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erik @praxisandalli.es · 30/09/2026

I won't be finishing another book tomorrow so here's an early #storygraph wrap-up. My favorite this month was Pedagogy of the Oppressed and the short stories in Gaza Writes Back were another big highlight #booksky

A collage of book covers including:
Making the Liberal Media by A.J. Bauer
A Child of the Jago by Arthur Morrison
Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock
They Will Beat the Memory Out of Us by Peter Gelderloos
Doppelganger by Dasa Drndic
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Friere
Gaza Writes Back (edited) by Refaat Alareer
Tales of the Dying Earth by Jack Vance
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Bargouhti (translated by Ahdaf Soueif)

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For my new followers: I run the website Speculative Fiction in Translation www.sfintranslation.com, which tracks the latest SFT and posts reviews, news, interviews, lists, and a giant spreadsheet.

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Speculative Fiction in Translation – Your guide to speculative fiction from around the world

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PeterGelderloos @petergelderloos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

America has always had oligarchs. McNamara, Getty, Hunt, the Mellons, the Kennedys, the DuPonts, Ford. Rockefeller, Carnegie & Vanderbilt. Astor, Renssalaer & Girard. Hancock, Franklin & Washington. Grossman's historical erasure condemns us to repeat all the same mistakes...

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 21/09/2026

A heist movie but it's about gutterpunks stealing 16GB USB sticks from gift bags in a Hyatt hosting the Midwestern Home Insurance Agents convention in downtown Cincinnati

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 20/09/2026

There are many history and sociology books that contend the US has been a white supremacist and Christian fundamentalist project since its inception which suggests that Trump is a reversion to the mean rather than an aberration

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dwarf fortress bugs @dwarffortressbugs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

[0006531] Crash when greeting God

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 09/09/2026

The day that I see techbros and AI boosters quit their jobs for carpentry and plumbing apprenticeships is the day I'll take them at face value

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 01/09/2026

August's #storygraph wrap-up. Crowley's Little, Big might be the single best book I've ever read in my entire life. RIP to an absolute master. On the other side of things, Reamde is the worst Stephenson book I've ever read and as it stands it's in the running for worst book this year #booksky

A collage of book covers including:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The People of the Abyss by Jack London
Sand by Hugh Howey
Across the Sand by Hugh Howey
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennet
Little, Big by John Crowley
Leila Khaled - Icon of Palestinian Liberation by Sarah Irving
Reamde by Neal Stephenson

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 30/08/2026

A fascinating facet of conservative culture war nonsense is that all the old "traditional" stuff they love was incredibly divisive in its own contemporary time. Those Rodin sculptures they use in their pfps were from a series on Dante's Inferno and were hated by conservatives of the era!

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 30/08/2026

They look corny now but when we were kids Lethal Enforcers and Mortal Kombat were hella realistic

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 29/08/2026

1. This Bike is a Pipe Bomb 2. Defiance Ohio 3. AJJ 4. Ghost Mice 5. Leftöver Crack 6. The Ruiners 7. Billy Strings 8. They Might Be Giants 9. Alice Cooper 10. Bob Seger Ditto on the fun fact

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 26/08/2026

France: we're fancy France: you could enjoy a luxurious stay at "the large hotel"

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 21/08/2026

My preferences for fiction include beloved characters dying, catastrophic failures, and high concept sci-fi. Automatic Noodle has none of that and I loved it anyways so that's why you should read it

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 21/08/2026

For $1.99 this one is a no-brainer. Sublime prose in a welcome reprieve from the more whimsical "dark" fantasy that's currently filling every bookshelf

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 21/08/2026

Did the deporter in chief pave the way for the current immigration enforcement regime? Did the expansion of the drone assassination program provide precedent for the extralegal killings in the Caribbean? Who's to say!

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 18/08/2026

The problem isn't Zionism, it's Ben-Gvir. Oh, and also Smotrich. Oh, and also Gallant. Oh, and also Netanyahu. Oh, and also ...

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 16/08/2026

The whole thread goes hard but this post right here is a chef's kiss

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 14/08/2026

There is a lot of liberal cope and seethe in the comments 10/10 read

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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Our Women In Translation Month sale is on now, which means it’s time for some CUSTOM BOOK RECS! Let us know what you’re into and we’ll find the WiT title for you, all at 25% off

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 09/08/2026

@aselrod.bsky.social is less in the trash can and more in one of those rollaway dumpsters here

A picture of Slavoj Zizek with the quote:

I already am eating from the trash can all the time. The name of this trash can is ideology. The material force of ideology makes me not see what I am effectively eating.

