Ron Franke · @rdfranke
210 followers · 1355 posts · Server sfba.socialI've read a couple of Walter Isaacson's books - "Benjamin Franklin" and "Einstein". There's no way I'm wasting my time and money on his latest book. Musk represents everything that's wrong with corporate America and Silicon Valley.
When I read a biography, I'm trying to understand the life and times of that person. I know more than I need to know about Musk. None of it is good.
The latest Starlink information, apparently from Isaacson's book, is further proof that there is nothing good about Musk.
#musk #isaacson #Starlink #ukraine #biography
Morgan Fletcher :vbike: · @morgan
524 followers · 2804 posts · Server sfba.social
@von I am a Californian, I've visited Washington for some mountain biking and I really enjoyed my time in the Cascades; Angels Staircase was amazing in the fall, with the golden larches blazing.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xvwU5622MXsaAPvf8
I read a book once that I really enjoyed, _Of Men and Mountains_. It was written by William O. Douglas, a Supreme Court justice, about his outdoor life as a young man in Washington state. It really did a great job of describing the place and time, the outdoors, the environment, the nature. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Of_Men_and_Mountains_Scholar_s_Choice_Ed/K1pDrgEACAAJ?hl=en
#washington #nature #biography
Stan Carey · @stancarey
1267 followers · 1033 posts · Server mastodon.ie
If you're a fan of Buster Keaton (and if you're not, why not) or early film history, this book is such a treat
#books #reading #BusterKeaton #DanaStevens #film #biography #SilentFilm #cinemastodon
#books #reading #busterkeaton #danastevens #film #biography #silentfilm #cinemastodon
Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
171 followers · 4505 posts · Server mastodon.cloud#Book About #ICET's #BODYCOUNT To Arrive This Week
https://blabbermouth.net/news/book-about-ice-ts-body-count-to-arrive-this-week
#biography #copKiller #music #ACAB
#book #icet #bodycount #biography #copkiller #music #acab
CryptoNewsBot · @cryptonewsbot
693 followers · 39388 posts · Server schleuss.onlineMusk Funded Dogecoin, Mulled Blockchain Social Media, Biography Details - A biography of billionaire investor Elon Musk reveals details about his involvemen... - https://news.bitcoin.com/musk-funded-dogecoin-mulled-blockchain-social-media-biography-details/ #sambankman-fried #cryptoexchange #cryptocurrency #entrepreneur #acquisition #billionaire #socialmedia #bankruptcy #blockchain #investment #biography #featured #dogecoin #elonmusk #exchange #investor #purchase #funding #twitter #crypto
#crypto #twitter #funding #purchase #investor #exchange #elonmusk #dogecoin #featured #biography #investment #blockchain #bankruptcy #socialmedia #billionaire #acquisition #entrepreneur #cryptocurrency #cryptoexchange #sambankman
MikeDunnAuthor · @MikeDunnAuthor
1915 followers · 4080 posts · Server kolektiva.social
Today in Labor History September 3, 1838: Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland to freedom in the north, where he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. During his lifetime, he wrote 3 autobiographies and became a best-selling author. He also fought for women’s suffrage and was the first black man nominated to run for vice president. Douglass opposed colonialism and segregated schools. He was the most photographed American of the 19th century, never smiling once for the camera so as to not play into the racist myth of the happy slave.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #FrederickDouglass #feminism #segregation #education #colonialism #author #writer #biography #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #Abolition #frederickdouglass #feminism #segregation #education #colonialism #author #writer #biography #BlackMastadon
The Video Game Library 📚 · @thevglibrary
4437 followers · 1185 posts · Server mstdn.social
Discover Jerry Lawson, the genius who transformed gaming, in this picture-book biography 🎮📚
From inventing swappable cartridges to founding the country's first African American-owned video game company, his journey reshaped the industry forever🕹️
#JerryLawson #GamingPioneer #Innovator #BlackHistory #VideoGames #Biography #GameChanger #Inspiration #TechInnovation #VideoGameHistory #GamingIndustry #Inventor #AfricanAmericanInventor #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
#bookstodon #Books #book #africanamericaninventor #inventor #gamingindustry #videogamehistory #techinnovation #inspiration #gamechanger #biography #videogames #blackhistory #innovator #gamingpioneer #jerrylawson
Colorado Authors League · @ColoradoAuthors
29 followers · 253 posts · Server romancelandia.club
There are several big names in Colorado Springs history, and one of those is Spencer Penrose. Joyce B. Lohse tells his story in Spencer Penrose: Builder and Benefactor.
#Colorado #coloradosprings #history #biography #books #promo
https://www.amazon.com/Spencer-Penrose-Benefactor-Joyce-Lohse/dp/0865411905/
#Promo #books #biography #history #coloradosprings #colorado
The Conversation Africa · @TheConversationAfrica
2033 followers · 315 posts · Server newsie.social
A new book on South African liberation struggle icons Nelson and Winnie Mandela is a masterful biography of the pair.
