sapka.pl is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
There are other talented writers here too!
For instance, @Jaimieserotica is being published in her first book very soon.
Jaimie is a sex blogger. Reader discretion advised etc.
It is available for pre-order in both hard copy and eBook formats (but seemingly only via Amazon; sorry).
https://kinkycats.org/@Jaimieserotica/117361051980920639
Pre-orders now open for the eBook version of 'Carnal Alchemy'!!
For a mere three of your English pounds (prolly about 4 euros/dollars) you can get not only my story of sexy magic but a bunch of other stories by some proper erotica writers.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0HLG8R156/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LI0VUY8KC58E&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kyqvpqVFqDDUeRaA_3fkBD2ZR-UKOSBE3HxkRpwUkrDGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.Fzv_vI5AwPbmLVv5x_tLLnpLmKnTvROk6JO6HRoT8ms&dib_tag=se&keywords=carnal+alchemy&qid=1790787330&sprefix=carnal+alchemy%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-2
I am eagerly awaiting @kimcrawley's new book, "Recovering After Gen AI".
This current wave of genAI hyperbole is, IMHO, a bubble which will pop in the not too distant future. Or, at least, there will be considerably more scepticism of its use than there is today.
Either way, thinking about what recovery will look like seems like time well spent.
Kim is smart, provocative, and an excellent writer.
Kim is self-publishing it, and funding it via Kickstarter, so if you fancy helping a fedi author *and* getting something topical and interesting to read very soon, perhaps pledge for a copy?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kimcrawley/recovering-after-gen-ai
boostedA Halloween sale! https://books.bookfunnel.com/halloweenienewsletter/3n21zv3gfd #books #Halloween
Nina Conti episode of Liberation Conversations is now up at patreon.com/robinince and also an excerpt from my new book The Future of Jokes
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/liberation-bonus-171876329
#comedy #mentalhealth #books
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At the age of 58, FINALLY got around to reading some Proust. (First volume of Lost Time.)
a. Love his writing style.
b. Hate his subjects. (Ok, some of the early childhood stuff was good.)
For that time & place, I'd MUCH rather read Colette. (Goal for the next year: read some Colette in the original. My French isn't quite good enough, but it's close. Could be good enough with a little effort.)
“I think if you live long enough, you become a migrant from another timeline. There’s the world you learn to navigate as you enter adulthood, and then that world slips away from you by degrees, and after a while there’s nothing left of it, but you’re still here.”
Exit Party. Emily St. John Mandel.
My new book - The Future of Jokes - is out now - here is a little reading with, as ever, numerous digressions
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/liberation-bonus-171876329
New Scientist named HYPERSCALE one of its best popular science books of October. Less than two weeks until you can get a copy of your own!
Preorder US: https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9798217048526
Preorder UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/10298/9781805227458
More info: https://hyperscalebook.com
#tech #techindustry #datacenters #artificialintelligence #ai #newbooks #reading #books
i'm genuinely surprised at how well the authors of this history of the ARPAnet strike a balance between careful technical descriptions of hardware and software, useful metaphors for understanding how they work, and the personalities behind them.
every few pages, i learn something genuinely important about computing history which had direct consequences for how i work and live today.
in the computer game history world, most people recognize Will Crowther as 'that guy who created ADVENTURE' (which directly led to the entire text adventure genre).
what no one ever talks about is that before Adventure, Crowther was a chief programmer on the ARPAnet project, and designed the dynamic routing system for packet delivery. the routing software was written entirely in incredibly tight Honeywell 516 assembly, to make intelligent decisions about how to get packets from origin to destination without using a static (deterministic) routing table
a variation of this concept went into BGP, which is the very foundation of internet routing.
it's very telling that the wikipedia entry for Crowther is almost entirely about Adventure, and has almost nothing about his major contributions to the ARPAnet.
'They were cranes dancing on the marsh. They reached their wings out to one another, curled their necks and squawked. They started moving towards him. He sat completely still, breathing as quietly as he could. He had never seen anything so wondrous. He stared at their beaks and swaying tail feathers. Their necks moving up and down. The birds hopped about, as clumsy as newborn calves and yet the most elegant, graceful things he had ever seen.' -- from 'Tangled Roots' by Maria Turtschaninoff, trans. A.A. Prime
#WednesdayBookQuote #books #ReadingJournal #reading @bookstodon
Now on #Kickstarter! Festive Fantasy Holiday Tales, fill your fall with #Christmas and #holiday #magic! https://link.rebeccasenese.com/ffht-ks2 #books #contemporaryfantasy
My new book HYPERSCALE is out in two weeks — and my copies just arrived!
