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A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay | Octavia E. Butler

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This essay was written in 2000 by science fiction author Octavia Butler, who did predict our future in her dystopian novels, right down to the slogan. It was made into a book with beautiful illustrations. It is profound, and it would be cool if everyone read it. She encourages us to learn from history as well as be aware of now. I intend to read it multiple times so that I can absorb the message and get through today.
#realhistory @Librarybelle

Librarybelle I‘ll have to add this to my to read list. Definitely a timely read. 5d

TheBookHippie I have this on my list! 5d

Eggbeater @Librarybelle It's short, but really profound. 5d

Texreader Excellent author. I‘ll add this one to books I want to read in October when she‘s #authoramontj @Soubhiville 5d

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DebinHawaii

The Woman They Could Not Silence: The Timeless Story of One Woman's Journey to Be Heard | Kate Moore

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#Read2025 #MonthlyNonFiction2025 #RealHistory

Finished last week for #SheSaid Elizabeth Packard was an amazing woman who I knew very little about until this book. She did so much to fight for her own rights but even more to fight for the rights of the voiceless—women & those with mental health issues, or really rather, those who were judged to be insane but were not & typically forced into asylums by husbands or male family members to silence ⬇️

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Librarybelle This is a good one for #RealHistory ! 2w

TieDyeDude Here is a great coda to her story: https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/160-years-later-activist-elizabeth-packard-... 2w

tpixie @DebinHawaii this was an amazing read about an incredible woman! 2w

DieAReader 💖💖💖 2w

julieclair Wow. Stacking. 1w

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willaful

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection | John Green

A powerful listening experience. It's a sad, horrific, true story of the massive consequences of health inequality, told with humanity and grace. I understand now why this became his cause, and there's hope in the fact that so much has and still can be done to help. (Though as an American, it's hard not to fear we've taken such a wrong turn, we soon won't even be able to help ourselves.)

#RealHistory #HonestHistory #MonthlyNonfiction2025

Librarybelle, julieclair

Librarybelle On my to read list! 2w

julieclair This sounds like an important read. 2w

willaful @julieclair So important. 2w

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ncsufoxes

The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Company

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I started this one a few years ago & then life got busy & I put it aside. I‘m happy that I finally went back to finish it. I had this cathartic moment as I was finishing that the topics & subjects covered in this book are really difficult things to face & come to terms with. Not making excuses for people because they just need to unlearn that sh—. But I can also see why people can‘t unlearn it. US history is so entwined with racism that most don‘t

ncsufoxes even realize it‘s racism. I really felt that what Bryan Stevenson said captures why it‘s so hard to overcome & recon with our past. “Recognizing the unbroken links between slavery, Black Codes, lynching, & our current era of mass incarceration is essential. Like generations before, we must struggle for an end to bigotry. We must fight to repair the damage created by centuries of racial injustice. We must commit to a new era of truth & justice, one 3w

ncsufoxes in which we honestly confront our past so that we can understand what remedies are needed to achieve healthy communities & justice for people who have been fairly excluded & targeted. Our nation must acknowledge the four hundred years of injustice that haunt us.” 3w

ncsufoxes “In Germany, there has been a meaningful reckoning with the history of the Holocaust; this sort of reflection & remembrance has been largely absent in America, where many people resist confronting the most disturbing & difficult parts of our past.” #realhistory #honesthistory 3w

Librarybelle So true…US history is so entwined with racism that most don‘t see it. Great review! 3w

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JenReadsAlot

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower | Brittney Cooper

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Good listen. #realhistory @Librarybelle

Librarybelle Good choice! 4w

mcctrish I really liked this 4w

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Eggbeater

His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice | Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa

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#RealHistory @Librarybelle

George Floyd was murdered in fairly recent history, but this book is so well researched that it takes the reader all the way back to his family roots during times of slavery and sharecropping. I am so glad I read it. I came out of the experience with a better understanding of systemic racism and the conviction that we can never ever give up the fight for justice. George Floyd!

Librarybelle Great review! 1mo

Suet624 I‘ve never heard of this book. Thanks for the review. 1mo

TheBookHippie This story is so unbelievably sad. Necessary read. 1mo

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AllDebooks

World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing -- Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed | James Hoffman

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Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

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@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin

Librarybelle Good Morning! It‘s a beautiful morning in South Central Pennsylvania. Today is chores in the morning followed by a fashion webinar hosted by Jane Austen‘s House (love that I can see evening programs in the UK in the afternoon here). I need to read the next Nancy Drew book this weekend, but I started this one to get back to the library on Monday, and it‘s such an important read…everyone should read this #HonestHistory #RealHistory

Medicine River: A Story of Survival and the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools

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ShelleyBooksie Good morning! It's a rainy day here in my neck of the woods. Need to do some chores then I plan to write some #Litsylove and dip into the book Sleepless Nights by Canadian Author Pierre C Arsenault 1mo

TheBookHippie Getting all my above ground gardening planters (25) ready to plant - it still freezes here overnight… I plant after May 20 generally. But first late brunch, coffee… my electric blanket died and it‘s hard for my joints to not have it before I sleep and before I get up. (RA) new one arriving today! Last two nights without it have been tough. 😵‍💫🫣😝 happy Saturday all! 1mo

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dabbe Hi, everyone. Drinking one cup of ☕️ and then going for a dog walk before it hits 100 degrees. Then, we‘ll shelter inside while praying to the ac gods. I‘m sure some putzing inside the house will occur. Happy Saturday! 🤩 1mo

DebinHawaii Woke up all stuffy with a cold I think. 🤧Enjoying the morning at the coffee shop as usual & errands. Hopefully a nap later too. 1mo

AllDebooks Sorry, we had unexpected guests, and it turned into a DAY! 1mo

AllDebooks @Librarybelle There is a lot going on this year to celebrate her 250th anniversary. Your book looks fascinating. I love a good history book. Stacked! 1mo

AllDebooks @ShelleyBooksie I hope it brightened up a little. 🌞 1mo

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie here's joping the new blanket eases your pain and helps you sleep. We're still at risk of frost, too. I'm desperate to plant out our tomatoes 🍅 1mo

AllDebooks @dabbe 🌞🐾☕️📚 1mo

AllDebooks @DebinHawaii feel better xx 1mo

Librarybelle @AllDebooks I love all of the celebrations and am trying to attend virtually as many as I can. 😁 1mo

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