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It mentions Stafford Beer's principle that “the purpose of a system is what it does” -not the promises/glossy brochure/sales pitch. It ends on a quote from Brian Merchant's book: "Some machines must be broken, so that they stop producing monsters." (Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech). #Booksky #Book #Recommendation #RecommendedReading #Books #BookRecommendation #BigTech #AgainstAI #anti-AI #AntiAI
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com ·Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com ·Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com ·Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com ·Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
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Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue @higginbothampublications.wordpress.com@higginbothampublications.wordpress.com ·Country Tides: Out Now
She swore she would never love again, but that one knock changed everything. Life is a normal routine for Jane Allman. She wakes up, feeds her animals, tends to her garden, and from time to time, she calls her sister. She isn’t a crazy partier, and she has no need for a relationship. She is happy being on her own. Nevertheless, things change when businesses are brought into her small community and she finds one of the owners, Hadley Grace, at her door asking for a favor. Jane is absolutely […]https://higginbothampublications.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/country-tides-out-now/
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Recommended Reading List: April 2026
I had a good reading month. Lots of fun things, although a couple of the novels read slowly. (Meaning I had to savor every word. Oh, woe is me!) I did finish a crappy mystery anthology. It was the one I was reading at UNLV during lunch, although a number of students ended up co-opting […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/02/recommended-reading-list-april-2026/#freenonfiction #Plays #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: April 2026
I had a good reading month. Lots of fun things, although a couple of the novels read slowly. (Meaning I had to savor every word. Oh, woe is me!) I did finish a crappy mystery anthology. It was the one I was reading at UNLV during lunch, although a number of students ended up co-opting […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/02/recommended-reading-list-april-2026/#freenonfiction #Plays #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: April 2026
I had a good reading month. Lots of fun things, although a couple of the novels read slowly. (Meaning I had to savor every word. Oh, woe is me!) I did finish a crappy mystery anthology. It was the one I was reading at UNLV during lunch, although a number of students ended up co-opting […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/02/recommended-reading-list-april-2026/#freenonfiction #Plays #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: April 2026
I had a good reading month. Lots of fun things, although a couple of the novels read slowly. (Meaning I had to savor every word. Oh, woe is me!) I did finish a crappy mystery anthology. It was the one I was reading at UNLV during lunch, although a number of students ended up co-opting […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/05/02/recommended-reading-list-april-2026/#freenonfiction #Plays #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: March 2026
Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 100,000 years ago, and didn’t like them then. I decided to give the dang thing a chance again. Still didn’t like it, […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/04/recommended-reading-list-march-2026/#freenonfiction #OnWriting #Plays #RecommendedReading #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: March 2026
Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 100,000 years ago, and didn’t like them then. I decided to give the dang thing a chance again. Still didn’t like it, […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/04/recommended-reading-list-march-2026/#freenonfiction #OnWriting #Plays #RecommendedReading #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: March 2026
Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 100,000 years ago, and didn’t like them then. I decided to give the dang thing a chance again. Still didn’t like it, […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/04/recommended-reading-list-march-2026/#freenonfiction #OnWriting #Plays #RecommendedReading #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: March 2026
Technically, the first thing I finished reading was Anton Chekov’s The Seagull for my theatre history class. I’d read both the play and the short story the first time I was in college 100,000 years ago, and didn’t like them then. I decided to give the dang thing a chance again. Still didn’t like it, […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/04/04/recommended-reading-list-march-2026/#freenonfiction #OnWriting #Plays #RecommendedReading #AllyCarter
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Recommended Reading List: February, 2026
I had a lovely February of reading. Lots more time than I expected, which is fun. As regular readers of this feature know, I don’t recommend everything nor should I, considering I’ve also been reading 300-year-old plays for my Theatre History class. But there’s lots of good here, including a nonfiction book that everyone in […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/recommended-reading-list-february-2026/#freenonfiction #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #Thriller #CaseyStegman
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Recommended Reading List: February, 2026
I had a lovely February of reading. Lots more time than I expected, which is fun. As regular readers of this feature know, I don’t recommend everything nor should I, considering I’ve also been reading 300-year-old plays for my Theatre History class. But there’s lots of good here, including a nonfiction book that everyone in […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/recommended-reading-list-february-2026/#freenonfiction #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #Thriller #CaseyStegman
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Recommended Reading List: February, 2026
I had a lovely February of reading. Lots more time than I expected, which is fun. As regular readers of this feature know, I don’t recommend everything nor should I, considering I’ve also been reading 300-year-old plays for my Theatre History class. But there’s lots of good here, including a nonfiction book that everyone in […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/recommended-reading-list-february-2026/#freenonfiction #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #Thriller #CaseyStegman
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Recommended Reading List: February, 2026
I had a lovely February of reading. Lots more time than I expected, which is fun. As regular readers of this feature know, I don’t recommend everything nor should I, considering I’ve also been reading 300-year-old plays for my Theatre History class. But there’s lots of good here, including a nonfiction book that everyone in […]…
https://kriswrites.com/2026/03/01/recommended-reading-list-february-2026/#freenonfiction #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #Thriller #CaseyStegman
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"Trump's MAGA movement is plotting to steal the election with a fake emergency. This is an election coup, a direct attack on freedom and democracy. The vast majority of Americans oppose this — and will do so in the streets if necessary."
