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The Message ★★★★★
You cannot read Ta-Nehisi Coates for fun. In The Message, he moves from Senegal to the 2020 reckoning and to Palestine, and draws one line through all three. A difficult, necessary book.
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The Diplomat (2026) Season Four ★★★★★
A banger of a season. Bradley Whitford has been a great addition and even reminiscent of later-seasons Josh Lyman.
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Situated: Find the People and Places That Bring Out Your Best ★★★★★
Duckworth answered the criticism of 'Grit', which raised this book's quality. I’m a big fan
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And Then There Were None ★★★★★
The bar for Christie is high, and this clears it.
It's relentless. Once the island closes in, the
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Furious (2026) Season One ★★★★★
Gripping, intense, and keeps building up to a great finish. At times, you will be infuriated.
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Silo (2026) Season Three ★★★★★
I loved this season. Great pacing after the first couple of episodes. I also liked how they interwove two timelines
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A Separation, 2011 ★★★★★
I expected Kramer v. Kramer or Marriage Story, and it was, but it was much more layered than that. It&
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The Odyssey, 2026 ★★★★★
That's how you make an epic. Nolan at his best, creating a masterpiece from a classic piece of
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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, 2011 ★★★★★
If you want to watch a four-hour brutal and bloody revenge tale spanning multiple countries divided into chapters with
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Automating Checks for Hold Period in Public Library
I asked Claude to cross-check my Hardcover 'Want to Read' list against the Austin Public Library's catalog. First run. No fixes needed.
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Mastodon Posts to a Weekly Archive on My Blog
I built a quiet automation that turns my short-lived Mastodon posts into a weekly blog archive without changing how I post on Mastodon. This post walks through the idea, the technical setup, and what I learned along the way.
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Books I Read in 2025
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Camp Dream Speak Live - India edition
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Being Productive in an Unproductive Way
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