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how's your week going, Beehaw (self.chat)

submitted 9 months ago by alyaza to c/chat

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about to finish book 9 out of 40 for the year this morning. we're also in the planning stages of something related to Beehaw which hopefully we'll fit into this month, but no promises

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[–] tiago 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

that's great! way ahead of the goal, i see. what was this last book about?

i've met with 3 people i cherish and haven't seen in a while (a best friend, a cousin, and a fwb), yet there's this lingering sensation it was all sour and i didn't know how to properly react.

apart from that, I've been more physically active in the evenings. and I've eaten! regularly!

i treated myself by having a loooong play session of Hollow Knight. the stopping point was right after a key upgrade, so it felt like a cliffhanger (!!!) for when i pick it up again.

[–] alyaza 3 points 9 months ago

that’s great! way ahead of the goal, i see. what was this last book about?

it was Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion which, as the title might imply, is about Cuba and how it conducts elections (with a lot of context for how that system was arrived at, how it works, features of the system, etc).

i wrote about it fairly briefly as follows elsewhere:

i think this is a good book on the Cuban system as seen from Cuba, and a good book if you're looking for a heterodox opinion on Cuba's system. i'm sure you won't agree with every assertion in the book, nor every prescription that Cuba's system applies—i certainly don't—but i have much more appreciation for the Cuban system than i did previously