https://www.theframelab.org/maga-plans-fake-emergency-to-rig-midterm-elections/
#Elections #Fraud #Trump #GOP #USPol #Democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #VoteMidterms #Protest #Resist #Framelab
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"Trump's MAGA movement is plotting to steal the election with a fake emergency. This is an election coup, a direct attack on freedom and democracy. The vast majority of Americans oppose this — and will do so in the streets if necessary."
https://www.theframelab.org/maga-plans-fake-emergency-to-rig-midterm-elections/
#Elections #Fraud #Trump #GOP #USPol #Democracy #Vote #VoteBlue #VoteMidterms #Protest #Resist #Framelab
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An insightful and timely Aeon essay...
https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies
#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon
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An insightful and timely Aeon essay...
https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies
#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon
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An insightful and timely Aeon essay...
https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies
#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon
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An insightful and timely Aeon essay...
https://aeon.co/essays/what-explains-the-perpetual-need-for-political-enemies
#Trump #GOP #ICE #USPol #Democracy #Protest #Resist #Psychology #Aeon
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The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written? -
The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written? -
The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written? -
The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written? -
The other day, at an Under The Volcano event in #Tepoztlán, I was asked this question.
I cheated a little and said that I would have liked to have the imagination of an entire #ShortStory anthology.
What's the #book by another #author that YOU wish you had written? -
Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025
Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wondering why this post is for July, I got behind on posting my lists and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/#freenonfiction #RecommendedReading #DanielSilva #EvgeniaPerez #GabrielAllon
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025
Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wondering why this post is for July, I got behind on posting my lists and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/#freenonfiction #RecommendedReading #DanielSilva #EvgeniaPerez #GabrielAllon
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025
Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wondering why this post is for July, I got behind on posting my lists and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/#freenonfiction #RecommendedReading #DanielSilva #EvgeniaPerez #GabrielAllon
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Recommended Reading List (Belated Edition): July 2025
Not as much to recommend in July, primarily because I didn’t like what I read enough to recommend it. So one novel and a nonfiction book, as well as some articles. In case you’re wondering why this post is for July, I got behind on posting my lists and…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/12/30/recommended-reading-list-belated-edition-july-2025/#freenonfiction #RecommendedReading #DanielSilva #EvgeniaPerez #GabrielAllon
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LitStack Delves Into the Hild Sequence
Saturday brought a lovely surprise: 2 Books, 1 Epic Life—Devouring “The Hild Sequence”—a LitStack Rec. They have a whole list, perfect for gift-buying, because this is a site run as part of Bookshop.org, for and on behalf of booksellers. In other words, it’s all about books that are actually great to read.
You should go read the whole thing for yourself—I mean, just look at this:
The Menu…Sharon Browning also wrote the LitStack Rec for Slow River—which was a truly wonderful review. (“Slow River is indeed an transcendent work of art. Transcendent, and yet so accessible, so recognizable, so relatable – which only makes it more exceptional. It truly deserves to be read.”)
