- ‘How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens’ by Ronan Farrow for The New Yorker
- ‘A West Coast Mango Quest’ by Christopher Cheung for The Tyee
- ‘The different kinds of notes’ by Baldur Bjarnason
- ‘What It’s Like Here’ by Albert Bruneko for Defector
What I’ve Read This Week (April 11 2022 to April 17 2022)
- ‘NIXI expansion & some thoughts’ by Anurag Bhatia
- ‘The struggle of using native emoji on the web’ by Nolan Lawson
- ‘morgan spector pls break me in half’ by Brandon
- ‘Black market SIM cards turned a Zimbabwean border town into a remote work hub’ by Nyasa Bhobo for Rest of World
- ‘game review: norco’ by prophet_goddess
- ‘billy woods: Aethiopes album review’ by Dean Van Nguyen for Pitchfork
- ‘OnePlus 10 Pro review: There’s not much left of the original OnePlus appeal’ by Ron Amadeo for Ars Technica
What I’ve Read This Week (March 21 2022 to March 27 2022)
- ‘How TrueCaller built a billion-dollar caller ID data empire in India’ by Rachna Khaira for Rest of World
- ‘Apple: Design Macs for Other Types of Professionals’ by Adam Engst for TidBITS
- ‘Be Wary of Liar: The Weird History Behind Elden Ring’s ‘Illusory Walls’’ by Patrick Klepek for Waypoint
- ‘Technical Solutions Poorly Solve Social Problems’ by Xe
packetcat reads 2022 Week 11 – The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Pages: 611
Purchased from: Kobo
A fantasy tale set in Indian mythology which has a mysterious rot, a kingdom ruled by a religious despot and two women who can’t help but fall in love with each other while planning a revolution.
A nice change of pace after the last two week’s books which weren’t particularly enjoyable to me. Continuing this series’ tradition, the sequel to this novel goes into the wishlist!
What I’ve Read This Week (March 7 2022 to March 13 2022)
- ‘Delivery apps’ obsession with star ratings is ruining lives’ by Max Kim for Rest of World
- ‘Fraud Is Flourishing on Zelle. The Banks Say It’s Not Their Problem.’ by Stacy Cowley and Lananh Nguyen for The New York Times
- ‘Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?’ by Eve Ettinger for Bustle
- ‘Steam Deck: The comprehensive Ars Technica review’ by Sam Machkovech for Ars Technica
- ‘On the Origin of the iPhone’ by John Gruber