#books

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During the birdsite's heyday, it was a place where we engaged with other people who cared about sending to incarcerated . We followed and retweeted book programs in the US, Canada, UK, and France. We also chatted with many of our volunteers and supporters.

We love Mastodon, but are finding it a bit lonely. We would love to follow other groups that send books to people in . Does anyone have recommendations for whom we should follow?

Boosts welcome.

PSA: The excellent series by Martha Wells is available as a Humble Bundle right now, all 7 books in the series + 7 short stories and other novels. DRM-free epub files. Highly recommended.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/martha-wells-murderbot-and-more-tor-books

"Despite being a powerful and lethal security unit, Murderbot is an extreme introvert. Its primary goal is to be left alone so it can spend its time watching hours of its favorite soap operas and other media. It's highly cynical, sarcastic, and finds human interaction to be awkward and tedious. However, it also finds itself unexpectedly forming bonds with the humans it's supposed to protect, which leads to a lot of internal conflict and reluctant heroism."

Book cover for "The Murderbot Diaries," showing an astronaut (actually a SecUnit, a human-like cyborg) with a in a spacesuit floating in front of a spaceship in deep space.

Time to thin the library of software engineering books that I no longer need or, in the case of the C++ ones, no longer (and never did) bring me joy. I doubt any charity shop will take these and I can’t just put them in recycling. If you would like any of these for the cost of postage (which for some will be sizeable), DM me. UK only, and I am in East Sussex if you wished to collect. Titles and weights in alt text. Please boost for reach and reuse!

Books for disposal. Weights given for postage purposes. “The C++ Programming Language,” 1.8 kg. “The C++ Standard Library,” 1.5 kg. “C++ Coding Standards,” 0.5 kg. “Exceptional C++ Style,” 0.6 kg. “The Design and Evolution of C++,” 0.6 kg. “Design Patterns,” 1.0 kg. “Programming Perl,” 1.1 kg. “Perl Cookbook,” 1.2 kg. “The Standard C Library,” 0.8 kg. “Building Embedded Linux Systems,” 0.7 kg. “Linux Security Cookbook,” 0.6 kg. “SSH: The Secure Shell,” 1.2 kg. “Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment,” 2.2 kg. “TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1: The Protocols,” 1.3 kg. “UNIX Network Programming,” 1.7 kg.

i saw that crimethinc's demonstrator's guides were gaining traction (again) on here, so i decided to format them into one collection and printed off 30 of them to share.

i'm an amateur, so these are not publishing house quality -- but hey, they work fine, and the info and pictures are all there.

includes very detailed info on:
helmets, goggles, masks, armor, various police tactics and tools, blockades, lockdowns, and banners.

if you would like one, send me a direct message or email with a mailing address and i'll send one -- it's only ~$4 to ship, so i'm willing to cover the cost myself. if you're in the portland, oregon area, please arrange for a drop off or pick up.

email: fallrise@riseup.net

a stack of spiral bound copies of "crimethinc's collected demonstrator's guides on how to protect yourself at protests". the front and back covers show several dynamic scenes from protests and riots. the open pages show the table of contents, info on helmets, and examples of types of gas masks.