Books as maps!

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Books as maps! "Today the book is already… an outdated mediation between two different filing systems. For everything that matters is to be found in the card box of the researcher who wrote it, and the scholar studying it assimilates it into his own card index." —Walter Benjamin pic.twitter.com/6l8zaGver6

— Andy Matuschak (@andy_matuschak) April 4, 2021

A theoretical cosmologist explores the right to wonder upon the night sky

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"When someone is pushed out of science, they take their ideas with them."

An illuminating interview with @IBJIYONGI, via our friends @CBCQuirks. "A theoretical cosmologist explores the right to wonder upon the night sky."https://t.co/Zx2IbWNR9e #DisorderedCosmos pic.twitter.com/qt3V8sFbDF

— CBC Podcasts (@cbcpodcasts) April 4, 2021

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I love scam phone calls.
I pretend I'm an old Scottish woman desperate to pay them.
My record's an hour.
I pretended to go to the toilet 4 times during that one & spent half an hour reading out my card details incorrectly.
At one point I said my couch was on fire.
Great fun

— joe heenan (@joeheenan) April 3, 2021

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PRESENTING!

"Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Freedom Dreams"

A book trailer for the #DisorderedCosmos thx to @BoldTypeBooks & @ReelSmartVideo.

Preorder details:
US: https://t.co/Iy9gRVXQ0e
UK & Ireland: https://t.co/1WvqP7J0DH
Canada: any fave!
South Africa: Loot & Exclusive pic.twitter.com/8AwAIHoeLc

— The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (@IBJIYONGI) February 11, 2021

David Shanske released a new version of WordPress’ plugin Post Kinds, an essential tool for posting in the Indieweb.

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David Shanske (david.shanske.com)

Post Kinds for WordPress version 3.5.0 has been released…though I had to quickly go back because I forgot to add a PR that was sent in.
There are no fancy features in this version. It is a major version shift because it removes and rewrites several features. Specifically Removes the Kind On This D…

This is a great post about HEY!

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The debut of HEY email has been an interesting case study in launching a new service, in part because it took place on social media — a two-way street that led to them getting public feedback that’s already led to significant changes. As others have done in recent years, the launch was a stagger…

IndieWebCamp West 2020 is taking place next weekend. A nice opportunity to get introduced to the #indieweb philosophy and meet nice people.

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