But if you just can’t be bothered to click through (I get it, I get it—Mondays are hard), here are 3 screenshot highlights:
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But you really should go read the recs and buy from delicious books for friends and family. And, y’know, yourself. Because you deserve it, because, y’know, Monday…
#hild #litstack #menewood #recommendedReading #reviews #theHildSequence
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LitStack Delves Into the Hild Sequence
Saturday brought a lovely surprise: 2 Books, 1 Epic Life—Devouring “The Hild Sequence”—a LitStack Rec. They have a whole list, perfect for gift-buying, because this is a site run as part of Bookshop.org, for and on behalf of booksellers. In other words, it’s all about books that are actually great to read.
You should go read the whole thing for yourself—I mean, just look at this:
The Menu…Sharon Browning also wrote the LitStack Rec for Slow River—which was a truly wonderful review. (“Slow River is indeed an transcendent work of art. Transcendent, and yet so accessible, so recognizable, so relatable – which only makes it more exceptional. It truly deserves to be read.”)
But if you just can’t be bothered to click through (I get it, I get it—Mondays are hard), here are 3 screenshot highlights:
- Screenshot
But you really should go read the recs and buy from delicious books for friends and family. And, y’know, yourself. Because you deserve it, because, y’know, Monday…
#hild #litstack #menewood #recommendedReading #reviews #theHildSequence
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Recommended Reading List: October, 2025
I decided to do the Recommended Reading List as intended, releasing it the month after I did the reading. I got behind earlier in the year, so the place where I store the recommended reads has turned into a towering mass of fiction. I’m going to catch up on those, but first,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/11/08/recommended-reading-list-october-2025/#freenonfiction #MiddleGradeYoungAdult #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction
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Recommended Reading List: October, 2025
I decided to do the Recommended Reading List as intended, releasing it the month after I did the reading. I got behind earlier in the year, so the place where I store the recommended reads has turned into a towering mass of fiction. I’m going to catch up on those, but first,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/11/08/recommended-reading-list-october-2025/#freenonfiction #MiddleGradeYoungAdult #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction
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Recommended Reading List: October, 2025
I decided to do the Recommended Reading List as intended, releasing it the month after I did the reading. I got behind earlier in the year, so the place where I store the recommended reads has turned into a towering mass of fiction. I’m going to catch up on those, but first,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/11/08/recommended-reading-list-october-2025/#freenonfiction #MiddleGradeYoungAdult #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction
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Recommended Reading List: October, 2025
I decided to do the Recommended Reading List as intended, releasing it the month after I did the reading. I got behind earlier in the year, so the place where I store the recommended reads has turned into a towering mass of fiction. I’m going to catch up on those, but first,…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/11/08/recommended-reading-list-october-2025/#freenonfiction #MiddleGradeYoungAdult #Mysteries #RecommendedReading #SpyFiction
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Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.
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Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.
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Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.
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Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.
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Just a casual reminder that I have a curated list of bookmarks regarding a more sceptical view of the current AI hype. If you need something beyond prompt tricks or how cool it is to generate an avatar, have a look.
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Am currently listening to Cunk on Everything.
#Cunk #PhilomenaCunk
#RecommendedListening #RecommendedReading -
Am currently listening to Cunk on Everything.
#Cunk #PhilomenaCunk
#RecommendedListening #RecommendedReading -
Am currently listening to Cunk on Everything.
#Cunk #PhilomenaCunk
#RecommendedListening #RecommendedReading -
Am currently listening to Cunk on Everything.
#Cunk #PhilomenaCunk
#RecommendedListening #RecommendedReading -
Recommended Reading List: April 2025
Still operating from behind here, because these past two years were insane. At least I found time to read again, even when conducting a workshop or working with student manuscripts. I didn’t find a lot to like, though, in April. I read a number of books that either didn’t end well or…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/08/28/recommended-reading-list-april-2025/#Fantasy #freenonfiction #historicalfiction #RecommendedReading #AaronCouch
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Recommended Reading List: April 2025
Still operating from behind here, because these past two years were insane. At least I found time to read again, even when conducting a workshop or working with student manuscripts. I didn’t find a lot to like, though, in April. I read a number of books that either didn’t end well or…
https://kriswrites.com/2025/08/28/recommended-reading-list-april-2025/#Fantasy #freenonfiction #historicalfiction #RecommendedReading #AaronCouch
@indieauthors