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Yes, the attack on science has been going on for decades, escalating now because fascism can't rule over people who are smart and curious and creative.

Currently reading Michael Mann's book "Science Under Siege" which offers a counter-playbook to the authoritarian creep.

https://michaelmann.net/books/science-under-siege/

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Science Under Siege | Michael E. Mann

How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World. Two of the world’s most respected scientists reveal the forces behind the dangerous anti-science movement—and show us how to fight back.

Michael E. Mann

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MineEyesDazzle May 25

It mentions Stafford Beer's principle that “the purpose of a system is what it does” -not the promises/glossy brochure/sales pitch. It ends on a quote from Brian Merchant's book: "Some machines must be broken, so that they stop producing monsters." (Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech). #Booksky #Book #Recommendation #RecommendedReading #Books #BookRecommendation #BigTech #AgainstAI #anti-AI #AntiAI

Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue May 25

Country Tides: Out Now

She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]

https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/

IndieAuthors.Social News May 2

Recommended Reading List: April 2026

I had a good reading month. Lots of fun things, although a couple of the novels read slowly. (Meaning I had to savor every word. Oh, woe is me!) I did finish a crappy mystery anthology. It was the one I was reading at UNLV during lunch, although a number of students ended up co-opting […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/02/recommended-reading-list-april-2026/

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J.R. Johnson Apr 15

Tax Day the First

A brief reminder: Today is tax day in the United States! (Canada’s day comes later to extend the fun.)

If you’ve finished your taxes, bravo. And if you have a little time for reading and relaxation, let me once again recommend David Hankins’ very funny book, Death and the Taxman!

After sharing an ill-advised cup of tea with IRS auditor Frank Totmann, Grim finds himself trapped in Frank’s life amid a world of dangers: love, betrayal, reckless cabbies, implacable demon hunters, and the incessant needs that keep his body ticking . . . for now.

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Photo by StellrWeb on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #Recommendedreading #Wotf39 #taxes #Thoughts #Writers #WritersOfTheFuture

IndieAuthors.Social News Apr 5

Recommended Reading List: March 2026

Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 1…

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TheEdinburghBookshop Mar 20

#WhatWereReading : Ivana loved The Brides, by Charlotte Cross, a fantastic prequel to Dracula, with a feminist twist & plenty of Gothic atmosphere. Out now from Tor Nightfire.

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TheEdinburghBookshop Mar 3

#WhatWereReading : Joe's favourite read of last year has just come out in paperback - Robert MacFarlane's wonderful Is a River Alive? from Penguin Books

Highly recommend and inspired reading.

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IndieAuthors.Social News Mar 1

Recommended Reading List: February, 2026

I had a lovely February of reading. Lots more time than I expected, which is fun. As regular readers of this feature know, I don’t recommend everything nor should I, considering I’ve also been reading 300-year-old plays for my Theatre History class. But there’s lots of good here, including a nonfiction book that everyone in […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/recommended-reading-list-february-2026/

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