BlogHide Resteemspivic (60)in review • 5 years agoReview: Masha Gessen – ‘Surviving Autocracy’I adored Masha Gessen’s book prior to this one, i.e. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia. She wrote succinctly and sobering about how Russia worked, has worked, and might…pivic (60)in covid-19 • 5 years agoGraduation day in Sweden, year 2020: how to effectively spread COVID-19Björn Söderqvist: Graduation day in Helsingborg. Today, Magasinet Paragraf published this illuminating article of current Swedish life under COVID-19 while focusing on graduating students. You can…pivic (60)in review • 5 years agoReview: Carlos Busqued – ‘Magnetized: Conversations with a Serial Killer’This book surprised me. I have read many true-crime books about serial killers, most of which follow the same kind of pattern: the serial killer is portrayed as a monsterevery person around the…pivic (60)in review • 5 years agoReview: Richard Russell – ‘Liberation Through Hearing: Rap, Rave & The Rise of XL Recordings’This book is something different to what I thought it would be. I was hoping for truth, brilliant anecdotes, and some lovely words on how music is made, produced, and how keeping a record label…pivic (60)in facebook • 5 years agoFacebook shut down efforts to make their site less divisive: what happened when their ‘VP of Integrity’ openly started commenting on this matterFacebook shuts down efforts to make their site less divisive. “Our algorithms exploit the human brain’s attraction to divisiveness,” read a slide from a 2018 presentation. “If left unchecked,” it…pivic (60)in review • 5 years agoReview: Cosey Fanni Tutti – ‘Art Sex Music’There’s been a lot of times when you’ve not been able to judge a book by its cover, but this one says a lot, and only in good ways. ‘No. No, it was an accident,’ I explained. ‘The car is automatic…pivic (60)in review • 5 years agoReview: Colum McCann - 'Apeirogon'A rubber bullet, when shot from a metal tube on the end of an M-16, leaves the barrel of the gun at more than one hundred miles per hour. 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In other words, Swedish police have used a facial-recognition system without being allowed to do…pivic (60)in anger • 5 years agoReview: Roland Barthes - 'Mourning Diary'I bought this book on a whim, as I've never read Roland Barthes. I knew of him, of his prolific careers and different types of writing, but not of his heft. This book is written after Barthes's…pivic (60)in 2020 • 5 years agoWomen in Tech Stockholm 2020: critiqueI attended Women in Tech Stockholm 2019, which is probably the best tech-conference event that I've ever attended; it ran sleek as lightning, many super-interesting speakers performed well, and the…pivic (60)in book • 5 years ago'Apeirogon' by Colum McCann: so far it's a masterpieceApeirogon by Colum McCann is—5% in—a masterpiece.I've yet to read anything else (be it fiction or non-fiction) that brings so much nuance to the Israel-Palestine Hell. Posted from my…pivic (60)in alvik • 5 years agoRainy StockholmPosted from my blog with SteemPress :pivic (60)in art • 5 years agoCreating a fountain pen: the main difference between Nakaya and MontblancA friend recently sent me the following video clip that displays how a Nakaya fountain pen is made: As you can see, the process of making a Nakaya Urushi fountain pen is messy and expertly…pivic (60)in anarchy • 5 years agoReview: 'Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations'This book is a truly inspirational and nifty one in the series of The Last Interview. I knew next to nothing about Ursula Le Guin before reading this book, other than her being a respected sci-fi…pivic (60)in abuse • 5 years agoReview: Susan Fowler - 'Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber'It got to the point where I wasn’t able to hold back my tears until after meetings anymore. I found myself wiping tears from my face right there in the meetings, hoping that nobody would notice;…pivic (60)in bad • 5 years agoA warning: 'Murder in Plain English' by Michael Arntfield and Marcel DanesiI thought Murder in Plain English would be interesting. This is from the start of the book: 'All indigent prostitutes'. Now read from Hallie Rubenhold's The Five: This is a clear example…pivic (60)in 1970s • 5 years agoReview: Sam Wasson - 'The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood'This is a book about a state of mind: Chinatown, not to be confused with a physical locale. It is also a book about the persons who made Chinatown, the film, and how they affected others.…pivic (60)in buzzwords • 5 years ago'Garbage language': more of how people speak at workI recently posted this on how people should not speak at work. tl;dr: don't use vapid statements that contain clichés. A couple of days ago, Molly Young posted an article named Garbage Language Why…
