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   lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:23:11 JST lainy
   read any good books lately?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:26:05 JST lainy

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     @vaartis i've read it several times but i don't think i've actually read all of it
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     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:26:07 JST vaartis running up that hill

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     @lain still have not finishewd house of leaves v_v
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:29:08 JST lainy

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     @vaartis i guess it's also not supposed to be read like a normal book, it's not like i feel like i've been missing out by skipping some parts
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     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:29:10 JST vaartis running up that hill

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     @lain it's quite difficult to read
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     vaartis running up that hill (vaartis@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 05:31:43 JST vaartis running up that hill

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     @lain i've been reading the annoying parts too, so
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     clay vaulin (clayvaulin@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 06:30:57 JST clay vaulin

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     @lain it can be a little rough aroud the edges but the way marinetti uses describes scenes and uses extended metaphor is absolutely incredible, it also has a good plot and decent characters.
     mafarka.epub
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 07:06:53 JST kaia

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     Spycraft: The Secret History of the CIA's Spytechs from Communism to Al-Qaeda (++++)
     
     Joseph Fouché by Stefan Zweig (+++++)
     
     hbu?
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     lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 07:12:35 JST lainy

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     @kaia currently mostly reading rudy rucker short stories, but i started a book called 'the emperor of scent', which is about a scientist who tries to find out who the sense of smell works.
     
     i didn't even know that was much of a questions, but it is, because smell seems to be doing something that's impossible: detect any kind of molecule, instantly.
     
     for comparison, the digestive system detects (and digests) some molecules instantly, but can't adapt very much (you can never eat grass).
     
     and the immune system can detect (and destroy) most molecules, but it takes time (you get a flu first).
     
     but the sense of smell can detect any molecule in a certain size range, without ever having seen it, either in the lifetime of the person or in evolutionary history.
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 07:14:13 JST kaia

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     @lain downloading Emperor of Scent :mukiLook:
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     \\ (slash@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Saturday, 16-Sep-2023 15:45:20 JST \\

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     @lain @kaia There’s a mark rober vid that came out not too long ago that went over a related subject, which is how cool a tracking dog’s abilities are.. They’re able to isolate a unique scent in a crowd of people, even when multiple scents are present on the object presented to give the scent, and immediately narrow down to the scent they’re supposed to find through a process of elimination using who else is around them in a crowd- and they mentally catalogue this scent in a way that still lets them distinguish the smell even if minor things have changed about it day-to-day, like for example cologne, shampoo, etc. Super interesting.

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     ベッサーヴィッサー (besserwisser@shitposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 03:55:54 JST ベッサーヴィッサー

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     @lain Listening to the Horus Heresy book series.
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