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we are aphantastic and very slow readers, usually reading a bunch of books in parallel. we mostly read about anarchism, bread, neurodiversity, sci-fi, and cosy fantasy. our pronouns are it / they (plural). (Avatar: reading fox emoji, from Volpeon's Neofox emoji set)

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Die verdrängte Pandemie (Paperback, German language, 2025, Unrast Verlag) No rating

Seit der Aufhebung der staatlichen Schutzmaßnahmen macht sich in allen politischen Lagern ein Pandemierevisionismus breit. …

One of the authors asked on Mastodon what he could do to make the (printed) book more "accessible" to the intended audience, much of which are affected by disabilities. I replied and mentioned the elephant in the room: make an e-book version available, preferably cheaper or gratis, since (1) e-books are more accessible "ability-wise" for many people, and (2) many of the disabled people in the alleged target audience are poor. Apparently gratis wouldn't work (because "publishers need to live from something"), and we haven't seen any digital version of it sold in digital bookshops.

I'm really not sure what to expect from a book that mentions "leftism" in the title. As a person with multiple disabilities, we've been betrayed by self-proclaimed "leftists" and "anarchists" alike.

I'm still interested in having a glimpse into the book; maybe we could ask a local library to get a copy of the book.

started reading Myrie Zange by skalabyrinth (Myrie Zange, #1)

skalabyrinth: Myrie Zange (Paperback, German language, 2024)

"Wieso sollte es in Ordnung sein, sich in einer Weise zu verhalten, die andere höchstens …

it's a bit weird (and sometimes difficult, but maybe it will get easier) to read a book in German. had this book on the reading list since the author is on fedi (and also part of a plural system).

just finished the Prolog, and it looks really nice 😌

~fuchsia 💚

Melissa Harrison: By Ash, Oak and Thorn (2021, Chicken House, The) No rating

this is so sweet and lovely... this little fops read the first chapters today, while sitting (not so comfily) on a park bench, or more moving around on said park bench, or sometimes not on that park bench at all but rather walking in circles, holding the book in the paws, enjoying to be at a nice place like that with all those trees, wondering about the little creatures that might live inside them...