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The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman

If you feel compelled to begin a debate about the literal nature of the Bible in response to the above quote that takes historical and cultural views into account, save your time and mine… just unfollow.
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #oncologyreading #thebibleisnotliteral #thebibleisnothistory

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The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman

The time has officially arrived to break some hearts!
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #creationism #evolution #oncologyreading #thebibleisnothistory

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The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman

36 seconds in… I am grinning
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #Audiobook

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The Bible Doesn't Say That: 40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings | Dr. Joel M. Hoffman

I have no clue why I‘m in the mood for this… or if I even really am… but here goes nothing. Let‘s break some hearts and piss off some people!
#JoelMHoffman #TheBibleDoesntSayThat #audiobook #oncologyreading

TheBookHippie I enjoyed it. 2h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie girl, I am enjoying it already! 1h

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

#MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook #JeanPaulSartre #life #despair

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

Nora is absolutely obsessed with Thoreau.
#MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook #philosophy #HenryDavidThoreau

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

I love the drops of philosophy in this. The fact the MC was a philosophy major certainly sets the tone.
#MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook #philosophy #ArthurSchopenhauer #compassion #morality

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

Well, this is something to think about.
#MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook #philosophy #TheMeaningOfLife #ManyWorldsInterpretation

TheBookHippie I ordered up a copy cannot wait!!! 18h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it‘s turning out to be quite philosophical. 17h

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The Midnight Library | Matt Haig

Wasn‘t sure what book to start next, the @TheBookHippie shared a post by this author, and then I knew!
#MattHaig #TheMidnightLibrary #audiobook

TheBookHippie 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 22h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it has Hannah Arendt‘s “The Origins of Totalitarianism” in it! 15h

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics OMG!!! 14h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie YUP 🧡🧡🧡 14h

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

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How is everyone doing, today? How is everyone doing with this book? I‘m opening this week‘s discussion to talk about anything! Let‘s call this our bookish group therapy session. lol
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

TheBookHippie I‘m just setting down with it -gathering thoughts … however- I think I‘d like to be an octopus. I find myself very very aligned with them 😂🤣😂 22h

TheBookHippie Honestly though the book is good. It‘s not about these animals necessarily but us and I am enjoying trying to explore that thought. 22h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I was seriously have been thinking the same thoughts while reading this week‘s chapter. There are a couple of parts where I was thinking, yup, I‘m an octopus. It‘s so interesting to see ourselves through this other very different lens. I feel like we could all just be octopi and have our own little shell ledge and just hang out down there, ignoring the rest of the world for a while. 22h

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TheBookHippie @GingerAntics this exactly!!! I know @kspenmoll has posted some gems while reading and I think yes! It‘s quite fascinating. These last three years I‘ve read a lot of octopus books and I‘ve fallen for them where as before never considered them and then I thought - is it because we are taught to fear them or see them as icky? 22h

TheBookHippie Like I had octopuses all wrong… it‘s like what people did to witches. And now in this time we are living in -this hell scape, I think it‘s very important to learn and talk about all the creatures of the ocean and everywhere and their intelligence and everything else. So people don‘t kill them!!!! 22h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I feel like this is the same sort of place I‘m at. We are told all these scary things about them in school or we read these stories of giant ones that could eat a human or something, and so we fear what we don‘t know enough about. Then in this book, we‘re looking at these octopi that are as small as the tip of your finger or the size of a pet dog. I want to go diving and put out my arm, just to watch an octopus put out theirs too. 22h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie what an amazing experience that would be. 22h

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics EXACTLY! Which is why I fear project 2025. And I too want to just swim with them. 22h

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @GingerAntics what group is this? Because I have been reading a lot about octopi in the last couple of years also. This book has been on my radar for a while. I would love to have read it with a group. Do you really think that if people understood that creatures of the ocean have intelligence the creatures would be protected from being killed? People kill other people. Am I being cynical? 21h

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 they‘d protect an animal over a person sometimes. In my experience once something is in your life, or you have an experience with it, it isn‘t as easy to kill. That‘s why travel, community, zoos, field trips etc are important. We are still reading this book. 21h

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 We are the #DeadPhilosophersSociety you can look back at what we read and who we are. 21h

