evih (66)in #fiction • 10 hours agoThe Terror - Dan Simmonssource What a saga, in terms of both my reading experience and the myriad of hardships these seamen had to face on this cursed expedition to find the Northwest Passage. It is humbling to read about theevih (66)in #fiction • 12 days agoWhen Did You See Her Last? - Lemony Snicketsource I finally finished Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and it was a ride. One of the things that sucked me the most was his warning on the persistence of neocolonial structures (esp economic andevih (66)in #litecoin • 13 days agoLitecoin vs. Centralized Garbagesource LTC has been doing really well recently because it will likely get an ETF first this year. I think that would be fair, it only makes sense for one of the oldest coins…evih (66)in #non-fiction • 13 days ago Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earthsource I finally finished Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth and it was a ride. 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