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Caliban's War by James S.A.
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Imperial Spain by J.H.
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The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy Fascinating, readable take on the historical and current driving forces behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its rippling effects on the rest of the world.
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The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe by Martyn Rady A mostly chronological overview of Central European history, starting from the fall of the Roman Empire to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Leviathan Wakes by James S.A.
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House of Lilies: The Dynasty That Made Medieval France by Justine Firnhaber-Baker Superb guided tour of a consanguineous maze of Philips, Louises and Joans.
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Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe This is an all-timer.
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I very nearly gave up on this doorstopper, even though I'd started it with ample warning from numerous reviews about its slow pace and character-driven narrative.
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy Climate fiction with a heavy dash of gothic salt (eh?).
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Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout It was fun to see Amgash fleshed out, and I think Strout nails the theme of "life is messy".
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The Illegals by Shaun Walker Fresh off the Karla trilogy, I blazed right through this epic account of Russia's spy program.
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Smiley's People by John Le Carré A fitting end to the Karla trilogy.
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All the Sinners Bleed by S.
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Bloated, bogged down in places, but still loved it, albeit less than Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy.
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The much-maligned p-value is a concept first encountered when learning about probability distributions, and later when learning about statistical hypothesis testing.
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What follows is a (truncated) summary from my reading of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn, as well as some personal reflections.
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect is a collaborative effort aimed at a general audience by Judea Pearl, a professor of computer science at UCLA, and Dana Mackenzie, a science writer.
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So how many things have been said for Logen Ninefingers?
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Or, which of these doggos is most similar to a sausage?
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Prior to reading The Borgias: The Hidden History by G.
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Eight months after Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was officially released, and five months after Ubuntu 19.10 reached end-of-life, I finally upgraded.
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Lurk on any sci-fi book forum and you're bound to come across Alastair Reynolds sooner rather than later.
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Notions of apocalypse have gripped the human imagination for millennia, and apocalyptic fiction remains a familiar presence across all of pop culture.
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language was published in 2019.
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Black Sun Rising is the first book of C.S.
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An NEJM case report published last Thursday (paywalled, but Ars Technica has a nice write-up) described a rare example of liquorice poisoning in a 54-year-old man that led to cardiac arrest.
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Years have passed since I first encountered the Zettelkasten method, the latest craze in note-taking hipsterdom.
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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J.
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Lord of Light is a stand-alone novel by Roger Zelazny published in 1967.
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I firmly believe in the benefits of reading widely, across not only genres but also cultures.
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is Becky Chambers' debut novel.
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Podcasts are huge now.
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Shards of Honor is the first book in Lois McMaster Bujold's critically acclaimed Vorkosigan Saga.
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Following the scramble to institute various forms of quarantine, most countries are now concentrating on COVID-19 testing.
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"Should I start a blog?"