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie Thank you for the info. I definitely will check y‘all out. I see where you‘re coming from but what about aquariums and whale watches? Their presence doesn‘t keep people from polluting the oceans. Zoos don‘t prevent people from calling climate change fake news. People still want their rhino horns for aphrodisiacs and people still want their gorilla hand ashtrays. I believe it is vital to love and respect our fellow human (cont)⬇️ (edited) 21h

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie beings and equally as vital to love and care for this planet and all the creatures who live on it. But I question the willingness of the majority to do the same. (edited) 21h

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 every one saved is a good day. A lot of zoos and aquariums do massively good work to keep species from extinction. The majority may never do good, it‘s an everyday fight to get the minimum in most things, that‘s just life. I focus on who is doing good and how I can help them. 20h

CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @GingerAntics Have you got a reading plan for the entire year or do you vote on books on a monthly or bi-monthly or whatever basis? 20h

GingerAntics @CatLass007 I think it has a lot to do with the way people are raised and what they are open to. People who were raised in the theology of the world is ours to subdue and dominate can learn something else. People who use rhino horn instead of viagra don‘t have the means or education to know better. It‘s all about giving people opportunities to learn something new. Some will take it and some won‘t. Every opportunity is exactly that: a chance. 20h

GingerAntics @CatLass007 not everyone will take it, but some will. It takes time. There are zoos like we had when we were kids, and there are zoos now that talk about conservation efforts and are part of those efforts. All of those things change how kids see the world. All of those kids grow up to be adults who see the world as something they can work with or against. It‘s all a process. 20h

GingerAntics @CatLass007 you can only do what you can do… and sometimes you just want to join a colony of octopi. 20h

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie girl, same! I‘m ready. Let‘s go. Let‘s just join an octopi colony. I wonder what they do instead of reading. I don‘t think the salt water will be good for the books or our e-readers. 20h

GingerAntics @CatLass007 when we get done with this book, we will take a few weeks off and choose a new book, then we do a chapter a week until we finish. We‘ve tried planning multiple books ahead and it never works. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 20h

CatLass007 @GingerAntics @TheBookHippie You both have said things that make me want to think some more about what I just said. I think that‘s the point of philosophy, having discussions that make you think. 20h

TheBookHippie @CatLass007 🙃 20h

CatLass007 Thank you. I participate in some buddy reads in which the books are planned for the entire year. I participate in others in which the books are voted on monthly. I personally like to know what books will be discussed for the entire year because it helps me plan my budget and my library holds. But I understand that‘s not always possible. 20h

kspenmoll I am still catching up but I loved and laughed at “feisty” Charles the octopus! 19h

kspenmoll @GingerAntics @TheBookHippie My husband has always had a penchant for octopuses because he grew up in FL. We have had books & creatures & he played an octopus with my son. 😀 19h

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll it‘s so life giving reading this book! I too like feisty Charles, shocking I know! My grandson adores them so I‘ve been immersed these past two years and loving it. 19h

kspenmoll @CatLass007 @TheBookHippie @GingerAntics Here is a recent story of one seal baby saved. One=many. https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/mysterious-seal-found-in-new-hav... (edited) 19h

GingerAntics @kspenmoll wasn‘t he great?! 19h

GingerAntics @CatLass007 welcome to the party! 19h

CatLass007 @GingerAntics Thank you. This book isn‘t available in my library and it definitely doesn‘t fall within my budget this month and probably not next month either. But I do plan to listen to the audiobook in the near future. I‘m afraid it‘s just a matter of $. 19h

CatLass007 @GingerAntics @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie Have y‘all read The Serviceberry? I just finished it and I thought it was excellent. I wouldn‘t mind a re-listen with you if you haven‘t already read it. 19h

AlaSkaat Also a fan of Charles! It makes me laugh how they will squirt lots of water at you simply because they don‘t like you. Why can‘t we do that?? 18h

AlaSkaat I‘m curious to know about their memory 18h

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat I‘m hoping that‘s coming up. I feel like that will be so interesting. 17h

GingerAntics @kspenmoll @TheBookHippie @CatLass007 @AlaSkaat anyone else watching The Americas tonight? If not, I highly recommend. Tom Hanks is doing an AMAZING job with the narration. It‘s just breathtaking! 17h

