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RAISINI's avatar

These weekly "Good Reads" is an absolute treasure trove! I only hope they do the same for “Notes” so more writers are easily discoverable. thank you Substack team for curating such an enriching list.

And speaking of exploration, I recently wrote a post about a thought-provoking topic "The Swarm: How a handful of elites control the entire population of the world."

It's a fascinating dive into the dynamics of power and control in our world. I think you'll find it equally captivating, let me know your thoughts.

https://raisini.substack.com/p/the-swarm-how-a-handful-of-elites

Marco & Sabrina's avatar

I’m no fan of conspiracy theories, but this is well argued and your graphic of the ‘club’ of key players is unarguable

Jacob McDonald's avatar

I adore the fact that Substack is my favorite Substack. Coffee brewed, candle burning, lamp lit, ready to dive into these reads ☕️ 🕯️ 📚 love that you do these, thanks for sharing!

Jonathan Delp's avatar

There's a crew of readers riding through Substack in an oil rig like Mad Max, kicking up dust clouds and spray-painting their faces, hoping to find an oasis of representation for fiction writers in these newsletters.

anul agarwal's avatar

This feels like a highly curated newsletter!

J. Matson Heininger's avatar

Saving Things.

Conrad Wainwright: The Poet Laureate of Beauville: Volume Two

(from A Builder's Tale)

Save the whales,

and Save the bees,

Ban the bomb

and Save the trees.

And ban War

and Monsters too.

Save the Earth

For me and You.

You may be certain

The Earth won't care.

It needs no water

It needs no Air

Planet Earth, will twirl

About in space

Until it's Sun explodes

Or is replaced

A black hole, and void

That might suck you in

(Remember people)

.

There is no God

There is no sin.

Haley Weaver's avatar

Thanks for the shout! 😌

Marco & Sabrina's avatar

A great selection this week judging by the number of new subs I just started!

NorthSeaFanClub's avatar

@northseafanclub witty, weekly adventures in North Sea swimming

Melissa Leath's avatar

"Mice seem unwilling to chew through tent walls, and there are no reports of tent-slashing bears—yet," Rookie Mistakes by Gibson Biddle probably my fav. But I so enjoy these posts. It always opens my mind to other things and parts of the world I rarely think about. Thanks so much!

Andrew Smith's avatar

These are great. I'd be delighted by more sci-fi and horror picks (not my niche, but very interested in the talent I see out there in those areas).

Trish Tacoma's avatar

I'm so CC XXL for going A to a

Konstantin Asimonov's avatar

Great selection, as usual.

Yesterday a half-year event, the ACX Book Review Contest 2023 has finally ended. A selection of great reviews, both of old and new books. Here are the finalists (16 out of approx. 150): https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-contest-2023-winners

I, of course, have a bias, since I am one of the finalists (here is my entry, a review for Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning": https://tapwatersommelier.substack.com/p/book-review-mans-search-for-meaning ), but even putting that aside, it's a list of really worthy essays.

Mark newfie Adams's avatar

It's unfortunate that all of your recommendations are women authors?

Joseph Conway's avatar

Why? Do you have a problem with women authors?

Mark newfie Adams's avatar

That's disingenuous! Please read the comment again. I love women authors! I love variety also.

Joseph Conway's avatar

I just looked at your sub stack and it all makes more sense now.

I'm sure you also get upset when someone only recommends male writers too... (That last like was legitimately disingenuous)

Joseph Conway's avatar

Please elaborate how and why my question is disingenuous?

Mark newfie Adams's avatar

Apologies IF I misinterpreted your comment. I thought you were implying that my comment was sexist.

Joseph Conway's avatar

I merely wanted you to explain why it mattered. But you didnt and seeing as your a self declared MRA it makes total sense. Be a real man and explain yourself. Enough of this prancing around with plausible deniability and dog whistles. Those are tactics for people who live in constant fear and need to be told their thoughts from guys like Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate lol

Explain why it actually matters that all the recommendations were women. And don't come back with another deflection, it makes Maritimers look dumb