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he/him | post-doc on batteries | researcher who reads a lot and games when not reading | sci-fi, lit-fic, crime, psy-thriller | rdr2, no man's sky, got, hellblade | occasional photographer | ADHD | தமிழ் 3/52 📚
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Just finished All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker. What a ride. Patch personifies hope and determination. These characters will stay with me for a long long time. Literally generational!

I will never, ever get over this.

me: i need to transfer a blender file to my desktop my ADHD: what i'm hearing is we need a dedicated home file server me: that sounds reasonable

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. Iain Thomas

For scientists, this is "a place of joy". www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The more I use Bluesky, the more I realize the ways Threads fumbled the ball. Threads’ biggest mistake: not grasping that conversation-centric social media is contemporaneous. Everyone needs to see things at the same time so they can *engage with each other at the same time*. 1/

FACT - Orbital is the first Booker Prize winner to go to number 1 in the bestseller charts in the week of its win.

Me at the end of The Light Between Oceans 😭

Delhi air.

The same goes for when someone's reading a book.

Hello Bluesky! My first post shall be a meme. It’s only up from here 🚀

forgetting your headphones at home is the modern equivalent of leaving your sword behind in medieval times

“Nearly 2000 children under 5 are dying every day from air pollution, which has become the 2nd biggest health risk factor for young children around the world. More than 8 million deaths of children & adults were caused by air pollution in 2021.” @TheGuardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.

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I wanted to read 52 books this year but running behind severely on 38/52. Lets see if I can reach it by the end of the year. 42 days to go..

"The planet is shaped by the sheer amazing force of human want, which has changed everything, the forests, the poles, the reservoirs, the glaciers, the rivers, the seas, the mountains, the coastlines, the skies, a planet contoured and landscaped by want." A stunning read. 📚💙

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Is there anything more satisfying than a clean sink? 😮‍💨

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Please let me read this one para at least 😭 #BookSky 💙📚 #ADHD

Re-post with your 5 favorite reads of this year (in no particular order) The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman Circe by Madeline Miller The Vegetarian by Han Kang Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro Piranesi by Susanna Clarke I absolutely loved all of these for their beautiful prose.

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."