Kevin A. Carson's Blog, page 8
December 23, 2021
Library Genesis Download Extension
If you add this extension to your Chrome browser, a link to the Library Genesis download page for a book will appear to the right of the title:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
November 22, 2021
Nothing works
Even clicking "Read" and giving it a one-star review doesn't make Grace and the Gravy Pirates stop showing up in my timeline.
November 21, 2021
I DO NOT WANT TO READ GRACE AND THE GRAVY PIRATES
Stop recommending it in my feed every single damn day.
Stop emailing me about it.
There's not even an "I'm not interested in this book" option I can click to get rid of it once and for all.
GO AWAY WITH THIS SHIT AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
Stop emailing me about it.
There's not even an "I'm not interested in this book" option I can click to get rid of it once and for all.
GO AWAY WITH THIS SHIT AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
November 18, 2021
New Chapter
I've added a new draft chapter -- Chapter Ten: "Cockup/Foulup" Theory -- to the manuscript of The State: Theory and Praxis https://thestatetheoryandpraxis.wordp...
November 6, 2021
Exodus Reorganization
Just did a major reorganization of the Table of Contents of The State that makes the chapter arrangement of Part II a lot more coherent and complete, and a WHOLE lot less tentative. It will be a while before I start actually posting the chapters of Part II, but I have a much better idea what will be in them. https://thestatetheoryandpraxis.wordp...
August 13, 2021
Based On My Reading Preferences...
...I might enjoy hacking up whoever keeps making these godawful recommendations with a machete
July 22, 2021
"The State" update
New draft chapter on Ralph Miliband added to "The State" manuscript https://thestatetheoryandpraxis.wordp...
June 20, 2021
New Chapter
I added a new draft chapter -- Chapter Five, on power elite theory -- to The State: Theory and Praxis https://thestatetheoryandpraxis.wordp...
May 30, 2021
Interesting column by Jason Sanford on Goodreads practices
https://www.patreon.com/posts/51839225
"My new Genre Grapevine details how the weak security at Goodreads allows trolls & criminals to use the site for attacks/extortion.
"And then there's the problem with Goodreads allowing ratings and reviews of books before advanced reader copies (ARCs) are even available. These ratings are frequently one-stars and targeted at authors in marginalized communities.
"Goodreads is owned by Amazon so they have the financial and tech resources to fix all these issues. Goodreads has also been alerted to these issues for years. They keep saying they're working on it.
"At this point it should be obvious that Goodreads simply doesn't care."
"My new Genre Grapevine details how the weak security at Goodreads allows trolls & criminals to use the site for attacks/extortion.
"And then there's the problem with Goodreads allowing ratings and reviews of books before advanced reader copies (ARCs) are even available. These ratings are frequently one-stars and targeted at authors in marginalized communities.
"Goodreads is owned by Amazon so they have the financial and tech resources to fix all these issues. Goodreads has also been alerted to these issues for years. They keep saying they're working on it.
"At this point it should be obvious that Goodreads simply doesn't care."
April 12, 2021
I'm curious...
...why all these Goodreads book recommendations supposedly "based on my reading preferences" look like they were randomly pulled out of some marketing person's ass.