TheBookHippie @AlaSkaat yes!!! We need that skill!!! 17h

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics oh thx! 17h

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics I confused Tom Hanks for Tom Cruise and was so confused how he could be doing that so well 😂 can‘t watch it in the UK I think. 6h

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat that sucks! Especially because it‘s been done through BBC studios. 4h

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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase | Mark Forsyth

bailed

4 chapters in and I couldn‘t do this anymore. This is just a giant string of quotes followed by rubbish. Shakespeare wasn‘t a genius because he learned to write and got better at it as he did it, and because one hit wonders are geniuses? 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics Neil Armstrongs famous quote “makes no sense” because of static or because he botched it? God uses English rhetoric... in a document originally written in Hebrew and Greek? This guy is self important and boring. He doesn‘t have an original thought in this thing. He just says things he believes make him sound intelligent. I just can‘t. 1d

GingerAntics I have multiple books in Apple Books by this author, but I don‘t think I‘m reading any of them. I didn‘t even have time to post here that I‘d started the book. Poets don‘t have great thoughts and no one cares what they think anyway was probably my last straw. #MarkForsyth #TheElementsOfEloquence #Eloquence #NothingEloquentHere #DNF (edited) 1d

GingerAntics This is officially my first DNF of 2025! 🎉🍾🎊🍻🥳 1d

quietlycuriouskate I don't know the parameters of "the team" in this case but it surely sounds like you took one for it! 1d

GingerAntics @quietlycuriouskate thank you! May my experience prevent the rest of this team from having to experience whatever this thing was. 22h

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller | Oliver Darkshire

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This is a love letter to rare books and the people who sell them. This is a wonderful collection of tales from the author‘s time working at a rare bookshop. The book is quite humorous and wonderful to read. It‘s a quick read. I was actually a bit sad when it ended. I‘m sure there are plenty of takes he still has to tell, and I would love to hear them.
#OliverDarkshire #OnceUponATome #audiobook #readbytheauthor #books #rarebooks #bookseller

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller | Oliver Darkshire

I love the discussion of sensitive books only going to buyers or institutions that are going to keep the necessary context, that racists, nazis, homophobes, etc are going to find a book store that can‘t seem to find the book they‘re looking for, or they don‘t have any books on a topic a bookshelf they‘re keeping you far away from is dedicated to. 🤣😂🤣
#OliverDarkshire #OnceUponATome #audiobook #books #rarebooks #bookseller

kspenmoll Thanks for this!!!!💖 1d

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller | Oliver Darkshire

Everyone needs a Richard in their lives.
#OliverDarkshire #OnceUponATome #audiobook #books #rarebooks #bookseller

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller | Oliver Darkshire

This sounds like academia! 🤣😂🤣
#OliverDarkshire #OnceUponATome #audiobook #books #rarebooks #bookseller

TrishB It does indeed! 1d

GingerAntics @TrishB I feel like this works in other fields too… but this one definitely thrives on this. 1d

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Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller | Oliver Darkshire

I have got to get out of this strange run of romance novels and smut… so here we go.
#OliverDarkshire #OnceUponATome #audiobook #ReadByTheAuthor #nonfiction #HereWeGo

kspenmoll This sounds wonderful! 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll 100% recommend. It‘s oddly funny and quirky, but also rather insightful in places. 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

I‘m beginning to question if it EVER landed here.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #America #Freedom

kspenmoll 💙 That is the question isn‘t it? (edited) 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I suppose it is. We like to wax poetic about freedom around here, but it‘s never been true freedom. It‘s always been freedom for the select few. 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

I loved this part. So much for public happiness. Now those in power think happiness is frivolous and wasteful because it doesn‘t make any of them money.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #revolution #freedom #publichappiness #publicfreedom #KellonyaaniKellon #JinJiyanAzadi #SlavaUkraini #ICantBreathe

kspenmoll This is another wonderful thought provoking quote. 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll for all the founding father worship conservatives have become known for, this would be radical to them. Then again, let‘s be honest, the founding fathers were WAY more radical than most conservatives will admit (if they even know). 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Oh, America is even more quicksand than it was back that. If only she could see us now.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #America #quicksand

kspenmoll If only, yup. 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

Monstrous is also my word for it. Just saying.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld

kspenmoll 😈 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

This bothers me. This troubles me greatly. This feels just a little too MAGA for my liking. Peaceful protest is NOT violence by definition. Period. (Not saying everyone was peaceful, but to say that any entire movement is violent because some are is reductionist.)
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #protest #civilrights #america

kspenmoll Yes, she had some blind spots & old world attitudes towards people of color it seems. 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll is supposed for her time period, this was to be expected. 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

