My debut appearance on THE AP STRANGE SHOW just dropped! THE EXPECTANT MOTHER DISINFORMATION HANDBOOK, CHAMELEO, and CRYPTOPOLIS & OTHER STORIES all come under discussion: https://cryptoscatology.blogspot.com/2025/05/i-make-my-debut-apppearance-on-ap.html
#ORBooks
@ktemkin that's why I'd never biy an #eBook with #DRM.
- Fortunately, neither #ORbooks nor #VersoBooks do that kind of #Enshittification.and instead just deliver a simple #ePub file...
On Friday night I appeared on Erica Lukes' EXPANDING FRONTIERS podcast to discuss all four days of the #RepublicanNationalConvention, which I somehow managed to watch without my brain completely melting into the floor. For about two and a half hours, Erica and I perform a deep dive on Donald Trump's ongoing OPERATION MINDFUCK:
Stohl, Bev. 'Chomsky & Me: A Memoir'. OR Books: 2023.
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A pull quote for this on GoodReads says, “This is a beautiful, tender and profound book about one of the most important thinkers of our time, by one of the people who know him best. A masterpiece of observation and memoir.” And while that's true, I found it a bit of a stretch to have a 300-page book of anecdotes about being Noam Chomsky's assistant for 24 years.
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24 years in any job is nothing to sniff at and Stohl shares a number of interesting experiences she had during that time, how working with Chomsky helped broaden her understanding of the world (she got the job because she wasn't a "groupie", as she puts it), heartful and profound moments of loss, regret, etc., etc.
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But I had to push myself to finish this. It got repetitive. I'm trying to say it nicely, but yeah, as much as I find Chomsky boring and have used his writing in the past to put myself to sleep when finding it hard to do so, Stohl's book did get a bit boring about 3/4 of the way through.
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I like reading memoir, auto/biography, things which humanize the people we might think of as celebrities in this activist milieu we participate in. So, there's that. And it was a nice book. It just wasn't anything to write home about. I kind of thought there's not much to write an IG post about but it's the second or third book in a row that I've finished thinking, "Not much to say about that one." Oh well.
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#anarchism #anarchist #anarchistreadinglist #bevstohl #chomskyandme #noamchomsky #chomsky #memoir #ORBooks
@Longplay_Games @pluralistic also there are less-intrusive options to deter "unauthorized redistribution" like non-annoying personalization / watermarking that doesn't inhibit the use with #eBook #eReaders and -Software...
That's how #VersoBooks & #ORbooks do it...
A couple of days ago I appeared on Tarek Al-Ubaidi's popular Austrian podcast, CROPfm, and over the course of three-plus hours discussed OPERATION MINDFUCK, CHAMELEO, and my EVERGREEN REVIEW article "The Silent Civil War." The interview begins about six minutes into the show:
https://cropfm.at/archive/show/invisible
#orbooks
#evergreenreview
#operationmindfuck
#silentcivilwar
#chameleo
Tune in for tonight's edition of Seriah Azkath's WHERE DID THE ROAD GO? radio show on WVBR 93.5 FM Ithaca NY or online at the WVBR website (10pm EST/7pm PST): wvbr.com
Seriah and I will be discussing my latest book, CRYPTOPOLIS & OTHER STORIES, CHAMELEO, and more!!!
Yesterday, THE FARM podcast aired a new interview with Yours Truly. Over the course of this two-hour-plus conversation, Recluse and I discuss my latest EVERGREEN REVIEW article, "The Silent Civil War" (illustrated by the incredible Seth Ellison): http://tinyurl.com/3pjn4pts
#Q #TraitorTrump #TrumpForPrison #TrumpForPrison2024 #TrumpIsACriminal #ArrestTrumpNow #OneManCrimeWave #TrumpConspiracy #StopFascism #Jan6thInsurrection #Jan6 #Jan6th #Jan6thVideo #TrumpIndictment #orbooks #evergreenreview
BEHOLD!!! the ever-expanding GUFFEY LIBRARY (with more volumes to come in 2024): https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00DWBKY64
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
#DarkFantasy #Bizarro #NewWeird #Horror #LethePress #PlanetBizarroPress #ORBooks #CrossroadPress #EraserheadPress #BearManorMedia #HappyNewYear2024
@tillybridges AFAIK they too have strict #DRM.
I mean I don't mind paying for content, in fact I only buy #DRMfree #eBooks if any #eBook at all...
I mean #VersoBooks and #ORbooks really do choose to individualize said contents instead, which I think is a fair way to deter piracy without restricting one's ability to read or have it read on/by a devoce/software of choice.
Cuz I tend to use #FBreader with Amber on Black text...
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