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  1. Comment on What's your favorite read of 2023 so far? in ~books

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    I listened to the audiobook of "Midnight Riot", by Ben Aaronovitch - the first of the "Rivers of London" series, urban fantasy with a London constable as the protagonist. I really related to...

    I listened to the audiobook of "Midnight Riot", by Ben Aaronovitch - the first of the "Rivers of London" series, urban fantasy with a London constable as the protagonist. I really related to Peter's kind of sardonic outlook on life and police work, and appreciated his very level-headed reaction to discovering that magic was real - plus, the book offered a view of London that a lot of media really can't (or doesn't) convey to Americans well. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith was an outstanding choice of narrator - I will hold this performance up as an example of why I would never listen to an AI-narrated audiobook.

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  2. Comment on Help me build my “woke” Fourth of July playlist in ~music

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    Another classic in the same mode as "Born in the USA" - in other words, a criticism so subtle that conservatives often mistake it for praise - Pink Houses by John Mellencamp.

    Another classic in the same mode as "Born in the USA" - in other words, a criticism so subtle that conservatives often mistake it for praise - Pink Houses by John Mellencamp.

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