If only she could see us now! We‘ve only fallen further. MUCH, much further!
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #America #WhatAComeDown

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

This is a solid definition of capitalism as practiced here in American.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #Capitalism

kspenmoll 😱😭 1d

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We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience | Lyndsey Stonebridge

This is seriously poignant.
#LyndseyStonebridge #HannahArendt #WeAreFreeToChangeTheWorld #America #ConstitutionWorship

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Hello Tease | Kelsie Hoss

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Overall, I liked this story. I loved all the prank pulling and all the sweetness, love, and support. I do question if the author has ever been to Texas before, because the books set there seem to suggest that she hasn‘t... but I do believe she has driven (or at least talked to someone who has driven) in Dallas traffic.
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GingerAntics I have enjoyed this series, but this is where I get off the merry-go-round. The books are getting predictable now, and the final book feels like it‘s about a minor character. I just don‘t want to at this point. I know it‘s just one more book, but no. I just can‘t make myself even buy it. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 2d

GingerAntics The last few books have had some truly cringy moments with absolutely problematic ideas from otherwise good characters. These are even more problematic with the author being a woman. #KelsieHoss #HelloTease #audiobook 2d

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

This part made me laugh. I‘m not gonna lie.
🤣😂🤣
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety

kspenmoll 🤣 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll other than the not monogamous thing, I think this is another point in favour of me being an octopus. 1d

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

Imagine if your arm or your foot could actually process information in conjunction with your brain. Not just send information to your brain, but actually process that information and send the conclusions to your brain!
🤯🤯🤯
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety

kspenmoll That would make processing our environment lightening quick! 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll right? Just imagine how much different that experience would be? If we could keep our current brains and just add on the new neurones, think of how much mental space that could free up to think about other things! 1d

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

I may be an octopus.
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety

Bookwomble 💖🐙💖 1d

kspenmoll I just bet you are!!!!😂😂😂😉 (edited) 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll 🤣😂🤣 thank you 1d

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

What I wouldn‘t give to see an octopus in a coconut shell.
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety

kspenmoll This is so cool. 1d

GingerAntics @kspenmoll isn‘t it? I would LOVE to see this. 1d

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Hello Doctor | Kelsie Hoss

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This book gave me so many feels! I cracked in multiple places and even cried in multiple places. It is in contention for my favourite book in the series. I loved getting to see what a strong, amazing woman Liv is. She has to be with for crazy brothers. I love her compassion, patience, and her lack of fear to ask for help when she needs it. She‘s an amazing character, and it‘s been fun being in her head in this book.
#KelsieHoss #HelloDoctor

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Hello Billionaire | Kelsie Hoss

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This is my favourite book of the series, maybe because it‘s the first I ever read. The heartbreak was easier to get through this time around because I knew the ending and that it wouldn‘t last. It feels so much longer and so much harder the first time through. I loved this book even more the second time through. I‘m so excited to start Liv‘s book.
#KelsieHoss #HelloBillionaire #audiobook #escape #stillescaping

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Hello Temptation | Kelsie Hoss

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This one felt so much more like the first book. Even Mara is a loveable character again. I was SO excited when I realised that Tyler was Gage‘s brother, because the first book I ever read in this series was Gage‘s (the next book). This one felt a lot longer, but it was sweet.
#KelsieHoss #HelloTemptation #audiobook #escapism

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

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How is it going, ladies? Anyone else troubled that E. Coli can SMELL YOU?! I wonder if probiotics can sense when you‘re about to take them? Do they get lonely when I forget to take them for a while? The poor dears.
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll 😂😂😂 lonely probiotics! 1w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I know. I feel so bad for them. Don‘t tell them I can‘t find them right now. 1w

AlaSkaat I somehow lost the book. Where / how ??? but new one is coming tomorrow so I shall get back to this haha 7d

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GingerAntics @AlaSkaat oh my, really? That‘s horrible! I hate when that happens. Of course, as soon as the new one arrives, the original copy will appear. lol It‘s a law of physics or something. You got this. You‘re going awesome! 6d

