The “good” billionaire benefits by giving away small portions of their wealth while Musk acts like a major douche. I’ve seen people jump to defend Bill Gates like him and Microsoft aren’t doing shady shhh too

They need to be taxed HEAVILY. I’m not saying it’s not nice that some give to charity but then you have to be their pet cause and of course, when money is involved, it’s hard not to make decisions based on what you think will keep the source of the money happy.

Yeah I feel like the focus really wasn’t on the government in the first book. It felt like it helped them to get to that point but at least didn’t seem to be a big concern on their journey north.

I’m reading it now too and I feel the same. Both feel very realistic but flipped in order. I’m not too far in yet though.

ebook>paperback>hardcover. I find ereaders the most comfy but I might invest in some physical nonfiction to share.

I think life requires a lot of cognitive dissonance and it can be hard to express how freeing veganism actually feels. It doesn’t feel like giving something up at all (at least that is my experience).

Man, you saying you wanted something cozy and warm made me try to think of the last light book I read so I filtered for lighthearted in StoryGraph and it’s all Terry Pratt and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Which I’d recommend if you haven’t gotten around to it

Yes we should definitely stick to the exact strategy that lost them the election in the first place. Lmao

I usually don’t have anything on and I can’t have anything on with lyrics - it’s way too distracting for me

app.thestorygraph.com/books/f6d869...

Katabasis by RF Kuang is #1 on my list

How the weather got me feeling

I don’t pay attention - just let StoryGraph do its thing (they don’t count them towards the goal). But if I was tracking myself, I’d count anything I got a good chunk read out of it.