Nairm & Birrarungga, Kulin biik https://snailhuddle.org/~wrul/
Wyrming mainly in Englishes and Frenches — on books mostly written in those, in Germans, and in Japaneses. Unreliable translator.
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Volume 4 of the Kinship series revolves around the question of interpersonal relations: Which experiences …
Time is there because things happen, because atoms meet, because stones breathe one another. Matter is social. Time arises because this cosmos cannot sit still. It needs to share and connect.
Fabulously illustrated, this cheerful tale about a boy who marches to the beat of a …
Rushed through this at the newsdesk between live segments, for QUILTBAG Story Time with Dean Arcuri (who’s an absolute stalwart of drag storytimes, as Frock Hudson). The boy who cried fabulous is a layered, clever piccie book, deserving of more time.
Climate change, polarised politics, social isolation and growing inequality — it can be hard to …
Having written the title of this book down by hand several times, recently, I can report that something in the sound of the strokes only reinforces, with every repetition, the mental resonation of this phrasing as Glimpses of #uowipoa.
What a rare treasure it has been to see a singular themselvesing make print. So, here is a trove for trumpeting about them in: It’s the singular they themselves!
Feel free to flaunt sightings of reflexive pronouns that sing for you in this open list any time.
Partez à la rencontre d’un monde informatique plus sécurisé, un espace dans lequel vous avez …
Datamania
4 stars
A travers le voyage métaphorique de son personnage principal, un médiateur numérique prenant conscience des impacts de ses actions en ligne sur l'intégrité de ses données privées, Datamania nous sensibilise à l'utilisation qu'en font les grandes entreprises régissant la vie en ligne. Au-delà d'une simple dénonciation, cette bande dessinée prend plutôt le parti de la sensibilisation et nous donne certaines clés pour nous protéger.
Avec un graphisme clair et coloré, une intrigue ludique et un vocabulaire adapté, il m'a semblé, à la lecture, que Datamania était parfait pour aborder le sujet avec les ados qui se sont incrustés sous mon toit. Ce fut donc une lecture partagée avec mes deux garçons de 13 et 15 ans, tous deux férus de jeux vidéos, consommateurs de contenus en ligne (surtout vidéos) et globalement assez peu sensibles mais tout de même curieux de la question.
Après leur retour de lecture, je dois dire …
A travers le voyage métaphorique de son personnage principal, un médiateur numérique prenant conscience des impacts de ses actions en ligne sur l'intégrité de ses données privées, Datamania nous sensibilise à l'utilisation qu'en font les grandes entreprises régissant la vie en ligne. Au-delà d'une simple dénonciation, cette bande dessinée prend plutôt le parti de la sensibilisation et nous donne certaines clés pour nous protéger.
Avec un graphisme clair et coloré, une intrigue ludique et un vocabulaire adapté, il m'a semblé, à la lecture, que Datamania était parfait pour aborder le sujet avec les ados qui se sont incrustés sous mon toit. Ce fut donc une lecture partagée avec mes deux garçons de 13 et 15 ans, tous deux férus de jeux vidéos, consommateurs de contenus en ligne (surtout vidéos) et globalement assez peu sensibles mais tout de même curieux de la question.
Après leur retour de lecture, je dois dire que Datamania est, pour l'instant du moins, le support qui m'a été le plus utile pour aborder avec eux les sujets autour de la vie privée numérique, des GAFAM et assimilés, des logiciels libres et toutes ces choses qui me semblent importantes et pour lesquelles je trouve qu'ils manquent dramatiquement d'informations. Ils ont tous les deux pris du plaisir à le lire et en sont sortis avec des clés de compréhension et avec des questionnements qui m'ont fait penser qu'ils avaient eu un réel début de prise de conscience sur le sujet. Ils ont également spontanément adopté quelques bons réflexes conseillés dans le livre et ils abordent à présent tout ce qui leur est familier avec un œil beaucoup plus critique qu'avant.
J'ai pour ma part trouvé la BD particulièrement bien conçue. On y fait un véritable tour d'horizon du sujet de manière très didactique. Beaucoup de concepts qui peuvent paraître rébarbatifs deviennent soudainement limpides et, loin d'être catastrophiste ou culpabilisant, l'auteur met plutôt l'accent sur les leviers qui sont à notre portée pour reprendre le contrôle.
C'est un ouvrage que je conseille à tous ceux qui sont sensibles au sujet sans y connaître grand-chose, parfait donc pour les jeunes !
There's something to be flagged here about editions versus works, but I'm much too tired to keep track of my own thoughts on it. Broadly speaking, though: hopefully these two critically distinct technical roles will not get muddled up in all the talk of books because in some cases "book" really ought to be either "edition" or "work" and to assume the wrong meaning would cause hassle down the line! [2]
In the meantime, I am going to wean myself off the buzz of keeping absolutely complete records through status-shelving[3]; learn to love the annual Reading Goal page as a clue to the state of each edition's …
There's something to be flagged here about editions versus works, but I'm much too tired to keep track of my own thoughts on it. Broadly speaking, though: hopefully these two critically distinct technical roles will not get muddled up in all the talk of books because in some cases "book" really ought to be either "edition" or "work" and to assume the wrong meaning would cause hassle down the line! [2]
In the meantime, I am going to wean myself off the buzz of keeping absolutely complete records through status-shelving[3]; learn to love the annual Reading Goal page as a clue to the state of each edition's respective "Your reading activity"; and be more attentive as to how the reading date data fall. [5]
Looking forward to that refactor --- settling into a groove should become more intuitive afterwards, especially for newcomers. (And I find the idea of independent privacy settings for reading activity exciting! I worry, lightly, sometimes about doxxing my mates or embarrassing author acquaintances if my reading history veers someday toooo niche, you know? What other uses will people come up with from such powerful new affordances? Super cool!)