Jonny Steinberg’s splendid 550-page biography, Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage, ends on a note of pathos with a poignant tale from Nelson Mandela’s deathbed.
apiecha · @apiecha
51 followers · 745 posts · Server muenster.im
Ambiguous impulses for your own mental cinema. Handcarved rubber stamps and acrylic colours on DIN-A4 paper, no NFTs:
#kunst #contemporaryArt #makeArtNotWar #mentalCinema #handCarvedStamp #noNFT #saveBiodiversity #climateActionNow #systemChange #endFossilFuels #makeArtNotWar #fckFdp #fckAfd #fckPtn #onceUponATime #granny #mojaBabcia #ancestor #familyAlbum #selfPortrait #biography #banksy #beLikeThePanda #NoRacismNoFascism #fightForYourRight #civilDisobidience #antifa #resistance
#kunst #contemporaryart #makeartnotwar #mentalcinema #handcarvedstamp #noNFT #savebiodiversity #climateactionnow #systemchange #EndFossilFuels #fckfdp #fckafd #fckptn #onceuponatime #granny #mojababcia #ancestor #familyalbum #selfportrait #biography #banksy #belikethepanda #noracismnofascism #fightforyourright #civildisobidience #antifa #resistance
Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
367 followers · 13132 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
New Yorker: How Anna May Wong Became the First Chinese American Movie Star https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-anna-may-wong-became-the-first-chinese-american-movie-star #NewYorker #Books/UnderReview #Asian-Americans #Actresses #Biography #Movies #Asians #Film
#newyorker #books #asian #actresses #biography #Movies #asians #Film
PMod · @harmonyears2
362 followers · 2061 posts · Server mstdn.social
Elizebeth Smith Friedman
(*26. August 1892 –31. October 1980)
"America's first female cryptanalyst"
How Codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman Broke Up a Nazi Spy Ring:
https://time.com/5928583/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker/
#antifascist #Shero
#codebreaker #cryptanalyst
#hiddenwomen
#books #biography
#biography #Books #hiddenwomen #cryptanalyst #codebreaker #shero #antifascist
The Progressive · @TheProgressive
993 followers · 221 posts · Server federated.press
Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate is a warm, if workmanlike, biography of an obscure New England Senator and his passion for birds.
#bookreview #biography
https://progressive.org/latest/a-birdwatcher%E2%80%99s-take-on-the-%E2%80%98birdman-of-the-senate%27-rothschild20230824/
Music News Feed · @music_news_feed
27 followers · 3601 posts · Server room19.comOneohtrix Point Never Next on Warp with New Album #2023_08_23 #xlr8r #xlr8r_staff #news #autobiography #biography #daniel_lopatin #matias_falkbakken #meditation #melodic
>> https://xlr8r.com/news/oneohtrix-point-never-next-on-warp-with-new-album/
#2023_08_23 #xlr8r #xlr8r_staff #news #autobiography #biography #daniel_lopatin #matias_falkbakken #meditation #melodic
Thom Denholm · @ThomDenholm
80 followers · 264 posts · Server awscommunity.social
A #biography of the brilliant physicist Enrico Fermi, from #Italy to America to the Atom Bomb and beyond. Not particularly a #science work, enough basics are covered to get the gist of his genius. 4 of 5⭐
This book was added to my reading list in 2017; #Oppenheimer convinced me to check it out from the #library
Full #bookreview https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1925972305
#biography #italy #science #oppenheimer #library #bookreview
Queer Lit Cats · @QLC
339 followers · 12438 posts · Server mastodon.roitsystems.ca
Pink News: Almost no one bought Tucker Carlson’s biography, as woeful sales are revealed https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/08/17/tucker-carlson-biography-sales/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #TuckerCarlson #biography #foxnews #News #US
#lgbt #LGBTQ #trans #lesbian #2SLGBTQ #tuckercarlson #biography #foxnews #news #us
A. Rivera · @bloodravenlib
576 followers · 10276 posts · Server mas.toAs I wrote on my review of the book, "Giuliani by now is an illustration of the saying 'how the mighty have fallen.' Giuliani has gone from being a man adored by many to a figure of derision and contempt." (e)
The book and review: https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2023/04/book-review-giuliani.html
#crime #corruption #books #reading #BookReview #reviews #biography #ItinerantLibrarian
#ItinerantLibrarian #biography #reviews #bookreview #reading #books #corruption #crime
Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
149 followers · 3828 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
New #TuckerCarlson #Biography Bombs With Just 3,000 Copies Sold
https://www.mediaite.com/media/new-tucker-carlson-biography-bombs-with-just-3000-copies-sold/
#book #MAGA #whiteSupremacist
#tuckercarlson #biography #book #maga #whitesupremacist
Jane Rosenberg LaForge · @JaneRLaForge
430 followers · 917 posts · Server mstdn.social
A great moral crisis in her life is nothing but a mere matter of gossip in yours: #literary rotters and their wives compete for the title of worst couple in new #book. #biography. No spoilers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/books/review/lives-of-the-wives-carmela-ciararu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
TheEdinburghBookshop · @TheEdinburghBookshop
277 followers · 150 posts · Server bookish.community
One for lovers of #photography : a fascinating new biography of Vivian Maier by Ann Marks, an enigma who kept so many photographs hidden away during her lifetime, a treasure trove of imagery, capturing life & the world around her.
Out now from Atria Books
#books #biography #ChooseBookshops #VivianMaier #livres #photographer #bookshops #librairies #AnnMarks #bookstodon #Edinburgh #EdinburghBookshop #Edimbourg
#photography #books #biography #choosebookshops #vivianmaier #livres #photographer #bookshops #librairies #annmarks #bookstodon #edinburgh #edinburghbookshop #edimbourg