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bookandbedandtea
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Listen to this through earphones y'all. It's not safe around kids or coworkers. 😉

TheBookgeekFrau 😂😂 3w
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ElizaMarie
Exhaustion: A History | Anna Schaffner
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I‘m off today after working three 12-hour shifts in the psych emergency department. Wow! I haven‘t worked worked in forever. My brain is mush.

Plans: Catch up on #HashtagBrigade (@BreakingMadRead), therapy, finish the Suicide House, cuddle with babies, trash TV (not sure what's on the docket), and move just enough so that Lobster doesn't think I'm dead and eats my earlobes.

#FillYourCupFriday #SelfCareIsNotSelfish

TheBookHippie ♥️ 3w
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bookandbedandtea
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This telling of world history by focusing on ruling families (rather than only rulers) is fascinating but my main take away so far is that it was very dangerous to be a member of a ruling family. The source of the danger most often being other members of said family.

AllDebooks Brilliant review 😅 1mo
TheBookgeekFrau Yeah, I got that when I read about Cleopatra. Talk about your sibling rivalry!! 😱😬 1mo
bookandbedandtea @AllDebooks Thanks! 😄 1mo
bookandbedandtea @TheBookgeekFrau Yep, they were one of the families that was just covered (I'm only up to about 30 AD- this is very thorough!) and it was wild! 1mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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There's just something wonderful about a non-fiction book where the writer is passionate about the subject matter, wants to make sure everybody understands just how awesome it is, and can write in an engaging manner.
Every chapter in this book could spawn several books of its own. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? This is a relatively short work (250 pages plus glossary and notes) so you do get a sense of speed-running through the history of human civilization, plucking out times and places as they relate to the topic under discussion.
And yet so much is crammed in!
Chapter structure discusses the history of various elements of fabric production (as well as trading and consumption) and alongside it, the leaps and bounds made for human civilization by the manufacturing techniques, technology and social infrastructure such material production inspired.
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Robotswithpersonality 3/? I was as fascinated by the future of fabric, the windows into where design and manufacturing may go next, as I was by the details of its past I previously had no clue about.
As much engineering and invention, as much science, as history (not all of it pretty, of course).
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Robotswithpersonality 4/? I always love hearing about those moments where the sharing of knowledge (maybe previously hoarded or rediscovered or developed and open source) / knowledge transmission (part of a long tradition that miraculously survived to present day) is crucial for the future of crafts and technology.
We need that message out there.
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Robotswithpersonality 5/5 Cons?
I'm biased to plant-based fibres, I can't get too ecstatic about petroleum-based polymers and microfibers given our current understanding of the environmental costs.
Bit of a crime that all the photos and image reproductions are black and white.
Disgusting details of reconstructing the manufacturing process of the original Tyrian purple. Poor murex!
⚠️animal death, slavery, suicide
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Robotswithpersonality
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Itsy Bitsy Helicopters!🚁

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Robotswithpersonality
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Crafty Fuggers. 😉

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Robotswithpersonality
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The history of dyes: fuck around and find out! 🤷🏼‍♂️😆

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Robotswithpersonality
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Currently reading colour way just struck me.
Book cover designers: "well you can't go wrong with a blue background..."??

julesG 💙 1mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Okay, who else thought Sherwood Forest was a fictional location from the legend of Robin Hood?
Don't be shy, we can all be newly informed doofuses together. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Bren912 Me! 1mo
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Robotswithpersonality
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Fucking NIFTY!
The physical manufacturing history of computer hardware and software technology is officially going on my 'find books to read more about it' list.

julesG The more you post about this book the further up on my #MountTBR it climbs. 1mo
Robotswithpersonality @julesG 😁 I don't know if that makes me a good influence or a bad one, but I'm relishing it either way. 1mo
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