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Not book related. BUT I launched a podcast!

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It would mean a lot to me. ❤️❤️❤️🎧

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#selfguidedwomenandgenderstudiescourse

This was interesting and clearly involved a lot of research, though I eventually found myself glazing over because it felt a bit repetitive. The problems with Spotify boil down to the same basics: remuneration of artists is poor, it's built to make money for the creators, it pivots at random to any metric where it can make the numbers go up, it's opaque...

An indictment of the way we view entertainment as “content“ in general, but especially and specifically Spotify. I'd suggest Glenn McDonald's You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song had been written specifically to try to counteract it, if that hadn't come out first. Pelly's more conscientious about sources and ensuring what she writes is true and not just vibes, which gives her credibility.

A deep dive into studies of how social media & phone use are affecting our kids. I appreciate the tangible changes suggested. Waiting until high school to give your kids a phone/ social media, banding together with other parents to create a like-minded community, & lobbying your school to keep phones completely out of schools, are all great ideas. But unstructured play, age-appropriate risks & responsibilities, & less parental hovering is key!

I just upgraded my IPad to iOS 18.4.1, and now Litsy isn‘t working right. I can‘t like posts, and it won‘t let me add an image to this post. Anyone else having similar problems?

I‘m doing a deep dive on reading books about AI, and this one is fantastic for explaining the different kinds of technology referred to as AI, how it works and was created, what it can do and what it can‘t. Highly recommend.

(Image: batik by Lene Wojcik)

This book presents all the ways humans are allowing their lived experiences to become secondary to their screens. There‘s data about many aspects of life: our friends are often online instead of in our own neighborhood, our kids are watching videos instead of riding their bikes, and there‘s anecdotes about what experiencing life through technology causes us to miss. (I‘m guilty of this somewhat—I hide behind screens in public, it‘s a shield!)

"The internet tidal wave would be followed by a hacking tsunami"

I've had a StoryGraph account for years, but back when I initially signed up, I didn't feel that it was as good as Goodreads, and stopped using it. Now, as I am trying to move away from Amazon (after learning how much the company takes from book sales), I've decided to try out StoryGraph again.

You can find me there @ FortifiedByBooks with the pic of 5 year old me sticking her tongue out at the camera. I'll follow back as soon as I get settled.

When all the library holds come in at once.

This is a mix of #Roll100 titles and books I requested to help me figure out my relationship with social media (except Litsy. I know exactly how I feel about Litsy ❤️).