Ashe Dryden

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Tell me your bagel order and I will tell you *based on NYC cultural expectations* if you have won or lost your election for political office in NYC.

These especially seem up my alley, thanks!

Ooh, got any faves?

Yeah I would absolutely watch that

As always, I recommend looking at the trigger warnings in the links to TheStoryGraph before diving in <3

You can see the whole list here: bookshop.org/lists/micro-...

Do you have a favorite micro-history that I missed?

The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World by Steven Johnson From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malc...

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson (app.thestorygraph.com/books/ce0f83...) An amazing tale of early epidemiological detective work, a doctor and a reverend in 1850's London attempt to unravel the mystery of why so many people are dying from cholera in a relatively concentrated area in Soho.

Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel by Sherill Tippins Winner of the Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing "Tippins tells riveting stories abo...

Inside the Dream Palace by Sherri Tippins (app.thestorygraph.com/books/29e77c...) Step into the storied life of New York's famed Chelsea Hotel. Home to Bob Dylan, Sid Vicious, Andy Warhol, Dylan Thomas, Dee Dee Ramone, Mark Twain, Janis Joplin, & Arthur C. Clarke. Its walls have seen a thing or two.

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply root...

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (app.thestorygraph.com/books/f065e0...) This "definitive" book provides the evidence that racism isn't the result of some random ignorant people, but was an intentional, concerted effort to justify slavery and everything that would come after it.

The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum By the end of nineteenth century, food was dangerous. Lethal, even. "Milk" might contain formalde...

The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum (app.thestorygraph.com/books/a22ba5...) A companion to the previous. Covers the food adulteration rampant in the late 1800s/early 1900s, when capitalists realized they could stretch their product by adding fillers and hiding their rot with new chemical processes.

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum Deborah Blum, writing with the high style and skill for suspense that is characteristic of the ve...

The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum (app.thestorygraph.com/books/214c46...) A medical examiner and a toxicologist investigate deaths in 1920s NY. Cases include "a family mysteriously stricken bald, factory workers with crumbling bones, a diner serving poisoned pies" and more.

In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from S...

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides (app.thestorygraph.com/books/1ca029...) Discover the North Pole with 32 men setting sail from SF! This is in an era when there was a widely-held theory that there was a hole at the top of the world that allowed people to travel into the world inside our own.

Prisoners of Geography, Volume 1: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World by Tim Marshall In this New York Times bestseller, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions t...

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall (app.thestorygraph.com/books/e91c94...) We don't often think about the consequences of geography. Take a tour through Russia, USA, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Japan, Korea, Greenland, & more, revealing the almost predestined fate of these regions.

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast ...

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (app.thestorygraph.com/books/257bf0...) Recounts the Troubles in Northern Ireland through the eyes of the people impacted by a Belfast mother's abduction by masked men. This is also a limited series on Hulu (US), though it was a little too violent for me.

It's Friday, which means #FridayBookRecs! This week we are doing micro-histories, which are a social history of a specific thing. These are all written in a narrative-style, so if you're more of a fiction lover at heart, these will appeal to you, too. 📚

Smartphone Data Reveal Neighborhood-Level Racial Disparities in Police Presence While extensive, research on policing in America has focused on documented actions such as stops and arrests -- less is known about patrolling and presence. We map the movements of over ten thousand p...

"Police spend considerably more time in Black neighborhoods, a disparity which persists after controlling for density, socioeconomics, and crime-driven demand for policing.[R]oughly half of observed racial disparities in arrests are associated with this exposure disparity" arxiv.org/abs/2109.12491

I have not! I'll add it to my list <3

Fiction by Native American, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors A little over a decade ago, I started reading with specific intentions in mind.

I recommend looking at the trigger warnings for these books on TheStoryGraph before diving in <3

You can see the whole list here: bookshop.org/lists/fictio...

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead WINNER, Lambda Literary Award "You're gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine" is a mantra t...

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (Oji-Cree, Canada) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/baaa75...)
Two spirit/Indigiqueer fiction. A cybersex worker in the city has to return to the reservation for his step-father's funeral, leading to a sense of growth and renewal.

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich A New York Times Notable BookLouise Erdrich, the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-...

Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich (Ojibwe, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/46502d...)
In a dystopian world where humans seem to be evolving backwards, a young pregnant woman is looking for her birth mom.

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voiceWith winter looming, a sm...

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Wasauksing, Canada) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/3291f5...)
Another horror-ish novel part of a (currently) duology. The power goes out long-term in a remote Anishinaabe town. White men come seeking refuge, to disastrous results.

There There by Tommy Orange ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW WINNER OF THE CENTER FOR FIC...

There There by Tommy Orange (Cheyenne & Arapaho, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/7cbab8...)
Follows multiple people on their way to the Big Oakland Powwow in CA. Each has their own struggles tied to histories of ancestral trauma, identity, and belonging.

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis No one should miss this beautiful legend. -- Tony HillermanBased on an Athabascan Indian legend p...

Two Old Women by Velma Wallis (Gwichʼin, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/179b3b...)
Historical fiction that follows two old women who had to be left behind during a tough migration. This one stuck with me for a long time and is a book I recommend frequently.

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psy...

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/794376...)
Four young men make the mistake of hunting on land reserved for elders, setting off a series of events that lead to multiple deaths. Are they just paranoid, or is Elk Head Women back for revenge?

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book i...

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Pueblo, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/faed9f...)
1st in a fantasy series set in pre-Columbian America. A ship captain transports a mysterious passenger for a ceremony during a solar eclipse. Meanwhile, the city prepares for the return of a god seeking vengeance.

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden "Winter Counts is a marvel. It's a thriller with a beating heart and jagged teeth. This book is a...

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Sicangu Lakota, US) (app.thestorygraph.com/books/b3e477...)
Mystery about a vigilante trying to get justice on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in SD. An influx of heroin hits the rez, killing his nephew. He and his ex-girlfriend team up for revenge.

Time for #FridayBookRecs! Years ago I noticed I was reading almost all books written by white people in the US and decided to change that. If you've noticed that, too, you might like this list of books across fiction genres written by Native American, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors.

While most people will happily help someone find their lost dog, there is a concern about where this could lead. This week, the company also announced it’s bringing facial recognition to its cameras for the first time. Familiar Faces lets you register images of family and friends in the app so you can get specific alerts about who your cameras see. The combination of Search Party and facial recognition raises the question of whether the Ring cloud could one day be used to search for specific individuals. Ring spokesperson Yassi Yarger told me that there are no plans around this for now. “Search Party was designed to match images of dogs to dogs captured in Ring videos,” she said. “It is not designed to process human biometrics.”

Not “now.” Sooo, tomorrow, or…

Major corporations stop making products designed to violate wiretap laws challenge

Does anyone have a digital copy of The Death of White Sociology by Ladner (1998) or know where to buy one? Can’t seem to find it anywhere. #sociology