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Andjhostet

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  • Banned Books Week Spotlight Day 2: Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

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  • How are these being chosen and is there any order? Curious when we'll be getting to some of the good ones like Lolita, Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World, Beloved, Grapes of Wrath etc? It's just been YA type stuff so far. Also, is it just things banned in the US? What about books banned from places like USSR (Master and Margarita, Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, etc). Sorry for all the questions.

  • Spooky reads for October?

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  • Lovecraft is awesome if you want some short stories. Call of Cthulhu, Colour out of Space, and Rats in the Walls area my personal favorites.

  • Jesus Is King II by Kanye and Dr Dre has leaked

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  • 808s, his most depressive album of his career is his stadium album? Was this a typo? I could accept Grad maybe.

  • Jesus Is King II by Kanye and Dr Dre has leaked

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  • There's no ethical consumption under capitalism. I think you're right.

  • Jesus Is King II by Kanye and Dr Dre has leaked

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  • Are you serious? Dude completely changed hip hop, multiple times. Absolutely massive innovator in production style, and basically created the chipmunk soul style of production. He would be considered one of the most important figures in hip hop even if he never even released an album, just for his production work with Jay Z.

    The College Dropout was a landmark record for hip hop, for many reasons.

    Then he had another landmark record in 808s, popularizing the use of auto tune and melodicism in hip hop (not a trend in hip hop I loved, but you can't deny the influence here).

    Then he had another landmark record in MBDTF, bringing hip hop to the absolute front and center of pop culture. Completely bombastic and basically the HH equivalent of a stadium rock album. Collabs with Justin Vernon and samples from King Crimson brought in fans of rock to hip hop like never before.

    Yeezus is slowly showing itself to be more and more influential as well, though this one was delayed a bit but we're seeing more and more high profile disciples.

    Anyone that denies the influence of Kanye is completely ignorant. He's a piece of shit, sure. But his music has been incredibly important and to deny that is absolutely ridiculous.

  • Preoccupations - Anxiety

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  • Man I miss their VC stuff. I've liked their albums less and less with each release.

  • Jesus Is King II by Kanye and Dr Dre has leaked

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  • Fuck Kanye but at the same time he's one of the most important and influential musicians of my generation and you bet your ass I'm gonna listen to it and everything he'll put out from now until perpetuity. I'll just pirate it so he doesn't get the proceeds.

  • What they call socialism 

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  • Only a matter of time before striking becomes illegal. Nothing is going to happen unless a general strike happens among all industries.

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  • How are you hearing it? Nice speakers or a nice set of headphones? I'm guessing that's the difference.

  • What are some of the best translated fiction books you've read?

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  • All in English because I'm an Anglo moron who only speaks one language.

    Crime and Punishment (Ready translation)

    The Stranger (Ward translation)

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    Literally anything by Hermann Hesse (maybe my favorite author)

  • A Tolkien Bestiary - David Day - 1949

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  • Yeah I realize now that my comment was a tad more aggressive than it was meant to be. I think there's some value in Day's stuff. He gives some interesting perspective and analysis on Tolkien. You just need to remember to take nothing of his as fact.

  • A Tolkien Bestiary - David Day - 1949

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  • Nothing David Day writes should be given any credibility. He made stuff up, like, all the time. Treat it as fan fiction.

  • The Strong Towns Movement is Simply Right-Libertarianism Dressed in Progressive Garb

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  • What's hilarious is conservatives absolutely hate Strongtowns too, and pretty much all their policy goals are the opposite of the goal of ST. Even though Chuck Morohn is deeply conservative, he can't really face that truth.

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    The rubber bridge is the hottest trend in indie guitar and a cheap mod to try – here’s how to install one on your electric guitar

    www.guitarworld.com /features/how-to-install-a-rubber-bridge-on-your-electric-guitar

  • CEO says COVID gave us bad habits, prescribes unemployment of 40-50%

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  • Counterpoint: Guillotines

  • Mexico’s Moment: The Biggest US Trading Partner Is No Longer China

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  • Honestly, with the way Mexicos leadership/politics and economy is heading, it's positioned to be a decent power, and potentially be a more desirable location to live than the US sometime in the next century. Big fan of AMLO and hope he is setting them on a good trend. It's probably only a matter of time before the US intervenes and makes sure they don't go too far left though, so maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up.

  • Just read Animal Farm by George Orwell and i loved it (No Spoilers)

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  • This and Homage are his two best imo. His fiction is a little too on the nose and heavy handed.

  • Just read Animal Farm by George Orwell and i loved it (No Spoilers)

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  • It's literally the most basic and textbook form of allegory you can find in literature. There's absolutely no depth to it at all.

  • Just read Animal Farm by George Orwell and i loved it (No Spoilers)

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  • Orwell paraded as a socialist which is why he knew who were true leftists and who weren't. Dude was a narc of the highest order, and a traitor to the cause any way you look at it.

  • What are some book series like Harry Potter [quaint, pleasant, deep lore] but less childish and bigoted?

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  • Which is true in real life too so I don't see the issue. Think of climate activists and how they're treated in the US. Or those supporting socialist policies like right to housing or food. They are treated as an absolute joke, just for wanting to do the right thing at the expense of those in power.

    If I had to pick a character who does the right thing more often than anyone, it's probably Hermione.