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MagentaRocks

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Just a former little evil banker with a twisted sense of humor who has a secret identity as a normal person.

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Frequent post warning during #tennis tournaments and #F1 races. Topics of Interest: #Movies #Film #TV #Books #Reading #Science #Space #NASA #WeirdStuff #DarkHumour #SciFi #Surfing #Hockey (LGR) #Music #Art #PopCulture #Volcanoes #Murderbot

“Nobody’s done a stress scenario with the machines running amok.”

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Bogart, Dietrich, Keaton: faces from Hollywood’s golden years – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/jun/25/bogart-dietrich-keaton-faces-from-hollywoods-golden-years-in-pictures

The

Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood

https://www.accartbooks.com/uk/book/fabulous-faces-of-classic-hollywood/

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This is just horrible.

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500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/20/500000-books-have-been-deleted-from-the-internet-archives-lending-library/

More at:

https://blog.archive.org/2024/04/19/internet-archive-stands-firm-on-library-digital-rights-in-final-brief-of-hachette-v-internet-archive-lawsuit/

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I find this so unsettling, yet condensed and things like CliffsNotes have been around for years. I think this enables people with ADHD and those with the attention span of fleas, yet, maybe it can be useful for some. At least this isn't all AI.


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"Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour?
Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing."

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/27/can-you-read-a-book-in-a-quarter-of-an-hour

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There is a bot account!!!!

@bookstodon

https://botsin.space/@murderbotbot/112467101610829455

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Amazon Is Hosting a Massive Book Sale
Ebooks, paperbacks, and hardcover editions are deeply discounted through May 20.

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Article may be paywalled. No gift option available. The headline above is all you really need.

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-book-sale-spring-2024/

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TIL about the author Richard Flanagan. This excerpt from his new book, 'Question 7', is compelling and a bit horrifying. While reading, I found myself making sure I could breath.The book is out in the UK and coming to the US in September.

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‘I did not wish to die. I was 21 … But death was choosing me’: author Richard Flanagan on the accident that nearly killed him

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/11/richard-flanagan-kayak-capsized-question-7

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin audiobook review – from the civil rights frontline

Law & Order’s Jesse L Martin narrates two powerful essays examining the Black experience in the US, the first in a series marking the author’s centenary year

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/10/the-fire-next-time-by-james-baldwin-audiobook-review-powerful-essays-from-the-civil-rights-frontline

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