Pretty decent history of cybernetics and its major 'players', which is what I was looking for, but gets a bit lost in the sauce around certain aspects. Was somewhat (pleasantly) surprised to see Deleuze mentioned in this, since I've been really focusing on a lot of that stuff lately re:philosophy. This seems to really shy away from how capitalism has devoured concepts of cybernetics.. but I think that's maybe not the point of this work anyways.
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rooneymcnibnug reviewed Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze
Anti-Oedipus by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
4 stars
Started with lots of notes but ended up just kind of letting it wash over me. I'm sure I'll return to this, and will be interested in reading more Deleuze. There are a lot of cool resources out there and I am part of a reading group for this that is lagging a bit, so I look forward to being a part of those conversations through the year as supplement.
Found this LibriVox audio recording of Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols to be pretty great, for whatever its worth: archive.org/details/the_twilight_of_the_idols_librivox/twilightoftheidols-06-nietzsche.mp3
rooneymcnibnug rated The yellow wall-paper: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug finished reading The yellow wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
rooneymcnibnug reviewed The crying of lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (Perennial fiction library)
rooneymcnibnug reviewed The MANIAC by Benjamín Labatut
rooneymcnibnug reviewed Existential Monday by Benjamin Fondane (New York Review Books classics)
rooneymcnibnug reviewed Means and Ends by Zoe Baker
rooneymcnibnug rated Means of Control: 4 stars

Means of Control by Byron Tau
For the past five years—ever since a chance encounter at a dinner party—journalistByron Tau has been piecing together a secret …
rooneymcnibnug rated README.txt: 4 stars
rooneymcnibnug finished reading README.txt by Chelsea Manning
rooneymcnibnug started reading Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
It's re-read time...... pairing with www.gravitysrainbowguide.com/ , open.spotify.com/show/0K132R4Katg2oyEOSG3vRl?si=8ed19bae5fd24c25 , & gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php