Mastodawn

"If you’re reading this book, it’s because you want to join the elite.
You want to count amongst the Navy SEALS of information technology."

I went and bought the book "Ed Mastery" from @mwl today. I am now reading it. There is no excuse, I should have done this a long time ago:

"ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor"

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/?product=ed

#NowReading #Bookstodon #book #ed #unix #theStandardTextEditor

Ed Mastery

For 1 April 2018! Let me be perfectly clear: ed(1) is the standard Unix text editor. If you don’t know ed, you’re not a sysadmin. You're a mere dabbler. A dilettante. Deficient. Forty years after ed’s introduction, internationally acclaimed author Michael W Lucas has finally unlocked the myste

Tilted Windmill Press

Young Beard 1d ago

Books finished in 2026:

16. The Red and The Black by Stendhal (1830)
15. The Book of Sand (1975) and Shakespeare’s Memory (1983) by Jorge Luis Borges
14. Anarchist Feminists In The Philippines From Etniko Bandido (~2016)
13. The Unseen by Nanni Balestrini (1989)
12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

So much intensity in the thoughts and words of this libertine son of a peasant carpenter. He causes scandal everywhere he goes, getting aristocratic women to fall in love with him. Having a pretty face and memorizing the New Testament in Latin was all it took back then it seems.

Lots of teenage boys today are also obsessed with Napoleon, military history and are likewise emotionally unbalanced and likely to shoot someone.

#books #reading #nowreading #bookstodon

TRANSMISSIONS 1d ago

⟡ "Transmission, le nouveau #KEXP français ?" ⟡ Merci @lesinrocks !
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#music #musique #livesession #live #indie #nowreading #musicvideo #video #NPR #tinydesk #synth
https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/transmissions-pourquoi-cette-nouvelle-chaine-de-live-sessions-nous-seduit-deja-692991-31-03-2026/

Transmissions : pourquoi cette nouvelle chaîne de live sessions nous séduit déjà | Les Inrocks

Une nouvelle chaîne de live sessions parisienne s'apprête à braquer la lumière sur les groupes indie qui font vivre la scène alternative. Et ce, dans lignée des exemples américains et anglais, des vidéos de KEXP aux Tiny Desk de NPR. Elle vient d'être inaugurée avec le duo Turzi Gage.

Les Inrocks

Robert 1d ago

Rereading this and it's blowing my mind all over again. 🤯 #NowReading #books

Anne 2d ago

Meine aktuelle Lektüre (Musical-Girl trifft auf D&D-Boy) und ich liebs 😁.

#NowReading #DungeonsandDrama

shplink 3d ago

I don't think it says anything positive about me, but even during my first reading and his first appearance, Glokta was my favorite character.
#joeAbercrombie #TheBladeItsellf #NowReading

moee 3d ago

Schwere Kost #nowreading

Young Beard 4d ago

Books finished in 2026:

15. The Book of Sand (1975) and Shakespeare’s Memory (1983) by Jorge Luis Borges
14. Anarchist Feminists In The Philippines From Etniko Bandido (~2016)
13. The Unseen by Nanni Balestrini (1989)
12. Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare: A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution by Kwame Nkrumah (1968)
11. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (1792)
10. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2011)
9. Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker (1911)
8. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
7. Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett (1991)
6. The Nation On No Map: Black Anarchism and Abolition by William C Anderson (2023)
5. baedan - journal of queer nihilism - issue one (2012)
4. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992)
3. They Will Beat The Memory Out Of Us: Forcing Nonviolence on Forgetful Movements by Peter Gelderloos (2024)
2. It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935)
1. Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge (2006)

Borges is amazing. These two collections of short stories were fucking enthralling. Made me feel like my imagination was being kick-started again. Timeless and intimate. Magical and realistic. Like fairy tales that could be true. I'll definitely be reading more of Borges. Wonderful.

#bookstodon #books #nowreading