I'm Not Really On Here Anymore, Or Any Virtual Platform For That Matter. The Past Few Months Have Been

i'm not really on here anymore, or any virtual platform for that matter. The past few months have been tumultous and I have changed, fundamentally, intensely, a deliberate effort to rebuild and reshape the clay of the earth.

I've reached a greater level of mathematical maturity through ego reduction, I've found an undocumented life to be better, for me. Above all, I've decided the self is a network, it's always moving. Who I am cannot be reduced, it cannot be simplified, it is what I do and what I do is all encompasing and ever changing.

So I read 200 pages a day for a week (link is to a textpost) and the most insightful thing I gained from it, outside of the knowledge resulting from the books themselves obviously, is that I'm going to be stopping all tracking of the books i read. Quantification of reading makes reading a secondary activity as opposed to the focus, everything becomes reduced to data. So much of life is already reduced to statistics, it seems silly to impose even more rationalization to life.

The Atlantic

The Abortion Absolutist

Warren Hern has been performing late abortions for half a century. After Roe, he is as busy with patients as ever.

This was an interesting read. Surprisingly nonpreachy given the subject; and well worth the time.

Hello! 25 and 29?

25. do you frequent your local library?

Sadly, I don't. I do use my university library increasingly more. Part of the reason is that while I prefer reading physically, I primarily read digitally because it's a lot more convenient and I dont't think Libby works here.

29. is there a book that made you laugh out loud?

There are a few. The one that springs to mind now is The Way by Swann's by Marcel Proust (trans. Davis). I had a few moments when reading it where I just had a good chuckle about what was happening and the characters.

📚 books ask bait:

what is the best book you have ever read?

what is the worst book you have ever read?

what is your preferred genre?

what is your least favorite genre?

what book do you think everyone should read?

do you track the books you read? if so, how?

how many physical books do you own?

how many digital books do you own?

do you have a favorite author?

what book are you reading right now?

what book do you want to read but haven’t?

which book will you read next?

what was the last book you read?

how many books do you read in a year?

have you been/are you in a book club?

do you write in the margins of your books?

do you highlight in your books?

do you have any rules if you loan someone a book?

do you fold the pages or use a bookmark?

what is your go-to bookmark?

do you prefer to read or listen?

would you want your favorite book to be a movie?

what book to movie adaptation do you love?

what book to movie adaptation to you dislike?

do you frequent your local library?

do you use libby? (or other)

is there a book that scared you?

is there a book that made you cry?

is there a book that made you laugh out loud?

is there a book that changed your life?

how many books are on your current tbr?

what is the first book you remember reading?

what was your favorite childhood book?

do you read more than one book at a time?

what’s a book you read over and over?

what’s the most you’ve reread a book?

do you always finish a book even if it’s bad?

have you ever met an author in real life?

favorite quote from your favorite book?

do you own any “rare” or “collector” books?

do you prefer paperback or hardback?

do you buy new or secondhand books?

do you donate books when you are finished or keep them to come back to later?

did you read more as a child or now?

thoughts on separating the author from the work?

share a pic of your bookshelf!

what book do you feel most connected to?

what book would you give someone if they wanted a glimpse into your psyche?

do you still subscribe to or read magazines?

do you subscribe to a newspaper?

sometimes maths is like putting some numbers in a blender and making a nice smoothie. some other times maths is like somehow putting a blender in some numbers and accidentally making the berlin wall