6+ Favorite Books on Personal Identity (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Personal Identity…so far.
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A Southern Magnolia Flower So Beautiful That It Looks Fake
No filters, no edits. Taken with a Pixel 7a.
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6+ Favorite Haruki Murakami Novels (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Haruki Murakami Novels…so far.
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Why Japanese companies do so many different things
Fascinating business case study -> https://davidoks.blog/p/why-japanese-companies-do-so-many
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Lassen Volcanic National Park after Dixie Fire
Lassen Volcanic National Park was hit pretty hard by the Dixie Fire of 2021. We got to visit in Summer 2025 and saw not only how the land was recovering, but also how much it still impacted the Park after 4 years.
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Cinder Cone at Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lassen Volcanic National Park has all the types of volcanoes within its boundaries. It’s really cool! And Cinder Cone is one type that’s a lot more climbable than the others. It’s tough but straightforward. The volcano is also highly symmetrical and surrounded by the Fantastic Lava Beds!
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Prairie in the Okefenokee Swamp
I always imagined the Okefenokee Swamp to be mostly dark, green, cypress forest. It’s not. It’s mostly open “prairie” covered in a couple feet of water. It’s beautiful, haunting, and full of life. But the lack of trees really gives a sense of how big the place is.
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6+ Favorite Books on Wilderness Navigation (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Wilderness Navigation…so far.
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Deep Tech by Pablos Holman
Deep Tech by Pablos Holman is a book by one of the most perennial hard tech entrepreneurs in America. Holman is known for his work at Blue Origin and Intellectual Ventures, and he currently runs a venture capital firm focused on what he calls “hard tech” — using technology to solve problems in the physical world rather than in the software or digital world that has been the focus of Silicon Valley for so long.
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How To Read The Bible by Harvey Cox
How to Read the Bible by Harvey Cox is an accessible, nuanced, and genuinely creative introduction to engaging with the best-selling and most influential single book in the world.
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The Elephants Vanishes by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes is a short story collection by Haruki Murakami, and it’s one of his best. I’m generally a…
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This Dark Road To Mercy by Wiley Cash
This Dark Road to Mercy is another memorable novel from Cash. Without getting into too many spoilers, the book follows two young sisters in 1990s North Carolina who find themselves on the run with their estranged father. It’s a tense, propulsive story that weaves together themes of family, poverty, and redemption against the backdrop of Appalachian culture.
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6+ Favorite Books on Islamic History and Culture (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Islamic History and Culture…so far.
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You’re Lonely Because You Keep Your Options Open via Parlour
Very interesting take on committing to social events -> https://www.parlour.fm/issues/youre-lonely-because-you-keep-your-options-open
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6+ Favorite Books on Farming and Agriculture (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Farming and Agriculture…so far.
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6+ Favorite Books on Arctic and Northern Exploration (So Far!)
A Roundup of My Favorite Books on Arctic and Northern Exploration…so far.
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Mud Boiling at Lassen Volcanic National Park
At Lassen Volcanic National Park, I was surprised by just how volcanic it was, everywhere. And yes, I know it’s in the name. But I was not expecting lava rock to be everywhere and for all the lakes & springs to have a whiff of sulfur and boiling water to them. It feels like the Earth is genuinely alive & active beneath your feet (which, in fairness, it is..). Boiling Hot Springs Lake in the Warner Valley is a little off the beaten track, but we had it all to ourselves on a summer weekend.
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The Fantastic Lava Beds at Lassen Volvanic National Park
In the Southeast corner of Lassen Volcanic National Park, there are entire square miles of lava beds. They are so perfect and so beautiful in their starkness that they were literally called the “Fantastic Lava Beds”. There’s no hiking across them, but there are several excellent trail around and through them. In fact, the original California Trail goes around it.
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Norfolk Southern Train in Middle Georgia|Norfolk Southern Freight Train in Rural Georgia
I was driving along Georgia Highway 16 in Warren County, and got stopped by a Norfolk Southern train.
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The indie web has never had more options than it does now. Short form video & big platforms might be dominant, but I absolutely love all the options now.