I recorded an unboxing video to share some thoughts as it gets closer to release and show you what it looks like. Hate data centers? You’re going to want a copy!
Preorder yours today: https://bookshop.org/a/18331/9798217048526
#tech #ai #generativeai #datacenters #reading #books #newbooks #artificialintelligence
Bonus Lucia Osborne Crowley conversation has just gone up
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/lucia-osborne-171424704
#podcast #books #author #activist
“A tech reporter takes on an ever-expanding story: the endless proliferation of massive data centers.”
Kirkus named HYPERSCALE one of its best books to read in October. Another great signal as the release date gets closer!
Preorder your copy now: https://hyperscalebook.com
#tech #datacenters #ai #artificialintelligence #newbook #reading #books
10 Literary Translators on the Art of Translation
"Like the ghostwriter, the translator must slip on a second skin."
by Emily Temple
Books by translators at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=translators
“There are a lot of books being published about how Big Tech is ruining our environment and our minds (often by publishers that still think AI might work for them), but Hyperscale is the one I’ve got my eye on this fall.”
@literaryhub recommends my new book HYPERSCALE on its non-fiction list!
Preorder your copy: https://hyperscalebook.com
#tech #reading #books #techbooks #datacenters #artificialintelligence
Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?826
L, Virgil Finlay, 1956; R, Cosimo Scianna, 1966
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Talked to someone who has been dabbling in translating fiction. This guy was horrified when I told him that if he uses machine translation for more than dictionary checks of individual words, he can't put his name on the translation and the work is ineligible under most standard publishing contracts.
"OMG, but then it would take FOREVER to translate a novel!?!?"
Yes. You're right. That's why translators get paid.
I like finding Audiobooks narrated by famous people. One of my favorite books, The Fireman is read by Kate Mulgrew. I loved Gareth David-Lloyd’s narration of The Call of Cthulhu. Now I’m eyeing Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake performed by Meryl Streep.
Anyone else have similar experiences with audiobooks? #books #audiobooks
#OverUnder 085 with @theresmiling.
She shares her thoughts about #Arduino, #Polaroids , #television, #StarTrek, and #eggs.
She also replied to @gabz about her everyday carry or just something she'd be lost without
And, we got two #books recommendations. YAAAY .
#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #blogging #tvshows #tv #photography
#100DaysToOffload 90/100
New column, rumination, and update: "What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading?" sciencefictionruminations.com/2026/09/27/w...
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
I’m an author and journalist writing about science and technology and media and information. My books include Chaos, The Information, and Time Travel, as well as biographies of Richard Feynman and Isaac Newton.
Coming November 10:
The Telephone—A New History
https://around.com/8170-2/
#Introduction #authors #science #chaos #books #information #timetravel #telephone
Want to make sense of the AI doom loop? The Guardian says you should should check out my forthcoming book HYPERSCALE.
“This is a deep investigation into the physical impact of AI data centers around the world.”
Preorder now: https://hyperscalebook.com
Check out the full list: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/17/ai-doom-books-reading-list
#tech #ai #artificialintelligence #datacenters #reading #books #newbook
RE: https://mastodon.social/@robinince/117332620969156755
Thank you to everyone who is supporting the Patreon in any way - the main feature is Liberation Conversations but I try to put something interesting up most days #podcast #books #psychology
Today’s reading is from a book that inspired Derek Jarman - Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them - podcast available for free to anyone who signs up to Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/beautiful-and-to-170551690 #beauty #flowers #gardening #books #lgbtq
Today’s reading is from a book that inspired Derek Jarman - Beautiful Flowers and How to Grow Them - podcast available for free to anyone who signs up to Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/beautiful-and-to-170551690 #beauty #flowers #gardening #books #lgbtq
John Brunner (1934-1995) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11
L, Steele Savage, 1969; R, Murray Tinkelman, 1976
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
Artist Jack Gaughan (1930-1985) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1805
L, 1965; R, 1967
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
🇲🇽 boostedI put up some more Science Gossip last night . Tonight, I think a little of Women of the London Underworld
https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/of-glow-worms-170288539 #crime #pulp #books #science
Liberation Conversations is here - episode one - Hollie McNish - I hope you think we are worth supporting https://www.patreon.com/RobinInce/posts/liberation-1-170240402 #poetry #podcast #feminism #creativity #writing #books
I will be at The Heath Bookshoo between two and four pm tomorrow if you want help with browsing , a poem or a conversation #bookshop #books #poetry #neurodiversity #adhd #conversation