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat it didn‘t arrive with like an alternate cover or something, did it? 6d

AlaSkaat @GingerAntics unfortunately I did not find the lost book. Where it could be I have absolutely no idea. I haven‘t lost a book in like… a week. I‘m kidding lol. But seriously it just disappeared! The new one came in good shape so I‘m back to reading 📖 6d

AlaSkaat I did find this book for free on Archive online, but I prefer physical copies for this, especially if I‘m to mark something interesting 6d

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat totally agree that adding notes is easier in physical copies. 100% I‘m glad you got your new copy. Perhaps someone saw it, thought it looked interesting, and wandered off with it. You have inadvertently spread knowledge. Good work! 6d

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

So next time you get food poisoning, just know that it smelled you coming!
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#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@TheBookHippie @ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp

kspenmoll Thanks for the humor!!!😂 1w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I found this fact to get terrifying!!! 1w

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Hello Fake Boyfriend | Kelsie Hoss

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Mara was such a great character in the first book, but she is absolutely monstrous in this one. She treats Jonas horribly. She doesn‘t care at all, ever, about what Jonas wants. Everything is all about her and no one else. Then, she just doesn‘t understand why everyone is hurt or upset.
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GingerAntics Jonas was such a great guy, until he described his rebound girl as more demure than Mara (as a preferable, good thing). He‘s still way better than Mara and deserves so much better. That one, out of character statement just felt so gross, though. I almost feel this is more a Kelsie Hoss thing than a Jonas thing, because it is REALLY out of character. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 1w

GingerAntics This dude offers to pay part of birth control pills for girl friends because it‘s his responsibility too. His mama taught him right! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 1w

GingerAntics I ended up listening to the final 10-15 chapters at 3x speed and skipping to the next chapter after listening to Mara be all upset about her life just not being fair when she made it that way for 30 seconds. In the end, the WRONG character apologised and made the grand gesture. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 1w

GingerAntics I just... I will not be listening to this book ever again. This very well may have ruined the first book and the third book, because WOW Mara is just such an unlikeable character. I am very nervous for Hen‘s book, next. This one was just that bad. #KelsieHoss #HelloFakeBoyfriend #audiobook #notgreat #PoorJonas 1w

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Hello Single Dad | Kelsie Hoss

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This is such a cute story. It‘s happy fluff. It‘s great escapism. It‘s one of those things that makes you smile to listen to, especially at the end. I can‘t wait to explore the rest of this series.
#KelsieHoss #HelloSingleDad #audiobook

kspenmoll Yay for escapism! 1w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll it‘s pretty much all I‘m reading right now. Part of it is reality just sucks, and the other part is the Onyx Storm book hangover. 1w

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Hello Single Dad | Kelsie Hoss

This just might be the GREATEST random detail of any book I‘ve ever read. The poor bear totally deserved a place in the list of characters.
#KelsieHoss #HelloSingleDad #Taxidermy #Bear #PoorBear #TaxerdmisedBear

AkashaVampie I almost read that as Pooh bear instead of poor bear 1w

GingerAntics @AkashaVampie 🤣😂🤣 that would have made it funnier!!! Next time I read this, I‘m picturing Pooh Bear taxadermed in this guy‘s office!!! 🤣😂🤣 1w

AkashaVampie @GingerAntics haha ur welcome. His face or butt or all of him? 1w

GingerAntics @AkashaVampie the description seemed to suggest it was an entire bear, so all of him! 1w

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Hello Single Dad | Kelsie Hoss

Sometimes, the greatest escapes have the greatest nuggets of wisdom… too bad men don‘t read them. 🙄
#KelsieHoss #HelloSingleDad #audiobook

LoverOfLearning I'll just “move“ him out of my way. I'll try to be nice about it, no promises. LOL 6d

GingerAntics @LoverOfLearning lol actually, it was a male MC who said this to another male character. It was great! 6d

LoverOfLearning @GingerAntics even better! He can be my partner in crime! 6d

GingerAntics @LoverOfLearning right? I think that‘s why the MMC is so lovable! He is and wants to be a partner, not a dictator. 6d

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Sinner | Sierra Simone

This straight up spoke to me. Even out of context. Especially out of context. There is the logical, analytical, academic part of the brain… and then there is the fear, anxiety, panicky part of the brain. This book really did rise above the smut (but that part was awesome, too).
#SierraSimone #Sinner #audiobook #bookhangover #profound #mindblown #beautiful

