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peanutnine
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This was a really insightful discussion about disability and how most of society expects the disabled to use technology to become "normal" instead of changing our expectations and the world to better serve them.
Each topic was approached in a lighthearted manner, while also calling out the ableist biases typically involved. It definitely brought some things to my attention.
This was my May #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks and #roll100 @PuddleJumper

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6d
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 5d
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ncsufoxes This one has been on my list. Our society does expect disabled people to conform to what they find acceptable or within the norm. My son uses text to talk & talk to text software. When he was young we had so much push back on having it on his IEP. I got told he had to physically be able to write words. I always said if business people & doctors can use the same software why can‘t a kid that has speech & auditory processing delays use it. 5d
peanutnine @ncsufoxes wow 😡 the hypocrisy is ridiculous 5d
ncsufoxes @peanutnine unfortunately people blame people for their disabilities (not that it is something that people can usually prevent) & feel that it is up to them to meet societal norms. Most people don‘t realize how ableist society is until they have to navigate it. Accommodations & inclusion benefit everyone but we put those things out of reach for most disabled people. I was thinking about the new glasses Meta made, which they gave out to 5d
ncsufoxes influencers or celebrities & maybe a handful of disabled people (a guy I follow on IG has RP & he was given a pair). Instead of giving it exclusively to disabled people to test & get the word out they give it to people that don‘t necessarily need it. Instead they‘ll charge disabled people full price for something that would benefit them. Tech stuff for disabilities is super expensive, most people can‘t afford it. Unless your state has programs. 5d
peanutnine @ncsufoxes oh yeah. My cousin was paralyzed at 16 and it's crazy the amount of hoops my aunt has to go through just to keep her day to day care and fighting with insurance to prove that she needs something 5d
julieclair This sounds like a book everyone should read. 5d
peanutnine @julieclair for sure! 5d
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ManyWordsLater
Podcasting for Dummies | Tee Morris, Chuck Tomasi, Evo Terra
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Not book related. BUT I launched a podcast!

Take a listen! Review! Subscribe! Tell your friends!

It would mean a lot to me. ❤️❤️❤️🎧

www.Momsamongotherthings.com/podcast

#selfguidedwomenandgenderstudiescourse

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rubyslippersreads
iPad: The Missing Manual | J.D. Biersdorfer

I just upgraded my IPad to iOS 18.4.1, and now Litsy isn‘t working right. I can‘t like posts, and it won‘t let me add an image to this post. Anyone else having similar problems?

LeahBergen Eek! I haven‘t upgraded to that one yet. 1mo
TheBookHippie Ack. I didn‘t update yet. It is my fear as Litsy just gets managed not updated. 1mo
rubyslippersreads @LeahBergen @TheBookHippie Strangely enough, I updated my iPhone to the same iOS with no problems. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 1mo
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TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
willaful oh no... 1mo
dabbe Probably a dumb question on my part, but did you delete the Litsy app, then put it back on there, and then restart your iPad? That might help. I'm scared to offer advice, though, because Litsy is such a dinosaur app. C'mon, Tim @ LibraryThing; update this app! 1mo
rubyslippersreads @dabbe Not yet. I‘ll try that next. 1mo
dabbe @rubyslippersreads 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 1mo
rubyslippersreads Thanks, everyone. Uninstalling/reinstalling seems to have fixed it. I was going through Litsy withdrawal. 🙀 1mo
rubyslippersreads @tpixie Thanks. I wasn‘t sure who to tag. 1mo
rubyslippersreads @dabbe That worked. 😸 1mo
tpixie @rubyslippersreads glad it worked! 😅 I don‘t know if any #Librarything workers are on Litsy anymore - these seemed to be different profiles than their originals Great advice @dabbe 🏆 1mo
dabbe @rubyslippersreads YAH🤩🤩!!! 1mo
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TieDyeDude
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#tuesdaytunes

I've been finding comfort this week in revisiting 80s/90s country: Doug Stone, Collin Raye, Lonestar, Sawyer Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Clint Black's D'lectrified was a childhood favorite, and, listening this morning, I couldn't remember for sure whether The Galaxy Song was from Monty Python (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkjzmuEBbo) or Animaniacs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BphgKX-DZE), and that made me smile 😊

