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rwmg
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Pickpick

A good introduction. I think I kept my head above water for most of the book. Unfortunately most of the examples of postmodernism in action were from novels and artworks I was not familiar with so I struggled a bit with that chapter.

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rwmg
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#lunchandabook or should I say "lunch" and "a book"?

TheBookHippie Looks good! 5d
lil1inblue Yum! 😋 4d
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monalyisha
Mysticism | Simon Critchley
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This is the *perfect* blend of what I studied in undergrad. And yet, I‘m bailing. But I‘m doing so without a rating attached!

I‘ve come leaps & bounds with my audiobook skillset in the past 15 years or so… but it‘s still not my primary mode of learning and I think I‘ve finally hit my limit. Listening to an academic, philosophical text is, apparently, beyond me. I may come back to this…but I also may not. 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/1: Negation (self or theological) isn‘t really my jam and it seems to be the focus here. Could either be life-changing (!)…or incredibly frustrating. 🙈 #HailTheBail (edited) 3w
jen_the_scribe I‘ve learned that there are few nonfiction books I can listen to, I usually have to stick with listening to fiction. And the narrator has to be really good. 3w
monalyisha @jen_the_scribe I usually prefer to listen to my nonfic but I trend toward narrative nonfic. Philosophy is too much of a mindfuck. I need time to look with my eyes and process. 😬 3w
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jen_the_scribe @monalyisha Yeah I can see how philosophy would be a complicated listen lol 3w
Billypar I haven't read philosophy since college, so I'm impressed that people even attempt it. I'm also fascinated in what formats people choose and why. I'm usually fiction in print and almost always non-fiction in audio, which is what got me into nonfiction to begin with. And print-only for poetry: I tried audio once, and it was a total fail, I need to read it over and over on the page. 3w
monalyisha @Billypar I‘m the same way…mostly! Sometimes, if a fiction book (or series) has got a fab narrator, I‘ll make an exception. And easing into nonfic with audio has gotten me reading more nonfic, in general, so I‘ll read it in print now, too. 😊 Print‘s still my favorite format (paperbacks, especially) but I‘d miss audio if I started working closer to home! And there are certain titles I‘d enthusiastically recommend *as* audiobooks, for sure. 3w
Billypar Yeah, nothing beats paperbacks for me. I think audio is my 'expand my horizons' format because I can multitask, and it doesn't compete for time with my print book. And that's why I love AuldLangSpine: I want to find the books I wouldn't pick up on my own, and I'll listen to many of those on audio. One past pick was Remains of the Day, and it's still one of my favorite audio reads ever. 3w
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rwmg
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Panpan

Varied between the incomprehensible, banal, and unconvincing. Just didn't work as a humorous introduction to life on other planets.

IriDas My vague recollections of my two university philosophy courses caused me to chuckle at your review. 3mo
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rwmg
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kspenmoll The best combo! 3mo
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Jari-chan
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Mehso-so

So, I've read this. I've taken some notes. And I guess that's it, because I'm so not the target audience for this text. How am I supposed to understand any of this? But I know it's an important book and famous outside the bubble, too. So I'm glad it exists.

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

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lil1inblue
Stupidity | Avital Ronell
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Dear Canadians,
I'm sorry our U.S. representatives are complete a$$hats. We don't all agree with them. I can't even imagine how bad the smoke is for y'all. But your response to this nonsense is freaking epic.
Love, lil1inblue

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/premier-us-republicans-wildfire-smoke-ti...
#ranttime #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub

Bookwormjillk This is funny. Sorry about your fires though Canada. 4mo
KadaGul So Canada 🇨🇦 is facing its Commercial Exhaust fans towards the USA 🇺🇸 so it doesn't have to deal with WILDFIRE 😤🤬😡😠😤🤬. It's natural wildfire 🔥🚒 when Californian wildfires harm bordering Canadian 🇨🇦 cities, no one raises a concern 🤨.#AnotherDumbIdeaByMango (edited) 4mo
lil1inblue @Bookwormjillk My favorite part: "These are attention-seekers who can't come up with a good idea on health care or on making life more affordable," Kinew told The Canadian Press. "So they're playing games with something that's very serious." 4mo
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lil1inblue @KadaGul 🎯🎯🎯 In a different article I read, it was pointed out that smoke goes both ways across the border. This administration is so exhausting. 4mo
LiseWorks Hey Canada has been blamed for a lot of things over the years. Even snow is blamed on Canada. Do they actually want us to kind of have a glass wall or something to king the smoke on our side? 😆 🤣 4mo
Eggbeater It's ironic, republicans being concerned about the environment. I am sorry, Canada. 4mo
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie My "rep" can't show up in his district unless it's a fundraiser, but he can harass Canada? To refer back to my three lis thursday honorable mention: "Fuck wank bugger shitting arse head in hole." 4mo
lil1inblue @LiseWorks What was that thing the #fluorescentfascist wanted to do to stop the hurricanes? Maybe that will work on the smoke. 🤣🤣🤣 (Also, thanks for the snow. I enjoy it. 😉) 4mo
lil1inblue @Eggbeater How do the people who support them not see the inconsistency? I will never understand. 🤔 4mo
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue honest to god these people 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 4mo
willaful I love Vonnegut's description of the Totalitarian mind as like gears with missing teeth: “The missing teeth, of course, are simple, obvious truths, truths available and comprehensible even to ten-year-olds, in most cases.

The willful filing off of gear teeth, the willful doing without certain obvious pieces of information... That is the closest I can come to explaining the legions, the nations of lunatics I‘ve seen in my time.“
4mo
Suet624 This regime and their republican followers are e.x.h.a.u.s.t.i.n.g. 4mo
AnnCrystal 🇨🇦🇺🇲🥺🙏🏼💝. 4mo
TheLudicReader Wab Kinew is the BEST! (He‘s an author, too.) 4mo
lil1inblue @willaful What an excellent quotation. Thank you. It's going in my journal. 🙌 4mo
lil1inblue @Suet624 I'm so tired! 4mo
lil1inblue @TheLudicReader Thank you! I didn't know he was an author. Immediately adding him to the tbr! 👏 👏 👏 4mo
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Jari-chan
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I'm always excited to get the new #roll100 picks! August will be some light summer reading about language and juciste, about Gender Trouble and how Social Media changes how we see our bodies (that one actually fits the season).

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Hm yes very 'light' reading 😂 5mo
Jari-chan @PuddleJumper I guess I save the heavy reading for later 😅 5mo
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IriDas
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#mentalhealthmonday

Late because work started back yesterday so I was busy, which was good for my mental health. I have ADHD so unless there‘s a “fire”, it‘s difficult for me to keep myself moving and focused. And with this mess in Iran, (and Dodgers having a travel day, lol), I would have probably been frozen in bed.

TheBookHippie It‘s good to keep busy. 6mo
AnnCrystal 🫂💝. 6mo
Kerrbearlib I have ADHD too and know just what you mean. Thank you for sharing (edited) 6mo
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Owls31092
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We‘re reading a surprise second book! As part of grad school, I‘ve been reading The Oxford Handbook of Political Science and have actually found it to be very interesting. I‘ve even been reading a few extra chapters outside the syllabus. I‘ll definitely be reading more of these in the future! #politicalscience #oxfordhandbooks #robertgoodin #oxfordhandbookofpoliticalscience #americanpolitics #internationalpolitics #comparativepolitics #theory