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Sinner | Sierra Simone

I was happily reading the second book of a series of smutty fluff I stumbled upon to help me get over my Onyx Storm hangover, I was met with what is quite possibly the most sex positive, philosophically profound thing I have ever read (in smut or otherwise). 🤯🤯🤯
#SierraSimone #Sinner #audiobook #bookhangover #sexpositive #bodypositive #profound #mindblown #beautiful

GingerAntics “To be fully human is to be fully sexual, and while that doesn‘t mean having sex or even sexual desire, it does mean being fully in your body. It means recognising that there‘s nothing any less holy about your body than there is about your soul. That as long as your body is treated with consent, and respect, and affection, and that you treat the bodies of others in the same way, 2w

GingerAntics there‘s nothing inherently sinful about your flesh, about its desires or lack of desires, about what it does or does not do. You do not have the ability to tarnish her or yourself. That right isn‘t given to any mortal person. She‘ll be no more or less holy for sex. The same goes for the lack of it.” 2w

MaGoose How true 👍 2w

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BookmarkTavern Oh wow. 👏🏻👏🏻 2w

GingerAntics @MaGoose it was so wonderful to hear this from a former priest, who left to marry the woman he fell in love with, 3 years after taking his vows. 2w

GingerAntics @BookmarkTavern @MaGoose THIS should be the sex ed line found in every curriculum. Period. Full stop. End of story. How much more healthy would the world be if THIS was what everyone‘s understanding of sex was centred around? 2w

BookmarkTavern Exactly! And the additional fact that it is sex positive without being condescending or insulting to people who don‘t have sex. 2w

GingerAntics @BookmarkTavern EXACTLY!!! Like feminism that allows a woman to WANT to stay home and raise her children… because it is her choice… because it is the choice that matters. 2w

BookmarkTavern Yes! The choice and the opportunity are what‘s important. A single, career minded woman is no more or less valid than a married, stay at home mother as long as they are both doing what they want to! 2w

GingerAntics @BookmarkTavern 🎯🎯🎯 2w

kspenmoll Yes! 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll since the whole series/trilogy are stand alone stories, I almost skipped this one. I am SO glad I didn‘t. I even cried at one point. Man that book was a rollercoaster! 2w

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Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness | Peter Godfrey-Smith

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Scuba Diving Philosophy. Thoughts so far?
#PeterGodfreySmith #OtherMinds #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
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kspenmoll I had to read slowly & felt I could note the whole chapter but I broke it down to a few thoughts that spoke to me. What the author writes of & his ocean world is totally new to me. 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll yeah, I was actually worried at first it wasn‘t philosophy, but he brought it around beautifully. I think this book is going to be an awesome adventure. I like the linking of the ocean world and ours. 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I even ended up looking up octopus eyes. lol 2w

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AlaSkaat My questions from last week were answered, haha 2w

AlaSkaat I forgot how much I liked biology, especially when it‘s in this form! I think I will enjoy this one. I can‘t say I know much about it though, but basically the octopus is a fluke? lol. Went down the wrong line maybe 2w

AlaSkaat An intelligent alien. - I‘m still confused. Does he mean the octopus can experience things as we can? Dolphins and such are very smart… but do they have consciousness? Can they ‘observe‘ the world? 🤷‍♀️ 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat the dolphin brain comes from the same place our brain does, evolutionarily. The octopus brain evolved from a different line. So its brain is fundamentally unique from all other intelligent brains on earth. That‘s what I got from the intelligent alien comment. 2w

AlaSkaat Aa that makes sense. Looking forward to reading more about that 2w

GingerAntics @AlaSkaat it is a truly unique perspective to think about… consciousness through octopi. 2w

ravenlee @AlaSkaat Dolphins have passed the mirror test, a standard test for self-awareness, and demonstrate long-term learning strategies. Without being able to communicate with them about their intellectual lives, that might be as close as we can get to saying they have consciousness. 2w

ravenlee @GingerAntics I like that the author is using philosophy to make the science more accessible, and the science to make the philosophy more accessible. Tying together two intimidating specialties in a way that both become less off-putting. 2w

