Katabasis by RF Kuang. Listening not reading. Its dark academia fantasy and the first time I've been introduced to any of her novels. Its a decent listen so far. I might try out the Poppy Wars since I heard those are great

I think its meant to be listened to rather than read. So i can imagine it being not a great read honestly.

I think John Scalzi is always fun!

My absolute favorite that shes made is Atmosphere but its not that "unique". Its a love story to 1980s space exploration first then second to another love story.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is more unique in story telling and its based on the 1920s Golden Age of Hollywood. I'm quite a nerd so after listening to the book (people enjoyed the written book too) I got lost in learning more about Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, etc. I didn't think off title alone it would be my type of book but I've fallen in love with everything TJR has written about so far lol.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine was a book that threw me just because the main protagonist had such odd perspectives.

Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera is written with segments of it like a true crime podcast. Highly recommend it as a listen.

Ive been reading a lot of books that aren't written traditionally. Taylor Jenkins Reid books, Evelyn Hugo was written as an interview, Daisy Jones and the Six like documentary, etc. Dungeon Crawler Carl is LitRPG and best as audiobook (written primarily as such). Of Monsters and Mainframes was written with computers as main characters. Super fun.

So many good books out there. Please report back on what you've enjoyed the most!

Sorry I got carried away and its late here. Ive read a lot of different and very unique books but my favorite "unique books" recently are Of Monsters and Mainframes and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Pure fun.

Other books like Piranesi, Katabasis, and 100 Years of Solitude are super unique but were a bit of a chore to read.

Even more wholesome, he eventually becomes a father!

I find any assault to voting rights the most undemocratic and unamerican thing you can do

My employer has DEI but to prevent cuts from funding, they just changed the name and kept the policies. Its unfortunate but its better than having these policies and programs cut.

California : The fuck outta here

Personally a little sad over this. Have a bluray player and sometimes I want to be able to choose and pick a newer movie in 4k... Much cheaper than Amazon and Vudu to rent.

Social workers are all recommended to have a personal therapist for themselves. And its possible for the personal therapist to also have social work degree

Crocs. I had avoided them for years until I went on a kayaking tour on Vancouver Island. Well, while they were ugly AF, they are one of most comfortable shoes I've tried that are just... Easy to slip on and off?

So many people are talking and so focused on AI that everyone's been missing the robotics.

My husband has been showing me videos every week of robots from Japan, China, etc. Robotics has advanced insanely fast last few years.

Agreed. I work in healthcare. As healthcare workers we are obligated to treat any patients regardless of their political affiliation or background. I just provided services to a guy the other day with a huge swastika tattooed on chest. Ive administered care to prisoners, bully/aggressive patients, racists, sexists, and others I would not normally would not align myself with. It does not mean i support anything my patients do or their viewpoint. You cannot have people determining on their own that they are not doing their job because x,y,z especially with more public services involved. It is a very slippery slope

You cant make exceptions for some circumstances without the effects/consequences extending to other cases for opposite side as this commenter noted. All mail legally needs to be delivered, even in Canada. Props to the postal worker for trying to stand up for what they believe but agreed they should lose their job for it.

USB hand warmers. I am very sensitive to the cold and its so nice to hold while walking around or keeping in your pockets

Another fun trick I learned in sales is that if you're trying to get someone to purchase something, instead of having them focus on whether or not they should get something, change their question to something else.

For example, I used to sell phones. Instead of having people try to figure out if they want the newest Samsung or not, I would take the phone in two different colors and ask if they liked it in blue or black instead. Putting it in their hands let's them imagine having the phone already and the question changes from should I purchase this phone to what color do I want?

I'm quite sure this can translate to other questions and decisions people ask themselves

My husband has specifically asked me not to talk to him about politics. He has verbalized he feels powerless and wants to focus on things he can control more within his immediate realm (dont worry guys, he's still voting Biden). He's also asked me to decrease the amount of depressing topics I share with him overall. I did tell him I recommend him read up on it because its "scary AF" and that I was quite scared

However, I do agree with other posters that its the lack of news coverage on the topic is why so many people are uninformed. We need more individuals to share and educate about this.

Taking off the pedals and training wheels of bikes and selling them to kids.

Wish I thought of that

I got old.