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They/them. Lemon drop, bruxa, sweet pea, badass, queer, Philadelphian. Lifter of weight; Reader of books; Lover of cats; Knitter of sweaters. Philosopher by training; product manager by trade

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Anathema's books

Hinata Kobayashi: Wabi Sabi - Learning the ancient japanese art of imperfection with thoughtfulness and peacefulness. Conceptual art and Minimalism (Paperback, 2019, Independently Published, Independently published)

The content is lovely, but the translation is ROUGH

I wanted a bit more from this book than I got out of it, but some of it is that the translation is very roughly done. It's worth diving into but a bit of a slog to really reach the core concepts.

Jenny Odell: How to Do Nothing (Paperback, 2020, Melville House)

Nothing is harder to do these days than nothing. But in a world where our …

If you want to read philosophy/anthropology that talks about federated social networks...

Densely packed with insights and a critical reading of the philosophy of place and of work. Anti-capitalist and introspective. Often surprising in its approach and conclusions. An excellent piece about resistance.

Turned me on to Mastodon and other federated, decentralized and anti-corporate forms of social media, as well as bioregionalism