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2024-09-11 16:14:58

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My reading has certainly evolved over the years. I’m an avid fiction reader and a lot of my favorite books historically are written by white men - I think a lot of that has to do with what was published historically. I have a penchant for the doorstopper and most of my favorites fall into that category (Pynchon, DFW, Gaddis, Bolaño etc). But that has changed a lot in recent years largely due to the wealth of translated fiction that is available and continuing to be published and more widely available. To answer your question, the primary function that fiction serves (for me) is building empathy towards human experience, and reading translated fiction (by both men and women) is a rich and rewarding way to do that. There is so much good writing out there! I’m interested in “real” characters. A good writer writes what they know and have experienced and doesn’t try to appropriate someone else’s experience, I truly believe we can sense that in writing - does it feel honest and authentic? So I make an effort to read as widely as possible. A bit rambly, but I love reading and talking about fiction so I appreciate the question.

2024-09-10 16:13:06

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The most refreshing thing for me has been the lack of ads and promoted content. I still use Instagram, but the experience is degrading quickly. A quick scan through my feed is ~60% stuff I didn’t actively choose to see. Which is nuts.

2024-09-04 22:43:50

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I (historically) liked having one app for podcasts and music but my home page is now bogged down with podcast suggestions. Apparently because I am a bitcoiner I need a round up of all Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson’s episodes clogging my home page. With this I tend to agree with you a bit — and would prefer to maybe keep them separate.

2024-09-04 19:29:33

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Thank you! I will look into this

2024-09-04 19:23:09

Spotify is spamming me with suggested podcasts I have no interest in. What does music streaming look like on Nostr? #asknostr

2024-09-03 02:19:35

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I read the first two books of Stormlight Archive a few years ago and need to get back to them as I enjoyed them quite a bit. I read a lot of fiction, but don’t often get to fantasy/sci-fi even though I enjoy it when I do.

2024-09-02 23:21:27

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What’s your favorite Graeber book? I started Debt a few years back and put it down after 100 pages or so, but read Dawn of Everything last year and loved it so I need to revisit. Have Utopia of Rules on my shelf as well.

2024-08-30 13:30:53

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Something like this would be very valuable. And not that it necessarily needs to be labeled as “progressive” but that the content/topics/speakers are structured such that they reflect the values and interests of “progressive” thought. Okay done with the air quotes lol

2024-08-29 21:46:05

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I’m due for a reread!

2024-08-29 16:38:41

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Because too many of us aren’t interested in educating with patience and empathy, but like demonstrating how we know stuff you don’t know cuz we are superior ya know

2024-08-29 16:17:01

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Great episode! I’m all for the progressive bitcoin conference idea. Would love to help here from the Midwest. Make it happen, make it for us, the people @npub1n3s…te5l @npub14mc…frlx @npub12lz…ntw2 @npub164q…2rl3 @npub1dc8…jwqd
Btw - Love Peter’s Massachusetts location suggestion 😎

2024-08-28 19:08:01

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Zap it

2024-08-27 22:34:22

As much as I do identify with lemoncatfish3…..Best walk throughs on how to change Lightning address? (I’m using Primal)
Haven’t tried to dig into it much yet, but figured I’d throw this out of the #asknostr ether.

2024-08-27 22:27:21

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Agreed. For anyone here who likes literary fiction, best I’ve read this year:
- Hurricane Season; Fernanda Melchor
- Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead; Olga Tokarczuk
- Same Bed, Different Dreams; Ed Park
- Mason & Dixon; Thomas Pynchon
- There, There; Tommy Orange
- The Skating Rink; Roberto Bolaño
- Rediscovery of America; Ned Blackhawk (non-fiction US history from Native lens)

2024-08-27 20:58:34

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The way he “chisels” up his image in these 😂😂😂 — I’m so happy he’s not even trying to hide being a crypto scammer. You can’t even pretend he’s a “bitcoin” president at this point.

2024-08-27 17:04:08

Leaving this to the void for any bitcoiners who stumble
on this (as I currently don’t really have any followers) — but any big fiction readers out there? Recently finished Fernanda Melchor’s ‘Hurricane Season’ and currently reading Faulkner (Sound and the Fury). Would love to engage with any readers who also happen to be bitcoiners!

2024-08-15 02:20:38

Running Nostr…

2024-08-15 02:16:59

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Confused as to why we are sharing this in a way suggests they would be any different? Money printer was whirring and brrring under Trump as well…