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In my quest to read/listen to all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels in descending order of series popularity/ranking, I just finished *Maskerade*. It's the 5th book in the 6-book Witches series, and the 18th Discworld novel overall.
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1/3
In *Maskerade*, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg come to Ankh-Morpork in search of a new third witch. At the Opera House they deal with a murderous ghost who wears a white mask, in an obvious nod to *The Phantom of the Opera*.
Rating and links 👇
2/3
I really liked all the references to existing operas and musicals in Maskerade, and how people can wear masks or change their personalities to fit different situations. The narration from Indira Varma was good as always.
Rating: 4/5 stars
Full review: puf.io/books/maskerade---ter…
3/3
I really wish I'd made a note on why I added Hyperpolitics by Anton Jäger to my reading list, as this book is pretty far from my "normal" reading.
A short (128 pages) interesting analysis of the four major phases in politics from 1910 until now.
More: puf.io/books/hyperpolitics--…
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Resetting everyone’s Gemini and Argon quota on Antigravity.
Lots of updates this week so want to make sure everyone can build for the weekend. Lots more to come next week!
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"Which user is causing all these Firestore reads?"
Turns out you *can* answer that:
- *without* extra code in your clients
- *with* audit logs and two SQL queries
Full walkthrough on my blog.
puf.io/posts/counting-docume…
Our nearest neighborhood pub suddenly closed on Labor day, and hasn't reopened since.
Yet somehow, Google Maps claims that it's "Busier than usual" right now. 🤷
From Sir Terry Pratchett's book Hogfather:
> The page started to stand up, drawing his sword.
> ...
> 'Oh, no, he's going too far again...' muttered Albert under his breath.
> He pushed the page down again.
> 'No, you stay still, sonny. Else you'll just be a paragraph”
*Pride and Pistons* is the fourth and final book in the *Mutants and Modifieds* series, which reimagines classic fairytales in a steampunk setting.
There are still some fun new ideas, but it's clear that the series has run its course. 3/5 ⭐
Full review: puf.io/books/pride-and-pisto…
Watch out folks, there's a new heart in town!
Well OK, it's not new - but 2018's Outerlands heart by Gina Teichert can now be found on the south-west corner of Union Square.
Read more about this and many other of the Hearts in San Francisco statues on: puf.io/tags/hearts-in-san-fr…
I really liked Terry Pratchett's early Victorian historical fantasy in Dodger. Stephen Briggs' narration was great as ever, although that some of the London police force sergeants sounded suspiciously like Nobby Nobbs 😊.
Rating: ★★★★☆
Full review: puf.io/books/dodger---terry-…
📕🏴☠️I've recently wondered multiple times: "How did this book make it onto my reading list?" Jacqueline Firkins' Philippa Flynn's Year of Panic and Piracy was one such case. Turns out it was included for free with Amazon Prime.★★★☆☆
Full review: puf.io/books/philippa-flynn'…
It seems that GoodReads just (pretty quietly) killed its publicly readable RSS feeds. So I can't scrape my content from their platform anymore. 🤬
And here I was, thinking that being Amazon-owned didn't necessarily mean that you had to enshittify it. 💩
@goodreads @doctorow
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If you want to know how not AI pilled the core Zig community still is: Ziggit is having a tab vs spaces debate.
In Hyperpolitics, Jäger looks at four historical phases: mass politics, post-politics, anti-politics, and hyperpolitics.
I found it fascinating to read his analysis of each historical political phase and his take on the causes of the transitions.
3/5 ⭐
puf.io/books/hyperpolitics--…
🇺🇸 In Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler follows Lauren Olamina as she builds a peaceful community in northern California based on her newly founded Earthseed faith, around the central tenet that 'God is change'.
Rating: ★★★★☆
Full review: puf.io/books/parable-of-the-…
