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Pyperkub
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University Sysadmin, Science/Space geek, Fantasy/SF Fan, College Sports (especially Bruins!) fan. (addendum - while I loathe the authoritarian and sometimes fascistic politics growing, I may not follow back, as seeing too much fascist this/fascist that isn't good for my mental health!)
shadowerStarted reading @pluralistic latest (third) Martin Hench novel (Picks and Shovels) and this series just works really well.
I'm still very much in the exposition part, but hanging onto every word since the first paragraph.
It's such a delight to read. Not a dull moment. There's a good chance you'll enjoy this even if you don't like Cory's fiction in general.
It's basically Snow Crash from when the first computers just came on the market.
(and ofc Wil Wheaton as the narrator is :chefkiss:)
jonathankoren™@thedansimonson That's such a Gen X thing to say
Firewalls Don't Stop DragonsActual link to the book I was referring to...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/enshittification-the-drm-free-audiobook
Dr. D. Elisabeth GlasscoThen came Bunker Hill. June 17, 1775. The British charged in tight, red lines—three times. Through smoke and blood they climbed. Among them: Major John Pitcairn, who had fired the war’s first shots at Lexington. Pitcairn shouted, “The day is ours!” And then Salem raised his musket.
4/18
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books. "Peter Salem shoots Major Pitcairn at Bunker Hill" New York Public Library Digital Collections. . https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a121-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Newly emancipated, Peter Salem enlisted. He took up a musket—not for ceremony, but survival. He fought at Lexington. At Concord. He was among the first to answer the call for liberty, though the liberty he fought for had not yet been written with men like him in mind.
3/18
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. "Brave colored artilleryman" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-a122-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Cat HicksAs some post said a few months ago, "this is the Thanos snap for anyone who has been working on diversity in science"
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
This meeting could have been a Signal leak