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Private rites by Julia armfield

A tense, slow burning, gripping read. “It's been raining for a long time now, for so long that the lands have reshaped themselves and the cities have retreated to higher storeys. Old places have been lost. Arcane rituals and religions have crept back into practice. Sisters Isla, Irene and Agnes have not spoken in some time when their estranged father dies. A famous architect revered for making the new world navigable, he had long cut himself off from public life. They find themselves uncertain of how to grieve his passing when everything around them seems to be ending anyway.” King Lear meets the climate crisis. Just as stunningly written as Our Wives Under the Sea. I cried when I finished it this morning, mostly at it being over.

@mouse

Aug 13, 2024

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Cycling thru multiple at once

the goldfinch - donna tartt - my favourite novel of all time. it puts my sorry ass into perspective the setting sun - osamu dazai - a pi.fyi rec !! pretty prose… waiting for the cryfest regarding the pain of others - susan sontag - there is feeling pain yourself and then there is the empathy of watching someone in pain and trying to imagine that pain on to yourself. basically no matter how hard you try, it’s never done justice from our privileged position of not being in pain. thinking abojt this in regards to the shared images of the Palestinian and Sudanese genocide

@emibee

Feb 25, 2024

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Revenge of the scapegoat by caroline beilin

I mean first of all look at that cover. But second third fourth fifth sixth seventh and beyond - I have never read a book like this. Heady, tender, animated, fascinating, deeply sad, a strange hodge podge of fonversation and dreamlike occurrence. For anyone who needs to be reminded that it’s ok to be in chronic pain - especially chronic physical pain - and your way of coping is a heroic act. It is a part of you. Also hates on the ultra rich atheistic establishment in a way that rocks. This writer is so brilliant. We’re lucky to have her.

@whatcanibring

Mar 12, 2024

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looking for fractal patterns on google earth

if you start zooming in on a pattern, and the pattern doesn't seem to get more simple as you close in, there's a very good chance you're looking at a fractal shape. my new computer hobby is going on google earth (clean setting - no borders or labels) and zooming into random places to see if i can find these patterns. and they are everywhere. in rivers, mountains, deserts, forests, coastlines and on and on. its genuinely stunning, and a little bit frightening, how the same shapes appear over and over again. the beating heart of iterative processes is plastered all over the globe at every scale. from above, the shape of a forest can look like a leaf, or a neuron, or a blood vessel. great place to have a zoom is at the bottom of tibet, where theres a sharp cutoff between the icy mountain range and the grassy forests of nepal and bhutan. pic below is of the nile river in southern egypt. happy travels everyone

@eyelid

Mar 25, 2024

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glimpsing the american east-coast mindset through pi.fyi

i feel like im learning a lot abt u guys.

@eyelid

Jan 29, 2024

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like eating glass - bloc party

BANGER BANGER BANGER

@eyelid

Jul 13, 2024