether or not they are foreign, and the second the level of greed and deception that they are willing to indulge themselves in their effort to take as much from you as possible. When looking at these screenshots please notice the speed with which this person hones in towards any suggestion of a financial reward.

                                –

                                –

                                Terms of endearment – like calling you sweetie or sweetheart or handsome or gorgeous are all aimed to flatter and by doing so having you drop any sort of hesitation or alarm bells that you might naturally be facing during this interaction.

                                –

                                –

                                Here I find myself pretty intrigued with finding out just how far down a rabbit hole this scammer is willing to go. So I come up with an outrageous story about how I would like to send her thousands of dollars but that I’m having chest pain and will have to have an operation immediately. As unbelievable as it sounds – they may have actually bought into this scenario.

                                –

                                –

                                Which makes me question whether they are indeed that stupid and clueless, or are they some sort of AI bot or a fairly uneducated foreign hacker?

                                At this point I’m literally laughing as I keep throwing out lines of bullshit that should should have made any normal person realize that everything, I was saying was purely confabulation.

                                –

                                –

                                Then I take it one step further and pretend to text her back as a medical officer that has just pronounced her prospective client Dead.

                                –

                                –

                                He goes on and on and it becomes a process of mental masturbation that clearly should be obvious to anyone on either side of which ever phone they are.

                                –

                                –

                                Here is the entire dialogue. It’s crazy that this shit goes down this way…

                                If you are on your phone just swipe the images below to read the story.

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                                Enjoy your day-

                                Ricky LoneStar

                                [?]palimpseste_bot » 🤖 🌐
                                @palimpsestebot@mastodon.social

                                Take heed, for now on haunted ground they tread;
                                There bowed a mightier war lord to his fall:
                                Fear! lest that very green grass again grow red
                                With blood of German now as then with Gaul.

                                — Stephen Phillips
                                palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/0

                                  [?]Kate :verigold: [She/Her] » 🌐
                                  @DolphinSeeker@mstdn.social

                                  Going on a trip to Hay-On-Wye today. Wish my bank account luck! :blobcatbook:

                                    [?]RJT » 🌐
                                    @many@subconscioussignature.earth

                                    for the fabric of angel wings
                                    subspacewagon.systems/for-the-

                                    Hemorrhaging and Goats in Auspicious Fields of Unremarkable Passing Daylight
                                    archive.org/details/hemorrhagi

                                    _
                                    letters.directory
                                    subspacewagon.io
                                    poet.garden
                                    _

                                    @poetry
                                    @writingcommunity

                                      [?]Buchhandlung am Brühl » 🌐
                                      @Buchhandlung_am_Bruehl@mastodon.social

                                      Liebes Fediverse,
                                      als Teil einer größeren Fachtagung gibt es einen öffentliche Lesung mit Podiumsdiskussion zu Walter Moers im Tietz Chemnitz am 8.10. um 19 Uhr.
                                      Das Besondere: Man kann seine Bücher "Signierstempeln" lassen durch den Lektor von Walter Moers. :) Wir sind wieder mit einem Büchertisch dabei.
                                      Mehr Infos gibt es hier: buchhandlung-am-bruehl.de/2026

                                      Zu sehen ist das Cover von Walter Moers neustem Roman "Qwert". Das Cover ist im Grundton weiß. Blaue Kreise kringeln von innen nach außen. In der Mitte ist ein Ritter mit Lanze zu sehen, der auf einem Wesen sitzt, das wie ein Tausendfüßler mit dem Kopf eines Schweins mit langem Rüssel aussieht.

                                      Alt...Zu sehen ist das Cover von Walter Moers neustem Roman "Qwert". Das Cover ist im Grundton weiß. Blaue Kreise kringeln von innen nach außen. In der Mitte ist ein Ritter mit Lanze zu sehen, der auf einem Wesen sitzt, das wie ein Tausendfüßler mit dem Kopf eines Schweins mit langem Rüssel aussieht.

                                        [?]Hayo » 🌐
                                        @kineticdiplomacy@infosec.exchange

                                        📚 I just finished reading Developmental Psychology in Action
                                        by Clare Wood, Karen Littleton, Kieron Sheehy

                                        Reread this old study book from the wife to see if there was anything interesting in it. But it's kind of dated, and these books focus a little bit too much on who researched what, and not so much the full story of how we diagnose certain things or why we decided to treat conditions in a certain way.

                                        My rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5 stars)

                                        hayobethlehem.nl/library/book/

                                        Book cover of Developmental Psychology in Action

                                        Alt...Book cover of Developmental Psychology in Action

                                          [?]JoanlyFans 😷 » 🌐
                                          @clickhere@mastodon.ie

                                          ⚡️ Paging Dublin 7 peeps. ⚡️

                                          Book swap today! Indoors! Dogs welcome!

                                          11am-12.30pm at An Síol in Stoneybatter if anyone wants to pop by.

                                          📚

                                            [?]Book Corners » 🤖 🌐
                                            @bookcorners@mastodon.social

                                            A community book exchange in the bus shelter, opposite Colbert, in Les Villettes, France.

