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J'aime les livres, parfois je les déchire. Je lis moitié de la SF, moitié des livres politiques et moitié d'autres trucs. Lis et commente en anglais et français. Administrateur de l'instance.

Reading half Sci-Fi, half political books, half other things. Read and comment books in English or French. Instance admin.

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2024 Reading Goal

82% complete! Bob has read 37 of 45 books.

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Kate Conger, Ryan Mac: Character Limit (2024, Penguin Publishing Group) 4 stars

Rising star New York Times technology reporters, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tell for the …

What a douche

4 stars

In some ways this is a parallel companion piece to Nick Bilton’s Hatching Twitter, and the authors actively consulted that book while writing this one. I was expecting Musk to come off incredibly badly, and he does; I was not necessarily expecting the wider cast of sycophants and narcissists, up to and including the biographer Walter Isaacson. There’s no pretense of objectivity here - Musk’s associates are repeatedly referred to as “goons” - and in a way that’s a detraction. The unadorned facts themselves are already an indictment. But this is grippingly told - and takes on a new meaning given Musk’s involvement in the second Trump administration. Someone please stage an intervention.