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What if gender and sexuality were widely accepted as cont… text/html 2023-05-29T00:12:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:abstract_algebra?rev=1685319139&do=diff Abstract Algebra, 3e A thorough introduction to abstract algebra, from groups to rings to modules to vector spaces and so on. Notes Quotient Groups and Homomorphisms I've always had a tenuous grasp on cosets and quotient groups, but this book is helping me make sense of them. Unlike previous texts which use cosets to define quotient groups, this one uses the structure of quotient groups to describe cosets. Its initial focus is on how group homomorphisms give rise to quotient groups. 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Its 600-plus pages are positively packed with yet more stories that have been clearly excised from our schools' history courses. In fact, it's hard to shake the feeling that the 2011 film text/html 2023-05-29T21:17:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:annihilation?rev=1685395022&do=diff Annihilation I read this whole book in a single afternoon, and even though I finished it no more than an hour ago, I'm struggling for the words to describe it. Most of all, I wonder how it could sustain two sequels. It's not that I think the concept is exhausted by the end; far from it. But Annihilation is such a personal story and its content so dreamlike that I worry a follow-up, especially one focused on the Southern Reach itself, would cheapen it. 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Annihilation was intensely personal and deeply abstract. How do you follow that up? I think VanderMeer rose to that challenge. The story jumps into the aftermath of the first book, this time following the perspective of the Southern Reach's new acting director. 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They are often painful. Zimmer Land I don't believe the park was built to be a brutality simulator, at least not at first. Based on some of Hedley's remarks, I get the impression that it was meant to make the patrons reflect on their choices in each module. Why did I choose to be aggressive? Why did I target this person and not that one? That isn't necessarily an impossible task. 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(anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:raising_racists?rev=1685393248&do=diff Raising Racists text/html 2023-05-29T20:47:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:ratfucked?rev=1685393272&do=diff Ratfucked text/html 2023-05-30T18:51:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:rogue_state?rev=1685472690&do=diff Rogue State text/html 2023-05-30T18:37:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:self-made_man?rev=1685471865&do=diff Self-Made Man text/html 2023-05-29T20:48:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:sisters_in_hate?rev=1685393320&do=diff Sisters in Hate text/html 2023-05-12T00:18:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:slaughterhouse_five?rev=1683850700&do=diff Slaughterhouse Five 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read/have read. It's also fine to include articles, research papers, and videos. Not all of the works listed here are present because I agree with or endorse their contents. Many are, but several are here in a text/html 2023-05-30T18:43:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:stiff?rev=1685472187&do=diff Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers text/html 2023-05-29T20:58:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:stonewall?rev=1685393935&do=diff Stonewall text/html 2023-05-29T21:06:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:suburban_nation?rev=1685394396&do=diff Suburban Nation text/html 2023-05-29T21:07:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:terror_love_and_brainwashing?rev=1685394420&do=diff Terror, Love, and Brainwashing text/html 2023-05-12T00:11:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_age_of_surveillance_capitalism?rev=1683850295&do=diff The Age of Surveillance Capitalism text/html 2023-05-29T21:16:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_alice_network?rev=1685395014&do=diff The Alice Network fiction text/html 2023-05-29T21:17:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_authoritarians?rev=1685395053&do=diff The Authoritarians A highly accessible and frankly enjoyable introduction to authoritarianism, written by someone who has studied the topic for decades. Perhaps the most important takeaway is that authoritarian followers are driven by one major desire: to appear “normal”. This feature of their psychology is highly exploitable, both by reactionary leaders and progressive movements. If we want to make the world a more equitable place, we need to stop asking for their permission. Make the world be… text/html 2023-05-11T23:43:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_bell_jar?rev=1683848605&do=diff The Bell Jar fiction text/html 2023-11-09T05:10:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_city_in_the_middle_of_the_night?rev=1699506602&do=diff The City in the Middle of the Night Notes Many centuries into the future, Earth has grown uninhabitable. Seven city-states came together to build the Mothership to move humanity to the stars, each responsible for a specific component: Calgary (?), Khartoum (?), Nagpur (interior design), New Shanghai (?), Ulaanbaatar (?), Zagreb (instruments, literature), ??? (?). The generations-long trip was, unsurprisingly, fraught with intercultural conflict. After several mini-wars, the Hydroponic Garden M… text/html 2023-05-29T21:07:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_city_the_city?rev=1685394454&do=diff The City & The City text/html 2023-09-10T22:59:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_civil_war_as_a_theological_crisis?rev=1694386768&do=diff The Civil War as a Theological Crisis history politics text/html 2023-05-20T01:41:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_coming_of_the_third_reich?rev=1684546871&do=diff The Coming of the Third Reich Notes Preface this book will cover the 18th-century Bismarckian Empire through the Nazi rise to power; it is interested in how they established their single-party system with seemingly little resistance from the German people text/html 2023-05-29T21:08:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_computer_boys_take_over?rev=1685394486&do=diff The Computer Boys Take Over text/html 2023-05-29T21:09:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_darkest_web?rev=1685394569&do=diff The Darkest Web text/html 