                                            📍 Les Villettes, France

                                            bookcorners.org/library/les-vi

                                            A small wooden book-exchange shelf filled with colorful books sits inside a sunlit bus shelter, with handwritten signs on the walls.

                                            Alt...A small wooden book-exchange shelf filled with colorful books sits inside a sunlit bus shelter, with handwritten signs on the walls.

                                              [?]Michael Pyrite » 🌐
                                              @MichaelPyrite@mastodon.social

                                              29. Share some of the last things you looked up for what you’re working on now.

                                              Some things about ballet.

                                              Airports and old-fashioned boarding passes, for book cover props.

                                              Yoga poses, for naughty off-label use in a scene.

                                              Need to research what kind of health drinks and post-workout socializing setting that a gym for yuppies might have, and what they serve.

                                                [?]Author Krishna Prasanth Guttikonda » 🌐
                                                @krishna-author.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

                                                Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die!

                                                  [?]Curt Johnson - Indie Genius » 🌐
                                                  @indiegenius@mastodon.social

                                                  Movie TV Tech Geeks 6 Fantasy Books That Are 10/10 Masterpieces dlvr.it/TVDStR

                                                    [?]RJT » 🌐
                                                    @many@subconscioussignature.earth

                                                    Are you ready for when tomorrow dies?
                                                    subspacewagon.systems/are-you-

                                                    Border Rushes on Stall-wick Proposals
                                                    subspacewagon.systems/border-r

                                                    ___
                                                    letters.directory
                                                    subspacewagon.io
                                                    poet.garden
                                                    patience.earth
                                                    ___

                                                    @poetry
                                                    @writingcommunity

                                                      [?]This Grandpa Blogs » 🌐
                                                      @ThisGrandpaBlogs@mastodon.social

                                                      Webster died in 1961. This book came out in 1994. He never saw it reach readers. That quiet fact stays with you.

                                                      smpl.is/amh6y

                                                        Jonathan Schofield boosted

                                                        [?]Madeleine Morris » 🌐
                                                        @Remittancegirl@mstdn.social

                                                        I'm about half-way through Quinn Slobodian's "Hayek's Bastards: the Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right" and it is outstanding. Beautifully written. Excellently researched. Elegantly argued.

                                                        It is eminently readable. I highly recommend.

                                                        Cover of the book in black, blue and grey tones, with the main title in Orange.

                                                        Alt...Cover of the book in black, blue and grey tones, with the main title in Orange.

                                                          GoinFawr boosted

                                                          [?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
                                                          @gutenberg_org@mastodon.social

                                                          "He that uses words without any clear and steady meaning, what does he
                                                          but lead himself and others into errors? And he that designedly does it,
                                                          ought to be looked on as an enemy to truth and knowledge."

                                                          ~John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) via @wikipedia

                                                          John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.

                                                          Alt...John Locke, by John Greenhill (died 1676). An oval portrait of Locke that shows him with long curling natural hair and a direct gaze.

                                                            [?]World news | The Guardian » 🤖 🌐
                                                            @theguardian_world_news@halo.nu

                                                            ‘In walked this big bundle of energy’: the day Dolly Parton came to Rotherham theguardian.com/music/2026/aug

                                                              [?]palimpseste_bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @palimpsestebot@mastodon.social

                                                              For I was Greek in Hellas' prime
                                                              And singing to the clear bright air,
                                                              And Grecian bees were in the thyme
                                                              And the lost charm in all things fair.

                                                              — J. S.
                                                              palimpseste.vercel.app/#text/1

                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money.

                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                --
                                                                @histodons

                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DUMPS. Down in the dumps; low-spirited, melancholy: jocularly said to be derived from Dumpos, a king of Egypt, who died of melancholy. Dumps are also small pieces of lead, cast by schoolboys in the shape of money. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                                                  @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                                                  Las miradas se alargan. Un niño grita la recompensa.
                                                                  Puerto Gris ya no es solo hostil: ahora tiene precio por sus cabezas.
                                                                  Persiguidos por las galerías, Thrum fuerza...
                                                                  Capítulo 7 de *Los hijos del yermo* ya disponible.

                                                                  fictograma.com/d/3914-los-hijo

                                                                    [?]Leanpub » 🌐
                                                                    @leanpub@mastodon.social

                                                                    Curious about Leanpub Reader Memberships?

                                                                    Learn more here:

                                                                    leanpub.com/readers/membership

                                                                      [?]Curious Loth-cat » 🌐
                                                                      @lothcat@mastodon.social

                                                                      One of the local bookstores, 10 Old Books, has a new slogan: "Read Books and Dismantle Systems of Oppression". ✊

                                                                        [?]Leanpub » 🌐
                                                                        @leanpub@mastodon.social

                                                                        Lean Publishing Tip of the Day 💡 Managing Book Files in Our Visual Editor

                                                                        youtu.be/5KVCGJPGJnM

                                                                        Sign up on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/newsletters/73782

                                                                          [?]laza » 🌐
                                                                          @e11bits@mastodon.social

                                                                          A lovely café in the old town of Chiang Mai with a lot of great books on architecture or travel.

