Pains me to say this, but this is a really terrible book as compared the Strange Pictures.
Shame.
Let’s hope Strange Buildings (out next year in English) is better.
Pains me to say this, but this is a really terrible book as compared the Strange Pictures.
Shame.
Let’s hope Strange Buildings (out next year in English) is better.
Hello, here’s an awesome new young adult romantic fantasy called OF FLAME AND FURY by Mikayla Bridge that is available now!
“Too many historical facts” - from a two-star review of a book about history. #Books #Reading #Bookstodon
Hi! Here’s an awesome new romantic comedy called MAID FOR EACH OTHER by Lynn Painter is available now!
Looking for a great deal on your next speculative-fiction read? The Kindle edition of "8" is on sale until July 22 in the US and the UK. Don't miss it!
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Library IT vs. the AI bots – June 9, 2025
Left to right: David Romani, Tim Shearer and Jason Casden worked with the Library’s IT team and campus colleagues to thwart bots attacking the online library catalog.An unprecedented attack tests the ingenuity of the University Libraries’ IT department and reveals a dark side of artificial intelligence.
by Judy Panitch
The first sign of something amiss was a cry for help.
“I’m getting reports from staff of a catalog error: ‘This website is under heavy load (queue full).’ I saw it myself once. Seems to be intermittent.”
Translation: On Dec. 2, 2024, the University Libraries’ online catalog was receiving so much traffic that it was periodically shutting out students, faculty and staff, including the head of User Experience. Could the Library’s IT experts take action?
Heavy use of the catalog during finals week is typical as students look up books and articles for term papers and projects. This was different.
“It was just a boatload of traffic, more than we had any reasonable expectation of getting,” recalls David Romani, a system administrator and the Library’s security liaison. Normal heavy use might involve 100 simultaneous searches. Now, internal logs showed 500 or more searches at a time, overloading the system and triggering glitches.
In many computer attacks, related internet (IP) addresses or a single internet service provider (ISP) might behave suspiciously. Administrators stop the attack by blocking those computers. The Library permanently bans more than 4 million IP addresses—most of them overseas—because of prior bad behavior. The University blocks millions more at the campus level.
What Romani found surprised him. The searches were coming from addresses spread broadly across the United States using reputable ISPs such as AT&T, Spectrum and Verizon. Each interaction looked exactly like something that happens thousands of times a day at a research library like Carolina’s.
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Library IT vs. the AI bots
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Here's a new blog post about some of the best #writing I've ever encountered. I can be glad I've lived this long and didn't miss it. It also features a lovely #Seattle park and a poor dog. See how it all hangs together? Let me know what you think and, even better, check out Marlen Haushofer's work. I can't vouch for translations, but they're bound to carry some of her essence across.
Read the post at https://storiestravelsvisions.com/2025/07/15/an-afternoon-in-the-park-with-a-luminous-novel/.
In his day job as a video game writer, Jakub Szamalek spends his time in fantastic realms. Which may be why his new novel, the technothriller "Inner Space," is decidedly grounded in reality. To find out what else it is, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-inner-space-author-jakub-szamalek/
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Hello, here’s a new young adult romantic mystery called LOVE UNMASKED by Becky Dean that is available now!
My #current list:
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* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing
#proofreading
* "The Surprise Play" by Katy Archer
#reading
* "The Lamb" by Lucy Rose
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"A New Faith" is like a 7-layer #burrito that has #climatechange #adaptation #migration #geopolitics #bigotry #trauma #sacrifice all wrapped tightly into a #tortilla of #murder #mystery that is being solved by a dashing #detective who doesn't mind getting into #action
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Hello, here’s an awesome new sweet romance called LOVE TAKES A TUMBLE by Susanne Ash that is available now and it is the 3rd book in the Midlife Meet Cute series!
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹: A Novel by: Connie Willis
When level-headed Francie arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, for her college roommate’s UFO-themed wedding—complete with a true-believer bridegroom—she can’t help but roll her eyes at all the wide-eyed talk of aliens, which obviously don’t exist. Imagine her surprise, then, when she is abducted by one.
Hello, again! Here’s the latest romantic comedy called HOW TO SELL A ROMANCE by Alexa Martin is available now!
I finished Atmosphere on Saturday and, after sitting with it for a few days, I think it might be one of my favourite books ever.
I thought Taylor Jenkins Reid would struggle to surpass Seven Husbands but man, this does.
I really really hope this gets adapted (properly) for the big screen because the narrative deserves it.
Read it!
9/10*
*Marks removed for emotional devastation
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