I’ve been in a bit of a reading slump these past few days due to you know… gestures around broadly so I am still on my books I was before. I am still enjoying the Percy Jackson book, it feels like a nice escape from everything.
For whatever it’s worth, I’ve both noticed and appreciated your efforts lately.
And just what I’ve seen of it via posts and announcements has already been enough to sort of vicariously exhaust me, so I can only imagine…
I’m trying my best to be optimistic but tbh if no real change occurs or solutions are actually proposed soon, I might have to shutdown for my own well being here as well. I’m really hopeful it won’t come to that. I am attempting to sign up with Cloudflare’s CSAM image scanning service as well as looking into ways to disable photo uploads since this instance really isn’t even image focused either. If worse comes to worse, we could migrate to firefish I guess. I’m quietly waiting but very impatiently. I’m just rattled emotionally over what happened. I appreciate the support from the community a lot.
Yeah - I was sort of afraid of that. I like this place - you’ve done a good job here. But there’s no reason you should put yourself at risk. So it’d be a shame if it came to that, but it is what it is.
statement of virtual support<
While I love this instance, I would totally understand if you shut it down to preserve yourself. I think this little space is great, and I thank you for setting it up and being very on top of problems creeping up. I hope solutions will be found.
Finished John Dies at the End by David Wong. It was okay all in all - imaginative, but not very well-written.
Started Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. I’ve been working my way through Murakami in publishing order for the last few years, reading one every few months, and it’s time for this one. I’m thoroughly enjoying it so far.
I liked John Dies at the End, and the movie adaptation was… different, but also fun!
I liked the book all in all - it just had a lot of flaws, and that made it kind of a slog.
Since this was not just a first novel but a first novel that started out as a webserial, I think it’s safe to assume that his later books are better, so I’ll undoubtedly go back to him some time.
For the rime being though, as a sort of palate cleanser, I was craving something that I could count on to be well-written if nothing else, and Murakami definitely fills that bill.
I’m reading Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb for a book club, also reading The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
I think I’m going to read a couple more books about neocolonialism and US intervention in the Global South this year, since I already read The Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad and How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge
Kentucky by Panopticon