Reading

Very excited for the movie

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 • 1

Finished reading: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 📚 “For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression. “Only in the mid-nineteenth century, after the growth of industrial cities and a rash of urban riots—after dread of the so-called dangerous classes surpassed dread of the state—did police departments emerge in the United States.”

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023 →

Microblogging on the open web - and why care? book.micro.blog

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 →

While noodling around on other things, I ran across the omg.lol domain (https://home.omg.lol/), clicked around, found Neatnik (https://neatnik.net/), and this fun PHP project where he created a year-long calendar that automatically resizes to fit a single page.

See the whole year on one sheet of paper. Any sheet of paper: neatnik.net/calendar/

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 →

Finished reading: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 📚

When I realized I’ve read more about him than by him, I had to rectify that problem. So many of the geopolitical problems he discusses are still relevant, and Baldwin’s voice is as clear and urgent as ever.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 →

Finished reading: Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 📚

It holds up.

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 →

Finished reading: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 📚

I forgot how much I love Kingsolver. After I finished this one on a road trip, I turned around and reread Poisonwood Bible on a camping trip.