2023-05-29T21:17:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_death_of_democracy?rev=1685395058&do=diff The Death of Democracy An examination of the Weimar Republic's final years. Accounts of this period I've previously heard (i.e. high school history) didn't even mention Weimar. It's especially important, given today's political climate, to study how fascist movements have consumed nations in the past. A running theme of Hett's account are the ways establishment conservatives sought to use Hitler to strengthen their own positions and ended up handing him the reins of the nation. It's a painful l… text/html 2023-05-29T21:10:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_death_of_expertise?rev=1685394625&do=diff The Death of Expertise text/html 2023-05-29T21:10:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_demon-haunted_world?rev=1685394658&do=diff The Demon-Haunted World text/html 2023-05-29T21:12:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_divine_comedy?rev=1685394733&do=diff The Divine Comedy text/html 2024-09-09T17:56:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_elements_of_computing_systems?rev=1725904615&do=diff The Elements of Computing Systems, 2ed %import common.WS %import common.CPP_COMMENT %import common.INT %import common.WORD %ignore WS %ignore CPP_COMMENT start: (LABEL | ainstr | cinstr)* LABEL: "(" WORD ")" ainstr: "@" SYMBOL SYMBOL: WORD | INT | "R" "0".."15" | "SP" | "LCL" | "ARG" | "THIS" | "THAT" | "KBD" | "SCREEN" cinstr: (DEST "=")? COMP (";" JUMP)? // not satisfied with this; could it be cleaner? DEST: "A" "D"? "M"? | "A"… text/html 2023-05-29T21:11:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_elements_of_statistical_learning?rev=1685394703&do=diff The Elements of Statistical Learning text/html 2023-05-29T21:06:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_entrepreneurial_state?rev=1685394368&do=diff The Entrepreneurial State text/html 2023-07-23T02:14:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_ethical_slut?rev=1690078483&do=diff The Ethical Slut Thoughts I did not expect this book to affect me in the ways it has. If nothing else, it has given me plenty of things to discuss with my therapist. Until recently, I've never felt that I could be comfortable in non-monogamy. I never disagreed with the core premise that it's unreasonable and unhealthy to expect a singular person to meet all of one's physical and emotional needs. 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A mother, newly widowed and desperate to save her daughter, ends a centuries-long battle by sacrificing herself in a gasoline explosion. It is a painful but satisfying (dare I say badass) endpoint for her story. And then, out of nowhere, one of the side characters declares that she can be revived on a technicality — and so she is, at the comparatively minimal cost of her eyesight and the life of a character the reader barely know… text/html 2023-06-22T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_testaments?rev=1687452932&do=diff The Testaments fiction text/html 2023-09-10T22:59:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_third_reich_at_war?rev=1694386792&do=diff The Third Reich at War history text/html 2023-09-10T23:00:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_third_reich_in_power?rev=1694386801&do=diff The Third Reich in Power history fascism germany text/html 2023-05-29T20:54:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_utopia_of_rules?rev=1685393687&do=diff The Utopia of Rules text/html 2023-05-29T20:54:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:the_will_to_change?rev=1685393659&do=diff The Will to Change text/html 2023-05-29T20:53:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:this_nonviolent_stuff_ll_get_you_killed?rev=1685393634&do=diff This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed text/html 2023-06-12T04:42:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:topology?rev=1686544968&do=diff Topology, 2ed Notes Set Theory and Logic This chapter is a review of basic mathematical concepts, beginning with set theory. One key point to keep in mind is that Munkres will occasionally disambiguate the notation $(a,b)$ as an ordered pair versus as an interval by using $a\times b$$\subset$$\subseteq$$\subsetneq$$f:A\to B$$A$$B$$f(A)$$f$$A_0\subseteq A$$f|A_0$$\{(a, f(a)): a\in A_0\}$$f:A\to B, A_0\subseteq A, B_0\subseteq B$$A_0\subseteq f^{-1}(f(A_0))$$f$$f(f^{-1}(B_0))\subseteq B_0$$f$$a… text/html 2023-05-29T20:53:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:troll_nation?rev=1685393592&do=diff Troll Nation text/html 2023-05-12T00:33:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:ugly_war_pretty_package?rev=1683851638&do=diff Ugly War, Pretty Package text/html 2023-05-12T00:36:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:understanding_analysis?rev=1683851763&do=diff Understanding Analysis, 2ed math real_analysis text/html 2023-05-12T00:36:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:unit_operations?rev=1683851791&do=diff Unit Operations text/html 2023-05-12T00:37:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:ur-fascism?rev=1683851827&do=diff Ur-Fascism fascism text/html 2023-05-29T20:51:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:von_menschen_und_mensch_innen?rev=1685393473&do=diff Von Menschen und Mensch*innen text/html 2024-09-11T21:18:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:warrior_princesses_strike_back?rev=1726089532&do=diff Warrior Princesses Strike Back Thoughts There are some weirdly unpolished aspects to this book. For example, each chapter ends with a reflection section, each of which opens with a “Lakota Laws” heading. On its own, this is an excellent way to both introduce readers to the authors' culture and tie those values to the reflection that follows. The problem is that across ten chapters they only provide five unique examples, and occasionally the two given in one chapter are identical to the two fro… text/html 2023-05-12T00:09:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:when_prophecy_fails?rev=1683850175&do=diff When Prophecy Fails text/html 2023-05-29T20:50:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:why_are_all_the_black_kids_sitting_together_in_the_cafeteria?rev=1685393421&do=diff Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria text/html 2023-05-29T20:49:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:witches_of_america?rev=1685393382&do=diff Witches of America text/html 2023-05-29T20:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://sinensis.uninformed.xyz/reading:wonderbook?rev=1685393360&do=diff Wonderbook