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Just me

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a7af0358-0ec6-4282-bd63-8932847a4b08

Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought by Paul Kleinman

Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions Too often, textbooks turn...

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/31627b2f-e8d8-482c-b339-22680519b80b

Stoicism: How to Use Stoic Philosophy to Find Inner Peace and Happiness by Jason Hemlock

Are you tired of the glass being half empty?Do you worry you don't have the strength to cope when...

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a23e5703-c72f-4178-9ca4-41c668470c5a

The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams Bianco

Nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and ...

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Second read through https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c0f712f5-4019-4a26-9a1e-ac6b44768090

A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi

Written over three centuries ago by a Samurai warrior, the book has been hailed as a limitless so...

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Enough Is Enough

Every privacy concession in history has been permanent. So why are we still making them?

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/461b8b2d-ec41-4645-9a86-8597b36b5260

Starless Night by R.A. Salvatore

To protect his friends from harm, Drizzt Do'Urden returns to the city he left behind long ago--th...

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More anti war street art

Toronto Canada

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Timely and appropriate

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Worth a read, from @wired https://www.wired.com/story/a-federal-worker-was-fired-for-filming-doge-now-shes-running-for-congress/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_050426_Paid&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_050426_Paid&bxid=5bda48cd24c17c0f654551a7&cndid=31969875&hasha=50369be5810625e7011c783eac0dd4f8&hashc=485f4772d01e8ec75f9fb4069a59bae87dbedf453c40c55e361b3251cbfe72d8&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active

A Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now She’s Running for Congress

Alexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/be4f53f4-68ba-48b8-b051-b4bf3b7d90ab

Hanoi's War by Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, Paul Meier

While most Vietnam War historians focus on the United States role in the conflict, Nguyen examine...

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/08dae702-b200-4b56-9728-b06807fd3dc6

Prince of Lies by James Lowder

An all-new version of one of the key titles in the entire Forgotten Realms novel line.This title ...

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c0765fbd-9527-4105-88f7-1aeb443c0b37

Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam

Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet—the 20th an...

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Finished https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b8847946-55aa-4c96-924d-976e14d73524

The Book of Elsewhere by China Miéville, Keanu Reeves

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A mind-blowing epic from Keanu Reeves and China Miéville, u...

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Finished reading https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5d972450-a8fa-48bd-98ec-6325a22a8b34

Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It by Cory Doctorow

Enshittification: it’s not just you—the internet sucks now. Here’s why, and here’s how we can dis...

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Finished reading https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/88d865e8-f691-4199-b391-cf460489c6b7

How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the Modern World by Donald J. Robertson

How can we apply the teachings of the greatest ancient philosopher to modern life?Socrates is the...

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Finished reading https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/90c106cf-9890-46f3-8e06-6746b2ff1d1f

Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living by David Fideler

Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to...

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Monthly read-through https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4c13234a-4912-495d-abbc-bc7511a5f993

Enchiridion by Epictetus

Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus (ca. 50-...

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She sums up my thinking succinctly (and coincidentally) 😬 https://youtube.com/shorts/3G1KG0o5wwc?si=W7ewvqFHGtfLkJkp