A Beginning at the End by Mike Chen

The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Lilith’s Brood series by Octavia Butler

The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele

The Postman by David Brin

The Last One by Alexandra Oliva

I just keep a numbered list on the Notion app and Google a random number generator. When I add new books to the list, I put them at the top so it keeps the titles rotating.

I use a random number generator to select my next read from my tbr.

Ted Lasso rule: Be curious, not judgemental. I try to give people the chance to explain themselves. I assume good faith. Even if I’m pretty sure I’m right, I allow for the possibility that I’m not or that I’m missing some relevant information.

TGRTVN

Final level in Bubsy.

Fiction that depicts fascism:

Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta

The second half of Watership Down

The Hunger Games series.

The Handmaid’s Tale.

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Fiction that depicts some kind of utopian collectivism:

The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys

I like avocado, but I love Avocado.

It takes more muscles to frown than to type :(

!52weeksofart@lemmy.world. Because it just started and needs contributing artists.

Thanks for sharing. If anyone wants to buy it from this bookstore all the proceeds go to help Gazans.

Those are great, they take up less space.

Or my meat thermometer. The on/off button also changes between Fahrenheit and Celsius. Neither of which is done with a single press. You have to press and hold for different lengths of time but for the life of me, I can’t figure out the pattern.

Was among a group of temps at a credit union. Employees were so busy, we got very little training. And spent large parts of our day with nothing to occupy our time.

After a month, supervisor walks by at end of day and asks how things are going. I say something to the effect of “could be better.” He looks surprised and says “OK, let’s discuss that tomorrow morning.” I think great, we can problem solve.

The next day turned out to be the three year anniversary of my boyfriend’s death. When I sat with supervisor and trainer and they said how are you, I let them know that I was a little emotional due to it, and started to cry a little.

Supervisor proceeded to reem me out for saying something so negative yesterday in the hearing of coworker and accused me of making a bunch of mistakes (I didn’t and had already provided evidence that I wasn’t involved) and that I obviously didn’t care about my work and that I needed to pack my things and be escorted out of the building.

In conclusion, I hope that guy spends the rest of his life with wet socks.

I keep an ever expanding TBR. Every time I’m ready for a new book I use a random number generator to tell me what’s next. Keeps things interesting and eliminates analysis paralysis. I completely agree with the suggestion to ditch books you’re not enjoying. Life is too short for bad fiction.

I’m a Type A personality in a Type B body.

Probably doesn’t answer your question completely, but I’m a big fan of the phrase "my understanding is . . . " In other words, this is what I “know” as fact, but I’m aware that my knowledge could be wrong or insufficient and I’m willing to be corrected or updated. I use this phrase almost any time I’m asserting something as fact, as a kind of cya.

Was at a church yard sale yesterday and they had the same setup. Pretty sure it was not a progressive church.

I’m not even going to try to type the name of this one. It’s Estonia’s contribution to this year’s Eurovision and it makes me happy every time I hear it.

Apparently the chorus translates roughly to “Why no, officer, those are not our drugs.”

In one of my best photos 10 years ago I vaguely looked like Lana Parilla, so that would be awesome. Realistically, someone fat.

Just had to spend over $10k on a new air conditioner in the 90F degree heat.