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jendefer

I recently read the graphic novel I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner @hari. I enjoyed it! I felt like it was a realistic portrayal of how queer and other marginalized identities could fit in its Regency setting. I particularly liked how also it included race and class issues. A great bonus was the addendum with sources for further historical reading and preparatory sketches from the art's planning stages.

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#queer #trans #books #YoungAdult

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David Brent 📚

Just finished How The Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ out of 5. My review is posted here:

goodreads.com/review/show/5226

#Books #FridayReads #Bookstodon #NonFiction #History @bookstodon

www.goodreads.comDavid's review of How the Word Is Passed4/5: Wow. Just... wow. I consider myself well above average when it comes to knowledge of the history and beginnings of the United States. This book was still an eye opener for me; maybe I knew some of this stuff on a subconscious level, but to have it brought to the surface was a revelation. Even my high school, which most would consider to be quite progressive, only touched briefly on the themes central to this book (I suspect - and hope - that 3 decades later, the curriculum has evolved). My only complaint about this book - and it's a small one - is that Clint Smith lets his poetic DNA fl...
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🚔 #AL_CAPONE | The REAL #TRUTH Behind THE #REAL #OG? (ORIGINAL GANGSTER)

#WHITE #RACIST #DAIRY_FARMERS ARE #GUILTY OF THIS MANS DEATH 🔥 imho.

~"#Honest to #God he said, We've been in the #WRONG #RACKET RIGHT ALONG.."~

The #Truth behind Al Capone’s #tax_evasion #conviction should #OUTRAGE anyone with a #Functioning_BRAIN 🧠 .

As a #tax_attorney and #one_time #criminal_defense attorney, there are #few bigger outrages than Al Capone’s tax evasion #conviction.

Proof the the USA Government cannot WIN or even WIN fairly??

#LOSERS IN OUR #BOOKS! AND WE WILL #PROVE_IT!

#DID_YOU_KNOW??

Al Capone Toyed with the idea of the #Dairy_Business because more #people were buying #MILK instead of #BOOZE --besides, the #MARKUP was #HIGHER.

~"#Honest to #God he said, We've been in the #WRONG #RACKET RIGHT ALONG.."~

#Al_Capone #Downfall | In 1931, Al Capone is Finally #Caught by the #Government for #Failing to #File #Income_Tax.

He continued to expand his #Empire in case #Prohibition was #Repealed (Sound familiar?) He took over #Labor_Unions, #Chauffeurs, #Plumbers, City #Workers, Motion Picture #Projectionists, Soda Pop #Peddlers, Kosher #Poultry #Dealers..

USA #LOSER MENTALITY HERE:

“You see this is why we need the #income_tax!??

To put people like Al Capone behind #prison where he belongs. The #other_laws can’t #catch_him, but the #good_old income tax, sure #helped us #out of #jam here??

>>Al Capone attempted to pay his taxes but the Treasury refused to deal with him.

They #set_him_up for a #conviction. Unfortunately this still happens to this day.

There are a lot of #myths out there. And I am going to show you why they just don’t #stand_up to scrutiny.

#VIDEO 1: Al Capone #Downfall

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#VIDEO 2. Al Capone’s complete #BULLSH!T #tax_evasion_conviction: A look inside..

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Kirsten Menger-Anderson

Just ahead of my March 18th book release (and on Pi day!!!), the LA Times ran a wonderful review by Ilana Masad of THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS. The final paragraph below:

“The Expert of Subtle Revisions” isn’t a political book, per se, nor is it moralizing. Menger-Anderson doesn’t overtly connect 1933 Vienna with the first and second Trump administrations in Hase’s near future. Instead, the plot follows Hase’s investigation of her father’s disappearance and Anton and Zedlacher’s eventual encounter with time traveler Haskell. But as Hase herself knows from editing Wikipedia, neither history nor language are neutral, and Menger-Anderson superbly demonstrates how a writer needn’t shy away from the political tensions of a historical period but can use them to heighten and contextualize setting, character and plot."

#books #writing #writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @bookstodon@fedigroups.social

A screenshot of the LA Times review by Ilana Masad of my novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS. The headline reads "Neither history nor language are neutral in this time-travel mystery"
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Susan Ville

📚 #readingnook #books

The Gaza Strip is among the most densely populated places in the world. More than two-thirds of its inhabitants are refugees. Since 2004, Israel has launched eight devastating "operations" against Gaza's largely defenseless population. Thousands have perished, tens of thousands have been left homeless. In the meantime, Israel has subjected #gaza to a merciless illegal blockade.

By Norman Finkelstein

Publ. University of California Press
ISBN 978-0-520-29571-1 (English)

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earthling

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Books on Pi:

How Pi Can Save Your Life: Using Math to Survive Plane Crashes, Zombie Attacks, Alien Encounters, and Other Improbable Real-World Situations by Chris Waring, 2021

Discover how you can guard a priceless painting in the Louvre, pilot a space shuttle back to Earth, and survive other ridiculous-yet-possible scenarios using the all-encompassing power of mathematical equations.

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#pi

Whether you paid much attention in math class or not, the inescapable truth is that real life is full of equations. You use differentiation when driving from point A to B and apply basic geometry when you're crossing the road between traffic, even if you don't realize it. But what if you were plummeting to your death inside a plane with no engine and you needed to know what size parachute to make from your cabinmate's sari in order to jump and survive?
The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress — and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.
Geometry as a Hermeneutic Science In Pi (π) in Nature, Art, and Culture Marcel Danesi revisits the importance of π as a pattern in the structure of reality, fitting in with the Pythagorean view of Order. Pi has cropped up in formulas that describe natural and physical structures which, on the surface, seem to have nothing to do with a circle, but might harbor the archetype of circularity as a principle. Through π, this book thus revisits the implicit ancient Greek view that geometry was a 'hermeneutic science,' a discipline aiming to investigate the connectivity among numbers, shapes, and natural phenomena. It also examines its manifestations in aesthetic, symbolic and cultural structures, which point to an abiding fascination with the circle as an unconscious archetype. Hermeneutic geometry is ultimately about the exploration of the meanings of geometric-mathematical notions to science and human life.
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