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 09/08/2026

The QTs and replies in this thread about the overwhelming advantages of incumbency are, incredibly, Democrat dead enders insisting it proves that the slate of current electeds is "good actually". That the 63% disapproval rating just emerges from the ether

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 06/08/2026

If anybody out there wants to read about the history, application and implications of financialization/short termism you should check out Discounting the Future by Liliana Doganova

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 06/08/2026

In defense of @amybrown.xyz Nextdoor in my town is also a concentration of racist library haters

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 02/08/2026

I went into the movie blind on release weekend and while I did enjoy it a lot I remarked to my wife that it fit very neatly into the "shoot and cry" genre

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 01/08/2026

July's #storygraph wrap-up. Mistaken Identity and Health Communism were difficult, theory dense reads but very rewarding. Discounting the Future was slow going but comprehensible. #booksky

A collage of book covers including:
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Overseer Class by Steven W. Thrasher
The Prince & the Coyote by David Bowles
Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Discounting the Future by Liliana Dogonova
Comrades Estranged by Alex Boodrookas
Health Communism by Artie Vierkant and Beatrice Adler-Bolton
The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
The Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi (translated by Cat Anderson)

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 29/07/2026

Leo Naphta continues to be the most vindicated figure in all of fiction

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 25/07/2026

There is a stereotype that progressives/radicals/anarcho-communists read too many books. I am begging all of you to make this true and read about race and class in America before posting your hot takes

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 23/07/2026

Implicit in this analysis is that "the stupid poors" will spend this windfall on conscientious consumption instead of paying off loans with interest rates ranging from 12%-28%, or say replacing an older vehicle that would otherwise incur significant annual repair costs

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 12/07/2026

Everyone should read both of their books and also this conversation - it's so good

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 11/07/2026

Trump: 2 Democrats: 1

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 07/07/2026

“...and you’re not running 100 percent against the politics that created Trump, you’re missing the boat.” This quote from @abdulelsayed.bsky.social nails what the Democrats who promise a return to 2015 keep missing

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 03/07/2026

We need to do the RFK Jr. addicts to farms program but instead of addicts it's Atlantic contributors and instead of farms it's libraries

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 01/07/2026

June's reading wrap-up from #storygraph. I found the the three post apocalyptic novels on @joachimboaz.bsky.social 's blog so thanks for that! #booksky

A collection of book covers including:
How to Sell a Genocide by Adam H Johnson
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Feminism Interrupted by Lola Olufemi
Termush by Sven Holm
Hospital Ship by Martin Bax
The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dosteyevski

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Doc Wolfman @docwolfman.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 26/06/2026

This image appeared in a collection by the Mary Nardini Gang in 2019. It uses the same cartoon as a flyer the anarchist group Up Against the Wall Motherfucker made in the 1960s. A glimpse of a connection between queer subversion and anarchism that spans decades. crimethinc.com/StonewallRiots

A Thomas Nast cartoon showing a skeleton brandishing a torch and a banner that has been revised to read "Be Gay Do Crime"

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 25/06/2026

I'm glad @mcnamarawdet.bsky.social at @wdet.bsky.social conducted this interview despite Hasan Piker being persona non grata in some circles. While I'm not familiar with Piker's ouvre it seems like the elites and insiders demanding a "Joe Rogan for the left" have gotten more than they deserve

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Pitchbot in intro.

Washington Post from endorsing Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024. And
in February 2025 he announced that the Post’s Opinion Page would be
adopting a new editorial stance oriented around supporting and defend-
ing “personal liberties and free markets.”1 Reacting to the newly emergent
right-wing mainstream media environment, The New York Times Pitch-
bot, a social media parody account joked: “The Washington Post and LA
Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of
its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here’s why
liberal media bias is still a problem

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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Apology for bad English Where were u wen Rod Dreher's emotional support regime collapsed i was at house eating dorito when phone ring "pride flags on budapest bridge" no

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PM Press @pmpress.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Trillionaires shouldn’t exist. The Future of radical independent publishing should. Help us buy our warehouse and secure a space for the future of left ideas: linktr.ee/pmpress

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 17/06/2026

Democrats will love this too since it will allow them to obfuscate their role in the carnage to those pesky Non-committed and student protestors

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 16/06/2026

You shouldn't be surprised to see people like @ezraklein.bsky.social and @booker.senate.gov rubbing shoulders with Peter Thiel and Grover Norquist. Their underlying ideological priors are the same

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 15/06/2026

Obviously the Trump Admin is being disingenuous but it's worth noting that some of the countries on the list are entirely propped up by slave labor. Some Gulf states come to mind as documented by @harshawalia.bsky.social in her book Border and Rule from @haymarketbooks.org

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 03/06/2026

Sir you've written a magnificent book in Bangkok Waits for Rain that effortlessly dances across genres with textured characters and expert prose — the world is richer for it so thank /you/ actually #booksky

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 01/06/2026

Currently reading "How to Sell a Genocide" by @ahjohnson.bsky.social and folks let me tell you it's like getting the sunglasses from They Live for reporting on American-Israeli relations

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 01/06/2026

May's #storygraph wrap-up. I liked Mcteague way more than I expected, and found Patience and Sarah entirely wholesome. #booksky

A collage of book covers including:

Bangkok Wakes to Rain
Terms of Servitude
Mcteague
Cat's Cradle
Patience and Sarah
Palm Oil
This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed
War & War
Blood's a Rover

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Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If you did not know, Rachel (the person I quote tweeted) created a new online magazine about science fiction in translation. www.sfintranslation.com?p=16928 Here is the review I contributed: sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/05/18/b...

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Issue #1: Small Planet: The SFT Magazine – Speculative Fiction in Translation

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 30/05/2026

I really like the idea of Spencer Pratt throwing away a watch every time it stops because he thinks the crystal has run out of energy

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erik @praxisandalli.es · 29/05/2026

"plummeted" is an interesting choice of language for a politician that still has an approval rating near 70%

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