TieDyeDude Obviously, it was Monty Python 😝 Going back to the album, though, it starts of with some straight fun song, shifts to some beautiful duets, and ends with a couple excellent re-recordings of hits. Clint doesn't seem to get the reverence afforded to, say, George Strait or Garth Brooks, but he was a superstar in his prime and was one of the few singers that wrote his own songs. 3mo
TheBookHippie If I remember right Clint is/was a decent human as well? 3mo
TieDyeDude @TheBookHippie As far as I'm aware :) 3mo
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JamieArc 90s country - I can still see some of those music videos in my head 😂 3mo
MemoirsForMe Love Mary Chapin Carpenter! 🙌🏻 3mo
Kerrbearlib Not a country singer from that era, but have you heard Orville Peck? I just discovered his music and it‘s so good! 3mo
TieDyeDude @Kerrbearlib Yes, I've listened to him here and there, but really got into him last year when he released his duets album Stampede. He's got an amazing voice and style! 3mo
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JulietteReadsALot
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Here are my Valentine's gifts from Barnes & Noble.

Two books that seem very interesting
And a Moomin bag, because... I love the Moomins!!!!

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BBowling
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Very insightful look at the tech oligarchs. An intelligent, creative, but largely an emotionally immature lot. She follows their careers and social rise from the earliest Silicon Valley days to present day. I was left with great respect for some and loathing resignation for others. A valuable read for the time we are in.

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Schwifty
The Twittering Machine | Richard Seymour
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This is a must read for anyone interested in or horrified by the ways in which social media has disrupted how we write, communicate with each other and conceive of ourselves, politics and society. Moreover, this essay in book format reads as part philosophy, psychology and history to deliver a thorough analysis of the present danger posed by the “social industry” especially in relation to conspiracy theories and political campaigns. Great read!

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DogMomIrene
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#TodayILearned more about Spyware😡🤢

I haven‘t read Ronan Farrow‘s reporting on Pegasus, but this 61 minute documentary on HBO Max gives a great overview.

Tagged the book that‘s lauded as the best owner‘s manual on going off the digital grid. We‘ve got the book and someday I‘ll read it. Just doesn‘t seem like there‘s much you can do to minimize intrusions unless you‘re truly willing to give up connected tech. I‘m not there, yet.

Bookwormjillk This one might fall in the category of do I really want to know 😂 (edited) 6mo
DogMomIrene @Bookwormjillk Exactly! 😓 6mo
Suet624 Remember when we heard our tv‘s were catching what we said? I remember the Good Wife having surveillance as a running part of a season? I know ads will pop up on Facebook if I talk about a product with a friend. 6mo
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DogMomIrene @Suet624 I never watched The Good Wife, but sounds like they were on top of issues. AI has really upped the creepy factor for me. I had blogged about caring for my dogs. Took a long hiatus because of life stuff, but started to get back into it… only to realize that anything I create and place online will be used to train AI. I‘m in the process of closing up my blog and related accounts. I‘ll stick to reading and just posting about books. 6mo
Suet624 Wow. That‘s a huge bummer to have to stop writing your blog. 😳😩 6mo
MemoirsForMe Oh, this book and AI give me the creeps too. Big digital brother is always watching. 😬 6mo
DogMomIrene @MemoirsForMe Yes! I‘ve been deleting various online accounts for a few weeks now. Being thoughtful about which accounts, like Litsy, that I‘ll keep. 6mo
MemoirsForMe Ditto! 6mo
Amiable I love Ronan Farrow‘s work. I saw him in person in Hartford a year or so ago —he was on a panel that discussed the dissemination of disinformation and the future of the media. 6mo
DogMomIrene @Amiable Would have loved to have heard him speak on a panel. I love his work too. I haven‘t read his books, but they‘re on the TBR. Also, would love to read a book from him on disinformation and how it spreads. 6mo
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catiewithac
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Cory Doctorow‘s entertaining treatise on interoperability. 💻 🛜 🆓

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Bethanyroe
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We have made a lot of changes in recent years to move our family away from Tech dependence in centrality. This book very practical advice on how to do that in all areas of life, and most importantly, it gives the heart and why underneath it all. It‘s not about a fear of some thing, but a desire not to miss and gain the greatest things.

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