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๐Ÿ’ž๐“™๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ผ ๐“ฎ๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ @lachimolala.bsky.social

Iโ€™m halfway and this book is so heavy ๐Ÿ˜ž

aug 23, 2025, 9:06 pm โ€ข 1 0

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Stay Goldenโท๐Ÿ’œ @staygold613.bsky.social

Yes ๐Ÿ˜ข but loved what it has to say about power of (/control of) information, language, translation. And beyond linguistics, what it has to say about colonization, immigration, gender bias, sexism. One of my fav non-spoiler quotes:

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aug 23, 2025, 9:44 pm โ€ข 1 0 โ€ข view
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๐Ÿ’ž๐“™๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ผ ๐“ฎ๐”‚๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ @lachimolala.bsky.social

The language is the most fascinating thing for me in all of this. Because I had never thought of manipulation through language before. The rest of this is reading like a historical book that we all know how awful it is. ๐Ÿ˜”

aug 23, 2025, 10:13 pm โ€ข 0 0 โ€ข view