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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Today I found out that Umberto Eco crafted a version of this meme in the 1980s…

Beware the
alibi of photocopies ! Photocopies are indis-
pensable instruments. They allow you to keep with you a text you have already read in the library, and to take home a text you have not read yet. But a set of photocopies can become an alibi. A student makes hundreds of pages of photocopies and takes them home, and the manual labor he exercises in doing so gives him the impression that he possesses the work. Owning the photocopies exempts the student from actually reading them. This sort of vertigo of accumulation, a neocapitalism of information, happens to many. Defend yourself from this trap: as soon as you have the photocopy, read it and annotate it immediately. If you are not in a great hurry, do not photocopy something new before you own (that is, before you have read and annotated) the previous set of photocopies. There are many things that I do not know because I photocopied a text and then relaxed as if I had read it.

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Death Sentence @deathsentencepod.bsky.social · 19h

We return from unreality to tackle, fight, love, and hate How I Killed the Universal Man by @tkendall.bsky.social. It's an excellent and infuriating cyberpunk/noir book about mind-altering drugs, the violence of infrastructure, and how philosophy sucks, actually. soundcloud.com/death-senten...

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How I Killed the Universal Man and Loser Cyberpunk

Langdon and Eden return from the void of unreality to tackle, fight, love, and hate How I Killed the Universal Man by Thomas Kendall. It's an excellent and infuriating cyberpunk/noir book about mind-a

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I'm sure he can't find work anywhere else

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

There have been complications, but things are still progressing but slowly. Prayers for all of this and that the financial side of things for us works out.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Have felt really drawn to fine art and architecture lately because I just want to look at something real.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

*purely* anecdotally, from my not-super-long time bookselling & my quite long time book-clubbing: this doesn't quite match my experience—

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is this what they callin' "skincare" now?

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yea, foolish mortals, Noah’s flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I hope whoever the Millennial ex screamo fan on the marketing team got a big phat bonus for this.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If anyone wants to send me an early birthday gift...

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Rachel Cordasco @rachelcordasco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"National awards & a distinguished real international award should be separated. The present Hugo and Nebula awards are only American awards. [Also,] The creation of an international theoretical/critical journal is by all means necessary." - Peter Kuczka (Hungary), Luna Monthly, Aug 1970 #worldsf

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is absolutely sending me. Am I listening to it? Yeah absolutely.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We had one until I knocked it off the counter and it shattered. Very easy and manageable, especially if you aren't making a full pot of coffee.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wild ride here, but keep up the prayers. If everything goes well this week and next - the Pyles could be homeowners!

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Oh, wild - I don't understand this site at all.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Why am I blocked by this user? lol

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Archita Mittra @architamittra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Neither my physical nor mental health is great, but I'm NOT giving up. I urgently need funds for our healthcare, so please circulate/donate if you can, and if you're able to help out in any other way, pls DM. You can donate via Gpay/UPI QR code (if you're in India) or ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/architamittra

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Would love for the radicalness of that latter statement not to fall into milquetoast centrism...

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Big same - just started ICE SHIRT earlier this week 🫣

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Congrats, Thomas! That's huge - love the title!

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reposting because I have under one month left of an interminable three-month notice period, and any and all bits of freelance work I can get in the meantime is going to help me through a financially difficult time as I start working for myself.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Totally missed this announcement! I'm so pumped for this!

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

So, uh there's been a *development* and the Pyles fam could use some more prayers this week. Everything is fine.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Well, I know their old logo was kind of a mixed bag, but it felt "stately." The new logo feels too cartoon-y?? Plus, the new branding colors are all over the place/feel like they are chasing after the Big Five too. I think the logo itself makes sense if it was for an imprint, but the press?? ehhh

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have THOUGHTS and FEELINGS about a certain press's rebrand...

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Pleased to have read and blurbed RUBBLE, a harrowing novella of Palestine by Seraj Assi and published by @pmpress.bsky.social Coupon code SEPTEMBER gets you 20% off your pre-order: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

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Rubble

In a world scarred by indiscriminate bombing, forced starvation, and mass displacement, a nameless survivor lies crushed beneath the rubble of a bombing—alive, but barely.

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Cath chat - does his money invested in Hallow make this good?

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Alexander Pyles @pylesofbooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Palantir founder Thiel has seen his influence in Washington soar with the election of President Donald Trump. Thiel backed Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and supported JD Vance’s Senate run in 2022. Vance previously worked at venture capital firm Mithril Capital, which Thiel co-founded."

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