Exhausted anarchist and school abolitionist who can be found at nerdteacher.com where I muse about school and education-related things, and all my links are here. My non-book posts are mostly at @whatanerd@treehouse.systems, occasionally I hide on @whatanerd@eldritch.cafe, or you can email me at n@nerdteacher.com. [they/them]
I was a secondary literature and humanities teacher who has swapped to being a tutor, so it's best to expect a ridiculously huge range of books.
And yes, I do spend a lot of time making sure book entries are as complete as I can make them. Please send help.
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Presents advice on the basic elements of narrative prose, covering point of view, sentence length and complex syntax, indirect narration, …
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and …
A lot of what was written here is unsurprising, especially if you've had to deal with any level of bureaucracy or public services. It's becoming clearer that we're under constant surveillance, and that it's especially true of anyone who needs public services. It goes into depth into a handful of services, creating case studies out of each one to highlight the elements that we should be both aware and cautious of.
Though the book focuses on the US, a lot of the lessons can be translated to places like Europe. These processes, though Europe does have more of a movement around "the right to be forgotten" and the inclusion of the GDPR (which generally seems to be... superficial, at best), are still in existence here. They are used against some of the most vulnerable people: the Romani, poor, asylum-seekers/refugees, immigrants.
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and …
A lot of what was written here is unsurprising, especially if you've had to deal with any level of bureaucracy or public services. It's becoming clearer that we're under constant surveillance, and that it's especially true of anyone who needs public services. It goes into depth into a handful of services, creating case studies out of each one to highlight the elements that we should be both aware and cautious of.
Though the book focuses on the US, a lot of the lessons can be translated to places like Europe. These processes, though Europe does have more of a movement around "the right to be forgotten" and the inclusion of the GDPR (which generally seems to be... superficial, at best), are still in existence here. They are used against some of the most vulnerable people: the Romani, poor, asylum-seekers/refugees, immigrants.
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
The State of …
When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. …
Hidden for years, the mysterious Court of Owls surfaces in Gotham City--what must Batman do to defeat them, and what …
Hidden for years, the mysterious Court of Owls surfaces in Gotham City--what must Batman do to defeat them, and what …
Gotham City's worst criminals--Joker, Riddler, Ra's al Ghul, Clayface and others--have emerged to throw Batman's …
The story can be interesting, but this book is far too difficult to read. There was zero consideration for any person with a reading disability in the use of colours on the textboxes. It's way too much of a struggle to even read all the blue narrative boxes and black text.
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
The State of …
Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, Edward Said explores the profound implications of Freud’s …
Using an impressive array of material from literature, archaeology and social theory, Edward Said explores the profound implications of Freud’s …
The Women Incendiaries tells the often overlooked story of the crucial role played by women …
Therefore women could not but be concerned; yet people talked about the freeing of man, but not of woman. Women were rejected and discouraged when they wanted to serve the Revolution. It is in this sense that their rejection was a reactionary step. A history of the period since 1789 could be written under the title "A History of the Inconsistencies of the Revolutionary Party." But this attitude of many Commune officers toward women corresponds to an age-old feeling that is too deep and too widespread for it to be easily changed, despite various interventions.
A collection of Batman comics, originally published in thirteen monthly installments, following the efforts of …
Feels like a tedious nostalgia trip, where not much of the story feels cohesive. The twist at the end is kind of nonsensical, if anything.