GingerAntics @ravenlee the dolphins taking the mirror test is also beyond adorable! 100% agree about the accessibility point. He‘s really brought in a sense of wonder for all of it. It‘s wonderful! It‘s fun to read. 2w

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Conclave | Robert Harris

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I saw the movie first, then wanted to read the book, hoping for clarity on the ending. If anything, I have more questions now. Both the book and (so fittingly) the movie feel as though they end abruptly, as if, in the end, none of it matters. If anything, this is a commentary on the absolute lack of sex education by the church. Surely that would have given this poor family a clue that something was amiss.
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GingerAntics Although, I suppose it is also a commentary on the folly of taking physical attributes at birth as the authority on who a person actually is. #RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads The ending had nothing to do with the whole point of the book IMO. Seems like it was thrown in for effect. I loved its information about the Catholic Church. For me it was about the struggles of priests and the process of choosing the Pope #conclave (edited) 2w

GingerAntics @DrSabrinaMoldenReads the ending made NO sense. It literally couldn‘t/wouldn‘t happen. With more time to process, I‘m annoyed by the ending. I really enjoyed the whole thought process of the office of the pope being the loneliest job in Christendom… possibly the world. 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @GingerAntics Ok! Now, I 100% agree with you. Read my review of the book if you get chance 2w

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Conclave | Robert Harris

This is seriously getting tense now!
#RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen

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Conclave | Robert Harris

😂🤣😂 the snark really is strong
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Conclave | Robert Harris

Well, if you‘re not going to let anyone but the cardinals in the building at night, I suppose they‘ve got to alert the medics (50 meters away in a different building) that they are needed.
#RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen

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Conclave | Robert Harris

I adore these little glimpses that you just don‘t get in a movie.
#RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen

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Conclave | Robert Harris

😂🤣😂💀💀💀
As reference… I think it‘s been 2 days… which makes it even more funny.
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Conclave | Robert Harris

This is so real, and so abandoned in today‘s Christianity. I feel this is a real reason why so many have left and continue to leave the church.
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DrSabrinaMoldenReads I love my church and actually except for the ending, as a Catholic, I loved it. Priests are human beings, IMO, who have the same propensity to sin as others. 2w

GingerAntics @DrSabrinaMoldenReads I wish the church was willing to admit that, honestly. I grew up Catholic and never understood why you would hide abuse… even as a kid. I also wish the church embraced doubt more, but that‘s just me. 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @GingerAntics I totally agree with the concerns about hiding abuse. But, other churches/religions do the same. I don‘t get the focus on Catholicism. Pedophiles put themselves in positions where they can find their prey in all kinds of institutions. My viewpoint 2w

GingerAntics @DrSabrinaMoldenReads oh, that‘s 100% true. I feel like true “people of virtue,” “men of god,” etc etc, wouldn‘t hide it, wouldn‘t victim blame… but they do. 2w

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Conclave | Robert Harris

I don‘t remember snark being so strong in the movie. I‘m going to have to watch it again when I finish the book.
#RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen

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Conclave | Robert Harris

I‘ve wanted to read this since I watched the movie on 1 January. I‘ve just worked up the desire to read it.
#RobertHarris #Conclave #Audiobook #pagetoscreen

kspenmoll What do you think? I want to see the movie. 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll the movie was great. I get why everyone was talking about it. I‘m trying to get a better handle on the ending. We had quite a discussion for a ridiculous amount of time over it. Many have said the ending is more fleshed out in the book, so here‘s hoping. 2w

kspenmoll @GingerAntics I hope the book is clearer! I want to do the same:movie then book. 2w

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GingerAntics @kspenmoll I have a feeling I‘ll be watching the movie again when I‘m done. The book definitely enriches the movie. 2w

GingerAntics @kspenmoll I wish I could tell you the book is clearer… it‘s… different. I have SO many more questions and both feel like they end abruptly with no answers. Still highly recommend. 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I think he already had a movie in mind when he wrote this book. 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads It is alot like “The Inferno” by Dan Brown but provides more accurate info about Catholic religious practices 2w

GingerAntics @DrSabrinaMoldenReads the movie makes 100% more sense than the book. I liked Inferno better than this book, honestly. I think Inferno touched more on the less mainstream, random practices. I think Dan Brown is really good at finding those random, rare practices and rituals that most people don‘t know about to use in his books. 2w

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