                                                                          The view on a big wooden bookshelf that stretches from the floor to the ceiling.

                                                                          Alt...The view on a big wooden bookshelf that stretches from the floor to the ceiling.

                                                                          Zoomed in on some books on a shelf. Of course the only book in German is about cars (Auto)

                                                                          Alt...Zoomed in on some books on a shelf. Of course the only book in German is about cars (Auto)

                                                                          Two nice cups with black coffee and cappuccino. There are blue ornaments covering the white cups.

                                                                          Alt...Two nice cups with black coffee and cappuccino. There are blue ornaments covering the white cups.

                                                                          A brownish plate with two sourdough ham & cheese sandwiches.

                                                                          Alt...A brownish plate with two sourdough ham & cheese sandwiches.

                                                                            [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
                                                                            @dedication_bot@stefanbohacek.online

                                                                            Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by Wes Moore with Erica L. Green

                                                                            To Mia, James, and all of the children of Baltimore. I believe in you. And we will do better.

                                                                            Alt...To Mia, James, and all of the children of Baltimore. I believe in you. And we will do better.

                                                                              [?]Leanpub » 🌐
                                                                              @leanpub@mastodon.social

                                                                              From the Leanpub Blog: Lean Publishing Tip of the Day 💡 Managing Book Files in Our Visual Editor

                                                                              leanpub.com/blog/lean-publishi

                                                                              Sign up on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/newsletters/73782

                                                                                [?]Libraries » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                @libraries@stefanbohacek.online

                                                                                Lillington Library, public library in Leamington Spa.

                                                                                en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillingt

                                                                                A photo of or from a library from the linked website, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

                                                                                Alt...A photo of or from a library from the linked website, overlaid on a cropped world map where it's located.

                                                                                  [?]Liana Brooks » 🌐
                                                                                  @LianaBrooks@mastodon.online

                                                                                  "This isn't my first near-death experience."

                                                                                  Seth leaned forward conspiratorially. “If you wanted to flirt with death, I was right there all day.”

                                                                                  I held his gaze. “If I wanted to flirt with death, I would have winked in a mirror.”

                                                                                  books2read.com/christmasreaper

                                                                                  📚

                                                                                    [?]Frank » 🌐
                                                                                    @VWDasher@mymasto.com

                                                                                    It is almost September, I need to finish my latest book so I can add it to my pile on the MS readathon. Been an excellent month of reading. We've raised almost a grand via our team, as well!

                                                                                      [?]🪷 प्रियंका | Priyanka 🪷 » 🌐
                                                                                      @altlife@me.dm

                                                                                      Starting my much awaited read of the year. Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes To Me. Book cover is the focus of the image(its Roy smoking a cigarette which I think is a rolled one).

                                                                                      Alt...Starting my much awaited read of the year. Arundhati Roy's Mother Mary Comes To Me. Book cover is the focus of the image(its Roy smoking a cigarette which I think is a rolled one).

                                                                                        [?]The Guardian Feeds » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                        @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

                                                                                        ‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
                                                                                        By Charlotte Edwardes

                                                                                        The former UK prime minister is still shaping politics (even if he doesn’t want to interfere). He talks about keeping his temper, staying fit – and why he won’t pay £90 for a Scotland football shirt

                                                                                        theguardian.com/politics/2026/

                                                                                          [?]The Guardian Feeds » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                          @guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

                                                                                          From Dalliance to Billy Strings: the week in rave reviews
                                                                                          By Guardian Staff

                                                                                          Hugo Weaving leads a delightful drama about the trials and tribulations of a bunch of friends of a certain age, and the bluegrass wunderkind returns with a remarkable new album

                                                                                          theguardian.com/culture/2026/a

                                                                                            [?]Birgit Boe » 🌐
                                                                                            @birgitboellinger@mastodon.social

                                                                                            Obwohl es an diesem Klassiker heute viel zu kritisieren gibt, allen voran der ausgeprägte Nationalismus und eine «anti-westliche» Haltung, ist er dennoch ein Meisterstück: Darin, wie er aufzeigt, wie Disruption in einer Gesellschaft im Umbruch verfängt. Und so ist «Böse Geister» respektive «Die Dämonen» von Fjodor Dostojewski nicht nur eine immerwährend aktuelle Mahnung vor totalitären Ideen, sondern auch zeitlos gute Literatur.

                                                                                            birgit-boellinger.com/dostojew

                                                                                              [?]Curt Johnson - Indie Genius » 🌐
                                                                                              @indiegenius@mastodon.social

                                                                                              Movie TV Tech Geeks 3 Perfect Books to Read This Weekend (Aug 29-30) dlvr.it/TVDLGT

                                                                                                [?]✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 » 🌐
                                                                                                @bibliolater@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                                                📚️

                                                                                                Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel

                                                                                                "Taking us from ancient Greek itineraries to twenty-first-century digital mapping, via the voyages of Drake and Cook, the decks of Napoleonic warships and the boiler rooms of ocean liners, Caputo reveals how marks on maps have changed the course of modernity."

                                                                                                🔗 profilebooks.com/work/tracks-o

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