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Mark F***king Zuckerberg Is Not Your Friend (catvalente.substack.com)

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I recently listened to a "tech" podcast host drone on for 45 minutes about the "Elon vs Zuck" cage match and this piece perfectly captures the frothing, screaming stream-of-conciousness in my brain at the thought of seeing another discussion about Twitter vs Threads/Insta/Face/burning-sh*itpile. I felt some small amount of catharsis just from reading.

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[-] audaxdreik@pawb.social 21 points 1 year ago

Love Catherynne M. Valente, amazing author. Check out her work if you haven't already; I'm partial to her collection of short stories, The Melancholy of Mechagirl

[-] distractedcactus@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

I just recently found her Substack and devoured most of the public posts. I haven't gotten any of her books yet, but she's on my list the next time I go into a bookstore. Are there any of her other works that you'd recommend?

[-] audaxdreik@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a sucker for short story compilations so I would also highly recommend The Future Is Blue.

I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but Space Opera is also sitting on my shelf collecting dust. I've heard it described as "Eurovision in space"

[-] distractedcactus@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I've heard it described as "Eurovision in space"

Ok I'm sold, that's going to the top of the list.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I enjoyed Deathless!

[-] distractedcactus@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the recommendation!

[-] 4bh1j47@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I first saw her post https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start linked from the Cory Doctrow "enshittification" piece. It is very well written and worth a read for anyone who grew up with the old internet.