[1] That would be BookWyrm pull request #2170: 'Refactors reading status Shelf and ReadThrough logic'
[2] I get the impression not many other wyrmsters are juggling multiple editions in their reading activity yet.
[3] I will still exploit whatever loophole lets me shelve multiple editions of a work at once under "Currently Reading" (and thus enjoy all the associated mod cons on the homepage); but nominate only one of them for the "Read"/"Stopped Reading" shelves[4].
[4] This could be a problem if one edition proves worth finishing while another definitively does not. And by could I mean without a doubt will be. Sooo fingers crossed I (and anyone else in this sort of position) finish everything or get even more over status-shelving before that problem arises. That is, until #2170 is implemented and hopefully editions' actions can fly around properly independently of each other...?
[5] While continuing to keep my own records off-wyrm.
Haben Menschen, ähnlich wie manche Tiere, eine Art siebten Sinn für Gefahr? Ist es möglich, …
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BookWyrm the software
Oh no, #BookWyrm currently[1] prevents a user from shelving a work as "Read" in more than one edition.
It also obstructs the making of progress updates relating to that work once you've "finished reading" any edition of the book. (Which is a less significant but likely connected barrier I'd run into already with a completely different book, as I continued to work through one version after finishing another version).
In attempting to find some sort of cumbersome workaround, I've accidentally wound up with this Wohlleben work counted on my 2023 books page once as the German text but twice for the English... (instead of once for each).[2]
Yet the German copy still will not budge from my "Currently Reading" shelf. Can't even seem to relegate it to "Stopped Reading" as a compromise.
An alternative might be to catalogue each edition (that anyone wants to distinguish from another they ever read) as a separate work... but doing so would clutter up the author pages, search results, and databases. Badly.
If any kind souls with GitHub access could please file an Issue about this problem, that would be much appreciated!
This textbook concentrates on the language needed for everyday situations, such as meeting people, having …
Is it too much to hope that the rejuvenation of Māori language course Te Whanake in actual print(!) may portend a new physical edition of decently deep yet dabbler-friendly dictionary Te Aka, with which these textbooks shared an editor and lexicon…?
Care of Australian Wildlife is the definitive guide for all Australians wishing to protect and …
decisive in a crisis, important in the ordinary
5 stars
Exemplary, clear and thorough guidance on first aid, rehabilitation, and resolving awkward encounters, along with well-rounded advice on planning garden spaces, managing habitat, and incorporating furnishings (such as nest boxes, birdbaths and possum thoroughfares) to support wildlife.
Indigenous Plants of the Sandbelt is a gardening book which will increase your understanding of …
a grounded grounding
5 stars
Guess what sits top of the list Gardening in Naarm’s Sandbelt, where I wrote what seems review enough I figured I’d expand slightly on it with an actual one.
Grounded in the very geology of the place, this is a slim but rich introduction to a representative selection of local plant species, and assisting them in forming communities.
It is useful as! The authors strike a fine balance, which the clear presentation makes look so easy: being welcoming to beginners, reaching deep for the hardcore, and always keeping things convenient. It’s a surprise not to have met more books of this formula, as such guides could obviously be immensely beneficial in all kinds of places.
The text isn’t perfect. My biggest gripes are wordings that would confine Aboriginal practices to the past, and quite so readily condoning resort to rank pesticide.
I might have liked slightly more attention on …
Guess what sits top of the list Gardening in Naarm’s Sandbelt, where I wrote what seems review enough I figured I’d expand slightly on it with an actual one.
Grounded in the very geology of the place, this is a slim but rich introduction to a representative selection of local plant species, and assisting them in forming communities.
It is useful as! The authors strike a fine balance, which the clear presentation makes look so easy: being welcoming to beginners, reaching deep for the hardcore, and always keeping things convenient. It’s a surprise not to have met more books of this formula, as such guides could obviously be immensely beneficial in all kinds of places.
The text isn’t perfect. My biggest gripes are wordings that would confine Aboriginal practices to the past, and quite so readily condoning resort to rank pesticide.
I might have liked slightly more attention on incorporating indigenous plants in the kitchen garden, but that may make for a different book. The curation as is is not in need of upsetting. It is well suited to a good range of contexts.
Still an invaluable resource two decades on — indeed, only growing in urgency every month — this title is commonly held by public library services around the region, although remains worryingly out of print and pixel.
A revised edition would be so welcome! Meanwhile, I’d encourage anyone with so much as an egg carton in the area to reserve, show to friends, and cherish those remaining copies.
