News Of The WeekNews Of The Week
Welcome to the Books And Articles newsletter. Thanks for all of the quality posts.
This has been another good week for the territory. @DarthCoin had the top post with a “copy/paste” of the book “The Basic Laws Of Human Stupidity”, by Carlo M. Cipolla. The book has proven to be very popular. Give it a read.
@cryotosensei posted the first movie review in the territory. Be sure to read his take on “How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” in the new Movie Reviews section.
@BTCLNAT gave us "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban." I have highlighted the post as a suggestion, and you can also now find it in the My Bitcoin Journey section.
We also have a new work of fiction, as @ginkgo posted the first “block” of And Then She Disappears. Spoiler alert: Satoshi is a woman.
As always, please reply with suggestions and opinions on how to make this territory better.
Logo design by @plebpoet
Link to last weeks newsletter: #675955 (Thanks @ek)
Top Five Posts Of The WeekTop Five Posts Of The Week
Here are this week’s top posts:
- The Basic Laws of Human stupidity - part 1 by @DarthCoin
- Sunday Survey: Do Audiobooks count as reading? 📚 by @Car
- a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book recommendations for learning more about mathematics? by @Coyote_Cosmico
Siggy’s SuggestionsSiggy’s Suggestions
We are fortunate to have people from throughout the world on Stacker News. This post gave me the opportunity to learn about Cuba, which has been somewhat of a mystery for people living in the U.S. This is @BTCLNAT’s “Bitcoin Journey” story. I hope it’s just the first of many posts as bitcoin takes hold in this isolated, authoritarian country.
Another post of original poetry by @Malachi17. I feel like I learn something from each of them.
This is the first block (chapter?) of an original work of fiction (?) by @ginkgo. I am looking forward to reading more as the tale unfolds weekly.
Writing ContestsWriting Contests
Stackers’ BlogsStackers’ Blogs
My Bitcoin JourneyMy Bitcoin Journey
Inspired by Writing Contest #1, this is where stacker’s bitcoin origin stories will be posted for easy reference.
- Grayruby’s Bitcoin story by @grayruby
- I Put ¼ Of A Bitcoin In A Landfill by @brandonsbytes
- From Selling Newspapers To Finding Bitcoin by @Coinsreporter
- My bitcoin journey by @Carreson
- "Who are you?" — How do I want to answer? by @IamSINGLE
- "My journey with Bitcoin: the experience of an ordinary Cuban" by @BTCLNAT
Book ClubsBook Clubs
BooksBooks
- The Universal Good Deal by @cleophas
- Who Brought The Steak Tartare?, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- The Final Product by @cleophas
- The Penal Preserve, Chapter 1 by @cleophas
- Happy The Hippo, an absolutely wonderful children’s book written by @cryotosensei for his son.
- The Rogue Scholar by @jbschirtzinger
- Submersible by @johnbnevin
- And Then She Disappears - Block 1 by @ginkgo
Book ReviewsBook Reviews
- what i read, and wrapping up in july: by @speakingyourtruth
- Book Review: Nothing Like The Movies by Lynn Painter by @speakingyourtruth
- The Mandibles: A Review by @jimmysong
- Self-Reliance by Emerson by @ek
- Book - The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage (1998) by @Signal312
- #665765 by @Undisciplined
- Book Review: Sliced Americana by @jbschirtzinger
- #675002 by @jbschirtzinger
- Book Review | “101 ways to bring out the best in your children & yourself” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Art of Possibility” by @cryotosensei
- Book Review | “The Daily Dad” by Ryan Holiday by @cryotosensei
- Book Reviews Directory #2
- Book Reviews Directory 11/23-3/24
Movie ReviewsMovie Reviews
EssaysEssays
- Nihilism Wants Empire:Camus On Nietzsche by @jurraca
- Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of Distraction by @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears
PoetryPoetry
- #411278 by @cryotosensei
- plebpoet’s original poem + discussion by @plebpoet
- a new kind of poem (that you can see 👀 and hear 🦻) by @plebpoet
- I am not man enough by @Nuttall
- If A Day Comes... by @Tef
- Let's pretend we loved each other by @Nadia
- That's MINE! Poetry. by @Malach17
- Silly rhymes written by a guy (maybe) fallen in love by @0268a5c238
Nice logo. Good job @plebpoet.
I remembered the Himalayas of India. Next May and June I will try to post photos like this. but there will be no printer
The logo is sorta meant to interpret the feeling that reading something really immersive invokes. So you could be anywhere in your mind, a quiet place if you're absorbing information, or the world constructed for you if you're delving into fiction. And we're all accessing this through our screens and devices, but in our mind through our language, we can go limitless places.
Just thought I'd spell it out in case it didn't land visually.
I identify with the man in that logo :)
Struggling between living in the mountains and in front of the screen.
@car your audiobook survey was closer than I expected it to me.
yes! I was genuinely surprised as well.
Anyone else get a Milka chocolate vibe from @plebpoet's logo?
https://images.tcdn.com.br/img/img_prod/1303065/chocolate_milka_extra_cocoa_100g_12911_1_0d273a98573fa28335e9f781990cbbd5.jpg
Posts are good. Really enjoying the posts. Good job guys
I love how you input extra spacing between your paragraphs/points! Small but mighty change
Any books people reading focusing on positivity and looking at the glass half full? I'm trying to be more optimistic (especially with this election stuff going on).
excellent space
Thanks
Hey, if you are learning something from my poems, that's the best case scenario!
Excellent newsletter, they were really good publications.