Was there a few weeks ago, security check was just at the entrance.

The RESTRICT act is going to make our internet look more like china’s or Russia’s.

Nothing new. Russia has been hacking and attacking progressive US officials for at least 8 years

I’ve said it before, I’ll probably say it again. If you force fed an AI r/im14andthisisdeep then asked it to write a book, you’d get something a lot like the alchemist.

This book doesn’t have depth or hidden meaning. Depth-wise, this is the book equivalent of someone jumping into an empty pool

‘I thought this was good because I usually read books that I myself describe as generic’ is a very honest review of Alchemist.

The universe doesn’t know about you or care, and it’s certainly not secretly helping you. You are describing wishful thinking and survivorship bias. I doubt the homeless panhandler with no legs by my house would agree the universe is secretly trying to help

Don’t really get into the music scene but the impression I get is Baltimore area is more metal

You’re half right. Don’t think I’ve ever seen anything extreme, or even notably biased, from NPR.

If it was being pushed nationwide, sure. Almost 90% of the people being ‘represented’ by George santos have said they want him gone, I’m sure there are quite a few others

We used to have a “media fairness doctrine.” Part of that was requiring a basic degree of honesty and nonpartisanship from journalist and news outlets.

Sure you don’t want to wait a bit more? It’s only been 60 years since we found this out

It takes a little while to get into the flow of how he writes-especially for this book-, but it does start to come more smoothly.

Great book, a friend swears by rereading it every other year, says he always gets a different resonance from it based on where he is in his life. Not my favorite but it’s definitely one of the better classics

Also also some post rock, like Godspeed you! Black emperor, or M83, or the Mount Fuji doomjazz corporation/Kilimanjaro Darkjazz ensemble

Also jazz

Because it’s ridiculous

No

Imagine saying Foundation wouldn’t be published today while Chuck Tingle exists.

Tbh OP it sounds like you’re a bad reader

If you plan to actually read them, don’t bother getting first editions.
If you’re more frugal, put your list into ThriftBooks.com or similar and buy them over time as cheap, good condition copies pop up. It sounds like you’re not pressed for time, so I’d suggest doing this

It’s an unused train bridge next to a drawbridge next to a drawbridge

Dying en masse from covid and cancer is owning the libs so hard

You say ‘highway robbery’ and Ezpass bursts through the wall like the KoolAid man

Ditto, ~350