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		<title>Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America (Book recommendation)</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/07/09/trust-the-plan-the-rise-of-qanon-and-the-conspiracy-that-unhinged-america-book-recommendation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 15:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2024 Election]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer, is a must read for all of the loyal and long time readers and leaders in this blog community. Remember the MRAs? They and others begat 4Chan. 4Chan begat QAnon. QAnon begat January 6th. And, never mind the guy &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/07/09/trust-the-plan-the-rise-of-qanon-and-the-conspiracy-that-unhinged-america-book-recommendation/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America (Book recommendation)</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Arduino for Arduinians: New and higher level than the rest</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/22/arduino-for-arduinians-new-and-higher-level-than-the-rest/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 18:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arduino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book review]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s be real. Most books (and web sites) providing instructions for building projects with an Adruino assume the reader is just starting out in this arena of Maker-World. That is probably a reasonable assumption, but it also means that those of us who seek an Arduino guide that provides more advanced work are out of &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/22/arduino-for-arduinians-new-and-higher-level-than-the-rest/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Arduino for Arduinians: New and higher level than the rest</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Taken Ones, New Novel by Jess Lourey</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/16/the_taken_ones_jess_lourey/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2023 03:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Evangeline Reed was a woman with some seriously disturbing secrets, at least one of which threatened to sideline her in a quest to put to rest a decades old and still ongoing crime. Jess Lourey, the author who created Reed and put her in the new novel “The Taken Ones,” continues in her own ongoing &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/05/16/the_taken_ones_jess_lourey/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Taken Ones, New Novel by Jess Lourey</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Quarry Girls: Your next literary thriller</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/04/21/the-quarry-girls-your-next-literary-thriller/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bloodline]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey* is a literary thriller set in late 1970s Paynesville, Minnesota. To cut to the quick: I&#8217;m strongly recommending that you read this book. Minnesota has an interesting relationship with &#8220;caves&#8221; and tunnels. Our downtowns have flying tunnels connecting the upper floors (third or fourth, usually) of skyscrapers. There are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/04/21/the-quarry-girls-your-next-literary-thriller/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Quarry Girls: Your next literary thriller</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Get this guide to the unwritten rules of college success</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/01/05/get-this-guide-to-the-unwritten-rules-of-college-success/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[advice for college]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Secret Syllabus, A Guide to the Unwritten Rules of College Success* by Jay Phelan and Terry Burnham is an unconventional yet science-based analysis of what a student entering college should do, to make that endeavor worthwhile. It is entirely counter-intuitive, and even shocking. Phelan and Burnham toss the usual advice into the garbage heap, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2023/01/05/get-this-guide-to-the-unwritten-rules-of-college-success/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Get this guide to the unwritten rules of college success</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The best books to give to your friends and family this holiday season</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/12/the-best-books-to-give-to-your-friends-and-family-this-holiday-season/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Books for everyone: science, fiction, science fiction, culture, middle-age readers.* Let&#8217;s start with two Native American related titles: The Sea-Ringed World: sacred stories of the Americas by María García Esperón, Amanda Mijangos, David Bowles. Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/12/12/the-best-books-to-give-to-your-friends-and-family-this-holiday-season/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The best books to give to your friends and family this holiday season</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fundy Christians, MAGAjerks, Proud Boys, School and Library Board Members, Ban-Burning Books</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/09/03/fundy-christians-magajerks-proud-boys-school-and-library-board-members-ban-burning-books/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I use the word &#8220;burning&#8221; metaphorically. But it might as well be literal. If you ban a list of books in a system of libraries, the libraries have a bunch of recycling to do, and eventually &#8230; to the county incinerator go the books. In fact, I give you no truck, no room, no wiggle-space, &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/09/03/fundy-christians-magajerks-proud-boys-school-and-library-board-members-ban-burning-books/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Fundy Christians, MAGAjerks, Proud Boys, School and Library Board Members, Ban-Burning Books</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lucas Davenport vs Virgil Flowers: Which is better?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/lucas-davenport-vs-virgil-flowers-which-is-better/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 14:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Sandford; Righteous Prey]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[People argue. Some say the Prey novels with Lucas Davenport are the best. Others, usually women, say it&#8217;s that fucking Flowers all the way. Like that. I say, why not have both. Righteous Prey is the new Sandford novel that comes out in October, available now for preorder. Beloved heroes Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/23/lucas-davenport-vs-virgil-flowers-which-is-better/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Lucas Davenport vs Virgil Flowers: Which is better?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Starry Messenger: New Neil deGrasse Tyson Book</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/20/starry-messenger-new-neil-degrasse-tyson-book/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starry Messenger*, a new book by Neil deGrasse Tyson, is coming out on September 20th, and you can pre-order it here. Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time—war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race—in a way that stimulates a &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/08/20/starry-messenger-new-neil-degrasse-tyson-book/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Starry Messenger: New Neil deGrasse Tyson Book</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is The US On The Verge Of A Civil War: Yes, apparently</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/07/09/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-a-civil-war-yes-apparently/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How Civil Wars Start* and how to stop them&#8221; is a new book by Barbara Walter. Not Barbara Walters, Barbara Walter. I quote from recent WaPo article: &#8220;[There is a] scale that goes from negative 10 to positive 10. Negative 10 is the most authoritarian, so think about North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain. Positive 10 &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/07/09/is-the-us-on-the-verge-of-a-civil-war-yes-apparently/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is The US On The Verge Of A Civil War: Yes, apparently</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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